Imaging Institute Updates Around the Cleveland Clinic Health System

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Q3/Q4 2011 Edition
Imaging Institute Updates
Imaging Institute Completes Expansion
Phases 1A and 1B
Developed under the leadership of Imaging
Institute Chairman Greg Borkowski, MD (GL-1 ’72,
IM ’74, DR ’79), the expansion project is being
designed by Anshen and Allen, a San Francisco
architecture firm specializing in medical facilities,
and Bostwick Design Group in Cleveland.
Imaging Institute Staff Provides Readings 24/7
Starting September 1, 2011, the Imaging Institute
provides 24/7 stat plain film reading, in addition to
stat CT, Ultrasound and Nuclear Medicine studies
from the emergency rooms and inpatient settings.
Previously, the plain film images that were taken
of emergency room patients during the night were
read by the emergency medicine staff.
Phases 1A and 1B of a major expansion and
renovation of the Imaging Institute are complete.
The project consists of six phases. Phase 1A
features an interventional MRI suite. Phase 1B,
consolidating many of our MRI units into the
lower level of Glickman Tower, features MRI
vaults, integrated patient preparation and recovery
bays, induction suites that share resources with
the IMRIS Intra-operative MRI suites, physician
reading rooms, staff lounge, patient waiting area,
and outpatient clinical exam rooms.
Additionally, under the leadership of Dr. Borkowski,
a virtual radiologist cluster model is being
developed to provide increased access to subspecialty interpretation across the Cleveland
Clinic Enterprise PACS (Picture Archiving and
Communication System).
Phase 2, targeted to start construction in Q1
2012, consolidates CT and will include five
areas – outpatient CT; procedural CT; inpatient
CT; outpatient CT sub-waiting, changing and
preparation; and a multipurpose space for
inpatient holding and recovery, an abdominal
section reading room, staff break room/conference
room and a digital teaching library. Phases 3 through 6 are in various stages of
planning.
Around the Cleveland Clinic
Health System
Medina Hospital Joins CCHS in July 2011
The Imaging Institute welcomes Medina Hospital
into the Cleveland Clinic family of healthcare
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facilities. The integration of imaging services at
Medina Hospital into the Imaging Institute was
completed in July. The Institute will fully manage
the professional and technical aspects of imaging
services provided at Medina. The department will
continue to be managed by Regional Radiology.
Existing imaging services at Medina include analog
mammography, ultrasound, general x-ray, CT,
nuclear medicine and MRI. A 118-bed facility, Medina Hospital images
about 71,000 patients annually with a full line of
imaging services, including a 1.5T Siemens Espree
wide-bore MRI installed this March, mobile PET/
CT services in July and digital mammography
shortly thereafter. The Imaging Medical Director
is James Littman, MD, who has served Medina
Hospital and its patient community for 20 years. Imaging Started at Twinsburg Family Health
Center in July 2011
and general x-ray facilities will be open 24/7 due
to the presence of emergency services. Avon Family Health Center to Open in
December 2011
Residents of Avon and surrounding communities
will be able to obtain their imaging studies at the
new Avon Family Health Center as of December.
Bone density, general x-ray, mammography, CT,
ultrasound, MRI and nuclear medicine studies will
be performed in the new facility.
Imaging at the Twinsburg FHC began in July
2011, with services that include nuclear medicine,
CT, MRI, general x-ray, fluoroscopy, digital
mammography, bone density and ultrasound. The Twinsburg facility includes an emergency
department and laboratory medicine. Imaging’s CT
Siemens PACS Conversion to Agfa
The Imaging Institute’s conversion from Enterprise
Siemens to Agfa PACS (Picture Archiving and
Communication System) is steadily progressing.
All “new” imaging studies for CCHS Enterprise
are currently routing into Agfa; migration of
earlier images continues at a steady pace,
averaging about 15,000 studies per day. Hillcrest
(non-Mamms) went live in March, with the
following sites now live on Agfa: Main Campus
mammography, Weston, Hillcrest, Medina,
Twinsburg, Main Campus Technologists (including
FHC Technologists), Fairview and Stephanie Tubbs
Jones Health Center.
Imaging Editors Forum
On August 19–20, the Imaging Institute hosted
the 2011 Imaging Editors Forum at Cleveland
Clinic Main Campus. Attendees included 21
editors from imaging journals throughout the
United States, Canada, and Europe and editorial
support staff from the RSNA. Topics included
conflicts of interest in medical research and
dialogue around various topics of interest to
the overall forum. Tours were provided of Main
Campus and the Imaging Institute with positive
feedback received on Cleveland Clinic facilities
and the overall organization of the forum. Thank
you, Mirian Vasquez.
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Commitment to Respect Formulated
With the increased emphasis that is placed
on patient satisfaction, as evidenced by more
than 2,000 hospitals participating in the Press
Ganey Surveys mailed randomly to patients
receiving outpatient services, the Imaging Institute
leadership met in July to discuss enhancing our
patients’ experience. The discussion resulted in the
institute’s Commitment to Respect document. A
positive patient experience begins with how we as
caregivers interact with each other as a healthcare
delivery team. The Commitment to Respect
represents the “commitment” we make to each
other on how we agree to interact with each other
as a team. The commitment represents observable
behaviors that include:
•All members of the care delivery team are
valued equally
•We create a positive environment of respect
and appreciation
•We are all caregivers and help each other
achieve our potential
•Patients, their families and significant
others are the most important people to
the healthcare team.
The Commitment to Respect is in the process of
being cascaded to all institute employees. It is the
institute’s vision that our Commitment to Respect
will become a cornerstone of our culture within
Imaging.
Professional Presentations
The Imaging Institute radiologists were very active
in professional society presentations during the
month of March. Seven presentations were given
at the Society of Thoracic Radiology, attended by
Drs. Meziane, Mohammed, JamJoom, Puryko,
Sharma and Drs. Blandon and Kirsch from
Cleveland Clinic Florida. In addition, seven
presentations were given at the Society of Skeletal
Radiology, attended by Drs. Schils, Sundaram,
Subhas, Sakamoto, Polster, Freire, Winalski,
Ilaslan, Duger, Wyse and Mannava.
Special Achievements
Mark Sands, MD, Vice
Chairman of Quality and
Clinical Operations & Section
Head, Interventional Radiology,
has been inducted as a Fellow
into the American College of
Radiology. The fellowship is one
of the highest honors the ACR
can bestow on a radiologist and is awarded
through demonstrated service to the college,
radiology, teaching or research.
Mark Baker, MD, received the
Imaging Institute’s Teacher of
the Year award in recognition
of his outstanding instruction
and guidance provided to
imaging residents throughout
the past year.
Drs. Brian
Herts and
Erick Remer
have been
promoted to
Professor of
Radiology
within
Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner College of Medicine.
Joshua Golub, MD, has been
appointed as the Regional
Radiology Informatics Officer,
serving as the regional
radiology physician liaison
to Imaging Informatics. A
musculoskeletal radiologist at
Hillcrest Hospital, Dr. Golub
was instrumental in the implementation of Agfa
PACS at Hillcrest and the associated radiologists’
workflow configuration.
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What’s New in Imaging?
New MRI Department Opens in Glickman Tower
On July 29 the Imaging Institute opened the Qb-1 MRI department in the
basement of Glickman Tower. The L10 MRI closed in July, after 28 years of
service.
During the grand opening event, Gregory Borkowski, MD, Chair,
Imaging Institute, performed a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Afterward, MRI
technologists provided guided tours of the new facility. “They should be
proud” and “what an impressive department” were among the comments
heard throughout the evening.
Imaging Institute Leadership Team
New scanners in Qb-1 will provide exceptional image quality, faster scan
times for increased appointment availability and a more comfortable patient
experience. In addition, a larger circumference and shorter scanner length
will help patients who previously needed sedation or an open MRI.
Vascular Surgery CT Suite Provides Cutting Edge Technology
A new, state-of-the-art vascular surgery CT suite opened in February
in the Cleveland Clinic’s Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute on
Main Campus.
Ribbon-cutting for the new MRI
department
The CT suite was designed to provide seamless patient care through the
following features:
•A single location for CT scans, lab work and office visits, enabling onestick visits in which patients can have an IV started and blood draws
at the same time.
•A state-of-the-art Siemens Flash CT scanner, enabling precise cardiac
imaging and imaging of the aorta in less than 4 seconds with a
significantly reduced radiation dose.
•Private hydration rooms for patients with renal insufficiency.
In addition, the design of new CT suite enables radiologists, cardiologists
and surgeons to evaluate patients in the same space.
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New MRI department waiting room
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Imaging Institute Events
2011 Resident Graduation Dinner
The 2011 resident graduation dinner was held at Blue Pointe Grill in downtown Cleveland on June 16.
Mike Forney, Mike Watts (senior residents) and Shetal Shah, MD, Pinar
Karakas, MD
Prasanti Ganni and Sarah Stock (now 2nd year), Darlene Holden, MD
Mandy Young, now wife of Dan Roesel (now 4th year), Kim Sanche (now 4th
year) and wife of Jeff Monteith
Daniel Lockwood, MD, and wife Mari Soto, Mark Tushan (now 4th year)
Lakshmi Ananthakrishnan, MD, Rakhee Goel (now 2nd year) and husband,
Raman Unnikrishnan
Joe Meranda and Dipika Patel (now 3rd year)
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Bindu Mikkilineni (now 3rd year), Nana Sintim-Damoa and Alison Chudyk
(now 4th year)
Joseph Veniero, MD, Carolyn Van Dyke, MD, Ihsan Mamoun, Keith Wolfe,
Bethanie Hammond (senior residents), Pauline Kwok, MD, Aliye Bricker,
Kelly Cox, Mike Watts, Melinda Sava, Mike Forney (senior residents), TanLucien Mohammed, MD
Unni Udayasankar, MD, Rupan Sanyal, MD, Pinar Karakas, MD, and Neil
Vachhani, MD
Pauline Kwok, MD, and Gregory Borkowski, MD
Melinda Sava (senior resident), Murali Sundaram, MD, Shetal Shah, MD,
Kelly Cox (senior resident)
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2011 Imaging Institute Employee
Engagement Fair
The 2nd Annual Imaging Institute Engagement
Fair was held in June on the green space
between E. 89th and E. 90th streets.
More than 300 Imaging Institute employees –
nurses, radiologists, radiologic technologists,
patient service representatives, informatics
support and others – enjoyed an afternoon of
raffles, food and fun.
Employees even had a chance to test
their aim as Institute Administrator H.
Joseph Parker participated in a dunk tank
to raise money for the Imaging Institute
Social Fund. (The money is used to plan
other Imaging Institute employee events
throughout the year.)
Brian Herts, MD (sunglasses)
Michael Modic, MD (beard, red shirt)
Tom Masaryk, MD (black shirt, white hat)
Joe Parker in the dunk tank
During the fair, employees learned about successful engagement plans as well as services offered by
Employee Wellness, the Quality & Patient Safety Institute, Total Rewards and more.
United Way Campaign Welcomes Donations
President and CEO Toby Cosgrove, MD, kicked
off the 2011 United Way campaign on Sept.
28, with a goal of $2 million. Participants in the
campaign support programs that make a difference
to the people in our community – including
coworkers, friends and neighbors.
Local agencies, such as the American Cancer
Society and Cleveland Sight Center, benefit from
United Way dollars. If you are interested in
making a pledge through payroll deduction,
click on eWay, United Way’s secure, online
giving portal. If you are no longer practicing at Cleveland Clinic, you can contribute at
https://give.liveunited.org/page/contribute/support-us.
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New Radiology Residents and Fellows Welcomed August 13
New fellows and 2014 residents were welcomed to the Cleveland Clinic family on August 13 at Signature
of Solon Country Club, guests of Donald Neumann, MD.
Mandy Young, wife of Dan Roesel, DO, Scott Tyson, MD, wife Amy Tyson
Joseph Veniero, MD, Esther Udoji, Frances Tardy, Dana Ataya, Lizi Chorney,
Justin LeBlanc, Joseph Chang, Sylvia Zavatchen, Tan-Lucien Mohammed,
MD
Joseph Veniero, MD, wife Marianne Marquardt-Veniero, Janet Reid, MD,
Joseph Veniero, Jr., Alex Dayneka, Caroline Veniero
Unni Udayasankar, Sylvia Zavatchen, Milad Yazdani, Tan-Lucien
Mohammed, MD
Nana Sintim-Damoa, Tracey Mehlman, Rakhee Goel
Donald Neumann, MD, PhD, Tan-Lucien Mohammed, MD
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Upcoming Alumni Events
News from Cleveland Clinic
2011 RSNA Alumni Cocktail Reception
Drs. Gregory Borkowski, Alice Rim and Pauline
Kwok invite you to join us for a reception in honor
of our alumni and staff who will be attending the
annual meeting of the Radiological Society of
North America.
Look for the New Cleveland Clinic Alumni
Website – Coming Spring 2012
A new Cleveland Clinic alumni website –
www.clevelandclinic.org/alumni – will enable
alumni to connect more readily than ever before.
Alumni will be able to:
Sunday, November 27, 2011, 6 to 8 p.m.
Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel
Gold Coast Room
1 West Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60601
•Find colleagues via an online directory
Please respond by November 17, 2011.
Phone: 216.444.2487 or 800.444.3664
Fax: 216.445.2730
E-mail: [email protected]
•Promote user’s personal practice
Make Reservations for Holiday Party
The Imaging Institute’s annual holiday party
will take place on Saturday, Dec. 10, at Casa
di’Borally, 27227 Chardon Rd., Richmond
Heights. The celebration starts at 6 p.m.,
with family-style dinner served promptly at
7:30 p.m. Cost is $10/person, and spouses/
guests are invited. Bring your own bottle; wash
will be provided.
•Buy Cleveland Clinic branded merchandise
Reservations and money are due by Friday, Nov.
18. Tables for 8 or 10 are available. Call Lucy
Moore at 216.445.9892, or send reservations
to her attention at P34. Make checks payable to
Imaging Institute Social Fund.
•Create profiles
•Register for upcoming events, including
CME courses
•Submit stories and updates
•Interact with colleagues via Facebook, Twitter
and other social media
Cleveland Clinic CME
Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education
awarded more than 207,000 CME certificates
in 2010, including 84,000 certificates for online
CME courses. “We have hundreds of offerings
on our website, and they’re all free,” says
William Carey, MD, the Center’s director.
Go to www.ccfcme.org to learn more about
Cleveland Clinic CME offerings or contact Patrick
McCaffery at [email protected].
Dr. Carey also recommends Bulletin Healthcare
as a source of current healthcare information.
It provides an aggregation of the top healthcare
stories in the country today and delivers them via
email to your inbox every morning. To sign up go
to www.ccfcme.org/IMDailyBrief.
Medical Editor – Pauline Kwok, MD (TRS’95, DR’00, ABI’01)
Cleveland Clinic Alumni Specialty Director, Radiology [email protected]
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