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Certified Emergency Care for Your Child
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he Children’s Emergency Center, Mendy’s Place at John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital, has been granted a Pediatric-Prepared Emergency Care (PPEC) certification. The certification from the Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Arizona Department of Health Services means that the facility:
> Is prepared to provide
emergency care resources and capabilities for pediatric patients.
May/June 2013
Innovative Surgery
Saves Kidney Urologist uses da Vinci robot to remove tumor, reconstruct kidney
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om Woistman was a lot more concerned about being on dialysis for the rest of his life than receiving an innovative kidney surgical reconstruction procedure his doctor had never done before. At age 72, the idea of being chained to a dialysis machine for four hours, three times a week, just wasn’t appealing to the Phoenix native. “Although I’m retired from a career as an air conditioning and plumbing project manager in the engineering field, I still have a full-time job as bus driver for my grandkids – which I love,” he said. “Dialysis would cut into that. “Also, my wife and I are active,” he continued. “We love to travel. You can make arrangements to get dialysis on the road, but it’s a hassle.”
Tom’s doctor, Michael Hayyeri, MD, is a partner at Central Arizona Urologists in Glendale; he has been practicing urological surgery for 14 years. He’s enthusiastic about his creative approach to his patient’s situation. “I hadn’t done a procedure like this before, but I thought about it, and it seemed like it could be accomplished successfully,” Dr. Hayyeri said. “That would certainly be a better outcome for the patient than the traditional treatment.” Tom was diagnosed with an early stage of an unusual kidney cancer known as transitional carcinoma of the kidney. That’s different from the more common renal cell carcinoma of the kidney, Dr. Hayyeri said. “Typically in this kind of kidney cancer, we remove the kidney and the ureter along with continued on Page 2
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> If necessary, can stabilize a
child for transfer to a facility that offers more specialized pediatric care.
“This certification confirms what our families already know — that our facility provides the highest level of quality care to the children of our community,” said Kathy Northrop, RN, BSN, director of Pediatrics and Mendy’s Place. Arizona is among only five states to implement such a specialized pediatric emergency care system. Created through a public-private partnership, PPEC is a voluntary certification program of pediatric standards for emergency departments. For more information, visit JCL.com/mendysplace.
Tom Woistman has avoided dialysis thanks to Dr. Michael Hayyeri’s surgery to reconstruct his kidney.