ISSUE 7 MONTHLY MEDICAL STAFF NEWSLETTER ProgressNotes VOLUME 9 In This Issue Torrance Memorial Receives Historic $100 Million From A Single Donor..P 1 - 2 Medical Executive Committee Approvals………….………..…........P 2 Prothrombin Time Reference Range Change...……………………P3 Very Important Clinical Updates…..P 4-10 Clinical FYI’s.………………………..P 11-12 Cardiology Update 2017.…………..P 13 EBSCOhost Full-Text Databases....P 14 Medical Staff Calendar....…..….......P 15 New Practitioners…………..…..…...P 16 Physician/AHP Roster Updates…...P 17 July 2017 1 Torrance Memorial Receives Historic $100 Million From A Single Donor On June 15, 2017 Torrance Memorial’s leadership and community members were joined by local elected officials from through- out the South Bay to announce a $32 million donation by philanthropists Melanie and Richard Lundquist to establish a Neuroscience Institute and an Orthopedic and Spine Institute at the 470-bed nonprofit medical center. This contribution, combined with the Lundquists’ previous contributions of $68 million to the hospital, gives Torrance Memorial Medical Center the distinction of receiving $100 million from a single donor -- the largest known contribution to a non-teaching/research hospital in the United States. Continued on next page….. Craig Leach, President/CEO, Torrance Memorial Medical Center; Laura Schenasi, Executive Vice President, Torrance Memorial Foundation; Melanie and Richard Lundquist; Sally Eberhard, Senior Vice President, Torrance Memorial Medical Center; Mark Lurie, MD, Cardiologist, Medical Director, Torrance Memorial Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute; Barbara Lurie; Judith Gassner, Senior Director, Torrance Memorial Foundation.
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MONTHLY
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NEWSLETTER ProgressNotesVOLUME 9
In This Issue
Torrance Memorial Receives Historic $100 Million From A Single Donor..P 1 - 2
Medical Executive Committee Approvals………….………..…........P 2
Prothrombin Time Reference Range Change...……………………P3
Very Important Clinical Updates…..P 4-10
Clinical FYI’s.………………………..P 11-12
Cardiology Update 2017.…………..P 13
EBSCOhost Full-Text Databases....P 14
Medical Staff Calendar....…..….......P 15
New Practitioners…………..…..…...P 16
Physician/AHP Roster Updates…...P 17
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Torrance Memorial Receives Historic $100 Million From A Single Donor
On June 15, 2017 Torrance Memorial’s leadership and community members were joined by local elected officials from through-out the South Bay to announce a $32 million donation by philanthropists Melanie and Richard Lundquist to establish a Neuroscience Institute and an Orthopedic and Spine Institute at the 470-bed nonprofit medical center. This contribution, combined with the Lundquists’ previous contributions of $68 million to the hospital, gives Torrance Memorial Medical Center the distinction of receiving $100 million from a single donor -- the largest known contribution to a non-teaching/research hospital in the United States.
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Craig Leach, President/CEO, Torrance Memorial Medical Center; Laura Schenasi, Executive Vice President, Torrance Memorial Foundation; Melanie and Richard Lundquist; Sally Eberhard, Senior Vice President, Torrance Memorial Medical Center; Mark Lurie, MD, Cardiologist, Medical Director, Torrance Memorial Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute; Barbara Lurie; Judith Gassner, Senior Director, Torrance Memorial Foundation.
“When paramedics respond to an emergency, they will most likely transport you to your local hospital; it’s critical that as a society we build the expertise, training and medical staffs of our local hospitals and not focus philanthropic dollars solely on the major teaching and research institutions,” said Melanie Lundquist. “We are committed to Torrance Memorial Medical Center, which is extraordinarily well-run and has been providing valuable medical care to South Bay communities for over 90 years,” continued Ms. Lundquist. “What started out as a local community hospital has, through strong leadership, an exceptional medical staff, financial stability and philanthropy, become a highly regarded regional medical center. Our commitment of $100 million is intended to send a clear message both locally and nationally—support the hospitals in your communities and help make them better.” The Lundquists’ $32 million donation will establish an Orthopedic and Spine Institute as well as a Neuroscience Institute at the hospital where 8,000-10,000 orthopedic, spinal, neurosurgical, and neurological patients were served last year. The focus on orthopedics and spine surgery will allow Torrance Memorial to expand its capabilities and recruit surgeons in these specialties. The hospital also intends to establish new ambulatory locations for orthopedic and spine medical services, reducing the need for patients to leave the South Bay. The Neuroscience Institute—one of the only such programs at a non-academic hospital in Los Angeles County—will mean that patients with neurological needs, which previously had to be referred out of the area, could be cared for at Torrance Memorial. Additional funding will go to upgrade the surgical and ICU capabilities at the hospital. This announcement follows Torrance Memorial’s news last month of a proposed plan for a formal affiliation with Cedars-Sinai Health System, the parent company of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a world-renowned 886-bed medical center and multi-specialty academic health science center serving the Los Angeles region. The agreement is designed to strengthen both organizations’ ability to serve the community and to enhance access, coordination and quality of care for the public. “Melanie and Richard are true community heroes, as their financial commitment will make a real and long-term difference in the lives of countless people,” said Craig Leach, President/CEO, Torrance Memorial Medical Center. “And the timing of their gift, following our affiliation agreement with Cedars-Sinai, sends a powerful message about the positive future of Torrance Memorial and the communities we serve.” “The Cedars-Sinai and Torrance Memorial affiliation is great for the community and creates a new frontier for the hospital,” said Richard Lundquist. “The affiliation will provide a platform for future collaborations in primary and specialty care. Torrance Memorial and the community will benefit from access to the latest clinical trials and sub-specialists at Cedars as well.” The Lundquists’ commitment to Torrance Memorial stretches back to 1985 when Melanie was a volunteer at the hospital. Melanie’s inside view of the hospital’s operations motivated her to become more involved. Over the last 11 years, the Lundquists established a Cardiovascular Institute, significantly expanded beds in the hospital’s Emergency Room and helped to fund the Lundquist Tower, a 256-bed all-private room hospital. The Lundquists provided in the $50 million donor agreement that their name should be removed from the building when naming rights could be used to attract another significant donor in the future. “The $100 million contribution Melanie and Richard have made to Torrance Memorial will have an immeasurable impact on the health of the South Bay communities,” said Supervisor Janice Hahn. “By focusing resources on improving a key community hospital, the Lundquists are helping to strengthen the safety net for health care in our entire region. They are also making a strong statement about the role of philanthropy in building stronger communities by ensuring that healthcare is accessible and being constantly improved.” Before her election to the LA County Board of Supervisors this past November, Hahn represented California's 44th District (including much of the area served by Torrance Memorial) in Congress from 2011 to 2016.
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Medical Executive Committee Approvals Items approved at the last Medical Executive Committee meeting can be viewed by using this website link and selecting the particular month: http://www.torrancememorial.org/For_Physicians/Medical_Staff/MEC_Approval.aspx . If you have any questions, please contact the Medical Staff Services Department at (310) 517-4616.
On June 6, 2017 our current reference range for Prothrombin Time (PT) will be changing. Torrance Memorial Medical Center uses the ACLtop 500 analyzer by Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) for coagulation tests. IL has reformulated their PT reagent. This reference range has been validated by Instrumentation Laboratory on our analyzers at Torrance Memorial. Please see the following chart which reflects the change:
Parameter Existing Reference Range New Reference Range
Prothrombin Time
9.5 – 12.0 seconds 10.2 – 12.9 seconds
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the lab supervisor at (310) 257-5710. Sincerely, Michael Dunlap, M.D. Pathologist Clinical Laboratory Hematology Department
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On April 7, 2017 Torrance Memorial Medical Center hosted its 7th annual Cardiology Update: Conventional Wisdom & Beyond. The symposium was designed to support the vision of the Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute by educating physicians and other health care professionals on evidence-based information about new treatment guidelines and advancements in valvular disease, coronary artery disease, heart failure, stroke, and cardiometabolic disorders. This year the event was attended by over 300 guests. Nationally renowned leaders in cardiovascular and metabolic disease who gave presentations included Dr. Marc Gillinov, Chairman of the Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, who spoke on “Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery: the New Standard”, Dr. Paul Teirstein, Chief of Cardiology and Director of Interventional Cardiology at Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, who spoke on “Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Case Selection and Outcomes”, Dr. Thomas Heywood, Director of the Heart Failure Recovery & Research Center at Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, who spoke on “The Cardiorenal Syndrome: A Cardiology Perspective”, Dr. Jaime Moriguchi, Medical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, who spoke on “Current Management Strategies in Advanced Heart Failure” and Dr. Mimi Guarneri, Founder & Medical Director of Guarneri Integrative Health, Inc. and President of the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine, who spoke on “Prevention & Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Through Lifestyle Change”. The event is coordinated under the direction of Dr. Mark Lurie, Cardiologist and Medical Director of the Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute, who is passionate about the importance of education to provide “state of the art” medical treatment at Torrance Memorial for our growing community. This symposium will be held next year on Friday April 20, 2018 with another outstanding line up of speakers and topics so mark your calendars!
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Thomas Heywood, M.D. Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA
Salman Azam, M.D. Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Karol Watson, M.D., FACC UCLA Women’s Cardiovascular Center
Jaime Moriguchi, M.D., FACC Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
James Field, MBA, DBA The Advisory Board Company
Washington, DC
Paul Teirstein, M.D., FACC Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA
Michael Shehata, M.D., FACC Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Mark Lurie, M.D., FACC & Melanie Lundquist Lundquist Lurie Cardiovascular Institute
from left: Ankush Chhabra, M.D., FACC, Craig Baker, M.D., Debby Kelley, Mark Lurie, M.D., FACC, Victoria Shin, M.D.,
Melanie Lundquist, Marc Gillinov, M.D., Craig Leach
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EBSCOhost provides access to the full-text databases described below. Only individuals affiliated with Torrance Memorial are allowed access and a user ID and password are required. To access available databases click on http://search.ebscohost.com/ and select EBSCOhost Web after login. A link is also available on Torrance Memorial's TMI website in the lower left corner of the home page. For user ID, password and additional information please contact Anita Klecker, Health Sciences Librarian/CME Coordinator at [email protected] or (310) 517-4720.
Full-Text Databases
In January 2004 Torrance Memorial's Medical Library began a subscription to EBSCOhost Web that provides access to full-text journals and allows clients to link to full-text from journal citations within National Library of Medicine's PubMed (MEDLINE) database. Most of the full-text journals covered are available in PDF format. Databases to which the Medical Library subscribes include: CINAHL Plus with Full Text is a robust collection of full text for nursing and allied health journals, providing full
text for more than 760 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo. Content covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the core research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature. Full text coverage dates back to 1937.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews contains full text articles, as well as protocols focusing on the effects of health care. The reviews are highly structured and systematic, with evidence included or excluded on the basis of explicit quality criteria, to minimize bias. Data for the more than 4,800 records is evidence-based medicine and is often combined statistically (with meta-analysis) to increase the power of the findings of numerous studies, each too small to produce reliable results individually.
Health Business Elite provides comprehensive journal content detailing all aspects of health care administration and other non-clinical aspects of health care institution management. Topics covered include hospital management, hospital administration, marketing, human resources, computer technology, facilities management and insurance. The database contains full text content for more than 570 journals.
MEDLINE Complete provides authoritative information on general health and medicine, nursing, pharmacology, dentistry, genetics & genomics, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. It is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for medical journals, providing full text for over 2,000 journals indexed in MEDLINE. This wide-ranging file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the MEDLINE index - with no embargo. With coverage dating back to 1809 and full-text back to 1865, it is the definitive research tool for medical literature.
Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive is designed for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides full text for nearly 400 journals, including nearly 300 peer-reviewed titles, covering the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health and allied health disciplines. Nearly all full text titles included are indexed in CINAHL. Full text information dates as far back as 1975.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology and observational & experimental methods. It also provides particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling. This is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for more than 530 journals.
To view a 4-minute EBSCOhost tutorial video click:
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CME CONFERENCES
Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. Hoffman Health Conference Center
Torrance Memorial Medical Center is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Torrance Memorial Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category I CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. For up-to-the-minute conference information call (310) 784-8776 or visit: http://www.torrancememorial.org/For_Physicians/Wednesday_CME_Conferences.aspx
Medical Staff Calendar July 2017
July 19, 2017 NO CONFERENCE
July 5, 2017 “Sports Injuries” Bianca Edison, M.D. Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Commercial Support: None
July 26, 2017 NO CONFERENCE 15
July 12, 2017 “Advances in Radiation Therapy” Thomas Simko, M.D. Torrance Memorial Medical Center Commercial Support: None
Lydia R. Banuelos, M.D. Surgery Atlantis Eyecare 1360 W. 6th St., No. Bldg 125 San Pedro, CA 90732 Phone: (310) 359-1290 Fax: (310) 732-1237
Wossen Belachew, M.D. Medicine UCLA Health Santa Monica Hospitalists 1250 16th St., Ste. C2304 Santa Monica, CA 90404 Phone: (310) 319-4698 Fax: (310) 206-3260
Mina Hakim, M.D. Pediatrics Lighthouse Pediatrics 3661 Torrance Blvd., Ste. 104 Torrance, CA 90503 Phone: (310) 953-0020 Fax: (310) 953-0019
Michele A. Hamilton, M.D. Medicine California Heart Foundation 8536 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 301 Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Phone: (310) 248-8300 Fax: (310) 248-8333
Jaime D. Moriguchi, M.D. Medicine California Heart Foundation 8536 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 301 Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Phone: (310) 248-8300 Fax: (310) 248-8333
Maria Fe M. White, N.P. Medicine 127 S. San Vicente Blvd., Ste. 6100A Los Angeles, CA 90048 Phone: (310) 423-2077 Fax: (310) 248-8252
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Address Change Mark D. Lurie, M.D. Medicine COR Healthcare Medical Associates 2841 Lomita Blvd., Ste. 100 Torrance, CA 90505 Phone: (310) 257-0508 Fax: (310) 325-8109
Suite Number Change Mark H. Takemura, M.D. Medicine Ste. 220 Leave of Absence Joanna M. Wong, M.D. Pediatrics Resignation Raj U. Dugel, M.D. Surgery Nabil I. El Sayad, M.D. Medicine Joseph Ford, M.D. Medicine James S. Hamada, M.D. Surgery Jessica E. Hawley, M.D. Medicine Nathan Lucas, D.P.M. Surgery Richard K. Mathis, M.D. Pediatrics Retired Stanley Carson, M.D. Surgery James Y. Liu, M.D. Surgery
The Medical Staff Newsletter ProgressNotes is published monthly for the Medical Staff of Torrance Memorial Medical Center. Vinh Cam, M.D. Chief of Staff Robin S. Camrin, CPMSM, CPCS Vice President, Medical Staff Services & Performance Improvement A.Klecker-07/2017
Physician/AHP Roster Updates
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ProgressNotes Vol. 9 Issue 7 July 2017
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