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time,” says Davis, who holds a master’s degree in health and social policy from 46 Fox Chapel 46 Road Fox Chapel Road PA 15238 � Pittsburgh, Harvard. On a professional level, she 412-781-3700 Pittsburgh, PA 15238 notes, she was looking for a change--and donato@donatorestaurant.com 412-781-3700 change is what she got. donato@donatorestaurant.com Catering Available Catering Available “It’s very stimulating, “says Davis of her Open 7 days lunch & Dinner Open 7 days lunch & Dinner position as President of Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC. “Jeff Romoff (UPMC President and CEO) and the Board have a passion for doing new things. It’s a great environment for providing great care to Northwestern patients and developing new models,” she Financial Network says with pride.
Leslie Davis: A Welcome Addition to Magee Since 1911, Magee–Womens Hospital has welcomed some 500,000 new babies. Now, with Leslie Davis at the helm, Magee is once again giving birth–this time to a new wing of the hospital. With a recently approved two-story, 28-bed expansion, Magee is poised to head into the next decade as one of the leading hospitals for men’s health, cancer treatment and joint replacement, while still remaining the number one place to deliver a baby in the Pittsburgh region. Just seven years ago, Davis and her husband, Abe Leizerowski, were firmly ensconced in Philadelphia with their three kids. They had close friends, wonderful neighbors and family, and satisfying careers—she as CEO of Graduate Hospital, a part of Tenet Healthcare System, and he as a successful real estate lawyer. Then, UPMC and Magee-Womens Hospital came calling. UPMC and Magee were looking for a dynamic leader to help expand their services and reach as they neared Magee’s 100-year anniversary. While Davis had never before considered moving, she was savvy enough to recognize the opportunity of a lifetime and knew she could meet the challenge head-on. “If you had asked me six months before we left,” she ponders, ”…we had become very comfortable in our environment. Our oldest child (son Cary, now 23) was a junior in high school and our daughters (Tess, now 21 and Hannah, now 17) were just starting middle school and high school. “But we were completely blown away by UPMC. The integrated delivery system doesn’t exist in Philadelphia--or didn’t at the
One of those new models was to build on Magee’s expertise in women’s ob/gyn healthcare to include other women’s health services--in addition to men’s health needs. And her impact has been notable. In the seven years since Davis has been at Magee, the hospital has climbed from 17th to 6th in gynecological care on U.S. News and World Report’s Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals. The hospital now offers more full-service programs in urology, joint replacement, vascular medicine, neurology and cardiology. They have boosted the women’s cancer facility by adding more faculty and more sophisticated technology in addition to support programs and survivor groups. Improvements that patients notice–and appreciate--include private rooms, allday room service and valet parking, just to name a few. “We really try to extend ourselves, “she says of the patient-centered culture at Magee. One result is a growing number of male patients who may have been initially skeptical about coming to Magee for their own health care needs, but after the experience say they never want to go anywhere else. “There is so much passion for Magee,” she marvels. “From the female community, cancer survivors, people who‘ve had babies in the NICU, and the volunteers.”
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Now that she’s been here seven years, Davis offers an interesting perspective, ”Everyone feels that they need to be counted here. You can really have more of an impact than in a bigger city.”
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