2007 Annual Report

A Year in Review

		July 2006 Received American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize™ Ranked among top 10 pediatric hospitals in the country by U.S.News & World Report Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care established, led by Maria Britto, MD, MPH Disease-Specific Innovations and Outcomes Program established, led by John Bucuvalas, MD David Franz, MD, receives the Manuel R. Gomez Professional Recognition Award, presented by the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
		August 2006 Ranked second in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for pediatric research Sally Shott, MD, receives the Exceptional Meritorious Service Award from the National Down Syndrome Congress
		September 2006 Broke ground for Liberty Campus; to open August 2008 Signed contract with Epic for comprehensive, integrated clinical and financial information system Established five-year educational exchange with Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital Radiology Department is the only pediatric program recognized by RT Image magazine as one of the nation's top 25 most influential organizations in the radiology industry Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Center established with $5.3 million NIH grant; Gurjit Hershey, MD, PhD, lead investigator Innovation Laboratory, a component of the Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care, begins operation Richard Azizkhan, MD, elected first vice president of the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons, and elected to the Halsted Society
		October 2006 Ranked among the nation's top nine pediatric hospitals by the Leapfrog Group Thomas Boat, MD, chairman, Department of Pediatrics, receives national Award of Excellence, presented by Ronald McDonald House Charities James Heubi, MD, director of the Clinical Research Center, receives Founder's Award, presented by the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research Charles Schubert, MD, honored by the American Academy of Pediatrics as a Local Hero in Community Pediatrics
		November 2006 Held inaugural Cincinnati Walks for Kids; over 4,700 participants; raises nearly $500,000 Hamilton County Health and Hospitalization tax levy renewed by voters Named "Best Place to Work" in the Grand category in annual Cincinnati Business Courier survey Established Cincinnati Chapter of Men in Nursing
		December 2006 Won National Medal of Honor for Organ Donation, presented by the US Department of Health and Human Services Research team led by Jorge Bezerra, MD, reports development of the first gene chip for early diagnosis of five hereditary liver diseases Eric Wall, MD, becomes chair of the Scoliosis Etiology Committee of the Scoliosis Research Society Atiq Durani, MD, received the Edgar Dawson Traveling Fellowship Award from the Scoliosis Research Society
		January 2007 Ranked fifth in Child magazine survey of best children's hospitals; top five in cancer and neonatal care First procedure performed in new hybrid cardiac catheterization laboratory First intraoperative MRI performed in the new brain suite First class of Bang Bao International Scholars graduates and physician-scientists return to their home hospitals in China
		February 2007 Javier Gonzalez del Rey, MD, receives the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award, presented by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Alvin Crawford, MD, receives the Diversity Award, presented by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Established Institute for Personalized and Predictive Medicine Child Policy Research Center created, directed by Lisa Simpson, MB BCh, MPH Fifth annual Cincinnati Cares for Kids Radiothon raised more than $220,000 General Clinical Research Center awarded five-year, $13 million NIH grant Received Innovative Solutions Award for reducing rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia, presented by the Greater Cincinnati Health Council
		March 2007 James M. Anderson, president and CEO, appointed to the board of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Mark Steinhoff, MD, joins Cincinnati Children's as director of the Center for Global Child Health
		April 2007 Department of Pediatrics ranked third in U.S.News & World Report survey of best graduate schools Agreement between Cincinnati Children's and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy establishes Comprehensive Neuromuscular Care Initiative, directed by D. Woodrow Benson, MD, PhD Frank Smith, MD, appointed vice chair elect of the Children's Oncology Group Frances Gadd, RN, Regional Center for Newborn Intensive Care, wins Cincinnati Florence Nightingale Award, presented by the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing
		May 2007 Arnold Strauss, MD, begins tenure as chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, physician-in-chief, Cincinnati Children's, and director, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD, director, Division of Allergy/Immunology, receives E. Mead Johnson Award for Research in Pediatrics, presented by the Society for Pediatric Research Stephen Wilson, DMD, MA, PhD, honored as Pediatric Dentist of the Year by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Thomas DeWitt, MD, gives the George Armstrong Lecture, the highest award of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association Faculty Development Program wins Outstanding Teaching Award, presented by the Ambulatory Pediatric Association Pain Management Program named Clinical Center of Excellence by the American Pain Society Third annual Celestial Ball raises more than $400,000 Alberto Peña, MD, lectures as visiting professor at 8th European Congress of Paediatric Surgery, Turin, Italy
		June 2007 Hosted second national conference on quality Research program accredited by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs Co-sponsored first annual Regional Men in Nursing Conference, held at Cincinnati Children's