UAB Medicine’s new $7 million, 17,000-square-foot UAB Medicine-Leeds clinic, located off Rex Lake Road at Interstate 20’s Exit 140, will open Wednesday, Oct. 21.
The internal medicine and pediatric facility also will feature a UAB Hospital outpatient diagnostic center complete with MRI, CT, ultrasound, digital X-ray, bone-density scanning and mammography. Full ambulatory lab services also will be provided on-site.
Two nurse practitioners will also help staff in the internal medicine and pediatric clinic upon opening with plans to add an additional nurse practitioner and as many as three new physicians in 2016.
The site’s imaging facility features cutting-edge capability including computed tomography and a 1.5 Tesla GE MRI.
A suite offering nationally recognized personalized care in OB/GYN and neurology subspecialties also is planned for the UAB Medicine-Leeds facility. Other subspecialty disciplines from both internal medicine and pediatrics also are being explored.
Kenneth Jaffe, MD and Jordan Case MD Join Lemak
Lemak Health has added two new physicians to their team, Kenneth Jaffe, MD and Jordan Case, MD.
Jaffe graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He is a Board-Certified Orthopedist who focuses his practice on general orthopedics, orthopedic oncology and adult reconstruction.
Jaffe received his medical degree from USB where he completed his orthopedic surgery residency. He completed fellowships at Harvard University, Mass General Hospital, and Boston Children’s Hospital in orthopedic oncology and adult reconstruction.
He returned to Birmingham where he was on staff at the UAB Hospital for12 years prior to going into private practice.
Jaffe will be rotating between the Trussville and Birmingham clinics and will also be performing cases at Birmingham Surgery Center and Gardendale Surgery Center.
Jordan Case, MD is a board-eligible orthopedic surgeon with a fellowship in sports medicine. He will be rotating between the Gardendale and Trussville clinics and performing surgery cases at the Brookwood and Gardendale Surgery Center.
Case received his undergraduate degree from Davidson College, where he was a Varsity Baseball pitcher. He then went onto pursue his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed his fellowship in Sports Medicine at Santa Monica Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Group. Prior to this, he completed his internship in General Surgery as well as his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Health.
Baptist Health System receives Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative award
Baptist Health System is one of 39 health care collaborative networks selected to participate in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative, announced today by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell. Baptist Health System will receive up to $10.8 million to provide technical assistance support to help equip clinicians in central Alabama with tools, information and network support needed to improve quality of care, increase patients’ access to information and spend health care dollars more wisely.
As a Practice Transformation Network, Baptist Health System will support 1,350 clinicians to expand their quality improvement capacity and achieve common goals of improved care, better health and reduced cost.
This is part of a comprehensive strategy advanced by the Affordable Care Act that enables new levels of coordination, continuity and integration of care, while transitioning volume-driven systems to value-based, patient-centered, health care services. It builds upon successful models and programs such as the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Organization Program, Partnership for Patients with Hospital Engagement Networks and Accountable Care Organizations.
Laura Crandall Brown Foundation Golf Tournament
The Laura Crandall Brown Foundation will host the 2nd Annual “Get Busy Fighting” golf tournament, presented by Viva Health, on November 2nd at Oxmoor Valley Golf Course.
The event honors local gynecologic (GYN) cancer survivor and advocate, Ginny Bourland. Ginny was diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian cancer in the summer of 2011. With no prior medical conditions and leading an otherwise healthy lifestyle, Bourland took notice when her sudden weight gain was unresponsive to increased exercise and diet changes. She persisted in finding an answer despite both her general practitioner and gynecologist attributing the symptoms to decreased metabolism and stress.
“I knew that none of those explanations really sufficed,” said Bourland. “This was not normal for me.” That persistence led her to the ER, where after a CT scan, Bourland was told she likely had a type of abdominal cancer. Within 24 hours, an oncologist confirmed it instead as ovarian cancer.
Since 2011 she has had three recurrences and become an active advocate for gynecologic cancer research and awareness efforts.
The tournament will feature a four person scramble format, with prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams. Online Registration is available at www.thinkoflaura.org/getbusyfighting. Entry fees are $125 per golfer or $500 per team and include greens fee, cart, drink tickets, and entry to the awards lunch. For more information, contact ma.king@thinkoflaura.org.
Proceeds from the golf tournament will benefit the Laura Crandall Brown Foundation’s mission of early detection of ovarian cancer, GYN cancer awareness, and patient support.
New multidisciplinary clinical center for care, diagnosis and state-of-the-art research
The Foundation for Mitochondrial Medicine, UAB and Seahorse Bioscience today announced the creation of the Foundation for Mitochondrial Medicine Program at UAB – a comprehensive clinical program for the diagnosis of neuromuscular mitochondrial diseases using precision medicine models for monitoring therapeutic interventions.
The shared academic, philanthropic and medical mission of the clinic is to revolutionize the treatment and diagnosis of mitochondrial diseases by establishing and integrating state-of-the-art techniques in bioenergetics and therapeutics using a precision medicine approach. The clinic plans to realize this vision by developing two parallel components: 1) a monthly multidisciplinary clinic to evaluate and care for adults and pediatric patients with mitochondrial disease and 2) a reference laboratory for metabolic bioenergetics focused on establishing mitochondrial-targeted clinical, noninvasive laboratory measurements and instruments.
“By establishing the clinic and sharing this vision, we plan to address the unmet clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic needs of the mitochondrial patient community,” said Laura Stanley, Executive Director of FMM. “Clinical needs of the patient community will be coordinated under one roof, and multiple specialists will join together to serve complex patient populations whose symptoms require the collective knowledge of neurologists, geneticists, gastroenterologists and others. UAB and Seahorse Bioscience have made revolutionary advancements in the field of bioenergetics, and UAB’s established research expertise and longstanding work in neuromuscular diseases make it the ideal location for the program.”
Dorsey Elected to RHNC Board
Russ Dorsey, information technology manager at Kassouf & Co., has been elected to the Board of Directors for Regional Health Care Network.
Dorsey has more than 28 years of experience in information services focusing on healthcare technology, HIPAA, and HITECH. He specializes in project management and budgeting, practice start-up, software systems selection and implementation, infrastructure planning, vendor management, cost and resource analysis, security assessment, and disaster recovery planning.
“I am honored to be elected to the RHNC Board of Directors,” Dorsey said. “I believe in the mission of this organization and hope that my IT experience will have a positive impact on this board and the community it serves.”
Regional Health Care Network is focused on increasing access to healthcare services among populations in the communities it serves. This includes patient access to quality care and wellness programs, telemedicine outreach, allowing practitioners to serve outlying communities, and programs designed to promote rural workforce access to careers in healthcare.
Regional Health Care Network has recently launched an educational initiative, working with two East Alabama community colleges whereby students may complete training for a career in Health Information Technology (HIT). RHCN has developed the curriculum and is also providing financial assistance to students who qualify.
The Regional Health Care Network received a $300,000 one-year renewable grant to help fund this initiative.
UAB Creates Joint MD/MBA Degree Offering
UAB is expanding the institution’s business and medical education through the addition of a dual Doctor of Medicine and Master of Business Administration degree.
The Collat School of Business has partnered with UAB’s School of Medicine to develop a program aiming to provide MD/MBA graduates the best possible trajectory to expand their career options, and to create future physician-executives.
The new dual-degree program will give medical students the training and education to better understand the business side of health care, through providing courses in accounting and finance, economics, marketing, management, health care innovation, operations, and supply chain management with a focus on health care, as well as information technology and business strategy with a focus on health care.
Grandview Medical Center Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Grandview Medical Center, the new 372-bed hospital in Birmingham, celebrated its upcoming grand opening on October 2nd with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Grandview’s president and CEO, Keith Granger, and the Grandview leadership team welcomed local, state and industry officials to the event, including Birmingham Mayor William Bell, Alabama Lt. Governor Kay Ivey, and Wayne Smith, Chairman and CEO of Community Health Systems. The medical center will officially open the weekend of October 10th.
“Birmingham is proud to welcome the Grandview team and this beautiful campus to the 280 corridor of our city,” said Mayor Bell. “As the city grows, access to quality healthcare will be a critical component of our success. Grandview is well-positioned here in our highest growth area to contribute to that success.”
At the ceremonial cutting, Mr. Granger spoke of the journey leading up to this memorable day.
“Today represents the culmination of a decade of the hard work of many people who were determined to bring high quality, convenient and technologically-advanced healthcare to this part of Birmingham,” Granger said.
From the advanced technology in the cardiac cath labs and the Hybrid OR, to the digital information boards in the patient rooms throughout the building, the nearly one million-square foot facility is one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the country.
The Medical Center consists of 12 floors and 372 beds, along with a Level III Trauma Center, helicopter-landing pad, certified Chest Pain Center, a Hybrid OR and 30 operating rooms. Visitors to the campus will be greeted by a digital system to help them find their way around the campus. The adjacent medical office building consists of 220,000 square feet, and houses Grandview’s Sleep Lab, Wound Care Center and Cardiac Rehab unit, in addition to various physician office spaces. There are more than 600 primary and specialty care physicians on Grandview’s active medical staff.
Bonatz Speaks at ASSH Annual Meeting
Ekkehard Bonatz, MD was a contributing speaker at the ASSH 2015, the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society For Surgery Of The Hand held September 10th through the 12th, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. The meeting hosted about 3,000 hand surgeons from the U.S. and other countries.
Bonatz and Ashley Prichard, PA-C presented “Ancillaries in your Hand Surgery Practice: The Physician Assistant.” With the many economical changes facing the specialty of orthopaedics, the subject demonstrated how Physician Assistants can contribute to patient satisfaction, increased patient volume, streamline patient care, and ultimately increase revenues for a medical practice.
Bonatz is a practicing partner at Southlake Orthopaedics Sports Medicine & Spine Center, PC.
Gregory Mayberry, MD Joins Norwood
Gregory F. Mayberry, MD has joined Norwood Clinic where he will practice in the Department of Family Medicine.
Mayberry, who is board certified in Family Medicine, earned his undergraduate degree in 2006 from Tennessee Technological University. He received his medical degree in 2012 from Saba University School of Medicine in the Netherlands and completed his residency at St. Vincent’s East Family Medicine Residency program where he served as Chief Resident.
Mayberry is board certified with the American Board of Family Practice and he is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Kevin C. Staudinger, MD Named Bessemer Doctor of the Year
Kevin C. Staudinger, MD, MPH, with the Brookwood Occupational Health Clinic in McCalla, has been named Doctor of the Year by the City of Bessemer.
Staudinger is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine. He received his training in Occupational Medicine at the University of Alabama Medical Center and Orthopedic Surgery at University of Connecticut. Additionally, Staudinger is specialty trained in Occupational Health & Preventative Medicine with expertise in Emergency Medicine and Orthopedics. For the past 18 years he has practiced Occupational Medicine and Preventative Medicine here in Alabama. Staudinger’s practice specializes in preventative care and the care of injured employees.
Gary Roubin, MD Honored at VIVA
VIVA Physicians, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the field of vascular medicine and intervention, will honor Gary S. Roubin, MD at the VIVA (Vascular Interventional Advances) conference this November in Las Vegas. Roubin, who practices with Cardiovascular Associates in Birmingham, will receive the A Teacher, Leader and Scholar (ATLAS) award which celebrates the career of physicians who have distinguished themselves as scholars and leaders in their respective vascular fields.
Beginning with his work at the University of Alabama and continuing with his leadership at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, Roubin developed and advanced carotid artery stent deployment with embolic protection as not only a viable option for patients, but as an equivalent therapy for those with extracranial carotid artery disease.
Roubin received his medical training in Australia and received his PhD degree in cardiovascular physiology at Sydney University. Due to his early success, he was awarded a two-year grant by the National Heart Foundation of Australia to work with Andreas Gruentzig, MD at Emory University, where he placed the first balloon expandable coronary artery stent.
Roubin has published more than 260 papers, three textbooks, and has recently published his perspective on the journey surrounding development of the first balloon expandable coronary artery stent. He has trained hundreds of interventionists on techniques for endovascular therapy for vascular disease, and has been on the executive committee for both CREST and CREST 2.
