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News In Brief May 2007

News In Brief

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

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A Legacy Of Leadership: Dr. Francis E. Rosato, Sr. May 2007

A Legacy Of Leadership: Dr. Francis E. Rosato, Sr.

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

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On The Job May 2007

On The Job

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

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Visualizing New Possibilities In Vascular Surgery May 2007

Visualizing New Possibilities In Vascular Surgery

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

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Meet Our Surgical Interns May 2007

Meet Our Surgical Interns

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

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Trends In Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery May 2007

Trends In Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

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Overview From The Chairman May 2007

Overview From The Chairman

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

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Col. Darnell Waun's Second Chance At Life May 2007

Col. Darnell Waun's Second Chance At Life

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

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Download The Pdf Of The Full Issue May 2007

Download The Pdf Of The Full Issue

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

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Jss Editorial Board & Credits May 2007

Jss Editorial Board & Credits

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Jefferson Surgical Solutions is published by Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Jefferson Department of Surgery Curtis Building, Suite 620 1015 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 www.JeffersonHospital.org/surgery Barry Gutman, Editor/Writer JeffGraphics, Design Editorial Board: Volume 1, Issue 1 Hwyda Arafat, MD, PhD Adam Berger, MD Cataldo Doria, MD Adam Frank, MD Gerald Isenberg, MD Robert Larson, MD John Moore, MD Scott Silvestry, MD Robert Solit, MD Thomas Tulenko, PhD Charles Yeo, MD Jennifer Brumbaugh Diane Calder Patricia McMorrow Flo Williams Information in Jefferson Surgical Solutions is not intended to provide advice on personal medical matters or to substitute …


Honoring Dr. Herbert Cohn May 2007

Honoring Dr. Herbert Cohn

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

On March 28, Mae Gelb of Scranton, Pennsylvania, celebrated her 100th birthday with close friends and family, including her nephew, Herbert E. Cohn, MD, Anthony Narducci Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery, Jefferson. Mrs. Gelb's life has been nearly as healthy as it is long. Aside from giving birth, her only experience as an inpatient was when, in October 1993, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, she underwent a major operation performed by then-Samuel D. Gross Professor and Chair of Surgery Francis E. Rosato, MD, with moral support from Dr. Cohn. "So many physicians I know have been taught by Herb." …


News In Brief May 2007

News In Brief

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Jefferson's Department of Surgery has been accepted to participate in the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP). The lead surgeon for this initiative is Herbert E. Cohn, MD. Developed by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs, NSQIP is one of the first outcomes-based, risk-adjusted, peer-controlled programs designed to measure and enhance the quality of surgical care. The program collects data on 133 variables, including preoperative risk factors, intraoperative variables and 30-day mortality and morbidity outcomes data – the latter entered by Kathleen Hartman, RN, BSN, the department's new Surgical Clinical Nurse Reviewer. It will enable …


On The Job May 2007

On The Job

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Patricia Kal Sauter, RN, MSN, ACNP, NCTMB, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery Since graduating from the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Pat Sauter had worked at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore –the last 15 years with Charles J. Yeo, MD, whom she accompanied when he was appointed in 2005 as the Samuel D. Gross Professor and Chair of Surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She works four days a week and spends the others on her farm near York, Pennsylvania, with children Kate, age 14, and Jack, 11. Describe …


Meet Our Surgical Interns May 2007

Meet Our Surgical Interns

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

The staff of the Department of Surgery at Jefferson is currently assisted by an exceptional group of interns. Pictured left to right, they are: Hamid Abdollahi, MD, Jefferson Medical College (JMC), Class of 2005; Lisa Harris, MD, State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, Class of 2005; Matthew Rosen, MD, JMC, Class of 2005; Jennifer Sullivan, MD, University of Maryland, College Park, Class of 2005; Nikolai Bildzukewicz, MD, JMC, Class of 2001 (followed by military service as a flight surgeon in the United States Navy); and Daniel Lefebvre, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, Class of 2005. …


Building A Better Bypass Graft Apr 2007

Building A Better Bypass Graft

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Jefferson vascular surgeon obtains three research grants. Vascular surgeon Paul DiMuzio, MD, FACS,Assistant Professor of Surgery and Radiology,Jefferson Medical College (JMC) of ThomasJefferson University, has been awarded grantsfrom the National Institutes of Health (NIH),American Vascular Association and AmericanHeart Association totaling $975,000. Thesefunds will further his team's research to usetissue engineering and stem cell technologyto develop a novel bypass graft for patientswho lack autogenous tissues for vascularprocedures such as coronary and peripheralartery bypass and hemodialysis access. "Today, the gold standard for creatingthese grafts is using the patient's saphenousvein or another artery," Dr. DiMuzio says."When those are unavailable because theyare diseased, too …