CPMC
Edward Eisler, MD
After a distinguished career at CPMC, Susan Day, MD, will be stepping down from her position as chair of the Ophthalmology Department, director of our Ophthalmology Residency Program, and medical director of our Graduate and Undergraduate Medical Education Programs at CPMC. On October 1, Dr. Day will take on a prestigious position as vice president of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-International. The ACGME, located in Chicago, is responsible for overseeing and accrediting the vast majority of residency and fellowship programs for physicians in the U.S. She will direct the program in international accreditation, working with countries such as Singapore, Oman, Ghana, Japan, Trinidad, Ecuador, and China, so that physicians can acquire advanced, high-quality training within their own countries. Dr. Terri Slagle will assume the role of director of Newborn Services at CPMC, which was previously held by Dr. Steven Goldman. Under Dr. Goldman’s leadership, CPMC’s newborn services have grown into a renowned regional referral center for the care of sick premature and term newborns. Dr. Slagle will continue to provide leadership and expertise to CPMC’s neonatal programs. Dr. Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, MD, a physician with Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation and medical director for the Center for Melanoma Research and Treatment at CPMC, was honored with the sixth annual Humanitarian Award from the Washington, D.C.-based Melanoma Research Foundation on May 28. The Humanitarian Award is presented to those in the local community who have committed to fighting melanoma through exemplary patient care, cutting-edge research, and scientific leadership. Dr. Kashani-Sabet is an internationally recognized dermato-oncologist whose clinical focus is on the care of patients with cutaneous malignancies, specifically melanoma and cutaneous lymphoma. His federally funded laboratory research program at the CPMC Research Institute focuses on the development of novel biomarkers for melanoma and the identification of novel targets for cancer therapy. WWW.SFMS.ORG
ST. MARY’S
Robert Weber, MD
St. Mary’s Medical Center recently took center stage before a San Francisco Giants game at AT&T Park, as we showed off our hard work that helped transform our Infusion Center. On Saturday, May 24, our president and CEO Anna Cheung, Nurse Navigator Cheri Goudy, and I were all guests of the Giants on the field for a pregame ceremony dedicating the new “Giants-themed” Examination Room in our Cancer Center. While we were still on the field, and with 42,000 fans in their seats, a video recapping the project played on the large video screen in center field. It was a proud moment for all of us at St. Mary’s. Another highlight came moments later, when one of St. Mary’s Cancer Center patients, Danny Gambol, threw out the first pitch to Sergio Romo. So many of us at St. Mary’s have been with Danny throughout his journey, and it was a fantastic and emotional moment for us all as he threw a perfect strike to home plate just before the Giants took the field. Special thanks also goes out to Giants star pitcher Matt Cain, who helped launch the redesign by visiting St. Mary’s to “throw out the first paintbrush” on the opening day of work. We also thank Rooms That Rock 4 Chemo, a local nonprofit organization that helped coordinate much of the project’s scope, materials, and volunteers. With their assistance and the helping hand of their great volunteers, we were able to complete a large project in just a couple of days. It was hard work but incredibly worthwhile! Our Cancer Center opened in 2011 and is nationally accredited by the American College of Surgeons (ACOS) Commission on Cancer (CoC). Not only do we have one of the finest facilities in San Francisco but now we have a unique environment for our patients, and we think it can help make their stay at St. Mary’s a bit more comfortable.
SAINT FRANCIS Robert Harvey, MD, MBA
Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and the Saint Francis Foundation are proud to be committed to being the backbone of the Tenderloin Health Improvement Partnership (TLHIP). The multisector-impact partnership is dedicated to improving community health, safety, and well-being for the more than 30,000 residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Working collaboratively and in alignment, TLHIP seeks to address both the social determinants impacting the overall health of the people who live and work in the Tenderloin and the underlying health disparities and inequities that perpetuate the status quo. Partners and stakeholders engaged in TLHIP believe the Tenderloin can be a dynamic, diverse urban community where health, safety, and well-being are within the reach of all who live and work there. Both Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and the Saint Francis Foundation are working to ensure that: 1) Not-for-profit agencies are free to focus resources on alignment and programming. 2) Foundations and corporate and business allies are able to support a broad spectrum of organizations, initiatives, and efforts through one conduit. 3) Hospital, academic, and research institutions can share expertise within a collective forum. 4) Civic leaders and government agencies can engage in finding policy, financing, planning, and technical alignment, efficiencies, and solutions informed by committed stakeholders. 5) Most important, residents of the Tenderloin can have a cohesive multisector collaboration focused on collectively addressing the seemingly intractable challenges in the neighborhood, giving them a powerful and more high-profile representative voice in the community, working in concert with long-standing community coalitions and organizations. I am very proud to be the chief of staff of an organization that takes such pride in the community in which we reside. At Saint Francis, we embrace a responsibility to serve a greater benefit to our neighborhood and its residents. I am grateful that our staff works daily to ensure that our mission is being met.
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