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UNC HealtH Care News UNC Hospitals Named ‘Top Hospital’ for Patient Safety and Quality UNC Hospitals is the only hospital in North Carolina to make the leapfrog 2011 top Hospitals list. Named one of the 65 best hospitals in the United states, UNC Hospitals was designated “top Hospital” based on the results of the leapfrog hospital quality and safety survey, which measures hospital performance in crucial areas of patient safety and quality. the leapfrog Group, which has conducted the survey annually since 2001, is an organization that promotes improvements in the safety, quality and affordability of health care for americans. “UNC Health Care is committed to high-quality care and transparency, and the results of those efforts are more and more apparent,” says Brian Goldstein, MD, executive vice president and chief operating officer for UNC Hospitals. “this recognition by leapfrog is yet another benchmark that indicates we are moving in the right direction. Close attention to quality is at the heart of everything we do here for our patients and their families.” UNC Health Care Physicians Recognized Nationally ronald J. Falk, MD, director of the UNC Kidney Center and chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, was elected president of the american society of Nephrology (asN), the world’s largest professional society devoted to the study of kidney disease. Dr. Falk is an internationally recognized expert on kidney disease and vasculitis who has taught or practiced medicine at UNC for more than 30 years. He also has been recognized as one of the “Best Doctors in america” Ronald J. Falk, MD every year since 1992 and has also had key leadership roles in various asN programs and committees, most notably as chair of the asN education Committee and a member of asN Council for the last six years. a. wesley Burks, A. Wesley Burks, MD MD, chair of the Department of Pediatrics in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill school of Medicine and physician-in-chief at N.C. Children’s Hospital, was recently elected president of the american academy of allergy, asthma & Immunology. Dr. Burks is an internationally renowned expert in pediatric allergy and is known as an advocate for improving care for allergy and immunology patients. He has served as a director on the american Board of allergy and Immunology and recently received the Bret ratner award from the american academy of Pediatrics for his contributions in the field. PHOTO: PaUl Braly, TarHeel ImageS UNC Health Care Opens the First US Clinic for Angelman Syndrome the UNC Comprehensive angelman syndrome Clinic opened in February and is the first of its kind in the nation. angelman syndrome is related to autism and occurs in one of 15,000 births. It is characterized by intellectual and developmental delay, severe intellectual disabilities, seizures, motor and balance disorders, absent or near-absent speech, and sleep disturbance. “this is one of the few clinics in the nation dedicated to angelman syndrome but is unique in including all of the above disciplines, making it a ‘one-stop-shop’ for these complex cases,” says Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) Director Joseph Piven, MD, sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Psychiatry at UNC. “the CIDD is committed to doing research and linking research with clinical practice to bring the best care to our patients.” the new clinic, funded in part by the angelman syndrome Foundation, centralizes multiple subspecialties into one setting to address the plethora of medical and psycho-educational needs of individuals with angelman syndrome and their families. www.unchealthcare.org 3 http://www.unchealthcare.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Well - Spring 2012

Well - Spring 2012
UNC Health Care News
Community
Tar Heel Team Builder Bike Ride
From Hospital to Home
Actively Retired
Nutrition
Education and Exercise Help Prevent Falls
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Well - Spring 2012