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SANFORD’S FIRST LORRAINE CROSS WINNERS

Sioux Falls’ eye bank is setting the standard for quality assurance among eye bank professionals across the country

■ By Alex Strauss

The inaugural $1 million scientific prize is a win for two researchers, for gene therapy, and for Sanford.

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Steve Watkins LifeScape’s New CEO on Meaning, Expansion, and ‘Drinking from a Fire Hydrant’ In September, Steve Watkins, former CEO of Orion Foods, became the new CEO of Sioux Falls-based LifeScape. Since his unanimous approval by the Governing Board, Watkins has jumped into his new role with both feet — an experience he describes as “trying to drink from a fire hydrant.”

MED caught up with him to find out how he is settling in and what is next for LifeScape, an independent, non-profit organization serving special needs adults and children across the region.

MED: LifeScape is a pretty big change from food manufacturing. What drew you to this position?

SW:

The biggest thing is that I knew that I wanted to migrate

out of for-profit into something that really mattered, something tangible, something that involved giving back to my community.

At Orion, we supported organizations including Children’s Home Society and Sanford’s Children’s Hospice, which was very meaningful to me. When I was contacted about LifeScape, I wasn’t even actively looking, but it really felt like the right move.

MED: In the board’s recommendation of you, they said they thought you could help LifeScape “address the big challenges”.

What are these challenges?

SW:

There are several. The biggest one is workforce. In some

cases, we have had to turn away individuals looking for our services because we did not have the staffing to meet their needs.

This is an economic but also a cultural issue and it means that we may need to look more closely at things like retention and even automation. The other big challenge for us is space. What we are seeing is that there are demands for services that exceed our capacities. A lot of that has to do with space.

MED: So that begs the question . . . how are you going to deal with that?

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Anne believed that it was time to expand to a new facility,

a new campus, and I am excited to take on that challenge. Our Foundation gave us $6 million to buy 40 acres so we are in the

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STEVE LINDQUIST Avera Health has named former behavioral health assistant Vice President Steve Lindquist as the leader of a new project aimed at combating the opioid epidemic through a one-year planning grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). Lindquist served at the helm of the Avera Behavioral Health Center for nearly 20 years.

Previously, he was director of Mental Health for the State of South Dakota, as well as administrator of the George S. Mickelson Center for the Neurosciences. Lindquist has served on state task forces for managed care, telemedicine, and behavioral health and is a past president of the South Dakota Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

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BROCK SANDERSON Brock Sanderson, RN, BSN, in the intensive care unit at Regional Health Rapid City Hospital, has been recognized with the prestigious DAISY Award for extraordinary nursing. Sanderson was nominated by a patient’s family member who recognized his ability to comfort the patient and his family, educate them on the patient’s care plan, and care for the whole family – not just the patient.

ERIC THOMPSON Eric Thompson, MD, has joined the Urgent Care team at Rapid City Medical Center. Dr. Thompson is board-certified in Family Medicine. He earned his medical degree from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences and did his residency at the UC Davis in Redding, california. Dr. Thompson comes to Rapid City from Sanford Health in Bismarck and will join Drs. Michael Rafferty and Gary Welsh at Rapid City Medical Center’s Mt. Rushmore Road location.

Regional Health Medical Clinic in Rapid City held an open house and ribbon cutting in November for its new Genius 3D Mammography system. 3D mammography captures multiple slices of the breast, all at different angles. The three-dimensional technology allows radiologists to better detect breast cancer deep within the tissue, where it might be hidden during a traditional two-dimensional mammogram.

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Regional Health recently got a new high-fidelity patient simulator through a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. This equipment adds obstetric care and labor and delivery training to the Simulation in Motion South Dakota (SIM-SD) program. Regional Health now has an adult male, two children, and an OB simulator that can give birth and simulate various obstetrical emergencies including breach delivery, precipitous delivery, and shoulder dystocia.

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Regional Health Lead-Deadwood Hospital has launched a new pilot project called the Lead-Deadwood Community Paramedicine Program, which expands the role of paramedics to help medically vulnerable patients stay at home and out of the hospital. When a patient is deemed a good fit for the program, a specially-trained paramedic goes to the patient’s home after discharge to take their vital signs, go through medications, draw blood and perform other services. The paramedic also evaluates whether prescriptions are correct and whether additional resources are needed and puts the patient in touch with the appropriate agencies.

SANFORD Sanford Health’s newest multispecialty clinic near S. Ellis Road and W. 32nd Street in Sioux Falls hosted a public open house on December 1 and opened on December 3.

Staff members formerly at the 41st and Sertoma clinic have relocated to the new clinic. The 42,000 square foot facility includes more than 50 exam rooms for family medicine, children’s, OB-GYN and allergy services plus six procedure rooms and lab services.

Patients will have the option to meet with genetic counselors, integrated health therapist and health coaches in private consultation rooms. A Lewis Drug store and pharmacy is attached.

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News & Notes

Happenings around the region

OTHER PILAR DE LA PUENTE A Sanford Health researcher recently won a Lush Prize for her work with breast cancer tumors.

Pilar de la Puente, PhD, is looking for advances in technology and patientderived 3D-cell culture models to study breast cancer, rather than using animal tissue, which fails to provide an adequate model for recreating the complexities of human tumors. She plans to better understand the biology of drug resistance in breast cancer and the structure and function of the tumor microenvironment. (more on pg. 19)

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Paul Hanson (second from left in photo), president of Sanford Sioux Falls and representing Sanford Health, recently accepted an appreciation award for Sanford’s support of residency programs from medical school officials including Nedd Brown (far left), associate dean of graduate medical education at USD Sanford School of Medicine, Dr. Michael Koch, chair of the medical school’s pathology department, and Dr. Mary Nettleman, dean of the medical school. The award was presented at the 60th anniversary celebration of the pathology department’s residency program.

About 77.5 percent of USDSM graduates who do residencies in South Dakota stay in South Dakota to practice.

Ear, Nose & Throat Associates joins Yankton Medical Clinic, PC, on January 1. David Abbott, MD, and Micah Likness, MD, specialize in the diagnosis and management of diseases in the fields of allergy and sinus disease, facial plastics and reconstructive surgery, voice and swallowing disorders, thyroid and parathyroid disease, and sleep disorders including sleep apnea, facial trauma, allergy, otology and head and neck surgery.

Audiology services are also offered. Ear, Nose & Throat Associates will continue to practice in their current locations in Yankton and Norfolk, Nebraska.

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JASON R. HOWE Audiologist Jason R. Howe, M.S., FAAA, CCC-A, of Yankton Medical Clinic, PC, recently attended the Academy of Doctors of Audiology Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida. Among the topics discussed were comorbidity of hearing loss with a variety of conditions including moderate kidney disease, diabetes, balance disorders and arthritis.

The group also addressed the association between hearing loss and cognitive decline and the importance of collaboration with primary care providers.

LORNELL E. HANSEN Dr. Lornell E. Hansen of Physicians Vein Clinics has been appointed to the American College of Phlebology’s Healthcare Advocacy Committee.

The committee provides strategic direction to ACP leadership, and directly advocates for members in the areas of Federal and state policies, reimbursement, coding, carrier relations, vein education, and practice management.

Based in Chicago, the ACP is dedicated to advancing clinical research, advocacy, and serving members who treat patients with venous and lymphatic medical conditions.

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System recently upgraded its cardiac catheterization lab. The cath lab installed a Phillips FD10 X-ray machine with a clarity package which offers high quality imaging with lower radiation levels.

A boom with 6 screens was replaced by one large screen allowing up to eight inputs. Cath lab services include angiography, interventional procedures that restore circulation, and stent, pacemaker, defibrillator, and heart failure monitor placements.

Prairie Lakes cardiologists Dr. Salem Maaliki, Dr. Evelio Garcia, and Dr. Steven Miller

According to the personal finance website WalletHub, one of the states in the MED territory is among the 20 fattest states in the country. Iowa ranked number 18 on the list and fell between North Carolina (17th) and Maine (19th).

Mississippi was number one with the highest number of obese residents. WalletHub released the report in November as part of National Diabetes Awareness Month. Find the full infographic at http://wallethub.com/blog/ diabetes-statistics/41253/

BRANDON HAGGERTY Brandon Haggerty, CISSP, has joined NorthStar Technology Group as a Director of Security and Professional Services.

Haggerty has 8+ years of experience in healthcare risk management, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, information security awareness programs/ training, HIPAA compliance, incident response, and social engineering.

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News & Notes

Leading the Way in QA: Dakota Lions Sight & Health

BY ALEX STRAUSS

D

AKOTA LIONS SIGHT & HEALTH

recognized by the associa-

in Sioux Falls is taking its mission

tion as being experts in

to restore sight and health to the

several areas of QA.”

rest of the country through the

One of Arnett’s first

work of its Chief Quality Officer, Matthew Arnett.

orders of business as chair

“At DLSH, I am responsible for quality policies

was to initiate the EBAA’s

and directives with the ultimate goal of assuring

first Quality Assurance

the safety and quality of the tissue that we recover,”

seminar, a concept that

Arnett told MED. “Everything we do is to make sure

had been in the works for

that the tissue is effective, safe, and suitable for the recipient.”

DLSH Chief Quality Officer Matthew Arnett led six of the 13 presentations at the EBAA's first Quality Assurance Seminar in September.

several years. The EBAA already offers a similar training for recovery techni-

Arnett has been a member of the Quality Assur-

cians–those people who recover donated tissues–but,

ance Committee of the Eye Bank Association of

until now, there had not been a national level con-

America (EBAA), the accrediting organization

tinuing education opportunity for those who do what

which certifies eye and tissue banks like DLSH,

Arnett does.

since 2015. This June, at the group’s annual meeting, he became its chair.

“The FDA requires that every eye bank have two sides,” says Arnett. “There is a technical side and a

“I think being selected for this position is a

quality assurance side. So we knew there are people

recognition that we have a good quality program

in every eye bank in the country that could benefit

here in South Dakota,” says Arnett. “It reflects that

from learning and hearing about best practices from

we have a strong QA program and that we are

others.”

In September, Arnett was one of three presenters and taught six of the 13 presentations at the first EBAA Quality Assurance training. More than 50 QA experts from eye banks around the US and Canada gathered in San Antonio to hear what’s working, what’s not, and to strategize ways to maintain the highest quality standards among member eye banks.

“To a certain extent, eye banks compete with each other,” says Arnett. “So it was especially exciting to see everyone there being mission-focused and dedicated to improving their own programs by sharing and working together. We had some great roundtable discussions.”

Arnett presented on topics ranging from handling complaints to information sharing, document control, and OSHA considerations.

DLSH has maintained top level accreditation with the FDA, EBAA and the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB). Arnett has been with the organization since 2013. ❖

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Sanford’s First Lorraine Cross Award Katherine High Winners Dr. and Dr. Jean Bennett

BY ALEX STRAUSS

T

HE DEVELOPERS of the very first

THE PROCESS

FDA-approved gene therapy drug for

To help streamline the process of wading through

a specific form of blindness were

thousands of research papers, Sanford used a com-

named

Sanford

puter algorithm to identify potential “hot topics”

Health’s inaugural Lorraine Cross Award in

from the year’s published studies. The original 72

December. The gala award ceremony at Sanford

topic areas were whittled down to 58 which were

Foundation Headquarters on December 4th was

then presented to the Sanford Scientific Advisory

the culmination of a year-long process that

Board, a 12-member board headed by Pearce and

involved dozens of people, hundreds of hours,

comprised of both MDs and PhDs.

the

winners

of

and a unique, sophisticated computer algorithm. top left Dr. Katherine High, President and Head of Research & Development, Spark Therapeutics top right Dr. Jean Bennett, F.M Kirby Professor of Ophthalmology and Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine

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As David Pearce, PhD, executive vice president of Innovation and Research at Sanford told MED, “The whole notion was that we wanted to have a different type of award. We wanted to find someone who had taken an idea beyond the bench, beyond the bedside, and actually used it to treat disease.

And we wanted to use an entirely agnostic process to identify that person.”

In the end, two longtime collaborators, Dr. Katherine High and Dr. Jean Bennett from Pennsylvania, took home the $1 million prize, elevating the cause of gene therapy and simultaneously helping to secure Sanford’s standing as a significant player within the international research community.

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“Ours was the first gene therapy for a genetic disease, but we know that there are other very exciting things coming down the pipeline in the area of gene therapy,” says High. “The whole point of the Human Genome Project was to identify all of these genes and use that knowledge to expand the therapeutic options for people with various genetic diseases. So I think it was a very timely decision for Sanford to recognize gene therapy.”

The collaboration between High and Bennett began Sanford has adopted the Lorraine Cross as the symbol of innovation in healthcare

in 1990 when the two met at a gene therapy seminar and bonded over their shared interests and backgrounds. Bennett was testing gene therapy in dogs with Leber’s congenital amaurosis and seeing a 99% response rate. High was researching hemophilia.

Although the two were working independently,

Eventually, the list of topics was narrowed to 20,

they reunited when High recognized the potential

then 14, and finally, just three. “At this point, we hadn’t

in Bennett’s work and helped her secure funding for

even talked about individuals yet,” says Pearce. “But

a human trial. With money from the Children’s

it was already quite clear that gene therapy stood out

Hospital of Philadelphia, the first human trials of

above everything else.”

Pearce says gene therapy was the top choice not only because of its tremendous potential impact on human lives, but also because there were no other major prizes specifically recognizing innovation in this field. Once the topic was selected, certain individual gene therapy researcher candidates rose to the top of the pack.

Along with Drs. High and Bennett, the finalists included Brian Kaspar, PhD, who discovered a gene replacement therapy for spinal muscular atrophy and James Wilson, MD, PhD, who helped define scientific and ethical standards for gene therapy testing. The Sanford International Board, comprised of business executives, philanthropists, and celebrities, was tasked with choosing the final winner after meeting with each of the nominees.

“We were looking for those who really had what we saw as a ‘finishing mentality’,” says Pearce.

the new gene therapy treatment began in 2007. Luxturna proved to be just as effective in humans as it

THE WINNERS

had been in dogs and was approved in 2017.

Lorraine Cross winners Dr. Jean Bennett, a professor

“For us, the partnership worked because we both

of ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania’s

had confidence in each other’s judgment,” says High.

Perelman School of Medicine, and Dr. Katherine High,

“There are days when you feel like you’re just not

President and Head of Research & Development at

going to make it. And the other person will say, no

Spark Therapeutics, clearly had that mentality.

we’re going to make it. We’re closer than you think

The two had not only worked together for decades

Lorraine Cross candidates met personally with members of the Sanford International Board before the board made its final selection.

we are. We have both played that role over the years.”

to develop a gene therapy for the RPE65 mutation behind inherited retinal disease, but had also taken

THE FUTURE

that idea all the way through to human trials, the

While the $1 million Lorraine Cross award is a boon

formation of a company (Spark Therapeutics), and

for the recipients, as well as for genetic research, it

FDA clearance of Luxturna, the very first approved

has also been a win for Sanford’s global brand.

gene therapy.

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The prize brought a number of significant

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Exceptional care.

High and Bennett received their award at a gala ceremony at Sanford Foundation headquarters on December 4th.

researchers into Sanford’s sphere of influence and put Sanford on the radar of other major players in the international research community. Pearce says the unique selection process ran surprisingly smoothly for a first time and, just as importantly,

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proved that the concept, and the algorithm designed to support it, are sound.

“The take-home is that this was a purely agnostic process,” says Pearce. “This was novel.

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it was an impartial assessment of these different research areas. This is really significant. I’m somewhat exhausted but I’m thrilled with the result.”

After a few weeks to “debrief”, the wheels will be set in motion for the next Lorraine Cross Award in two years. In the meantime, Pearce says he hopes to publish a paper on the unique methodology behind the prize selection process.

As for the Jean High and Katherine Bennett, both have philanthropic plans for at least part of

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their winnings. But both will also soldier on in their work, looking for the next genetic breakthrough Spark Therapeutics can help bring to market.

“You have to do science because you love it,” says High. “It is not really something that people do for prizes or for financial reward or recognition.

It really has to come from within because it is a very harsh discipline. But I have found it to be endlessly interesting. When things work, there is almost nothing better.” ❖

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SIOUX FALLS RESEARCHER WINS AREA’S FIRST LUSH PRIZE

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IKE MOST RESEARCHERS ,

Researcher prizes. De la Puente is one of only

Pilar de la Puente recognizes

four US researchers to win and the first one

the value of animal research.

ever from Sanford, the Dakotas, or Spain.

But it’s the fact that her lab

“In the end, when I won, I thought this is

has found an even more effective way to test

something incredible,” says de la Puente. “This

breast cancer treatments that attracted the

is the first one from Spain so my country is

attention of the Lush Prize, an organization

making a super big deal about it. There is news

that promotes animal-free testing.

all over the radio and everything.”

De la Puente is using patient-derived 3D

The Lush Young Researcher Prize carries a

cell culture models rather than animal tissue

£10,000 reward, which de la Puente will use to

to better understand the biology of drug resis-

take her research on patient-derived cellular

tance as well as a the structure and function

matrices to the next level.

of the tumor microenvironment.

“We will start with a retrospective study

“Not all breast cancers are identical. We try

to confirm that the predictions we are making

to treat all patients equally. That is a mistake.

based on the tumor models we create are accu-

We want to develop a treatment for that specific

rate,” says de la Puente. “Hopefully, within a

patient,” de la Puente told MED. “The idea is

couple of years, we will be able to start telling

that because we are recreating that specific

clinicians what to give the patient.”

tumor, we can test hundreds of therapies and

The annual Lush prize is the largest in

hundreds of combinations and say what one

the non-animal testing sector, and it is the

will work for that patient, at that moment, with

only award to focus solely on the complete

those specific genetics.”

replacement of animal tests. De la Puente

Thirty-three-year-old De la Puente, who is

says she hopes her win will inspire others in

from Spain, started at Sanford in Sioux Falls

our region to consider applying for interna-

in June. She was familiar with the UK-based

tional awards. “This could open the doors for

Lush company but was thrilled and surprised

people to do some new kinds of research,”

to be nominated for one of this year’s 13 Young

she says. ❖

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USD student researcher Kylie Vandry in Ghana

SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE in developing countries requires regular education, adequate access, and government support.

When agencies and governments need to make informed decisions about these issues, they can turn to an unlikely resource: university student research.

Dr. Carole South-Winter and her Health Services Administration students at the University of South Dakota have been conducting and publishing research for Sanford World Clinic for six years. It started with opinion leadership and patient satisfaction and in May 2018, student investigators were tasked to discover how long patients are willing to wait in line for healthcare, and learned that some will wait as long as three days.

This survey also provided information to Sanford regarding new clinic location.

Supply chain management is essential, requiring a challenging level of managerial skill throughout the process. Second, research shows a strong correlation

OVERSEAS RESEARCH EXPANDS WORLD VIEW FOR USD STUDENT SCIENTISTS

between a deficiency of healthcare workers and lower healthcare quality; it is common for outsiders to provide well-intentioned “Short Term Medical Brigades” to developing countries. This method does not fix the healthcare system and can actually create problems with continuity, finances, and cultural barriers (Portman & Martin, 2015). Investment in the local workforce by hiring indigenous profes-

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sionals promotes cultural understanding

Dr. Carole South-Winter, Assistant Profes-

and sustainable success. (South-Winter &

sor Health Services Administration at the University of South Dakota as a summary of the research she and a group of HSAD

Tihart, 2018).

Finally, education is paramount to building sustainable healthcare in developing countries, but —as

students have been involved in overseas

South-Winter’s research shows— that

for the past six years.

education is mutually beneficial. Student researchers survey healthcare needs, conduct blood sugar and blood pressure checks, and teach the importance of handwashing and dental hygiene.

A student researcher conducting house-to-house healthcare surveys in Ghana.

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“Allowing students to be a part of the research process within the Sanford World Clinics is an amazing way to experience first-hand just how important the work is,” says student researcher Kylie Vandry. “It was a major learning experi-

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in each clinic’s healthcare facility and their services. As a student who plans on entering the healthcare field, the opportunity to conduct research in a developing nation has increased my passion and overall desire to help communities, such as the ones we visited.”

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By participating in such outreach experiences, this next generation of healthcare professionals learns handson skills necessary to create a healthier world. As graduate student Jeremy Coss summarized, “The unique part about this experience is that we, the students, conducted our own research regarding material that we learned in the classroom.

This research opened an entire new view on my education & has enhanced my world view.” ❖

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2018 SANFORD LORRAINE CROSS AWARD WINNERS When innovation wins, we all win. Meet Dr. Jean Bennett and Dr. Katherine High, who’ve collaborated for more than a decade to develop the first FDA-approved gene therapy drug to cure a genetic form of blindness.

For this groundbreaking work, Dr. Bennett and Dr. High are the 2018 co-winners of the Sanford Lorraine Cross Award, a $1 million medical honor that rewards the finishers changing the face of medicine. Congratulations, and here’s to a visionary future.

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