Within a few years of the hospital opening in 2005, the need for a cardiology program became a priority in order to serve our community. In May 2009, Dr. Warren L. Johnson opened a new practice, Summit Cardiology. Dr. Johnson comes from Kansas City, Missouri where he practiced for more than 30 years at Cardiovascular Consultants and the Mid American Heart Institute. Dr. Johnson’s training includes a Medical Degree from the University of Kansas and an Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiology Fellowship from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

According to Dr. Johnson, “St. Anthony Summit Medical Center and Summit Cardiology are now recognized as a high quality cardiac referral center for the region. Our practice is growing and we are receiving patients from referral sites throughout the mountains.”

Non-invasive cardiac procedures are performed at the hospital to evaluate many heart conditions from coronary artery disease to heart arrhythmias to valve disease. Tests include:

YElectrocardiography (EKG)

YHolter Monitoring - Event Monitors

YEchocardiography

YStress Echocardiogram

YGraded Exercise Testing (Stress Test)

YNuclear Cardiac Stress Tests

YUltrasound (for abdominal aneurysm and carotid artery disease)

YCT Scan

Most cardiac evaluations can now be performed here in Summit County with specialized tests. Interventional procedures such as angioplasty and surgeries are referred

to St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood. The Centura Heart Network is the largest and most comprehensive network of cardiovascular care in the state.

The Foundation funded the purchase of the Echocardiogram equipment in 2009 for Dr. Johnson’s program. To keep pace with the increased number of Echo tests, the workflow now requires additional connectivity to the cardiologist office. Fundraising from the recent Dancing with the Mountain Stars event will support the purchase of two workstations for the Echo heart station and the cardiology office. Dr. Johnson said, “We will now be able to have a computerized work station which will provide increased efficiency of time and cost, standardization and accuracy of reports, more timely reports, comparisons with previous studies, data will be searchable for research and education, and images and reports will be viewable at multiple sites. The Foundation’s support of this work station system will have a significantly positive impact on our cardiac imaging quality and efficiency. The Foundation is so important to the hospital and the Cardiology Program to facilitate the acquisition of the tools we need.”

Dr. Johnson is pleased to announce the opening of a new Catheterization Lab in mid-November at the hospital. Catheterizations will be performed in the operating room to evaluate pulmonary hypertension in patients who may require special treatment. Dr. Johnson explained that people need to be aware of the effects of high altitude. He added that today there are newer medicines that may be helpful in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension.

On the horizon, Dr. Johnson envisions a cardiac rehabilitation center here in Summit County with full-time services for cardiac patients.

Dr. Warren Johnson and Beth Murray, Echo Sonographer, evaluate the results of an Echocardiology test for a heart patient.

The Heartbeat of the SummitThe Cardiology Program at St. AnthonySummit Medical Center

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jeff CampeauBoard Chair

Trip ButlerPaul ChodkowskiDouglas A. DillonDebra EdwardsMitzie HawkinsJerry JamesStacy JoyceErin McGinnisMark Norden, MDBill PelhamBrenda PoulterFlo Raitano, DVMCarolyn SachsAllan Schutt, MDPatty TheobaldKaren White

Summit Medical CenterHealth FoundationP.O. Box 738 340 Peak One DriveFrisco, CO 80443www.summitmedicalcenter.org

Debra EdwardsPresident and Chief Development Officer(970) 668-6906debedwards@centura.org

Linda LichtendahlExecutive Assistant(970) 668-9755lindalichtendahl@centura.org

Our MissionRaise and allocate philanthropic funds, primarily for the hospital’s programs and services that benefit the underserved, the elderly and the community. Our focus is on areas and issues that enhance the hospital’s mission but do not fall within the normal parameters of the hospital or its budget. The Summit Medical Center Health Foundation is the primary foundation for St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco, Colorado.

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VOLUME II, ISSUE 4 FALL 2011

Dancing with the Mountain Stars Reached for the stars and met a fundraising goal of nearly $100,000

The Keystone Resort Conference Center was the place to be in Summit County on Saturday, October 1st as eight local celebrity dancers, along with their professional partners, strutted their stuff all in the name of charity. Guests were greeted by nearly life-sized silhouettes of the local celebrity dancers hanging from the chandeliers in the conference center hallway as the 4th

Annual Dancing with the Mountain Stars fundraising event kicked off the evening with a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception and silent auction. Guests then feasted on an elegant dinner and dessert. Following the competition and a show-stopping performance by the professional dancers, guests rock and rolled the night away on the center dance floor until the last song at midnight.

Ticket sales topped out at 704 and nearly $100,000 was raised to purchase two workstations for the Echo Heart station and Dr. Warren Johnson’s cardiology office at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center. The Silent Auction netted more than $23,000 thanks to very generous local businesses and individual donors. So once again the bar has been raised; the challenge is in full swing as we anticipate an even more successful event in 2012. Watch for early ticket sales as we work towards another sold out event.

Who says you have to wait for dessert? Keystone’s Ned Archibald, Executive Pastry

Chef and Chocolate Magician created a memorable edible dessert centerpiece

to delight guests who enjoyed bits of the chocolate throughout the evening.

Dr. Jeffrey Lee, trauma surgeon, handled the tango with a flair and flamboyance he doesn’t normally display in the operating room. Jeff was somewhat worried that he wouldn’t get to perform

since his wife Catherine gave birth to their second

daughter just days after the event.

Celebrity judge Dan Gibbs, Summit Country Commissioner, raises his paddle as Christine Scanlan, Senior Staff to Colorado Governor John

Hickenlooper, smiles with her approval. David Barry, CEO Alpine/Canadian Mountain Holidays, was still contemplating his score.

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Guests had fun with the challenge of picking a good

bottle of wine from the hidden selection

of more than 300 bottles at the Off the Wall Mystery Wine Grab. Each

bottle was worth at least $10 with many

ranging in value from $25 to $150. This portion of the

Silent Auction raised $2,300.

Jodee Trainor, VP Patient Care/Chief

Nursing Officer, was awarded the

Stephanie Roller Bruner Most Improved Dancer Award. Stephanie’s sister Ramona Roller presented Jodee with the award created in honor

and in memory of Stephanie who, as a dance coach, gave so much time and talent to the first three years of the event. Jodee and her

partner, Hunter Hamilton, danced the foxtrot portraying the WWII nurse and sailor from the iconic kissing photo that marked the end of the war.

Photos by Diana Sabreen Photography

Save the DateSeptember 29, 2012 Links to the 2011 Dancing with the Mountain Stars photos and video

are posted on www.facebook.com/summitmedical

Trip Butler has served on the Foundation Board since May 2009, currently serving as the Board Treasurer. His past accomplishments include 11 years as a Combat Engineer Officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, including combat in the first Gulf War. Subsequently, he worked as Project Manager for a general contractor in Key West, Florida. Trip and his wife Kelly moved to Breckenridge in 1999 to take over the operation of the Hunt Placer Inn on Ski Hill Road. In 2004, they sold the bed & breakfast for a more family-friendly lifestyle. Trip is the current co-owner of Creative Cabinetry on Airport Road in Breckenridge.

Since moving to Breckenridge he has been immersed in community activities. Trip served several terms on the board of the Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers of Colorado, including one as president. He served several terms on the board of the Little Red School House, including

one as president, as well. He also served as Junior Warden for the vestry of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Breckenridge. Trip has three children, Frankie (age 7), Sam (age 5) and Emma (age 4). Trip’s oldest son, Ryden (19), is a freshman (pre-med) at the University of Miami, Florida.

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Board Member SpotlightTrip Butler

Trip ButlerSecretary/Treasurer

Co-Owner, Creative Cabinetry

We’re giving Summit County’s long-time philanthropist, Bob Follett, a new name, “Disco” Bob after his swingin’ 80’s dance performance with Mandy Moore at this year’s Dancing with the Mountain Stars. Bob’s enthusiastic commitment to our fundraising event as a dancer is his most recent contribution to the hospital. Bob and Nancy retired to Keystone in 1994 after Bob’s long career in Chicago as a book publisher. They quickly became one of the county’s most well-known volunteer and donor couples. They have been making regular gifts to St. Anthony Summit Medical Center since 2005 with a significant donation to the Flight For Life Colorado hanger. In addition to the hospital, Bob and Nancy support the Keystone Science School, the National Repertory Orchestra, and many other Summit County nonprofit organizations. By the way, Bob thinks he may be setting an unbreakable record as the oldest “star” ever, at 83, for Dancing with the Mountain Stars and commented, “I was happy to make a fool of myself if it benefited the hospital.” Bob was no fool on the dance floor, performing a memorable disco routine with Mandy.Making the Difference

Leaving a legacy that will touch another lifeNearly 90 percent of all Americans contribute to a nonprofit organization during their lifetime. Many of these generous donors continue that support through a gift in their will or estate plan. We have all heard that in giving you receive, but many are surprised to learn that U.S. tax laws take this reality one step further and make it possible for a charitable gift to change much more than the charity on the receiving end. Your family and your estate can realize estate tax savings through your charitable giving today.

Planning a gift to Summit Medical Center Health Foundation is achieved through collaboration and consultation. We will work with you and your advisors to choose an appropriate and tax-wise strategy that benefits you and contributes to our community’s healthcare needs.

A bequest is perhaps the easiest and most tangible way to have a lasting impact on our hospital which means so much to you and in addition to lessen the burden of taxes on your family and your estate. By making a bequest in a will or trust you can further the mission of the hospital long after you are gone and can provide your estate with a charitable deduction for the value of the gift. There are a variety of options including gifting a percentage, a specific asset or the residue of your estate. There are also other types of bequests including retirement assets such as an IRA account which can be transferred tax-free at your death and your estate receives a charitable deduction. An insurance policy also makes a nice bequest because if gifted to the foundation your estate avoids paying tax on the value of the policy and also your estate receives a charitable deduction. Contact your IRA or insurance company to obtain a beneficiary designation form and then contact Deb Edwards at 970-668-6906 for help in making a bequest to the Summit Medical Center Health Foundation. More charitable giving strategies are outlined on the next page.

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Other Types of Bequests Certain types of property pass outside of a will or trust. These assets require that you name a beneficiary by completing a beneficiary designation form. To make a bequest of these assets, you should contact the company or entity from which you purchased the asset. Here are a couple of examples:

Bequest of an IRA A retirement asset like an IRA account makes an excellent bequest to charity. If the IRA were given to your family, much of the value would be depleted through estate and income taxes. By designating charity as the beneficiary of part or all of your IRA, the full value of the gift is transferred tax-free at your death and your estate receives a charitable deduction. If you wish to leave your IRA to your spouse at your death, you may also designate charity as the secondary beneficiary of your account. Contact your IRA or retirement account custodian to obtain a beneficiary designation form and make a bequest from your IRA.

Bequest of Insurance Policy An insurance policy makes a nice bequest to charity. As an asset of your estate, an insurance policy is taxable at your death. However, if the policy is gifted to charity, your estate avoids paying tax on the value of the policy and receives a charitable deduction for the gift. You may generally name anyone as beneficiary of your insurance policy and change your designation at anytime. Contact your insurance company to obtain a beneficiary designation form and make a bequest of your policy to charity.

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Most of us experience this truism through the eyes of a patient, the gratitude of a life changed, or through the vision that is inherent in philanthropy. U.S. tax laws embrace strategies like the Charitable Gift Annuity and offer incentives that will ensure a bright and hopeful future for healthcare and nurture a philanthropic society.

The Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA) is a planning tool that recognizes that the rewards of giving begin with the desire to make a gift and the benefit is that the gift will pay you for life. To create a CGA, a donor transfers an asset to the Summit Medical Center Health Foundation and then we agree to make annual payments to the donor(s) for life. In addition to the satisfaction inherent in the act of giving, the CGA adds a tangible benefit in the form of an attractive annual income payment at a rate based on the age of the donor. The Gift Annuity can be funded in a number of ways including transferring an appreciated block of stock (or in some cases, real estate) which can benefit the donor with an immediate charitable income tax deduction and bypass a portion of the capital gains tax as well.

A charitable remainder unitrust is like a combination of a gift and an investment plan. You place assets in trust, and you (and/or another beneficiary) receive lifetime income from them and then the foundation receives the remainder. This option is excellent for devising a supplemental retirement plan. The annuity trust is more than an eventual gift to us; it lets you give away the tree and still keep the fruit, because you receive an income stream from your donation.

By working together, we will be able to assist you in achieving your philanthropic goals. Please call Deb Edwards at 970-668-6906 to set up a time to discuss including Summit Medical Center Health Foundation in your retirement and estate planning.

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