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UNC HEALTH CARE NEWS Flu Season Advice Flu vaccine will soon be available at local pharmacies and doctors’ ofﬁces, and government ofﬁcials are urging everyone older than 6 months of age to receive it. This year’s vaccine protects against H1N1 and two other strains of seasonal ﬂu. The recommendation represents a break from past years, when the government focused on vaccinating people in certain high-risk groups and those in contact with people at high risk. “The message is simple now,” says David Weber, MD, MPH, professor of medicine, pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “If you’re more than 6 months of age, get the vaccine.” UNC Hospitals Names New Executive Vice President and COO Brian P. Goldstein, MD, MBA, recently became UNC Hospitals’ executive vice president and chief operating ofﬁcer, following Todd Peterson’s retirement after more than 20 years. “It’s an honor to follow Todd Peterson in this position—a little bit daunting, but deﬁnitely a privilege to be the ﬁrst physician to lead hospital operations and a great chance to serve my fellow physician colleagues,” Dr. Goldstein says. Dr. Goldstein’s success was wellestablished even before he arrived at UNC Hospitals in 2002. He was the founding medical director for a group practice of 60 physicians in Raleigh and served as chief medical ofﬁcer for a 100,000-member HMO in Marshﬁeld, Wis. “Every person brings their own unique mix of experience and interest to a leadership role,” Dr. Goldstein says. “What I’m going to try to bring to this role is my own personal experience of taking care of patients for more than 20 years combined with what I know about how a hospital should operate.” He has served as a member of UNC Health Care’s leadership team and as chair of the Medical Staff Executive Committee, Liability Insurance Trust Fund Council and Teaching Physicians Oversight Committee, giving him a unique and varied history from which to draw. Dr. Goldstein believes the eight years he served as UNC Hospitals’ chief of staff will be especially useful in his new position. “The chief of staff is really a bridge between the hospital and physicians,” he says. “The privilege of being chief of staff is that you are an advocate for the patient and the system as a whole. The future for integrated health care systems is for doctors and hospitals to work ever more closely together to improve care and efﬁciency, and to improve the patient’s experience.” UNC Health Care Ranked Among the Best UNC Hospitals has been ranked in four specialties in U.S.News & World Report’s “2010-11 Best Hospitals.” “This is the 18th year in a row that multiple specialties at UNC Hospitals have been included in America’s Best Hospitals,” says William L. Roper, MD, dean of the UNC School of Medicine and chief executive ofﬁcer of the UNC Health Care System. “Our inclusion in these rankings is a testament to the excellent quality and longstanding consistency of care offered at UNC Hospitals.” The N.C. Children’s Hospital also ranked in two specialties for the 2010-11 Children’s Hospitals category. UNC Hospitals Specialties (U.S.News Ranking): • Cancer (47) • Ear, Nose and Throat (21) • Gastroenterology (27) • Gynecology (27) • Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology (23) • Pediatric Pulmonology (9) Don’t Miss the Winter Issue! Get It FREE Sign up for a free subscription to Well! Go to www.unchealthcare.org and click “Well Magazine.” www.unchealthcare.org 3 http://www.unchealthcare.org http://www.unchealthcare.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Well - Fall 2010

Well - Fall 2010
Contents
UNC Health Care News
Community
100 Years of Medical Advancement
Managing Diabetes for a Lifetime
Fixing His Failing Heart
Nutrition
Q&A
Calendar

Well - Fall 2010