All Children’s Hospital Joins Johns Hopkins Medicine

All Children’s Hospital/St. Petersburg, FL is now a part of the Johns Hopkins Health System (JHHS), as a fully integrated member of Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM). All Children’s becomes the first US hospital outside of the Baltimore/Washington DC region to achieve membership within JHM, which includes The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System.

The non-cash transaction - no purchase or sale - formally integrating AC into JHM took place on April 1, 2011.

As part of Johns Hopkins Medicine, All Children’s value as a key community asset will increase exponentially.

Ronald R. Peterson, President of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System and Executive Vice President of JHM, notes that Johns Hopkins is the birthplace of modern pediatrics and embraces this chance to grow.

Under the terms of the integration agreement, All Children’s Hospital retains its name and its longstanding commitment to the children of Florida. Donations made to the Hospital’s Foundation remain for the benefit of All Children’s. Leadership and day-to-day operation of the 259-bed freestanding pediatric hospital in St. Petersburg FL and outreach facilities in eight west Florida counties are not expected to change. All Children’s retains its voluntary medical staff and physician organizations, including those University of South Florida physicians practicing at ACH. The University and All Children’s are committed to continuing the USF Residency Program at ACH through 2014, with the possibility of extending beyond that timeframe still under discussion.

Board governance structure guarantees that local community leaders continue to provide guidance and oversight of All Children’s as majority members of the Hospital’s Board of Trustees.  In fact, the Chairman of the Board of All Children’s Hospital will now be a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, and in addition, members of the Board of All Children’s Hospital will be offered opportunities to serve on JHM and JHHS committees.

TGH Ranks First  in the Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater Area

Tampa General Hospital has been ranked first among the 40 hospitals in the Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area in U.S. News & World Report’s first-ever Best Hospitals metro area rankings.

The new rankings recognize 622 hospitals in or near major cities with a record of high performance in key medical specialties, including 132 of the 152 hospitals already identified as the best in the nation. There are nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide.

Tampa General achieved “High Performing” metro ratings in six clinical specialties: cancer; ear, nose and throat, gastroenterology, gynecology, neurology and neurosurgery, and pulmonology.

This new metro ranking is in addition to U.S. News & World Report’s national recognition of Tampa General as one of the nation’s Top 50 hospitals in six medical specialties: diabetes and endocrinology, geriatrics, heart and heart surgery, kidney disorders, orthopedics, and urology.

Tampa-based Westcoast Brace & Limb Hosts International Course

Westcoast Brace & Limb recently hosted a course on advances in facial prostheses taught by world renowned researchers and practitioners. The International Anaplastology Association (IAA) held the Advanced Osseointegrated Facial Implant Course at Westcoast in late March. 

 IAA selected Westcoast for its state-of-the-art central fabrication laboratory that lends the ability for attendees to receive intensive hands-on instruction in design and fabrication of prosthesis. The fabrication laboratory is one of only a few in Florida, and allows Westcoast to educate attendees on the art and science of creating a custom facial prosthetic.

Designed for surgeons, anaplastologists and craniofacial prosthetic clinicians, the sold-out advanced certification course session topics included treatment planning, bone anchored titanium implant surgical training and the art and science of facial prosthetics. World-renowned presenters including IAA president Anne-Marie Riedinger, MA, CCA taught sessions.

Gresham, Smith and Partners Announces Staff Addition

Gresham, Smith and Partners, a leading multi-disciplinary design and consulting firm to the built environment, is pleased to announce Brian Smyth, AIA, LEED AP, has joined the firm as a senior architect in the Healthcare market. He has more than 30 years of experience and his responsibilities include project management, quality assurance and project delivery. He will utilize BIM and incorporate features of sustainability to aid in the design and construction of successful healthcare projects.

First Cryo Ablation at Pepin Heart

In early April a big milestone took place at Pepin Heart when a local man suffering from atrial fibrillation underwent the hospital’s first cryo ablation procedure to restore normal electrical function, performed by electrophysiologist Dr. Dilip Mathew.

The FDA approved the world’s first cryo ablation catheter a few months ago, and Dr. Mathew and his specialized Pepin Heart team quickly had three more of the minimally-invasive procedures.

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