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27 SEPTEMBER 2001 • VOLUME 3 • NUMBER 36
KU Med heart surgeons mark milestone
U Med’s new heart-lung pro-
gram celebrated a milestone
Sept. 21 as cardiac surgeons per-
formed their 100th open-heart surgi-
cal procedure since the reintroduc-
tion of this service in June.
KU Med enhanced its cardiotho-
racic services this year when a group
of 22 cardiologists and four sur-
geons joined its staff. The response
has been tremendous, as the surgical
numbers would indicate.
“Most importantly, there have
been outstanding outcomes. Our
outcomes greatly
exceed national stan-
dards,” said Michael
Gorton, MD, who
performed the 100th
procedure.
The surgery team
is the most experi-
enced in the region,
having performed
over 13,500 open-heart procedures
in a 30-year period. The overall
mortality rate of these procedures is
one-half of the national average.
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER
K
Michael Gorton, MD, right, is assisted by Debra Houde, physician’s assistant.
Members of the cardiac operating team
assist Dr. Gorton. From left are: Heidi
Griggs, Dr. Gorton, Peter Hild, MD, and
Janet Kirk.
INSIDE2 Profile: Deb Jordan
3 Bazaar, Flu Shots Ahead
4-5 Front and Center
6 A New Way to RegisterPatients
7 Cancer TechnologyBill Kurtis on KUMC
8 Ads and More…
NEXT ISSUE…Patients get white glove treat-ment, Speedway notes, andwho’s who at the Bazaar
For Deb Jordan, nurse manag-
er and a 15-year veteran of the
Emergency Department (ED), KU
Med has always been the place to
work.
“When I started, this was con-
sidered the mecca of health care.
You really needed to be good to
work here,” she said. “That’s still
the case after all these years. It’s
an exciting place to be.”
Before joining the ED in
1986, Jordan worked as an aid in
a nursing home and as an LPN in
medical, surgical and critical care
units. She received her BSN from
KUMC in 1988 and was promot-
ed to nurse manager of
the ED last November.
“We have a great
staff in the ED, where
everyone supports each
other,” described
Jordan. “It takes a very
special nurse to deal
with the many different
patients and different
situations we encounter.
You never know who’s
coming through the
door next.”
Her extensive ED
experience has landed Jordan
positions on disaster planning
committees and the advisory
board for the Kansas City, Kansas
Community College paramedic
program. She also teaches first aid
to Scout troops.
A mother of four, including
twin five-year-old boys, Jordan
works an average of 60 hours a
week. She enjoys her fast-paced
life, both at work and at home.
Her greatest inspiration?
“My daughter says she wants
to be a nurse just like me.”
Fast-paced ED keeps Jordanbusy and fulfilled
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CENTER STAGE PROFILING THE PEOPLE OF KUMC(Editor’s note: With this article In the Center begins a periodic series of personal profiles ofKUMC’s health care professionals and other staff members.)
Deb Jordan, RN, in one of the newly remodeled rooms in the
Emergency Department.
As the first year of NASCARracing comes to a close at theKansas Speedway Sept. 29 and30, KU Med also concludes itsfirst year as the official health careprovider for the Speedway.
In late May, KU Med openedits 3,400-square-foot infield carecenter featuring two trauma bedsand six treatment areas. The carecenter is equipped to deal withmedical emergencies from heartattacks to heat stroke. Two first aidstations, located under the grand-stand, take care of minor medicalproblems.
The care center was busy dur-ing races this summer, especiallywhen temperatures climbed above100 degrees in July.
“The speedway medical teamwas a great example of the team-work that KU Med is capable ofexhibiting,” said Jeff Strickler,RN, nursing care coordinator forthe Speedway. “Our team was theepitome of the customer serviceculture that is developing here atKU Med.”
The infield care center isstaffed by two physicians, a trau-ma surgeon, three nurses, a respi-ratory therapist and clerk. Staffingat the first aid stations includes aphysician and two nurses at eachstation. Prior to the final weekend,more than 500 people had beentreated at the care center and firstaid stations.
Last weekendof racing ontap atSpeedway
Are you looking for a wreath
or floral arrangement to spruce up
your house for the fall and holiday
seasons? The annual Auxiliary
Bazaar on Oct. 24 and 25 will fea-
ture a variety of home decor and
gift items — all reasonably priced.
According to Dorothy Ebner,
Bazaar chairwoman, hand-decorat-
ed sweatshirts will sell for $15
each. Floral arrangements will cost
no more than $25, a steal when
compared to retail prices.
“People can pick up some real
bargains because we don’t charge
for the time we put into these
items,” Ebner explained. “We
price things to sell.”
Her dining room is overflow-
ing with hundreds of silk flowers
and other supplies Auxiliary mem-
bers will use to craft their cre-
ations.
“We have some very imagina-
tive Auxiliary members who just
have fun getting together and
working on these projects,” said
Ebner.
Members will
also refurbish vin-
tage jewelry and
collect old
Christmas orna-
ments, books, cas-
sette tapes, CDs
and videotapes for
resale during the
Bazaar. If you’d
like to donate any of these items,
bring them to the Volunteer work-
room located across the hall from
the Senior Resource Center, which
is just inside the front door of the
hospital.
With flu season just around the
corner, KU Med is gearing up for
its annual drive-through flu shot
event Oct. 27 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Volunteers, both medical and
non-medical, are needed to staff
the various stations on the route.
The event focuses on those
people who are considered to be at
high risk for contracting the flu
because of age or health status.
Drivers can register, be
screened and receive flu shots
without leaving their cars. Shots
will be administered on a first-
come, first-served basis.
Participants are asked to bring non-
perishable food items in support of
Harvester’s Food Pantry.
Traffic patterns and parking
around the hospital will be altered
to accommodate the event.
Specifics will be announced in
upcoming editions of In the Center.
“It requires the cooperation of
departments across the campus,”
said Amy Metcalf, KU Med well-
ness coordinator and organizer of
the event.
Last year, more than 200
KUMC employees volunteered for
the event. More than 3,000 people
received free flu shots.
To volunteer, e-mail Amy
Metcalf at ametcalf or call 8-1233.
Auxiliary members craft creations forannual Bazaar
Drive-through flu shot event seeks volunteers
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Shoppers hunt for bargains at last year’s Bazaar.
Above: From left to right, Rehab staff members Ben
Kuster, physical therapy student, Paula Engelhardt,
physical therapist, and Linda Whistler, physical therapy
tech, carry Karen Wilson Kedro, occupational therapist,
to demonstrate the proper way to carry disabled people.
In celebration of Rehab Week, KU Med’s Rehab department staged
a surprise safety evacuation drill Sept. 25. Patients, visitors and staff
were evacuated to the Adult Partial Hospital in Olathe Pavilion
where they were treated to ice cream.
Below: Patient Jose Bernal is served ice cream by Dianna Moser,
recreational therapist, right, and Rosetta Cumming, dietetics.
The Burnett Burn
Center Outpatient Burn
Clinic opened for
patients on Sept. 25.
The new clinic will be
open Tuesdays and
Wednesdays from
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and
Thursdays and Fridays
from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. It is located on the 5th floor of the hospital,
immediately adjacent to the Burnett Burn Center on Unit 52.
Staff members ready for the first day of patients include, from left,
Louis Nicholson, hydrotherapy technician, Julia Pena, RN, Traci
Edwards, occupational therapist, and Carla Sabus, physical therapist.
Rehab Week
Outpatient burn center
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Front & Center . . .
Members of the cardiac operating room team who performed
KU Med’s 100th cardiac surgery on Sept. 21 are, front, from
left: Juvy Jabel, Heidi Griggs, Shirley Smith, Debra Houde,
Suzanne Huffman and Patrick Egger. In the second row,
from left, are: Suchinet Wathanacharoen, Janet Kirk, Bob
Devine, MD, Marcy Norwich, Paula Bauer and Nancy
Persley. In the third row, from left, are: Michael Gorton, MD,
Jann Fowler, Mary Ellen Schultis, Bill Fletcher, Miguel
Calvillo, Peter Hild, MD, and Craig Petterson.
100th cardiac surgery team
The “Shower of Stoles,” a collection of hun-
dreds of liturgical stoles from gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgendered people of faith,
was on display in the School of Nursing
(SoN) atrium Sept. 26. The individuals repre-
sented by these stoles are active leaders in
their faiths who have been barred from serv-
ing their communities because of their sexual
orientation.
Shower of Stoles
Golfers were treated to a beautiful day for the
2001 KUMC Golf Tourney, Sept. 24 at
Heritage Park Golf Course.
Cristin Estes, Ophthalmology, left, and Arlene
Wilshusen, Telecommunications and
Networking, register golfers prior to teeing off.
KUMC golftournament
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David Naylor, second-year medical
student, left, helps hang the stoles.
Kansas Cancer Institute (KCI) volunteer
Abby Frenzen, left, and freelance artist Jan
Bryan Hunt assemble the second edition of
her specially-designed works of art titled
“Susan’s Angels.” They will be sold during
Breast Cancer Awareness Week, Oct. 1-5, in
front of the cafeteria. Proceeds will benefit
the Susan Henke Miller Breast Cancer
Research Fund at the KCI.
Breast CancerAwareness
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Jatinder Aulakh, MD, assistant
professor, department of Internal
Medicine and Pediatrics, division of
Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Dr. Aulakh specializes in allergy
and immunological diseases. He com-
pleted medical school at Government
Medical College, Amritsar, in Punjab,
India and an internship at Guru Nanak
Dev Hospital. He completed his residen-
cy in pediatrics and a fellowship in aller-
gy/immunology at the University of
Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Aulakh sees
patients of all ages at the KU Children’s
Center, KU MedWest and KU Med.
Melissa R. Cady, MD, assistant
professor, Family Medicine department.
Dr. Cady’s special areas of interest
are women’s health and adolescent med-
icine. Dr. Cady graduated from the
University of Missouri-Kansas City
medical school. She completed a resi-
dency in family medicine at the
University of Kansas. Dr. Cady sees
patients at KU Med.
Kirk Hance, MD, assistant profes-
sor, Surgery department, General and
Vascular sections. Dr. Hance specializes
in vascular surgery with special training
in endovascular surgery. He completed
medical school at the University of
Texas Southwestern Medical School and
his general surgery and vascular surgery
residencies at the University of Kansas.
He also completed an endovascular and
research fellowship at Washington
University. Dr. Hance is certified by the
American Board of Surgery.
Peter Langenstroer, MD, assistant
professor, Surgery department, Urology
section. Dr. Langenstroer specializes in
urologic oncology. He graduated from
Medical College of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee where he also completed his
residency in urology. Dr. Langenstroer
was on the faculty at Medical College of
Wisconsin for four years. He is certified
by the American Board of Urology.
Stephen Lauer, Ph.D., MD, assis-
tant professor in Pediatrics. Dr. Lauer
has a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the
University of Texas and attended med-
ical school at the University of
California-Irvine. He completed a resi-
dency in pediatrics at the University of
California-San Francisco. Dr. Lauer is
certified by the American Board of
Pediatrics. He has an interest in screen-
ing for cardiovascular disease in children
and adolescents.
Physician UpdateRecognizing physicians who have recently come to KU Med
Kirk Hance, MDJatinder Aulakh, MD Melissa R. Cady, MD
“Virtualregistration” forclinic patientsbegins Oct. 1
A new outpatient registration
process scheduled to go into
effect in Kansas University
Physician, Inc.’s clinics Oct. 1
will increase efficiency and
make the process more patient-
friendly.
The new system, dubbed
“virtual registration,” allows
patients to be pre-registered for
clinic or ancillary visits by tele-
phone. Specially trained pre-reg-
istration specialists will phone
the patients prior to their
appointments to collect personal
and insurance information.
Patients who must visit more
than one location in the hospital
during a visit will be issued a
“passport” at their first appoint-
ment. Patients will only have to
verify their information and have
their insurance cards copied
once.
Stephen Lauer,Ph.D., MD
Peter Langenstroer, MD
Bill Kurtis, host of A & E’s
“Investigative Reports” and a KU
graduate, will narrate a television
documentary produced to mark
the 50th anniversary of KUMC’s
Rural Preceptor Program.
“Medicine on the Kansas
Prairie” was produced as part of
the School of Medicine’s (SoM)
yearlong celebration of the
Preceptor Program. The documen-
tary will be introduced at a recep-
tion and dinner Nov. 2 at the
Fairmont Hotel Country Club
Plaza. The event will reunite for-
mer and present preceptors with
their students, as well as recognize
all volunteer physicians for their
contributions to medical education
in Kansas. Excerpts of the pro-
gram will be aired on Kansas pub-
lic television in December.
The Preceptor Program part-
ners fourth-year medical students
with physicians throughout
Kansas. The students spend one or
two months working alongside
rural physicians.
In addition to the dinner, two
other seminars are scheduled that
weekend. A daylong women’s
health seminar, “Women’s Health:
Successful Diagnosis and
Management of Disabling
Conditions,” will be held on Nov.
2. A half-day program on the
Preceptor Program, “Kansas
Medical Education, 50 Years
Later: Where Are We Now and
Where Are We Going?”, is sched-
uled for Nov. 3.
To register, call 4-4871 or dial
toll free 877-404-5823.
Participants may also register by
e-mail at kucc@ku.edu or online
at kuce.org.
visit us online at:http://www2.kumc.edu/publications/inthecenter/
New linear accelerator to go online soonInstallation of KU Med’s new linear accelerator
literally went through the roof of the Radiation
Oncology department early Sunday morning, Sept. 16.
But the real excitement will come in early 2002, when
it begins providing high-energy x-ray and electron
beams to treat cancers deep within all parts of the
body. KU Med will be first in the area to offer this
advanced cancer treatment that promises to improve
cure rates and reduce harmful side effects.
Weighing 30,000 pounds and measuring nine feet
by 15 feet, the linear accelerator will be used to deliver
the most advanced form of intensity modulated radia-
tion therapy (IMRT). IMRT enables physicians to
carefully and precisely target cancerous tumor cells,
including those that are irregularly shaped, to within
one millimeter.
“The IMRT computer system allows us to arrange
multiple beams of radiation for a treatment
customized to each patient,” said Leela Krishnan, MD,
professor and chair of Radiation Oncology. “This
maximizes the dose of radiation delivered to the tumor
while minimizing exposure to critical organs and
surrounding healthy tissue.”
As a result, IMRT can treat areas of the body—
such as the spine, head and neck—with higher doses
of radiation than were previously feasible. For
instance, IMRT can be used to safely apply radiation
to a tumor wrapped around the spinal cord.
In addition, patient comfort and cure rates are
substantially improved because IMRT protects the
non-cancerous areas while delivering high-dose radia-
tion therapy to affected areas. By increasing doses of
radiation, physicians have a much greater chance of
completely eliminating tumors rather than causing
temporary regression.
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Bill Kurtis narrates preceptor documentary
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1994 Grand Am, 100K miles, dependable,$2,000. 913-362-8515.
For Sale:Kitchen table, approx. 48´´ x 30´´ and 4chairs, butcher-block style, excellent con-dition, $150 for the set; two 24´´ dark-brown oak barstools, rounded back withbent slats, excellent condition, $150 forthe pair. 816-695-6915.
Gently worn designer-label girls’ clothes,size newborn through 2-T, all seasons,toys, car seat, exersaucer, etc., pricesnegotiable. Nights or weekends 913-782-3332.
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Dickens village: East Indies TradingCompany, $65; Chancery Corner, $65;The Spirit of Giving, $100. 816-361-0630.
White Maytag electric dryer, good condi-tion with newer belt and roller bearing,$100 OBO. 913-381-1612.
Sofa and chair with solid pine frames,dark stain, cream-colored cushions, goodcondition, $150 OBO. 816-756-0652.
Garage Sale:Saturday, Sept. 29, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Babyfurniture, toys, Christmas items. Two anda half blocks west of 7th Street at 755Shawnee Ave., KCK.
Wanted:Carpool or vanpool from Blue Springs toKUMC as a rider plus operating expenses.K. Fowler at 816-795-3745.
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Friday, September 28• Blood drive, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Student Center, Stoland Lounge.
• Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesGrand Rounds series,“Psychological Aspects ofHormone Replacement Therapy,”Julia Warnock, MD, Ph.D.,department of Psychiatry at theUniversity of Oklahoma, 10-11:30 a.m., Sudler auditorium.On-site CME credits available.
Monday, October 1• National Breast Cancer Awareness
Month begins. Visit the KansasCancer Institute’s table outside the cafeteria this week.
Tuesday, October 2• Senior wellness program, “Surfin’
the Net,” 10 a.m.-noon, SeniorResource Center.
Wednesday, October 3• Diabetes self-management training
classes, “Long-Term ChronicComplications,” 9-10 a.m., “Foot, Skin and Dental Care,” 10-11 a.m., George Ann Eaks,RN, Cray Diabetes ManagementCenter, Room 1107.
• KUMC Interfaith, noon-1 p.m.,2023 Wescoe.
Thursday, October 4• Burn patient family support
group, 6-7 p.m., Burnett BurnCenter waiting room.
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