MUSC Catalyst by Cindy Abole

March 22, 2013

Vol. 31, No. 30

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY of SOUTH CAROLINA

Inside Dental MeDicine Scholar’S Day

Each year students have an opportunity to showcase their research and clinical knowledge.

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The toga-clad family of student Travis Patterson, center, approaches the podium to unveil his residency match through the National Resident Matching Program. Patterson matched to an orthopaedic surgery residency at MUSC.

Students learn their future at Match Day Fourth-year College of Medicine students, dressed in tunics, laurel wreaths and Roman dress, participated in this year’s Class of 2013 Residency Match Day at the Charleston Music Hall March 15. The theme reflected the Ides of March, originally celebrated in ancient Rome recognizing new year celebrations. This year’s results matched 157 graduating seniors to medical specialties including family medicine, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology,

pediatrics, ophthalmology and other specialties. About 27 percent of those students will be doing part of their residency training at MUSC and throughout the state. For example, Stephen Ramey matched to a radiation oncology residency at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital in Florida with a preliminary year at MUSC. Students also matched to other institutions including Massachusetts General, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, Emory and Yale.

After a decade of research, a study shows how best to approach HIV prevention in the U.S. and worldwide. 2

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Stephen Ramey and his wife, Brandy, react to their match results.

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Day celebrates science, oral health research progress By Cindy aBole Public Relations It was a day filled with dialogue and collaboration as participants celebrated science and their progress made in oral health-related research as part of the James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine Scholars Day Feb. 21. This was the third consecutive year that more than 150 dental students, faculty and staff, residents and postdoctoral fellows converged on the Drug Discovery Building’s lobby and auditorium for this event. Martha J. Somerman, DDS, Ph.D., director of the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, (one of eight centers that make up the National Institutes of Health) which is focused on improving oral, dental and craniofacial health through research, training and education, provided the key note address. Somerman, who is a periodontist, researcher and educator, spoke about how the institute is structured, both physically and financially, within the

Drs. Gabriel Ingraham, left, and Stephane Malley, College of Dental Medicine Oral Rehabilitation, grade a student’s poster presentation during the annual Dental Medicine Scholars Day Feb. 21. NIH as well as highlighting important projects that involve or interest students. “Research is my passion as are students. It is these students who are our

next generation of scientists. I love the buzz, enthusiasm, questions and energy of being in the presence of students. I want them to realize that all research

is important. As NIDCR director, my role is as a messenger for others in research communicating their work and progress,” said Somerman, who makes an effort to attend at least three or four research day events nationally. The event featured table clinics and poster competition with prize awards in three categories – junior (dental students), senior (graduate-level students) and postdoctoral (doctoral and master of science in dentistry). First place winners in the junior category will compete in the 2013 American Dental Association Meeting in November in New Orleans. Second place winners will attend the Hinmann Dental Meeting in March in Atlanta and 10 honorable mention designees will present their research at the S.C. Dental Association Annual Session in May in Myrtle Beach. Keith L. Kirkwood, DDS, Ph.D., associate dean for research and professor and chair in the Department of Craniofacial Biology and the Department of Microbiology &

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Currents mArCh 19 People–Fostering employee pride and loyalty

HR update Helena Bastian, HR director, reported on the following: q Compensation Policy Modifications (Key Elements)—HR Policy #15: Evening differential rates are in general authorized for an eligible hourly-paid employee who works at least four hours into the evening shift between 3-11 p.m. In addition to the four-hour minimum, employee also must meet one of the following requirements: Employee clocks in or after 10 a.m., or employee clocks out or after 11 p.m.; Night differential rates are in general authorized for an eligible hourly-paid employee who works at least four hours into the shift and four hours between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. q Press Ganey Associates Inc. acquired Morehead Associates in January, thus giving customers the largest trending database in the health care performance industry. Morehead will now operate under the Press Ganey name. All current usernames and passwords can be used at the Morehead website. q Physician Survey will be April 28 through May 18. Employee Survey will begin May 19 and end June 1. Results from both surveys will be available June 30. Email floyj@musc.edu. Wellness update Susan Johnson, Ph.D., Office of Health Promotion director, shared complaints related to the smoke-free medical district. Surrounding businesses and private property owners complained about where MUSC employees are now smoking. She emphasized to managers to communicate these concerns with employees so that they are in compliance with the new city policies. Other promotions include Fitness at Work/MUSC Moves activities with National Walking Day, Earth Day and other activities. Push-up & Up Challenge to support dropout prevention efforts and benefit Communities in Schools of the Charleston Area. The event will take

place April 13 at Marion Square. Visit http://pushupandup.org.

Quality – Providing quality patient care in a safe environment

Lee Moody, Stryker Sustainability Solutions, whose company manufactures devices for MUSC’s OR, electrophysiology and cath labs, shared results of sustainability efforts through reprocessing. In 2012, MUSC saved $1,067,648, diverting more than 8,020 pounds of medical waste from landfills. For these efforts, Moody presented MUSC the Stryker Healthy Hospital Award to Kelly Howard and Natalie Ankney. Analytics department Casey Liddy, chief analytics officer, shared MUHA’s Office of Analytics and the work that his team does. Liddy explained how his department works with groups such as OCIO, the Epic enterprise team and medical center staff in managing and interpreting data from the clinical data repository (OASIS) and Enterprise Data Warehouse and various data sources. The analytics group collaborates with teams from the Enterprise Data Warehouse and Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Analytics and Enterprise BI to translate existing data collected from systems to create more useful information. Some best practices in these efforts include Cleveland Clinic and Duke Health. Current projects include OR projects with the OR working specialty group. Some accomplishments include meaningful use reporting, readmission rates reporting and service line market share dashboard views and other performance efforts. Recently, Enterprise Analytics supported a pediatric report from a U.S. News &World Report survey. Visit http://www.musc.edu/eir.

Finance – Providing the highest value to patients while ensuring financial stability

Steve Hargett, chief financial officer, gave the hospital’s financial results for the eighth-month period through

To Medical Center Employees: This month a series of town hall meetings have been conducted and attended by approximately 1,718 individuals to date. The final general session is scheduled for March 21 at noon in 2 West Amphitheater, and more departmental sessions will be conducted through March. A Tegrity recording of the town hall presentation will be posted on the medical center intranet next week. Freeman Effective communication is particularly important during the challenging times we face. Everyone needs to understand our goals, the purpose for change, and the roles we play. In the future attendance at conveniently scheduled town hall meetings (including department-based town hall sessions) will be required of everyone employed by the medical center. The March town hall sessions have focused upon the impact that Health Care Reform and other external influences have on our reimbursement for services. The current projection is an annual reduction of approximately $64.5 million by 2014. There are a number of initiatives under way to reduce costs while providing high quality care. The Huron Consulting group is assisting with some, but not all, of the cost reduction initiatives. Targeted cost reductions recommended for Human Resources (premium pay and leave practices) amount to $5 million, and labor reductions amount to $15 million (total $20 million) out of a payroll of approximately $465 million. Huron uses a rational and disciplined process in assessing human resources practices and labor (staffing), aligned with the market trends and best practices. My role as interim executive director, MUSC medical center, will soon come to an end and Dr. Pat Cawley will assume the position April 1. You have an outstanding new executive director. I have enjoyed working with the clinical enterprise leadership team and others. I am confident the medical center is positioned to successfully address the challenges ahead and to fulfill goals of the clinical enterprise strategic plan. Kester Freeman Interim Vice President for Clinical Operations and Executive Director, MUSC Medical Center

February Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 and FY 2012. The income report supports a positive bottom line with net assets of $8.9 million. This was due to a $7 million gain through the Guaranteed Investment Contract account termination from a December 2012 refinance of $300 million debt. A portion of this was used for the December refinance and $5 million was placed in escrow to be later used to pay down ART’s Central Energy Plant debt later this year. The hospital is behind budget. This is due to multiple variables including lower patient volumes, less surgeries and procedures, and underpayment reimbursements in the state’s managed-care Medicaid

patients. The hospital plans to request additional reimbursement from the managed–care plans. Investment income remains flat. Operating expenses, although up since 2012 due to Epic EMR program training costs are below budget at $5 million. Interest expense is below budget due to a substantial reduction in interest rate. Days cash on hand $22.8 million, eight days. Impact to cash reflects lower reimbursement (managed care), Epic training and new construction costs with a Central Energy Plant. As the hospital continues to make operational improvements and becomes more efficient, Hargett believes the outlook will continue to improve.

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meet CArlton

Carlton Hawkes Department Patient Collections, Parkshore How long at MUSC More than 2 years How are you changing what’s possible at MUSC Encouraging patients to pay their past due charges, which brings in revenue What music is in your player right now Gospel rap, old school R & B Unique talent Puppetry Dream job Executive chef Who in history would you like to meet Jesus. I would like to discuss faith with Him. Last book read “The Good Guy” by Dean Koontz Meal you love to cook Baked ziti Favorite quote “Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.” — Yoda Favorite radio station ESPN Radio

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Researcher to lead landmark $15 million HIV study By dawn Brazell Public Relations

esearcher Michael Sweat, Ph.D., gives a nod at his trendy treadmill desk tucked into the corner of his office, commenting that he actually does use it. He has to – to maximize his time. Sweat recently was named co-prinicipal investigator of a $15 million HIV study funded through the U.S. Agency for International Development, heralded by some as forthcoming landmark research that could turn the tide of the AIDS pandemic. It’s an ambitious project he’ll be coordinating with Deanna Kerrigan, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University as well as four other institutions, including the Department of Defense, the Imperial College of London, the Tanzanian Primary Health Care Institute and The Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania. Holding appointments as director of MUSC’s Family Service Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and, more recently, the director of MUSC’s Center for Global Health, Sweat said he decided to take on the additional challenge of being co-principal investigator because it’s such an amazing study. The study will be conducted in Iringa, Tanzania, with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development and is part of a suite of three large studies examining what is termed “HIV Combination Prevention.” These studies will examine the combination of HIV testing and counseling, antiretroviral therapy, male circumcision and targeted behavioral intervention at the community level with a goal to deliver them on a large scale to an area hardest hit by HIV. “Mathematical modelers have asked what would happen if all these therapies are combined and brought to scale. There have been quite a few papers showing that if you do these evidence-based practices, you can stop an epidemic,” Sweat said. “It creates a perspective that this is something that is doable, and we can get actually get ahead

Dr. Michael Sweat has to balance his research work in Africa with his duties at MUSC, which include being director of the Family Services Research Center and the Center for Global Health. Visit http://tinyurl. com/c6d56sy. of this curve and stop a pandemic, so these are very high profile projects. It’s like we’ve hit a tipping point.” Scaling up is critical, as mathematical modeling indicates that to achieve a significant reduction in new infections of HIV very large proportions of the population need to be reached. “It’s hard with this many people to coordinate. The challenge we have are the numbers are so huge with thousands and thousands of people. But if this works, it’ll be the game changer. It’ll be

the future of how we approach doing treatment and prevention and care.”

home run Tanzania is a perfect study area. An estimated 1.2 million people aged 15 and older, or just more than 5 percent of the adult population, are living with HIV. In Iringa, the prevalence is estimated to be as high as 16 percent, illustrating the enormous lessons to be learned overseas, he said. “When you do these studies in places with really large numbers of new

infections, you can do things you can’t do here in the U.S. When new infection rates are rare as they are here in the U.S., to mount a study to show efficacy would require millions of people to mount a trail. It’s unaffordable.” The global research, though, can benefit those in the United States, such as a recent finding that treatment leads to prevention. In the past four years, there have been promising trials regarding the effectiveness of certain interventions, with a big breakthrough last year that showed the impact of treatment on transmission, Sweat said. “That was a home run. They found a 96 percent reduction in transmission of people on treatment. That was a really big thing. Suddenly no longer was treatment, which is expensive, competing with prevention. It was prevention. That was big news – international news that gave hope to a lot of us in the field. It energized people and the politicians with the hope that the pandemic could be stopped.” Much focus hangs on this research, given the state of the nation’s economy and the global economic crisis. Donor fatigue has set in, consuming much of the foreign aid budget for health with questions being raised about the sustainability of this level of effort, he said. “There is a feeling that if we don’t show a big impact can be done, donors will move on to something else, is my guess. This will become just another background tropical disease that’s considered unsolvable at a huge humanitarian cost. Millions of people will die from this.” Sweat, of course, doesn’t know how these studies will turn out, but he feels hopeful based on the growing literature about what is working to stem the spread of AIDS. The studies will combine many interventions, including providing male circumcision with a recent study showing it has a strong impact on HIV transmission, cutting the acquisition rate among men by half. Addressing the vulnerability of young

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Project Accept a policy changer in fight against HIV pandemic Researcher Michael Sweat, Ph.D., is a patient man. Almost a decade from the start of Project Accept, a study done that was conducted in 34 communities in Africa and 14 communities in Thailand, the results are in, showing how to best approach HIV prevention in the U.S. and stop HIV’s spread worldwide. Sweat shares highlights from the project:

What was the significance of the study? The study showed that with mobile HIV testing and community mobilization you can get very large proportions of the community in a rural setting to learn if they are HIV infected. This allows people to access life-saving treatment. The study also showed that this kind of large scale testing reduces HIV risk behavior and lowers the number of new HIV infections. What was our involvement? MUSC was one of four institutions selected to run

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the study, together with UCLA, Johns Hopkins, and University of California, San Francisco. I was the principal investigator at MUSC and ran the Tanzania part of the study. This project ran for more than eight years and MUSC received more than $11 million in support from the NIH for the project.

How will this be a policy changer? There is now a movement to take advantage of fact that we now know that HIV treatment reduces HIV transmission. This means that treatment equals prevention. But this model only works if you can get people to be tested for HIV and get those infected into treatment. The study shows that even in rural areas in Africa it is possible to get large numbers of people to be tested. I would expect that now foreign aid donors will put more money into mobile HIV testing programs. It also demonstrates that in itself, testing for HIV reduces HIV transmission.

What kind of collaboration does this scale of a study require? The partnership between MUSC and Muhimbli University in Tanzania has lead to many opportunities for MUSC and Tanzanian scientists to learn from one another. The kinds of learning experiences that the project facilitated are really profound and meaningful to all involved. This partnership also helps MUSC in establishing the capacity to do other important research work in Africa and access funding for this kind of research in the future. We are already now starting a new study (see story page 6), and have plans for other projects – and that never would have been possible without the study we just completed. To read more about the study, visit http:// academicdepartments.musc.edu/pr/pressrelease/2013/ hiv_testing.htm. To learn more about Project Accept, visit http://projectaccept.org/.

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women and female sex workers also will be a focal area. The research is being done in an area crossed by the TanZam highway, the main trade route linking landlocked Zambia to the major Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam. “What’s driving the pandemic in Iringa is the TanZam highway that runs through there,” he said. “There’s a saying that there are three risk factors for HIV – sex, blood and asphalt. It’s so true. You get truckers and men separated from their families, and there’s a lot of sex going on. There’s a cash economy there with a lot of plantations.” Sweat said they also will be doing community interventions with groups of men and women to address economic vulnerabilities and safe sex issues. “We work intensely to address the gender norms that make adolescent girls vulnerable. One strategy that has shown promise is cooperatives where young females can work together and market goods and generate income.”

soCial neTworks Believing in the concept of social capital, Sweat said there’s a huge social component to the study. “There are benefits of social connectedness. The networking helps you to get jobs and helps you have self-assurance. There’s well-developed literature that shows that. A lot of times when you see big health problems here in Charleston, it’s because people are very socially disconnected. The strategy is to build up these networks around the girls and challenge gender norms and build up some income.” A behavioral change scientist, Sweat’s main theoretical focus is called ecological theory. Most interventions have historically been based on a one-onone model, such as counseling or education. However,

Dr. Michael Sweat uses an office treadmill to stay healthy while keeping up with work. multiple studies are now showing that what really drives behavior is not just the individuals and what they’re thinking cognitively, but it’s the environment that they are in, the social and ecological environment that they live in day to day, he said. “What drives pandemics is being disconnected from people, having economic vulnerability or being in an environment where things like gender norms are not to your advantage – that’s where you get problems. This intervention strategy where you look at the ecology of things and the social structure – you don’t just focus on the individual – you look what’s going on around the individual and intervene at that level. That is so compelling to me. That is actually where the field is moving more and more.” Sweat was drawn to MUSC from where he served

on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University because of the social-ecological focus of MUSC’s Family Services Research Center, which is a world leader in this work. He feels his work at the center and his global research converge in this theoretical approach. “Tanzania is a great example. Trying to address the problem at multiple levels – the biological, behavioral and community level all at the same time. That’s a link to what goes on at FSRC. That’s what this group is really renowned for.” To have MUSC become involved with a global research project of this scale is good for the institution, he said. Several faculty now are involved, and it brings in funding and training opportunities as well as opportunities for other projects. “There’s enormous interest in global health work here that’s unmet right now. We can also tap into all sorts of training programs to bring foreign students to campus, which is good for the school and adds to the diversity. All in all, it’s win– win.” Beyond that, he thinks it’s just the right thing to do. “We live in a global world. An uncontrolled AIDS pandemic is a humanitarian crisis that has consumed millions of U.S. dollars as we try to step up to that,” he said, adding that it also is an issue studied by the CIA as pandemics can destabilize governments and lead to huge social challenges, such as the alarming growth of orphaned children vulnerable to exploitation. “There is a cost savings to the U.S. taxpayer. If we can figure out how to do this cost-effectively, we end up saving on our foreign aid budget. And, there’s a humanitarian aspect to this. As a leader in the world, we have some responsibility to use our expertise to help the rest of the world. That’s good for our country.”

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researCh Continued from Page Three Immunology, worked with the College of Dental Medicine Research Committee and other support staff in managing this year’s Scholars Day. Kirkwood recognizes MUSC’s research status, growth and ongoing progress achieved in the areas of oral and craniofacial research. Kirkwood, who is the director of MUSC’s Center for Oral Health Research, manages NIH funding support through an NIH Center grant mechanism to grow research and develop the campus’ corps of basic and clinical oral health scientists through the Training in Craniofacial and Oral Health Research. T-COHR is an integrated training program that supports the college’s Dental Scientist Training Program, doctoral-level training leading to a doctorate in biomedical sciences or bioengineering and postdoctoral research training for dental scientists or non-clinical doctoral scientists in the areas of basic, translational or bioengineering sciences research. The program also provides support in mentoring, career development and scientific advancement. Currently, MUSC’s dental school ranks in the top one-half of NIH funding. It is a significant change since the school was not in the ranking almost 10 years earlier, Kirkwood said. “We’ve experienced significant growth under the vision of College of Dental Medicine Dean John Sanders (DDS). I’m proud to be part of this growth,” he said.

“We’ve experienced significant growth under the vision of College of Dental Medicine Dean John Sanders. I’m proud to be part of this growth.” Dr. Keith Kirkwood Scholars Day Award Winners q Junior Category: 1st place – Dianne Kritzas and Adam McKinney; 2nd place – Michael DeFee & R. David Sentelle; Honorable Mentions – Tiffany Lovelace, Ashley Elizabeth Price, Ben Dunlap and Nick Morenz, Andrew Ambrose and Matt Andrews, Michelle Gray and Jessie Suggs, Peter Green & Daniel Knause, Charles L. Moore, Tomek Charowski & Stephen Oblad, Katie Carnes & Amy McConnell, Manning Lloyd and Whitney Meek, and Nicholas Crossland and John Holliday q Senior Category: 1st place – Jessica TrombettaeSilva, 2nd place – Bethany Herbert, 3rd place – Haley Buff-Lindner q Postdoc Category: 1st place – Liliana Cantini, 2nd place – Michael Valerio, 3rd place (tie) – Reniqua House and third place – Alexis Nagel

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