System News - July 2015 by Penn Medicine

Volume 14

Issue 6

July 2015

SYSTEMnews Helping C H I L D R E N D E A L W I T H grief Losing a loved one is never easy, but it can be especially hard on children. Understanding the toll it can take, Penn Wissahickon Hospice recently spearheaded two efforts that help kids make their way through the grieving process while still being kids.

A Break from Sadness

CEO’s corner RALPH W. MULLER

CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System

As part of a thoughtful growth strategy, Penn Medicine continues to form partnerships and make investments that enhance our regional presence. The major motivation is improving access to integrated care conveniently located to where growing numbers of our patients live and work. The first part of the strategy is a commitment to expanding regional outpatient care, mainly through our Practices of the Future sites. These are regional care centers with primary care, specialty care, and diagnostic services all under one roof. Outpatient care is playing an increasingly greater role in health care nationally and at UPHS. For example, it now accounts for over half of our revenue at Penn as in FY14 we had 83,000 inpatient admissions and almost three million outpatient visits. At our Practices of the Future site in Cherry Hill work is underway on a new 150,000 square foot facility (including new radiation oncology services) that will open next summer. And because Penn Medicine Radnor has been running at capacity for the last few years, we will be opening a new nearby facility which will replace and expand upon the current site; we anticipate work beginning in 2016. (continued on page 6)

INSIDE 2015 Nursing Excellence Award Winners..........................2 A Helping Hand.........................2 Penn Medicine@Work..............3 Newsmakers..............................4 A New Space for Country's First Pharmacy...........................4 A New Health-Care Destination in Chester County......................5 Leadership Transitions.............6 What's Next for the Class of 2015..............................6 Faculty Score Another Hoops Win.................................6

The warm and welcoming children’s room at Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse (PHAR) features a huge colorful mural painted across two of its walls — complete with meandering vines and jungle creatures big and small. There are bean bag chairs — just the right size for little ones to relax — as well as cuddly fleece blankets to use if they’re a little cold. The children’s room, filled with books and toys and staffed by a counselor, provides comfort when kids are grieving and dealing with emotions that may go unaddressed in many other facilities. “It’s a place for children to escape to,” said Tami Benton, MD, of Psychiatry. “To just be, without a moment of sadness all the time.” But this wasn’t always what greeted children visiting loved ones under hospice care. The original mustard-yellow room was certainly functional, with some toys, a workstation and couches, but not nearly as engaging as it could be. To help bring new life into the room, Jeri Timm, Volunteer Services Manager at PHAR, reached out to her volunteers who are of many backgrounds, ages and talents. Included were members of SHOOP (Student Hospice Organization of Penn), a group at the University of Pennsylvania that educates students about hospice care and coordinates training for hospice volunteers. Timothy Lee, a senior at Penn, read the email and knew he wanted to be part of the project. As it turned out, he became the driving force behind it. A pre-med student who volunteers in several organizations, Lee wasn’t looking for a project that would fill most of his weekends for nearly a year. But “I get energy from reaching out to the community,” he said. “There’s no such thing as ‘not enough time.'”

said the responses were “amazing” but one person clearly stood out: architecture student Dani Castillo. They turned to Sarah Abramovitz, coordinator of the David Bradley Children’s Bereavement Program, for input on making the mural — and the entire room — kid friendly, “a place where kids don’t have to sit and be quiet or worry about being good,” she said. Once Castillo created the final jungle-themed drawing — and it was approved — Lee consulted with Nathaniel Hammitt, a graduate student at Penn’s School of Design, for help in transferring the design to the walls “He came to the room and helped us project the images on the freshly painted walls,” Lee said. “At that point, we realized ‘This is really going to work!’” Lee set up “community sketch days” and put out a call to Penn students for help, stressing that “no art talent is needed!” More than 85 students were involved in tracing the design onto the two walls. Between April 2014 and January 2015, Lee and Costello spent every weekend working on the mural. At the official opening, Joan Doyle, executive director of Home Care and Hospice, thanked everyone who helped to create “a place to play and give kids a break” from hospice. “You’ve designed a room that lets kids be themselves.” “It was an immense privilege to be part of this work,” Lee said. (continued on page 5)

The first step was raising the necessary funds. Lee and other members of SHOOP took on the challenge, reaching out to friends and family for donations. “We encouraged everyone to pick five people to reach out to about the project and donate, and then have those people reach out to five more,” he said. The strategy worked. Within two months, they raised over $6,000. Meanwhile, Lee sent out a general email to Penn students asking for artists who could draw a mural. He `` Timothy Lee (kneeling, far right) with CEO Ralph Muller, Joan Doyle, and some of the many volunteers who helped bring the project to fruition.

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NURSING EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS

Penn’s School of Nursing was ranked the top in the country by U.S. News & World Report, but “we couldn’t have achieved this ranking without you,” said SON dean Antonia Villarruel, PhD, at the 15th annual UPHS Nursing Clinical Excellence Awards ceremony. The longstanding partnership between Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing has “duly enriched research, clinical, and teaching at both places.

`` Chester County Hospital (L. to r.) CNO Angela R. Coladonato, Patricia Beam, Lindsay Pritchett, Marcella Kubovsak, Theresa Moore, and Cathy Weidman, director of Medical Surgical.

“You can’t have a great health-care system without a great nursing force. Penn Medicine has committed to excellence, creating an environment that values interdisciplinary and team work and one that supports, promotes and creates teams led by nurses,” she said. “This is an environment where nurses are not only the glue but also the leaders. “We recognize and applaud the leadership and exemplary contributions that our awardees have made.” Congratulations to this year’s Nursing Excellence Award Winners:

Lillian Brunner Award for nurses demonstrating the highest quality of patient care and exhibit excellence in clinical judgment.

`` Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania

`` Good Shepherd Penn Partners (L. to r.) Stanley Kumiega, Jr., Susan George, Larissa Elain Peale and Crystal St. Fort.

(L. to r.) CNE Regina Cunningham, Monique Brooks, Patricia Canfield, Jennifer Ruhling, and Nancy Calderon-Roman.

Theresa Moore, MSN, RN, SANE.............. Chester County Hospital Jennifer Ruhling, BSN, RN.......................................................CPUP Larissa Elaine Peale, BSN, BS, RN.............................................GSPP Danielle Klosiewicz, BSN, RN, PCCN.......................................HUP Kami Schaal, BSN, RN..............................Penn Home Care/Hospice Sharon Nicholas, BSN, RN...................................................... PPMC Jonathan Paolini, MSN, CRNP, RN, AGACNP-BC.................... PAH

Rosalyn J. Watts Award for nurses who establish therapeutic relationships with patients and their families.

Patricia Beam, RN, CMSRN...................... Chester County Hospital Nancy Calderon-Roman, BSN, RN..........................................CPUP Crystal Saint Fort, BSN, RN......................................................GSPP Tracy Hunger, BSN, RN..............................................................HUP Lori Reed, RN...........................................Penn Home Care/Hospice Kim Onate, BSN, CGRN.......................................................... PPMC Lynn Mulligan, MSN, CMS-RN.................................................. PAH

Dorothy Botdorf Award for nurses with leadership

competencies. `` Penn Home Care & Hospice

`` Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (L. to r.) Regina Cunningham, Carolyn Miller, Danielle Klosiewicz, and Tracey Hunger. Not shown: Rosemary Kennedy.

(L. to r.) CNO Sandra Jost, Kami Schaal, Lori Reed, and Rachel Coughlin. Not shown: Delisa Cofer.

Marcella Kubovsak, RN, OCN................... Chester County Hospital Monique Brooks, RN, CCDS....................................................CPUP Susan George, BSN, RN.............................................................GSPP Rosemary Kennedy, BSN, RN, CCRN........................................HUP DeLisa Cofer, BSN, RN.............................Penn Home Care/Hospice Jeffrey Atzert, BSN, RN........................................................... PPMC Judy Vitali, BSN, RNC-NIC........................................................ PAH

Helen McClelland Award for nurses who utilize research and/or evidence in delivery of patient care.

`` Pennsylvania Hospital (L. to r.) CNO Mary Del Guidice, Jan Paolini, Lynn Mulligan, Judy Vitali, and Karen Trinidad.

`` Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (L. to r.) Emmaline Carrasco, CNO James Ballinghoff, and Sharon Nicholas. Not shown: Kim Onate and Jeffrey Atzert.

Lindsay Pritchett, BSN, RN, CMSRN........ Chester County Hospital Patricia Canfield, BSN, RN, OCN............................................CPUP Stanley Kumiega, Jr., BSN, RN, CCRN.....................................GSPP Carolyn Miller, BSN, RN............................................................HUP Rachel Coughlin, BSN, RN.......................Penn Home Care/Hospice Maria Emmaline Carrasco, BSN, MA, RN, CCRN-CMC....... PPMC Karen Trinidad, MSN, RN.......................................................... PAH

A Helping Hand As a certified hand therapist, Jill Townsend, PT, has helped many patients at Chester County Hospital regain function, but she also shares her medical skills with Community Volunteers in Medicine, an organization that provides free medical and dental care to Chester County’s low-income families with no insurance. Last year, CVIM provided services for more than 30,000 patient visits. For the past year, Townsend has volunteered one day a month at CVIM, working with Gita Masters, another certified hand therapist, to evaluate people with hand or upper extremity injury or pain. “We used very basic material to make the simplest of orthotics [eg, a simple splint] and performed manual muscle testing techniques,” Townsend said. “But there was no objective way to measure strength and motion.” A recent Penn Medicine CAREs grant changed all that. A new hand therapy evaluation kit contains instruments to accurately measure range of motion, sensation, and the ability to grip and pinch. It will also enable CVIM to purchase a heat gun allowing Townsend to make additional orthotics. “This will all benefit the patients greatly,” Townsend said. Learn more about Community Volunteers in Medicine at www.cvim.org.

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HEALTHY REWARDS SPOTLIGHT

Participate in a UPHS Walk/Run/Bike event and earn 100 Points With summer in the air, excuses are drying up—find a local event that fits your style and get moving! Whether you're a seasoned athlete or have never raced before, these walk/run/bike events are a great way to stay active and give back to your community.

Steps for a Cure: Sarcoma 5K Run and Walk Join us on Sunday, July 26th, in the fight against sarcoma! Food and music will be provided, and dogs on leashes are welcome to come along! Registration begins at 8 a.m. and is $30 for one participant or $100 for a family of four. Go to http://bit.ly/1GTSCIR to register.

Penn's Annual 5K for The IOA & The Memory Mile Walk On Sunday, September 20th, raise vital research dollars for Alzheimer’s and other agingrelated diseases at Penn’s Institute on Aging (IOA). With your help, the IOA can make the difference that yields new knowledge, finds cures, and changes the lives of millions of people suffering from Alzheimer’s and other agingrelated diseases. Go to PennMedicine.org/5kioa to register.

Bike MS City to Shore On October 3rd & 4th, hundreds of UPHS employees will join the organization's cycling team to ride as the largest team on the 35th anniversary of the Bike MS City to Shore Ride and 18th anniversary of the UPHS Bike Team. The team is open to everyone, including your friends, family, and our patients. Go to http://main. nationalmssociety.org/goto/ UPHS-PENN to register.

Visit the Healthy Rewards site to claim your points at PennMedicine.limeade.com. (Note — not all UPHS events are listed. You can claim points for participating in any UPHS sponsored Walk/Run/Bike event, even if it is not on this list!)

TRAUMA TRANSITION

UPDATE

Hearing from the Employees

This past February, the trauma program transitioned from HUP to Penn Presbyterian. Since the move, over 800 patients have been treated. Employees have been adjusting to new spaces, new teams and settling into their new digs at PPMC and the new Pavilion for Advanced Care. “ It’s new for all of us so I think we’re trying to work through things together…I’ve never been so excited to be a part of this team. We have a really great team, the learning curve is minimal in terms of the new trauma populations for some of the surgical ICUs. I think we’re really lucky.”

Grow your network and stay connected! LinkedIn is a great place to stay in touch with fellow and former colleagues, network, and stay up to date on industry trends. With the newest publishing feature, you can now blog about your professional experiences. For all the latest news, updates, and job openings; follow Penn Medicine: https://www.linkedin.com/company/university-ofpennsylvania-health-system.

Employee Self Service is now Mobile Friendly! Employee Self Service is a onestop shop for employees to access the systems & services that help you do your work, manage your employment, and connect to opportunities at UPHS. Now, Employee Self Service is mobile friendly, giving you access from anywhere — at work, home or on the go. Visit PennMedicine.org/ EmployeeSelfService from any phone or tablet for access to many UPHS Human Resources systems and transactions at your convenience.

“ Everyone’s more a part of a team. It’s not just 4 East here; it’s the whole hospital…it’s a sense of community. I think things can only get better from here. We made this big move, now we’re all settling in and I think this is not only going to be great for the health system but the whole community around here.” —Allison Krolikowski, Clinical Nurse, 4 East “ It’s only getting better each day and things are becoming more comfortable. We’re working in someone else’s space but it’s becoming our space and we’re becoming a part of PPMC.” — Joseph Toth, Clinical Nurse, 4 East

“ While we’re teaching them to work at Presby, they’re teaching us how to work with trauma patients. We couldn’t do it without them and they couldn’t do it without us.” —Bryan Fagan, Clinical Nurse, 4 PAC

— Joe DiMartino, Nurse Manager, 4 PAC “ We melded 3 units into one unit, and, when I look at this staff, I am just so impressed. Some of these people look like they’ve been working together for years.” — Gerald Stoudt, Clinical Nurse Specialist, 4 PAC

“ We have found everybody that works here really helpful in getting us acclimated with the system…. We don’t have to learn to integrate the team, we are the team. The team spirit is there.” — Mary Rogers, Nurse Manager, 4 East

“ This integration gives us a great opportunity to create a new Presby way. That is what is going to propel us to be even greater. I don’t think I’ve ever worked at a hospital that I felt more in tune with the people I work with.” — Jeremy Taylor, Lead Critical Care Respiratory Therapist, PPMC “ The transition for me was great, I felt right at home. It was just learning the geography and finding my way around. I think the staff has embraced me and what I can bring to the table coming from HUP. I’m adjusting to the culture here.” — Huey Pigford, Supervisor, Respiratory Therapy, PPMC

“ Just sitting here in my office, I can hear the laughing and the joking and the increased communication and I think, okay there’s our team. At first, everyone was more serious in trying to figure things out — that level of anxiety — but I think it’s really coming together.”

“ While we knew a lot in terms of what to expect, you don’t really know until it occurs. So far, every indication is that this is working as planned. Everyone seems to be enjoying and continuing to adopt the same good qualities that people have enjoyed at Presbyterian.”

— Kirsten Smith, Clinical Nurse Specialist, 4 East

— Alyson Cole, Assistant Executive Director, PPMC

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NEWSmakers / / / Building a Better Valve A front-page story in The New York Times about the history, risks and benefits of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) featured a patient treated at HUP and included comments from one of his cardiologists, Howard Herrmann, MD, director of the Interventional Cardiology Program. Recent studies in very sick patients have found the procedure prolonged lives, offering new hope that the death toll from narrowing valves can be reduced.

/ / / Study Asks if Carrot or Stick Can Better Help Smokers Stop A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine was the largest yet to test whether offering people financial incentives could help them quit smoking. The study, led by Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, a professor of Medicine and Health Care Management in the School of Medicine and Wharton, enrolled 2,500 CVS employees, friends and family, and found that offering incentives was far more effective in getting people to stop smoking than traditional approaches. The study was covered by The New York Times, Reuters Health, The Associated Press, NPR and HealthDay, among other top tier news outlets.

/ / / “Good” Cholesterol Function More Important Than Amount For decades, doctors have fussed over patients' HDL, or "good" cholesterol, levels, prescribing medications to boost them if they drop below the recommended benchmark. Now, a Lancet study from Penn suggested that focus has been misplaced. Instead of sheer amount, what matters more is how well HDL works to remove fats from blood vessels. "HDL is modestly useful as a predictor of risk, but we're moving toward a time when we think measurement of HDL function might, in fact, be a better way," senior author Daniel Rader, MD, director, Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine and chair of Genetics, told WHYY Radio. Other outlets, including DailyRx and the Times of India, also covered the story.

/ / / New Yorkers Less Likely to Sign up for Organ Donation New Yorkers are less likely to give consent for organ donation than people in any other state — and the reasons go beyond demographics, according to a study published in the American Journal of Transplantation. David Goldberg, MD, MSCE, the study’s lead author and an assistant professor in Gastroenterology, told the New York Daily News, “one issue may be that New York hospitals and the groups that manage organ donation need to do a better job of working together.” The research was also covered by HealthDay News and Nephrology News & Issues and Crain's New York Business.

/ / / Hundreds With HIV Could Donate Organs to Others With HIV Penn Medicine researchers found that nearly 400 HIV-positive potential organ donors in the U.S. could donate organs each year to HIV-positive people waiting for transplants, reported HealthDay and United Press International. This is the first-of-its-kind study since the passage of the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act, which lifted the ban on organ donations from one HIV-positive person to another. The study, led by Emily Blumberg, MD, a professor in Infectious Diseases, and published in the American Journal of Transplantation, was also covered by Medical Daily.

/ / / Attitudes about Complementary and Alternative Medicine Predict Use Among Cancer Patients Reuters reported on a new study from Abramson Cancer Center researchers, including Jun Mao, MD, MSCE, an associate professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, that suggested tailoring complementary and alternative medicine programs to address patients’ perceived beliefs and attitudes may lead to greater use. The study, published in the journal CANCER, was also covered by HemOnc Today, Business Insider and Headlines and Global News.

/ / / Sleep in the News Physical activity is well known to be associated with healthy sleep, but new research led by Michael Grandner, PhD, instructor in Psychiatry and member of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, suggested that some types of physical activity might be better than others. The new research was covered by media outlets from around the globe, including Dublin News, The Daily Mail and The Telegraph. Also, eating less late at night may help curb the concentration and alertness deficits that accompany sleep deprivation, according to results of a new study from David F. Dinges, PhD, director of the Unit for Experimental Psychiatry and chief of Sleep and Chronobiology; Namni Goel, PhD, a research associate professor of psychology in Psychiatry; and Andrea Spaeth, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in Sleep and Chronobiology. This research was covered by WHYY Radio, HealthDay, Medscape, and many other media outlets.

/ / / Preventing, Diagnosing and Treating Breast Cancer In a segment from WHYY's “Radio Times,” Susan Domchek, MD, director of the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn's Abramson Cancer Center, gave an update on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Over the course of the hour-long program, Domchek addressed a range of issues including high-risk populations, environmental factors that may increase the risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer, developments in screening technologies, and funding for breast cancer research.

/ / / Defeat By Deductible: Millennials Aren't Hip To Health Insurance Lingo A new study led by Charlene Wong, MD, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and Fellow in the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, found that young adults were confused by unfamiliar health insurance terms, concerned about the affordability of plan options, and unsure how to seek good primary care. The study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, was covered by NPR, The Conversation, and the Examiner.

A New Space for Country’s First Pharmacy Pennsylvania Hospital opened the first hospital pharmacy in the original 13 U.S. colonies in 1752. It remained in the original, historic Pine building for the next 175 years. During this time, the pharmacy only served hospital inpatients. After its move into a newer hospital building, the pharmacy eventually expanded service to employees. Then, in 2001, a small Outpatient Pharmacy (OP) was designated on the first floor of the hospital’s Spruce building, across the street from the main hospital complex, to accommodate outpatients, employees and community members. In the last 14 years, output in that OP — with only one walk-up window — grew exponentially, now filling approximately 40,000 prescriptions annually. Now, thanks to its move to a new, larger location, the Pharmacy offers expanded services and products. This includes E-prescribing System which allows physicians to prescribe electronically, eliminating the need for paper copies and unnecessary wait times; an automated telephone refill system; and myPennPharmacy, a free, conciergebased discharge prescription program for patients. `` PAH pharmacy: Today and circa 1920s.

“We are so excited for everyone to see our brand new space,” said Suzanne Brown, MS, RPh, director of Pharmacy Services. “Thanks to our new location, we literally have the room to evolve and improve so we can always provide the best for our customers.”

A NEW HEALTH-CARE DESTINATION IN CHESTER COUNTY Penn Medicine recently celebrated the opening of PM Southern Chester County, a new outpatient facility providing this growing population with comprehensive outpatient services and the most advanced technology in their hometown. Medical services now available include radiology, laboratory, physical therapy, primary care and ophthalmology. Obstetrics/gynecology, orthopaedics, cardiology, otolaryngology, gastroenterology and pediatrics will follow in the next few months and an outpatient surgical center is also planned to open in the next year. The site was designed and constructed in collaboration with Chester County Hospital and in partnership with Anchor Health Properties. “This new health care facility allows individuals and families to be seen locally in one convenient location,” said Michael J. Duncan, president and CEO of Chester County Hospital. “We anticipate that this will make a positive difference in the lives of those living in this part of our region."

Helping C H I L D R E N D E A L W I T H grief

A Safe Place to Grieve

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Studies show that children grieve differently than adults. Depending on the age, “they may become more irritable or withdrawn,” Benton said. Or they may hold grief inside. “A child who has lost his father sees his mom grieving her loss and fears that if he says anything, it will make mom sad. Having someone who is available makes a huge difference.”

kids were supporting one another, coming together as a group.” They sang the completed song at the camp’s Showcase performance, as well as other songs “with messages of positivity and removing obstacles,” such as Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off and Katy Perry’s Roar. “The general theme was to validate and uplift each other while having fun,” Hicks said.

And that’s where Camp Erin-Philadelphia can help. Run by staff at Penn Wissahickon Hospice, this overnight camp helps children and teens who have suffered the death of a relative or close friend. While it offers many of the fun activities of traditional camps, helping children express their feelings is an important component. It is part of a network of bereavement camps throughout the U.S., created by The Moyer Foundation.

Creating works of art is another way to help children express their feelings. Using markers, stickers and magazines, campers were encouraged to make collages that were comforting or held memories of time spent with the person who died. “It’s easier to express anger in a collage. It makes it safe,” said Sarah Abramowitz, Camp Erin's clinical director and art therapist. “One child drew a dragonfly. ‘It was my mom’s favorite thing.’ Another drew a lightning bolt which reminded him of the time he and his dad got caught in a storm.”

Creative arts plays a big part in camp activities. “It’s is a wonderful way for children to express what’s going on that talking can’t access,” said Molly Hicks, Penn Wissahickon Hospice music therapist who is the performing arts coordinator a Camp Erin. Teaching artist Josh Robinson showed campers how to express emotions by banging on different kinds of drums while repeating words pertinent to grief (eg, anger or sadness) on each beat. “The older kids especially enjoyed this,” Hicks said. “It relieved a lot of tension built up during grieving.” Hicks wrote music for a new song and lyrics for the chorus, and then brainstormed with campers to write the verses. “I asked them what they liked best about the camp and how it helped them,” she said. “It was a way to have fun and also realize that you’re not alone. The

`` David Learner-Wagner (shown here with his parents) with one of the six stained-glass panels he created for the children's room.

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Campers decorated picture frames for photos of those they were grieving as well as luminary bags that were lit at a ceremony in the person’s memory. Abramowitz also helped parents and guardians make affirmation jars for their family that they could fill with their own messages or those given at camp.

The painted mural in the children’s bereavement room at Penn Wissahickon Hospice is not the only thing of beauty. A six-panel stained-glass window, displayed on another wall, is the gift of a young man, barely 13, created as a Bar Mitzvah project and in loving memory of a friend.

“Art helps children remember that their connection with the person doesn’t go away,” Abramowitz said. “Memories live on in them.”

David Learner-Wagner was familiar with Penn Hospice. A friend of his parents’ — someone he had known all his life — came to Penn Hospice at the end of her life. When the woman died, she left all of her stained glass supplies — hundreds of pieces — to the Learner-Wagner family.

It’s important to have an intervention like Camp Erin, Benton said. “It’s a place that’s safe for the children to express themselves. They don’t have to worry about bursting into tears … everyone understands,” she said. “The camp keeps them engaged in normal activities and reassures them emotionally. It shows that life can still be rewarding.”

Learner-Wagner decided to create a rainforest scene out of stained glass, in keeping with his reading at his Bar Mitzvah from Genesis, a book in the Old Testament that describes the creation of the world. He had never worked with stained glass — and the family friend had died before she could share her expertise — but, as the son of two artists (Richard Wagner and Lisa Learner), he clearly had the right genes to get it done. It took him an entire year to create the six panels, carefully cutting and placing each piece. Now it holds a place of honor in this special room.

`` Drumming was a favorite activity at Camp Erin.

LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS BUSHMAN NEW CHAIR OF MICROBIOLOGY Frederic D. Bushman, PhD, has been named the new chair of Microbiology. Over nearly three decades of sustained accomplishment, Bushman's work has advanced the fields of HIV research, microbiology and gene therapy. His early pioneering work in understanding how HIV reproduces by inserting its genetic material into the DNA of a host cell led to key advances in anti-retroviral therapy and gene transfer technology. Bushman is the author of more than 250 scientific papers in the leading journals in his field. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors in recognition of his scientific achievements and leadership, including election as a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2014, he was recognized by a blue-ribbon panel as one of 12 pioneers in the field of cell and gene therapy, receiving a Pioneer Award from the journal Human Gene Therapy.

LONG NAMED CHIEF OF INTERNAL MEDICINE Judith Long, MD, has became chief of General Internal Medicine, effective July 1. Joining Penn in 2002, Long went on to be named director of Penn’s Master of Science in Health Policy Research program and co-director of the Center for the Evaluation of Patient Aligned Care Teams at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Her research focuses on social determinants of health and health care as they pertain to socioeconomic and racial disparities. Long assesses these issues in the context of chronic disease, in particular diabetes. Currently much of her work centers on interventions to support behavioral change, evaluating them in the context of randomized controlled trials. In 2006, Long received the Austrian Research Award for Early Career Faculty. Her research program has received extensive funding and she has over 55 peer-reviewed articles in highly regarded journals, including the Journal of General Internal Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine and JAMA Internal Medicine.

In May, the Perelman School of Medicine said goodbye to the class of 2015 and capped off the year-long celebration of its 250 years. Here’s a snap-shot of the graduates and where they will be in the next phase of their education.

number of students who matched to residency programs

number of students who will train at Penn, CHOP and Scheie Eye Institute

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number of students who matched in the military, both at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

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number of students in the graduating class of 2015

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We are also now seeing patients at our new outpatient center in southern Chester County. Primary care, ophthalmology, physical therapy, radiology, and laboratory services are currently available. Several additional practices will be up and running soon including orthopedics, pediatrics, cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, and gastroenterology. An outpatient surgical center will be opening later this year as well. The second part of our thoughtful growth strategy is developing a broader regional network of partners to position Penn Medicine as the preferred area destination for tertiary and quaternary care and provide coordinated care across the age continuum for our patients. Most recently we announced a consolidation with Lancaster General Health, a regional healthcare system that has received many national and local awards for clinical excellence. Once we receive approval from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Lancaster will become a permanent part of Penn Medicine, adding the 533-bed Lancaster General Hospital, Women & Babies Hospital, Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital, and 14 outpatient centers to our consortium of services. The consolidation is a natural fit because Lancaster and Penn have similar characteristics. These include reputations for clinical excellence, fiscal strength, and well developed coordinated care networks (ambulatory, inpatient, outpatient, and home care). Lancaster brings added expertise and knowledge in primary care, community medicine, and population health management that will help to strengthen Penn Medicine. Our Lancaster consolidation and a similar one of Chester County Hospital in 2013 grew out of positive working relationships with both entities, making it clear that each would be good fits, both clinically and culturally, for the Health System.

What’s Next for the Class of 2015

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number of states where students will begin residencies

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These two major additions and the expansion of our Practices of the Future highlight the growing value of the suburban community to Penn Medicine. At the same time we are continuing to enhance services in Philadelphia. These include the new HUP patient pavilion and programmatic growth in outpatient services, such as the South Pavilion expansion of the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine and new state-of-the-science facilities at Penn Medicine Washington Square and Penn Medicine University City. The bottom line: we are continuing to work hard to deliver the expert care for which Penn Medicine is internationally recognized while providing the best patient experience possible. Our regional position as the leader in advanced medicine demands no less.

SYSTEMnews EDITORIAL STAFF: Sally Sapega, MA Editor

Faculty Score Another Hoops Win For many years, it seemed as if the annual medical students vs faculty basketball game would always end in a win for the younger team. But the losing streak was finally broken last year, when the faculty scored an unbelievable upset, 57-49. With a little more confidence in their abilities, this year’s faculty team led in points for most of the game. Although the med students tried to rally in the last few minutes of a close game, the faculty eked out a 43-40 win!

`` Ben Ruehle reaches for a layup as Hiren Patel attempts to block it. Poised to respond are (from left) Scott Bowman, Lawrence Chang, Mark Sellmyer and Yohannes Ghenbot.

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