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UNC HEAlTH CARE NEWS photo: Brian stricKland UNC Physician leads World Heart Federation new ors open for outpatient Surgery The UNC Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) has doubled the size of its perioperative department, adding four new operating rooms and a shortstay unit for patients who need to be monitored overnight but do not need to be admitted to the hospital. “UNC Health Care can be justly proud that we now have eight new, state-of-the-art ambulatory ORs,” says Stanley Mandel, MD, medical director of UNC Hospitals operating rooms. “Patients will benefit from excellent, friendly and efficient staff and, if needed, the ability to stay overnight with a family member in our extended-stay unit.” The ASC provides outpatient specialty care for approximately 8,000 patients each year. Specialties include orthopedics, ophthalmology, gynecology, plastic surgery, ENT, pediatric urology, GI and oncology. “The vision of our leadership has prepared us in a superb manner for the challenges of providing health care in the future,” Dr. Mandel adds. The ASC is on the first floor of the Ambulatory Care Clinics building at 102 Mason Farm Road. Sidney Smith, MD, professor of medicine/cardiology, began serving a two-year term as president of the World Heart Federation (WHF) in January 2011. The WHF, based in Geneva, is a nongovernmental organization focused on coordinating the programs of its 204 member cardiovascular societies and foundations worldwide in the global fight against heart disease and stroke, with an emphasis on low- and middleincome countries. The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology are member organizations representing the United States. Dr. Smith’s tenure as president will include presiding at the 2012 WHF World Congress sidney smith, md of Cardiology in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The WHF held its last Congress in 2010 in Beijing, China. One of Dr. Smith’s major goals for the WHF is to bring cardiovascular disease to the forefront of the global health agenda through a partnership with the NonCommunicable Disease Alliance. He will also attend a United Nations summit in September 2011 to discuss the global problem of cardiovascular disease. In addition, major programs in international guidelines have been initiated. While serving as president, Dr. Smith will continue to be clinically active, working at UNC Health Care as an attending physician and seeing his regular patients. America’s top Doctors at UNC Hospitals fifty-nine physicians at the University of North Carolina Hospitals are included in the latest list of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly medical, which is a national health care research and publishing company. the doctors were chosen by their peers, based primarily for their excellence in patient care. survey respondents were asked to nominate peer physicians to whom they would send members of their family. a physician-led team of researchers selects top doctors each year by using mail surveys, telephone surveys and electronic ballots. the criteria used to determine physician eligibility include professional qualifications, education, professional reputation and experience. more Honors for UnC Health Care Doctors in addition, 242 Unc health care physicians are included in the latest list of Best doctors in america, and more than 200 are named in Business North Carolina Magazine’s annual compilation of the best doctors in north carolina. For details, visit news. unchealthcare.org. www.unchealthcare.org 3 http://news.unchealthcare.org/ http://news.unchealthcare.org/ http://www.unchealthcare.org

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Well - Spring 2011
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UNC Health Care News
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2010 Community Benefit Summary
My Story
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Well - Spring 2011