PAVILION
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FD&C executive director. “Our Pavilion
will be seismically safe and in complete
compliance with SB 1953.”
The 184,000-square-foot North-South
Wing consists of the original three-story
1928 hospital building along with an
enveloping 1950 addition that added
three additional stories. The North-South
Wing houses numerous units, including
emergency and cardiology facilities,
clinical laboratories, gastrointestinal and
pulmonary labs, and Patient Care Services
administration. Some of the units will shift
to the Davis Tower; most will relocate to
the Pavilion, which will consist of four
floors — three above ground and one
below grade. The new building wraps
around the eastern and southern sides of
the 14-story Davis Tower.
The new facility will improve the
capacity of staff physicians and residents
to respond to medical trauma and other
emergencies.
“Our space in the new emergency
department will be two-thirds larger than
our current quarters, and will feature more
specialized spaces or ‘pods’ in which to
triage patients, which should improve
patient flow, not just in the ED but the
entire hospital,” said Nathan Kuppermann,
professor of emergency medicine and
pediatrics and emergency services director.
Completion of the Pavilion will give the
hospital a new main entrance on X Street,
replacing the current one on Stockton
Boulevard. The building will encompass
facilities for:
• an emergency suite
• surgical services, including operating
rooms and a post-anesthetic care unit
• surgical and neurosurgical intensivecare units
• 12-bed burn unit
• cardiology services
• radiology services
• respiratory therapy
• pathology laboratory support
• pharmacy
• central sterile processing
• environmental services
• food services, including a cafeteria and
kitchen
UC Davis Health System
• gift shop
• patient registration, financial services
and cashiers
The design of the Pavilion will improve
the operating efficiency of several key
patient-care units, observed Carol Robinson, senior patient-care services officer.
Upon completion of construction,
the Pavilion will undergo a cleaning,
followed by delivery and installation
of furniture, activation and testing of
the information technology network,
and installation and testing of medical
diagnostic and surgical equipment. The
Office of Statewide Health Planning
and Development will monitor progress
and conduct inspections at designated
intervals.
The complexity of the design and
construction phases is rivaled by the
intricacy of transition planning. The
transition team, composed of 150
physicians, administrators and staff
members from numerous departments,
is meticulously crafting a comprehensive
plan by which to ensure the smooth
transition of patient care to the new
building as well as to maintain cohesive
“We have located the intensive-care
operations while departments are
units specializing in postsurgical care
shifting from one facility to another.
next to the operating rooms to minimize
Management of that segue is largely
transportation time for critically ill
the responsibility of Mike Pansius,
patients,” Robinson said. “An important
FD&C’s manager of facilities planning,
additional feature is the design of
who is serving as the Pavilion transition
individual ICU rooms, which permit family training and education coordinator.
members to stay at the bedside. Family“To oversee and direct the overall
centered care is an important component
transition planning activities, we
of the healing process, and we believe
established a Transition Planning Work
that a family presence during critical
Group, consisting of 15 key health
phases of an illness should be encouraged. system staff and three consultants
These rooms will provide more comfort
with extensive relocation experience,
for families than is currently available in
in February 2008,” Pansius said.
existing intensive-care units.”
“This group will guide and execute
Work on the Emergency Services
the migration into the Pavilion. The
Pavilion began in 2003 with demolition of entire transition planning process
seven buildings, including a juvenile hall,
has been divided into three major
the 1920s-era boiler plant (which once
components: occupancy planning,
generated supplementary power for the
personnel preparedness and move
medical center) and the Great Depression- management. The next major milestone
era Camellia Cottage (construction of
is the publication of the ‘Pavilion Move
which was funded by the federal Works
Manual,’ scheduled for February.”
Progress Administration). Excavation for
Faculty members are being consulted
the new building began in late 2004, and
and are invited to participate in the
erection of the steel supporting framework transition process. The health system
began the following autumn. Under
has established a “Pavilion Countdown”
current legislation, the North-South Wing
page (http://intranet.ucdmc.ucdavis.
must be removed from service by 2013.
edu/pavilion/) accessible to employees
However, the university is applying for a
through “The Insider,” the hospital’s
two-year extension under SB 1661.
intranet site.
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Faculty Development Office
4610 X Street, Suite 4101
Sacramento, CA 95817
Published by the Faculty Development Office
FEBRUARY – MARCH 2010
Workshops and other activities
You are invited! We encourage you to enroll
in one of the various workshops, programs
and events sponsored by the Faculty
Development Office. For more event details
and to register, visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.
edu/facultydev/ and click Enroll Online.
(Event co-sponsors are indicated within
parentheses.) Volunteer Clinical Faculty
members are also welcome and encouraged
to attend faculty development events.
(CALENDAR FROM PAGE 1)
March
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12 Leadership and Management Skills: Using the Myers-Briggs Personality Type
Indicator to Your Advantage (JCLP)
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17 Faculty Forward Task Force meeting
Published by the Faculty Development
Office, which administers and coordinates
programs that respond to the professional and
career development needs of UC Davis Health
System faculty members.
19 Institutional Collaboration: Advancing Goals of the School
and University (MCLP)
4610 X Street, Suite 4101
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 734-2464
www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev/
Edward Callahan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Personnel
Gregg Servis, M.Div.
Director, Faculty Development
gregg.servis@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
February
1 Workshop: Crucial Conversations:
Tools for Talking When Stakes Are
High, Part 2
20Focused Workshop: Difficult Conversations (MCLP)
April
15 Breakfast with the Dean
4 Workshop: Improving Leadership
Performance: Using the Myers-Briggs
Personality Type Indicator to Your
Advantage
16 Legal Issues: Making Tough Disciplinary Decisions (MCLP)
9 Breakfast with the Dean
9 Emotional Intelligence and Wellness (JCLP)
12 A Mentee’s Guide to Being Mentored:
How to Identify and Nurture Your
Goals (JCLP)
16 New Faculty Orientation
21 Faculty Forward Task Force meeting
22 Workshop: Women Faculty Discuss Research in Women’s Health (WIMS)
17 Faculty Forward Task Force meeting
Cheryl Busman
Program Representative, Faculty Development
cheryl.busman@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
23 Workshop: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Part 1
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30 Workshop: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Part 2
19 A Leadership Model for Faculty in
Academic Medicine (MCLP)
20 Focused Workshop: Leading
Complex Organizations (MCLP)
JCLP: Junior Career Leadership Program
March
MCLP: Mid-Career Leadership Program
2 Dean’s Recognition Reception
WIMS: Women in Medicine and Science
MARCH CONTINUES ON PAGE 6
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PAVILION COUNTDOWN UNDER WAY
NEW SURGERY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FACILITY TO OPEN
The earthquake that shattered
Northridge and neighboring San
Fernando Valley communities
northwest of Los Angeles in January
1994 has precipitated far-reaching
and still-resonating aftershocks,
some of which have been beneficial.
One of those is construction of UC
Davis Health System’s Surgery and
Emergency Services Pavilion, now
nearing completion. As work on the
470,000-square-foot structure continues,
a “transition team” has been at work
planning the intricately detailed logistics
for relocation of hospital departments
and functions to the new facility.
Construction of the Pavilion was
precipitated by the Legislature’s passage
of SB 1953, the Hospital Facilities
Seismic Safety Act, just 10 months
after the Northridge quake struck.
The earthquake had caused major
disruptions to the operations of 23
hospitals, which together incurred more
than $3 billion in damages.
The legislation imposed a 2008
deadline for retrofitting or rebuilding all
California general acute-care inpatient
buildings that are deemed subject to
collapse during a strong earthquake.
Upgrades enabled 11 of the 12 UC
Davis Medical Center acute-care
structures to comply with the law.
Personnel from the health system’s
Facilities Design and Construction
(FD&C) unit determined, however,
that the cost of renovating the medical
center’s North-South Wing could
exceed the cost of constructing a new,
more efficient replacement structure.
“We commissioned a study that
determined our North-South Wing,
which dates from the 1920s and 1950s,
does not meet the seismic-stability
criteria of SB 1953,” said Mike Boyd,
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HARRY WANDER COMBINES HIS TWO PASSIONS
viewPOINT
A WELCOME TO NEW
FACULTY COLLEAGUES
BY AMPARO C. VILLABLANCA
AND LYDIA P. HOWELL
Jennifer Davenport
Villablanca
Cardiology Program. Board-certified
in pediatrics and board-eligible for
her subspecialty, pediatric cardiology,
Davenport also has conducted studies of
alternative routes of vascular access in the
catheterization lab.
Sleep medicine specialist Steven
Davis Brass, M.D., M.P.H., has
expertise in obstructive sleep apnea.
His clinical practice also encompasses
treatment for narcolepsy, restless legs
Other new colleagues
syndrome, parasomnias and REM sleep
• Matthew A. Coleman, Ph.D.,
behavior disorders. He is engaged in an
an associate adjunct professor of
international research study exploring
radiation oncology, has expertise in
the sleep characteristics of patients with
radiation biology and biotechnology.
restless leg syndrome. He is an assistant
Coleman, a senior scientist at
clinical professor of neurology, and coLawrence Livermore National
medical director of the UC Davis Sleep
Laboratory and a member of
Medicine Division.
the UC Davis Cancer Center, is
The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
conducting research that involves
published one of Brass’ studies on the
identification of cellular effects and
effect of medications on the sleep cycle,
mechanisms associated with ionizing
and the New England Journal of Medicine
radiation exposures. He hopes
has published three of his papers,
that his investigations of the early
including one examining the association
biochemical responses of irradiated
between headache and obstructive sleep
cells and tissues may increase our
apnea. He is a section editor for Neurology
understanding of mechanism-based
International and a consultant to the
biosignatures of exposure.
Peripheral and Central Nervous System
• Daren Danielson, M.D. an assistant
Drugs Advisory Committee at the Federal
clinical professor in the Division
Drug Administration in Washington, D.C.
of Cardiothoracic Surgery who
specializes in adult cardiac surgery,
Jennifer Davenport directs
has expertise in mitral valve repair,
pediatric interventional
surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation,
cardiology
and minimally invasive surgery for
Early postoperative interventional
valvular disease. His research interests
cardiology procedures are among the
involve 3D echocardiographic analysis
research interests of Jennifer Davenport,
of mitral valve repair; bicuspid aortic
M.D., a specialist in pediatric and
valve imaging; greater saphenous
congenital interventional cardiology.
vein harvesting; and the impact of
An assistant professor of pediatrics, she
lesion sets on outcomes for atrial
is director of pediatric interventional
fibrillation surgery. Danielson recently
cardiology for the UC Davis Health System.
was promoted to lieutenant colonel in
Davenport is in the clinician educator
the U.S. Air Force, and is a veteran of
series as she devotes much of her time to
Operation Enduring Freedom.
development the Pediatric Interventional
• Molecular biophysicist Krish
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HELP ASSESS FAMILY-SUPPORTED
POLICIES AND BIOMEDICAL CAREERS
Each edition of the Faculty Newsletter introduces several faculty colleagues who recently joined the UC Davis
Health System community. Watch for more new clinical and research staff members in the next issue.
Steven Brass studying sleep and
restless legs syndrome
advisoryteam
Faculty Forward Task Force
Steven Brass
Airplane pilots seeking a
Wander had hoped to
government-required medical
return to Idaho, but upon
clearance examination may
completion of his active
think they’ve entered the wrong
Naval duty in the summer
office when they arrive for their
of ’67, he was unable to find
appointment with physician
any pediatric positions there.
Harry J. Wander. The waiting
“I had fallen in love with
room is stocked with coloring
Northern California while I
books, comics, toys and games.
was a resident in Oakland,
But they’ve come to the
so when one of my Navy
right place. Wander is both a
friends in Marysville told me
pediatrician and one of only
his group was looking for
two certified aviation medical
another pediatrician, I ended
examiners in the Sutter North
up here,” Wander explained.
Medical Group in Yuba City.
He began another phase
The practice enables him to
of military life in 1983
combine two passions: flying
when he enlisted as a flight
and caring for kids. And for
Harry Wander enjoys a moment with his newest granddaughter, Leila Burk. surgeon in the U.S. Army
more than 35 years as a UC
Reserve, from which he has
Davis Health System Volunteer
with my choice also,” Wander confided.
now retired as a colonel. He
Clinical Faculty member, he has conveyed
He went on active duty for his senior
served a stint with a military exercise in
to medical students his devotion to and
year of medical school and then completed Korea, and commanded the 921st Mobile
expertise in pediatric medicine.
his internship at the Naval Hospital in
Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) unit that
For many years, Wander and a
Bremerton, Wash. The Navy required him had been stationed at Mather Air Force
colleague drove every Friday to the UC
to complete a tour of operational duty
Base.
Davis Medical Center, where they attended
before he could obtain his residency.
Wander regards his establishment of
grand rounds and taught students about
“I
had
an
interest
in
aviation,
so
I
went
the
neonatal intensive-care nursery at
aspects of newborn care in the nursery.
to
the
Naval
School
of
Aviation
Medicine
Sutter
North Medical Group among his
“Then about 20 years ago we started
to
become
a
flight
surgeon,”
explained
proudest
achievements.
having students rotate to our office and
“I also cherish the ‘thank-you’ notes
shadow one of us here,” Wander recalled. Wander, who served two years with an
air
group
deployed
on
the
USS
Hornet
that
I receive from parents, sometimes
“I joined the clinical faculty because
beginning
in
August
1960.
Although
he
years
afterwards, for what I did for
of a belief that we physicians have a
did
perform
appendectomies
and
repaired
their
child,”
Wander said. Now, as
responsibility to teach the younger ones.”
wounds,
“flight
surgeon”
is
Navy
lingo
he
prepares
for
retirement, he urges
Wander obtained much of his medical
for the general-practice physician whose
his fellow physicians to participate in
training and early practice experience
primary duty is performing medical care
administrative, political, economic and
in the U.S. military. Born in Emmett,
legal aspects of medicine.
Idaho, he enlisted in the Naval Reserve in for aviation personnel. All the while, he
kept
his
sights
on
pediatric
medicine.
“I encourage physicians to be involved
1954 when he entered medical school at
He
served
his
pediatric
residency
at
in
influencing
the government, which
Creighton University in Omaha.
controls patient care and their livelihood;
“I desired to go into medicine because the Naval Hospital in Oakland, Calif.,
followed by three years at the Naval
in medical organizations that try to
I enjoyed science and wanted to do
influence the government; and in the
something really worthwhile. The death of Hospital in St. Albans, N.Y., where as
my 11-year-old sister from rheumatic fever assistant chief of pediatrics, he supervised governance of their medical group, if they
when I was 8 probably had a lot to do
four other pediatricians and two interns.
are in one,” Wander said.
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facultyROUNDS
Krishnan, Ph.D., holds dual adjunct
associate professor assignments with
the Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, and with the
Department of Applied Science in the
School of Engineering. He directs anNIH funded “research infrastructure
for minority institution” (RIMI)
program to nurture biomedical and
translation research in California’s
Central Valley. He is investigating
biomolecular structure and dynamics
by magnetic resonance and
computational methods, and also
studying large-scale data (“omics”)
analysis and modeling for biomarker
detection.
• Child and adolescent psychiatry
specialist Kristina M. Schwerin,
M.D., maintains a clinical practice
in psychotherapy (including
family and group psychotherapy),
community psychiatry and treatment
for eating disorders. Schwerin, an
assistant professor of psychiatry and
behavioral sciences, participates
in medical education and won an
American Psychoanalytic Association
fellowship award for 2009–2010.
• Prostate cancer specialist Richard K.
Valicenti, M.D., M.A., has joined UC
Davis Health System as a professor
and chair of the Department of
Radiation Oncology. He has expertise
in short-distance radioactive
treatments (brachytherapy), imageguided radiation therapy, and
combined radiation treatments for
prostate cancer and other tumors.
Board-certified by the American
College of Radiology, Valicenti is
overseeing clinical trials and testing
of image-guided radiation therapy.
The National Institutes of Health last
October funded 14 grants, including
$1.27 million for our proposal focusing on
factors that influence the careers of women
in biomedical and behavioral science and
engineering.
The UC Davis award will enable us
to evaluate the use and effectiveness of
family-friendly practices and policies in
relation to career satisfaction, trajectory
and success of faculty in the School of
Medicine, compared to faculty in the
School of Veterinary Medicine and the
College of Biological Sciences.
A family-friendly workplace is critically
important to the advancement of women
and men. Association of American Medical
Colleges data shows that only 28 percent
of all faculty members are women, even
though 45 percent of first-year medical
students and 41 percent of residents are
women. The pipeline is leaky. A University
of California study showed that women
faculty became parents at a younger age
than men, spent more time on child
raising and household activities, and were
less likely to make tenure if they entered
parenthood within five years of taking a
tenure-track position.
In 2008, all 10 UC campuses adopted
enhanced family and disability insurance
coverage policies that the UC Davis School
of Medicine pioneered [during Dr. Howell’s
tenure as associate dean of academic
personnel]. However, the provisions of
these policies are underused by both sexes;
faculty members commonly don’t know
where to obtain information on family
leaves, or report misinformation.
You can help us take steps to rectify
that situation. Assessing faculty awareness
3
and use of the school’s policies and
barriers will advance the change process.
Under our funded grant, we will ask
faculty members to fill out a short survey
regarding their awareness and use of our
family-supportive policies, and their career
satisfaction related to these policies. We
will conduct similar surveys during the
next three years so that we can assess
change. Strong participation by our faculty
will be key to tracking progress and
outcomes, and ultimately to the success of
this project.
“When I gave birth to my second
daughter, my department gave me 10
weeks of family leave. A few years later,
my department allowed me to cut back
to an 80 percent appointment to balance
my family and career demands. But not
every faculty member is this lucky.”
— Lydia Howell
“When I had a medical illness
necessitating an extended period of
time off as an assistant professor just
before my promotion, I was fortunate that
UC Davis had career flexibility options
available to me.”
— Amparo Villablanca
The Task Force is responsible for
assisting with the implementation of the
Faculty Forward survey, interpreting
the results and delivering a set of
recommendations to Health System
leadership. Names in bold type indicate
Task Force Executive Committee
members.
Faculty Forward Task Force
members
Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A., Vice
Chancellor for Human Health
Sciences and Dean (ex-officio
member)
Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., MACP,
Executive Associate Dean
Edward Callahan, Ph.D., Associate
Dean, Academic Personnel
Gregg Servis, M.Div., Director, Faculty
Development
Hilary Brodie, M.D, Ph.D.,
Otolaryngology
Peter Cala, Ph.D., Physiology and
Membrane Biology
Michael Condrin, M.B.A., Dean’s Office
Jeffrey Gauvin, M.D., Surgery
Estella Geraghty, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.,
Internal Medicine
Donald W. Hilty, M.D., Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences
Lydia P. Howell, M.D., Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine
Amparo C. Villablanca is professor
and Lazda Endowed Chair in Women’s
Cardiovascular Medicine; director of the
Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine Program;
and associate director of the Women’s
Center for Health.
Vincent L. Johnson, M.B.A., Hospital
Administration
Lydia P. Howell is a professor and interim
chair of the Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine.
Anissa Routon, Dean’s Office
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Darin Latimore, M.D., Internal Medicine
and Office of Diversity
Cindy Oropeza, Human Resources
Daniel J. Tancredi, Ph.D. Pediatrics
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P E D I AT R I C A N D AV I AT I O N M E D I C I N E
HARRY WANDER COMBINES HIS TWO PASSIONS
viewPOINT
A WELCOME TO NEW
FACULTY COLLEAGUES
BY AMPARO C. VILLABLANCA
AND LYDIA P. HOWELL
Jennifer Davenport
Villablanca
Cardiology Program. Board-certified
in pediatrics and board-eligible for
her subspecialty, pediatric cardiology,
Davenport also has conducted studies of
alternative routes of vascular access in the
catheterization lab.
Sleep medicine specialist Steven
Davis Brass, M.D., M.P.H., has
expertise in obstructive sleep apnea.
His clinical practice also encompasses
treatment for narcolepsy, restless legs
Other new colleagues
syndrome, parasomnias and REM sleep
• Matthew A. Coleman, Ph.D.,
behavior disorders. He is engaged in an
an associate adjunct professor of
international research study exploring
radiation oncology, has expertise in
the sleep characteristics of patients with
radiation biology and biotechnology.
restless leg syndrome. He is an assistant
Coleman, a senior scientist at
clinical professor of neurology, and coLawrence Livermore National
medical director of the UC Davis Sleep
Laboratory and a member of
Medicine Division.
the UC Davis Cancer Center, is
The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
conducting research that involves
published one of Brass’ studies on the
identification of cellular effects and
effect of medications on the sleep cycle,
mechanisms associated with ionizing
and the New England Journal of Medicine
radiation exposures. He hopes
has published three of his papers,
that his investigations of the early
including one examining the association
biochemical responses of irradiated
between headache and obstructive sleep
cells and tissues may increase our
apnea. He is a section editor for Neurology
understanding of mechanism-based
International and a consultant to the
biosignatures of exposure.
Peripheral and Central Nervous System
• Daren Danielson, M.D. an assistant
Drugs Advisory Committee at the Federal
clinical professor in the Division
Drug Administration in Washington, D.C.
of Cardiothoracic Surgery who
specializes in adult cardiac surgery,
Jennifer Davenport directs
has expertise in mitral valve repair,
pediatric interventional
surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation,
cardiology
and minimally invasive surgery for
Early postoperative interventional
valvular disease. His research interests
cardiology procedures are among the
involve 3D echocardiographic analysis
research interests of Jennifer Davenport,
of mitral valve repair; bicuspid aortic
M.D., a specialist in pediatric and
valve imaging; greater saphenous
congenital interventional cardiology.
vein harvesting; and the impact of
An assistant professor of pediatrics, she
lesion sets on outcomes for atrial
is director of pediatric interventional
fibrillation surgery. Danielson recently
cardiology for the UC Davis Health System.
was promoted to lieutenant colonel in
Davenport is in the clinician educator
the U.S. Air Force, and is a veteran of
series as she devotes much of her time to
Operation Enduring Freedom.
development the Pediatric Interventional
• Molecular biophysicist Krish
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Howell
HELP ASSESS FAMILY-SUPPORTED
POLICIES AND BIOMEDICAL CAREERS
Each edition of the Faculty Newsletter introduces several faculty colleagues who recently joined the UC Davis
Health System community. Watch for more new clinical and research staff members in the next issue.
Steven Brass studying sleep and
restless legs syndrome
advisoryteam
Faculty Forward Task Force
Steven Brass
Airplane pilots seeking a
Wander had hoped to
government-required medical
return to Idaho, but upon
clearance examination may
completion of his active
think they’ve entered the wrong
Naval duty in the summer
office when they arrive for their
of ’67, he was unable to find
appointment with physician
any pediatric positions there.
Harry J. Wander. The waiting
“I had fallen in love with
room is stocked with coloring
Northern California while I
books, comics, toys and games.
was a resident in Oakland,
But they’ve come to the
so when one of my Navy
right place. Wander is both a
friends in Marysville told me
pediatrician and one of only
his group was looking for
two certified aviation medical
another pediatrician, I ended
examiners in the Sutter North
up here,” Wander explained.
Medical Group in Yuba City.
He began another phase
The practice enables him to
of military life in 1983
combine two passions: flying
when he enlisted as a flight
and caring for kids. And for
Harry Wander enjoys a moment with his newest granddaughter, Leila Burk. surgeon in the U.S. Army
more than 35 years as a UC
Reserve, from which he has
Davis Health System Volunteer
with my choice also,” Wander confided.
now retired as a colonel. He
Clinical Faculty member, he has conveyed
He went on active duty for his senior
served a stint with a military exercise in
to medical students his devotion to and
year of medical school and then completed Korea, and commanded the 921st Mobile
expertise in pediatric medicine.
his internship at the Naval Hospital in
Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) unit that
For many years, Wander and a
Bremerton, Wash. The Navy required him had been stationed at Mather Air Force
colleague drove every Friday to the UC
to complete a tour of operational duty
Base.
Davis Medical Center, where they attended
before he could obtain his residency.
Wander regards his establishment of
grand rounds and taught students about
“I
had
an
interest
in
aviation,
so
I
went
the
neonatal intensive-care nursery at
aspects of newborn care in the nursery.
to
the
Naval
School
of
Aviation
Medicine
Sutter
North Medical Group among his
“Then about 20 years ago we started
to
become
a
flight
surgeon,”
explained
proudest
achievements.
having students rotate to our office and
“I also cherish the ‘thank-you’ notes
shadow one of us here,” Wander recalled. Wander, who served two years with an
air
group
deployed
on
the
USS
Hornet
that
I receive from parents, sometimes
“I joined the clinical faculty because
beginning
in
August
1960.
Although
he
years
afterwards, for what I did for
of a belief that we physicians have a
did
perform
appendectomies
and
repaired
their
child,”
Wander said. Now, as
responsibility to teach the younger ones.”
wounds,
“flight
surgeon”
is
Navy
lingo
he
prepares
for
retirement, he urges
Wander obtained much of his medical
for the general-practice physician whose
his fellow physicians to participate in
training and early practice experience
primary duty is performing medical care
administrative, political, economic and
in the U.S. military. Born in Emmett,
legal aspects of medicine.
Idaho, he enlisted in the Naval Reserve in for aviation personnel. All the while, he
kept
his
sights
on
pediatric
medicine.
“I encourage physicians to be involved
1954 when he entered medical school at
He
served
his
pediatric
residency
at
in
influencing
the government, which
Creighton University in Omaha.
controls patient care and their livelihood;
“I desired to go into medicine because the Naval Hospital in Oakland, Calif.,
followed by three years at the Naval
in medical organizations that try to
I enjoyed science and wanted to do
influence the government; and in the
something really worthwhile. The death of Hospital in St. Albans, N.Y., where as
my 11-year-old sister from rheumatic fever assistant chief of pediatrics, he supervised governance of their medical group, if they
when I was 8 probably had a lot to do
four other pediatricians and two interns.
are in one,” Wander said.
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facultyROUNDS
Krishnan, Ph.D., holds dual adjunct
associate professor assignments with
the Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, and with the
Department of Applied Science in the
School of Engineering. He directs anNIH funded “research infrastructure
for minority institution” (RIMI)
program to nurture biomedical and
translation research in California’s
Central Valley. He is investigating
biomolecular structure and dynamics
by magnetic resonance and
computational methods, and also
studying large-scale data (“omics”)
analysis and modeling for biomarker
detection.
• Child and adolescent psychiatry
specialist Kristina M. Schwerin,
M.D., maintains a clinical practice
in psychotherapy (including
family and group psychotherapy),
community psychiatry and treatment
for eating disorders. Schwerin, an
assistant professor of psychiatry and
behavioral sciences, participates
in medical education and won an
American Psychoanalytic Association
fellowship award for 2009–2010.
• Prostate cancer specialist Richard K.
Valicenti, M.D., M.A., has joined UC
Davis Health System as a professor
and chair of the Department of
Radiation Oncology. He has expertise
in short-distance radioactive
treatments (brachytherapy), imageguided radiation therapy, and
combined radiation treatments for
prostate cancer and other tumors.
Board-certified by the American
College of Radiology, Valicenti is
overseeing clinical trials and testing
of image-guided radiation therapy.
The National Institutes of Health last
October funded 14 grants, including
$1.27 million for our proposal focusing on
factors that influence the careers of women
in biomedical and behavioral science and
engineering.
The UC Davis award will enable us
to evaluate the use and effectiveness of
family-friendly practices and policies in
relation to career satisfaction, trajectory
and success of faculty in the School of
Medicine, compared to faculty in the
School of Veterinary Medicine and the
College of Biological Sciences.
A family-friendly workplace is critically
important to the advancement of women
and men. Association of American Medical
Colleges data shows that only 28 percent
of all faculty members are women, even
though 45 percent of first-year medical
students and 41 percent of residents are
women. The pipeline is leaky. A University
of California study showed that women
faculty became parents at a younger age
than men, spent more time on child
raising and household activities, and were
less likely to make tenure if they entered
parenthood within five years of taking a
tenure-track position.
In 2008, all 10 UC campuses adopted
enhanced family and disability insurance
coverage policies that the UC Davis School
of Medicine pioneered [during Dr. Howell’s
tenure as associate dean of academic
personnel]. However, the provisions of
these policies are underused by both sexes;
faculty members commonly don’t know
where to obtain information on family
leaves, or report misinformation.
You can help us take steps to rectify
that situation. Assessing faculty awareness
3
and use of the school’s policies and
barriers will advance the change process.
Under our funded grant, we will ask
faculty members to fill out a short survey
regarding their awareness and use of our
family-supportive policies, and their career
satisfaction related to these policies. We
will conduct similar surveys during the
next three years so that we can assess
change. Strong participation by our faculty
will be key to tracking progress and
outcomes, and ultimately to the success of
this project.
“When I gave birth to my second
daughter, my department gave me 10
weeks of family leave. A few years later,
my department allowed me to cut back
to an 80 percent appointment to balance
my family and career demands. But not
every faculty member is this lucky.”
— Lydia Howell
“When I had a medical illness
necessitating an extended period of
time off as an assistant professor just
before my promotion, I was fortunate that
UC Davis had career flexibility options
available to me.”
— Amparo Villablanca
The Task Force is responsible for
assisting with the implementation of the
Faculty Forward survey, interpreting
the results and delivering a set of
recommendations to Health System
leadership. Names in bold type indicate
Task Force Executive Committee
members.
Faculty Forward Task Force
members
Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A., Vice
Chancellor for Human Health
Sciences and Dean (ex-officio
member)
Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., MACP,
Executive Associate Dean
Edward Callahan, Ph.D., Associate
Dean, Academic Personnel
Gregg Servis, M.Div., Director, Faculty
Development
Hilary Brodie, M.D, Ph.D.,
Otolaryngology
Peter Cala, Ph.D., Physiology and
Membrane Biology
Michael Condrin, M.B.A., Dean’s Office
Jeffrey Gauvin, M.D., Surgery
Estella Geraghty, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.,
Internal Medicine
Donald W. Hilty, M.D., Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences
Lydia P. Howell, M.D., Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine
Amparo C. Villablanca is professor
and Lazda Endowed Chair in Women’s
Cardiovascular Medicine; director of the
Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine Program;
and associate director of the Women’s
Center for Health.
Vincent L. Johnson, M.B.A., Hospital
Administration
Lydia P. Howell is a professor and interim
chair of the Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine.
Anissa Routon, Dean’s Office
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Darin Latimore, M.D., Internal Medicine
and Office of Diversity
Cindy Oropeza, Human Resources
Daniel J. Tancredi, Ph.D. Pediatrics
4
officeVISIT
P E D I AT R I C A N D AV I AT I O N M E D I C I N E
HARRY WANDER COMBINES HIS TWO PASSIONS
viewPOINT
A WELCOME TO NEW
FACULTY COLLEAGUES
BY AMPARO C. VILLABLANCA
AND LYDIA P. HOWELL
Jennifer Davenport
Villablanca
Cardiology Program. Board-certified
in pediatrics and board-eligible for
her subspecialty, pediatric cardiology,
Davenport also has conducted studies of
alternative routes of vascular access in the
catheterization lab.
Sleep medicine specialist Steven
Davis Brass, M.D., M.P.H., has
expertise in obstructive sleep apnea.
His clinical practice also encompasses
treatment for narcolepsy, restless legs
Other new colleagues
syndrome, parasomnias and REM sleep
• Matthew A. Coleman, Ph.D.,
behavior disorders. He is engaged in an
an associate adjunct professor of
international research study exploring
radiation oncology, has expertise in
the sleep characteristics of patients with
radiation biology and biotechnology.
restless leg syndrome. He is an assistant
Coleman, a senior scientist at
clinical professor of neurology, and coLawrence Livermore National
medical director of the UC Davis Sleep
Laboratory and a member of
Medicine Division.
the UC Davis Cancer Center, is
The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
conducting research that involves
published one of Brass’ studies on the
identification of cellular effects and
effect of medications on the sleep cycle,
mechanisms associated with ionizing
and the New England Journal of Medicine
radiation exposures. He hopes
has published three of his papers,
that his investigations of the early
including one examining the association
biochemical responses of irradiated
between headache and obstructive sleep
cells and tissues may increase our
apnea. He is a section editor for Neurology
understanding of mechanism-based
International and a consultant to the
biosignatures of exposure.
Peripheral and Central Nervous System
• Daren Danielson, M.D. an assistant
Drugs Advisory Committee at the Federal
clinical professor in the Division
Drug Administration in Washington, D.C.
of Cardiothoracic Surgery who
specializes in adult cardiac surgery,
Jennifer Davenport directs
has expertise in mitral valve repair,
pediatric interventional
surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation,
cardiology
and minimally invasive surgery for
Early postoperative interventional
valvular disease. His research interests
cardiology procedures are among the
involve 3D echocardiographic analysis
research interests of Jennifer Davenport,
of mitral valve repair; bicuspid aortic
M.D., a specialist in pediatric and
valve imaging; greater saphenous
congenital interventional cardiology.
vein harvesting; and the impact of
An assistant professor of pediatrics, she
lesion sets on outcomes for atrial
is director of pediatric interventional
fibrillation surgery. Danielson recently
cardiology for the UC Davis Health System.
was promoted to lieutenant colonel in
Davenport is in the clinician educator
the U.S. Air Force, and is a veteran of
series as she devotes much of her time to
Operation Enduring Freedom.
development the Pediatric Interventional
• Molecular biophysicist Krish
2
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Howell
HELP ASSESS FAMILY-SUPPORTED
POLICIES AND BIOMEDICAL CAREERS
Each edition of the Faculty Newsletter introduces several faculty colleagues who recently joined the UC Davis
Health System community. Watch for more new clinical and research staff members in the next issue.
Steven Brass studying sleep and
restless legs syndrome
advisoryteam
Faculty Forward Task Force
Steven Brass
Airplane pilots seeking a
Wander had hoped to
government-required medical
return to Idaho, but upon
clearance examination may
completion of his active
think they’ve entered the wrong
Naval duty in the summer
office when they arrive for their
of ’67, he was unable to find
appointment with physician
any pediatric positions there.
Harry J. Wander. The waiting
“I had fallen in love with
room is stocked with coloring
Northern California while I
books, comics, toys and games.
was a resident in Oakland,
But they’ve come to the
so when one of my Navy
right place. Wander is both a
friends in Marysville told me
pediatrician and one of only
his group was looking for
two certified aviation medical
another pediatrician, I ended
examiners in the Sutter North
up here,” Wander explained.
Medical Group in Yuba City.
He began another phase
The practice enables him to
of military life in 1983
combine two passions: flying
when he enlisted as a flight
and caring for kids. And for
Harry Wander enjoys a moment with his newest granddaughter, Leila Burk. surgeon in the U.S. Army
more than 35 years as a UC
Reserve, from which he has
Davis Health System Volunteer
with my choice also,” Wander confided.
now retired as a colonel. He
Clinical Faculty member, he has conveyed
He went on active duty for his senior
served a stint with a military exercise in
to medical students his devotion to and
year of medical school and then completed Korea, and commanded the 921st Mobile
expertise in pediatric medicine.
his internship at the Naval Hospital in
Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) unit that
For many years, Wander and a
Bremerton, Wash. The Navy required him had been stationed at Mather Air Force
colleague drove every Friday to the UC
to complete a tour of operational duty
Base.
Davis Medical Center, where they attended
before he could obtain his residency.
Wander regards his establishment of
grand rounds and taught students about
“I
had
an
interest
in
aviation,
so
I
went
the
neonatal intensive-care nursery at
aspects of newborn care in the nursery.
to
the
Naval
School
of
Aviation
Medicine
Sutter
North Medical Group among his
“Then about 20 years ago we started
to
become
a
flight
surgeon,”
explained
proudest
achievements.
having students rotate to our office and
“I also cherish the ‘thank-you’ notes
shadow one of us here,” Wander recalled. Wander, who served two years with an
air
group
deployed
on
the
USS
Hornet
that
I receive from parents, sometimes
“I joined the clinical faculty because
beginning
in
August
1960.
Although
he
years
afterwards, for what I did for
of a belief that we physicians have a
did
perform
appendectomies
and
repaired
their
child,”
Wander said. Now, as
responsibility to teach the younger ones.”
wounds,
“flight
surgeon”
is
Navy
lingo
he
prepares
for
retirement, he urges
Wander obtained much of his medical
for the general-practice physician whose
his fellow physicians to participate in
training and early practice experience
primary duty is performing medical care
administrative, political, economic and
in the U.S. military. Born in Emmett,
legal aspects of medicine.
Idaho, he enlisted in the Naval Reserve in for aviation personnel. All the while, he
kept
his
sights
on
pediatric
medicine.
“I encourage physicians to be involved
1954 when he entered medical school at
He
served
his
pediatric
residency
at
in
influencing
the government, which
Creighton University in Omaha.
controls patient care and their livelihood;
“I desired to go into medicine because the Naval Hospital in Oakland, Calif.,
followed by three years at the Naval
in medical organizations that try to
I enjoyed science and wanted to do
influence the government; and in the
something really worthwhile. The death of Hospital in St. Albans, N.Y., where as
my 11-year-old sister from rheumatic fever assistant chief of pediatrics, he supervised governance of their medical group, if they
when I was 8 probably had a lot to do
four other pediatricians and two interns.
are in one,” Wander said.
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facultyROUNDS
Krishnan, Ph.D., holds dual adjunct
associate professor assignments with
the Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, and with the
Department of Applied Science in the
School of Engineering. He directs anNIH funded “research infrastructure
for minority institution” (RIMI)
program to nurture biomedical and
translation research in California’s
Central Valley. He is investigating
biomolecular structure and dynamics
by magnetic resonance and
computational methods, and also
studying large-scale data (“omics”)
analysis and modeling for biomarker
detection.
• Child and adolescent psychiatry
specialist Kristina M. Schwerin,
M.D., maintains a clinical practice
in psychotherapy (including
family and group psychotherapy),
community psychiatry and treatment
for eating disorders. Schwerin, an
assistant professor of psychiatry and
behavioral sciences, participates
in medical education and won an
American Psychoanalytic Association
fellowship award for 2009–2010.
• Prostate cancer specialist Richard K.
Valicenti, M.D., M.A., has joined UC
Davis Health System as a professor
and chair of the Department of
Radiation Oncology. He has expertise
in short-distance radioactive
treatments (brachytherapy), imageguided radiation therapy, and
combined radiation treatments for
prostate cancer and other tumors.
Board-certified by the American
College of Radiology, Valicenti is
overseeing clinical trials and testing
of image-guided radiation therapy.
The National Institutes of Health last
October funded 14 grants, including
$1.27 million for our proposal focusing on
factors that influence the careers of women
in biomedical and behavioral science and
engineering.
The UC Davis award will enable us
to evaluate the use and effectiveness of
family-friendly practices and policies in
relation to career satisfaction, trajectory
and success of faculty in the School of
Medicine, compared to faculty in the
School of Veterinary Medicine and the
College of Biological Sciences.
A family-friendly workplace is critically
important to the advancement of women
and men. Association of American Medical
Colleges data shows that only 28 percent
of all faculty members are women, even
though 45 percent of first-year medical
students and 41 percent of residents are
women. The pipeline is leaky. A University
of California study showed that women
faculty became parents at a younger age
than men, spent more time on child
raising and household activities, and were
less likely to make tenure if they entered
parenthood within five years of taking a
tenure-track position.
In 2008, all 10 UC campuses adopted
enhanced family and disability insurance
coverage policies that the UC Davis School
of Medicine pioneered [during Dr. Howell’s
tenure as associate dean of academic
personnel]. However, the provisions of
these policies are underused by both sexes;
faculty members commonly don’t know
where to obtain information on family
leaves, or report misinformation.
You can help us take steps to rectify
that situation. Assessing faculty awareness
3
and use of the school’s policies and
barriers will advance the change process.
Under our funded grant, we will ask
faculty members to fill out a short survey
regarding their awareness and use of our
family-supportive policies, and their career
satisfaction related to these policies. We
will conduct similar surveys during the
next three years so that we can assess
change. Strong participation by our faculty
will be key to tracking progress and
outcomes, and ultimately to the success of
this project.
“When I gave birth to my second
daughter, my department gave me 10
weeks of family leave. A few years later,
my department allowed me to cut back
to an 80 percent appointment to balance
my family and career demands. But not
every faculty member is this lucky.”
— Lydia Howell
“When I had a medical illness
necessitating an extended period of
time off as an assistant professor just
before my promotion, I was fortunate that
UC Davis had career flexibility options
available to me.”
— Amparo Villablanca
The Task Force is responsible for
assisting with the implementation of the
Faculty Forward survey, interpreting
the results and delivering a set of
recommendations to Health System
leadership. Names in bold type indicate
Task Force Executive Committee
members.
Faculty Forward Task Force
members
Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A., Vice
Chancellor for Human Health
Sciences and Dean (ex-officio
member)
Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., MACP,
Executive Associate Dean
Edward Callahan, Ph.D., Associate
Dean, Academic Personnel
Gregg Servis, M.Div., Director, Faculty
Development
Hilary Brodie, M.D, Ph.D.,
Otolaryngology
Peter Cala, Ph.D., Physiology and
Membrane Biology
Michael Condrin, M.B.A., Dean’s Office
Jeffrey Gauvin, M.D., Surgery
Estella Geraghty, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.,
Internal Medicine
Donald W. Hilty, M.D., Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences
Lydia P. Howell, M.D., Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine
Amparo C. Villablanca is professor
and Lazda Endowed Chair in Women’s
Cardiovascular Medicine; director of the
Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine Program;
and associate director of the Women’s
Center for Health.
Vincent L. Johnson, M.B.A., Hospital
Administration
Lydia P. Howell is a professor and interim
chair of the Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine.
Anissa Routon, Dean’s Office
facultyNEWSLETTER | February – March 2010 | www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
Darin Latimore, M.D., Internal Medicine
and Office of Diversity
Cindy Oropeza, Human Resources
Daniel J. Tancredi, Ph.D. Pediatrics
4
PAVILION
FROM PAGE 1
FD&C executive director. “Our Pavilion
will be seismically safe and in complete
compliance with SB 1953.”
The 184,000-square-foot North-South
Wing consists of the original three-story
1928 hospital building along with an
enveloping 1950 addition that added
three additional stories. The North-South
Wing houses numerous units, including
emergency and cardiology facilities,
clinical laboratories, gastrointestinal and
pulmonary labs, and Patient Care Services
administration. Some of the units will shift
to the Davis Tower; most will relocate to
the Pavilion, which will consist of four
floors — three above ground and one
below grade. The new building wraps
around the eastern and southern sides of
the 14-story Davis Tower.
The new facility will improve the
capacity of staff physicians and residents
to respond to medical trauma and other
emergencies.
“Our space in the new emergency
department will be two-thirds larger than
our current quarters, and will feature more
specialized spaces or ‘pods’ in which to
triage patients, which should improve
patient flow, not just in the ED but the
entire hospital,” said Nathan Kuppermann,
professor of emergency medicine and
pediatrics and emergency services director.
Completion of the Pavilion will give the
hospital a new main entrance on X Street,
replacing the current one on Stockton
Boulevard. The building will encompass
facilities for:
• an emergency suite
• surgical services, including operating
rooms and a post-anesthetic care unit
• surgical and neurosurgical intensivecare units
• 12-bed burn unit
• cardiology services
• radiology services
• respiratory therapy
• pathology laboratory support
• pharmacy
• central sterile processing
• environmental services
• food services, including a cafeteria and
kitchen
UC Davis Health System
• gift shop
• patient registration, financial services
and cashiers
The design of the Pavilion will improve
the operating efficiency of several key
patient-care units, observed Carol Robinson, senior patient-care services officer.
Upon completion of construction,
the Pavilion will undergo a cleaning,
followed by delivery and installation
of furniture, activation and testing of
the information technology network,
and installation and testing of medical
diagnostic and surgical equipment. The
Office of Statewide Health Planning
and Development will monitor progress
and conduct inspections at designated
intervals.
The complexity of the design and
construction phases is rivaled by the
intricacy of transition planning. The
transition team, composed of 150
physicians, administrators and staff
members from numerous departments,
is meticulously crafting a comprehensive
plan by which to ensure the smooth
transition of patient care to the new
building as well as to maintain cohesive
“We have located the intensive-care
operations while departments are
units specializing in postsurgical care
shifting from one facility to another.
next to the operating rooms to minimize
Management of that segue is largely
transportation time for critically ill
the responsibility of Mike Pansius,
patients,” Robinson said. “An important
FD&C’s manager of facilities planning,
additional feature is the design of
who is serving as the Pavilion transition
individual ICU rooms, which permit family training and education coordinator.
members to stay at the bedside. Family“To oversee and direct the overall
centered care is an important component
transition planning activities, we
of the healing process, and we believe
established a Transition Planning Work
that a family presence during critical
Group, consisting of 15 key health
phases of an illness should be encouraged. system staff and three consultants
These rooms will provide more comfort
with extensive relocation experience,
for families than is currently available in
in February 2008,” Pansius said.
existing intensive-care units.”
“This group will guide and execute
Work on the Emergency Services
the migration into the Pavilion. The
Pavilion began in 2003 with demolition of entire transition planning process
seven buildings, including a juvenile hall,
has been divided into three major
the 1920s-era boiler plant (which once
components: occupancy planning,
generated supplementary power for the
personnel preparedness and move
medical center) and the Great Depression- management. The next major milestone
era Camellia Cottage (construction of
is the publication of the ‘Pavilion Move
which was funded by the federal Works
Manual,’ scheduled for February.”
Progress Administration). Excavation for
Faculty members are being consulted
the new building began in late 2004, and
and are invited to participate in the
erection of the steel supporting framework transition process. The health system
began the following autumn. Under
has established a “Pavilion Countdown”
current legislation, the North-South Wing
page (http://intranet.ucdmc.ucdavis.
must be removed from service by 2013.
edu/pavilion/) accessible to employees
However, the university is applying for a
through “The Insider,” the hospital’s
two-year extension under SB 1661.
intranet site.
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Faculty Development Office
4610 X Street, Suite 4101
Sacramento, CA 95817
Published by the Faculty Development Office
FEBRUARY – MARCH 2010
Workshops and other activities
You are invited! We encourage you to enroll
in one of the various workshops, programs
and events sponsored by the Faculty
Development Office. For more event details
and to register, visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.
edu/facultydev/ and click Enroll Online.
(Event co-sponsors are indicated within
parentheses.) Volunteer Clinical Faculty
members are also welcome and encouraged
to attend faculty development events.
(CALENDAR FROM PAGE 1)
March
(CONTINUED)
12 Leadership and Management Skills: Using the Myers-Briggs Personality Type
Indicator to Your Advantage (JCLP)
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17 Faculty Forward Task Force meeting
Published by the Faculty Development
Office, which administers and coordinates
programs that respond to the professional and
career development needs of UC Davis Health
System faculty members.
19 Institutional Collaboration: Advancing Goals of the School
and University (MCLP)
4610 X Street, Suite 4101
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 734-2464
www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev/
Edward Callahan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Personnel
Gregg Servis, M.Div.
Director, Faculty Development
gregg.servis@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
February
1 Workshop: Crucial Conversations:
Tools for Talking When Stakes Are
High, Part 2
20Focused Workshop: Difficult Conversations (MCLP)
April
15 Breakfast with the Dean
4 Workshop: Improving Leadership
Performance: Using the Myers-Briggs
Personality Type Indicator to Your
Advantage
16 Legal Issues: Making Tough Disciplinary Decisions (MCLP)
9 Breakfast with the Dean
9 Emotional Intelligence and Wellness (JCLP)
12 A Mentee’s Guide to Being Mentored:
How to Identify and Nurture Your
Goals (JCLP)
16 New Faculty Orientation
21 Faculty Forward Task Force meeting
22 Workshop: Women Faculty Discuss Research in Women’s Health (WIMS)
17 Faculty Forward Task Force meeting
Cheryl Busman
Program Representative, Faculty Development
cheryl.busman@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
23 Workshop: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Part 1
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Writing and Editing
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Event co-sponsors
30 Workshop: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Part 2
19 A Leadership Model for Faculty in
Academic Medicine (MCLP)
20 Focused Workshop: Leading
Complex Organizations (MCLP)
JCLP: Junior Career Leadership Program
March
MCLP: Mid-Career Leadership Program
2 Dean’s Recognition Reception
WIMS: Women in Medicine and Science
MARCH CONTINUES ON PAGE 6
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6
PAVILION COUNTDOWN UNDER WAY
NEW SURGERY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FACILITY TO OPEN
The earthquake that shattered
Northridge and neighboring San
Fernando Valley communities
northwest of Los Angeles in January
1994 has precipitated far-reaching
and still-resonating aftershocks,
some of which have been beneficial.
One of those is construction of UC
Davis Health System’s Surgery and
Emergency Services Pavilion, now
nearing completion. As work on the
470,000-square-foot structure continues,
a “transition team” has been at work
planning the intricately detailed logistics
for relocation of hospital departments
and functions to the new facility.
Construction of the Pavilion was
precipitated by the Legislature’s passage
of SB 1953, the Hospital Facilities
Seismic Safety Act, just 10 months
after the Northridge quake struck.
The earthquake had caused major
disruptions to the operations of 23
hospitals, which together incurred more
than $3 billion in damages.
The legislation imposed a 2008
deadline for retrofitting or rebuilding all
California general acute-care inpatient
buildings that are deemed subject to
collapse during a strong earthquake.
Upgrades enabled 11 of the 12 UC
Davis Medical Center acute-care
structures to comply with the law.
Personnel from the health system’s
Facilities Design and Construction
(FD&C) unit determined, however,
that the cost of renovating the medical
center’s North-South Wing could
exceed the cost of constructing a new,
more efficient replacement structure.
“We commissioned a study that
determined our North-South Wing,
which dates from the 1920s and 1950s,
does not meet the seismic-stability
criteria of SB 1953,” said Mike Boyd,
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FD&C executive director. “Our Pavilion
will be seismically safe and in complete
compliance with SB 1953.”
The 184,000-square-foot North-South
Wing consists of the original three-story
1928 hospital building along with an
enveloping 1950 addition that added
three additional stories. The North-South
Wing houses numerous units, including
emergency and cardiology facilities,
clinical laboratories, gastrointestinal and
pulmonary labs, and Patient Care Services
administration. Some of the units will shift
to the Davis Tower; most will relocate to
the Pavilion, which will consist of four
floors — three above ground and one
below grade. The new building wraps
around the eastern and southern sides of
the 14-story Davis Tower.
The new facility will improve the
capacity of staff physicians and residents
to respond to medical trauma and other
emergencies.
“Our space in the new emergency
department will be two-thirds larger than
our current quarters, and will feature more
specialized spaces or ‘pods’ in which to
triage patients, which should improve
patient flow, not just in the ED but the
entire hospital,” said Nathan Kuppermann,
professor of emergency medicine and
pediatrics and emergency services director.
Completion of the Pavilion will give the
hospital a new main entrance on X Street,
replacing the current one on Stockton
Boulevard. The building will encompass
facilities for:
• an emergency suite
• surgical services, including operating
rooms and a post-anesthetic care unit
• surgical and neurosurgical intensivecare units
• 12-bed burn unit
• cardiology services
• radiology services
• respiratory therapy
• pathology laboratory support
• pharmacy
• central sterile processing
• environmental services
• food services, including a cafeteria and
kitchen
UC Davis Health System
• gift shop
• patient registration, financial services
and cashiers
The design of the Pavilion will improve
the operating efficiency of several key
patient-care units, observed Carol Robinson, senior patient-care services officer.
Upon completion of construction,
the Pavilion will undergo a cleaning,
followed by delivery and installation
of furniture, activation and testing of
the information technology network,
and installation and testing of medical
diagnostic and surgical equipment. The
Office of Statewide Health Planning
and Development will monitor progress
and conduct inspections at designated
intervals.
The complexity of the design and
construction phases is rivaled by the
intricacy of transition planning. The
transition team, composed of 150
physicians, administrators and staff
members from numerous departments,
is meticulously crafting a comprehensive
plan by which to ensure the smooth
transition of patient care to the new
building as well as to maintain cohesive
“We have located the intensive-care
operations while departments are
units specializing in postsurgical care
shifting from one facility to another.
next to the operating rooms to minimize
Management of that segue is largely
transportation time for critically ill
the responsibility of Mike Pansius,
patients,” Robinson said. “An important
FD&C’s manager of facilities planning,
additional feature is the design of
who is serving as the Pavilion transition
individual ICU rooms, which permit family training and education coordinator.
members to stay at the bedside. Family“To oversee and direct the overall
centered care is an important component
transition planning activities, we
of the healing process, and we believe
established a Transition Planning Work
that a family presence during critical
Group, consisting of 15 key health
phases of an illness should be encouraged. system staff and three consultants
These rooms will provide more comfort
with extensive relocation experience,
for families than is currently available in
in February 2008,” Pansius said.
existing intensive-care units.”
“This group will guide and execute
Work on the Emergency Services
the migration into the Pavilion. The
Pavilion began in 2003 with demolition of entire transition planning process
seven buildings, including a juvenile hall,
has been divided into three major
the 1920s-era boiler plant (which once
components: occupancy planning,
generated supplementary power for the
personnel preparedness and move
medical center) and the Great Depression- management. The next major milestone
era Camellia Cottage (construction of
is the publication of the ‘Pavilion Move
which was funded by the federal Works
Manual,’ scheduled for February.”
Progress Administration). Excavation for
Faculty members are being consulted
the new building began in late 2004, and
and are invited to participate in the
erection of the steel supporting framework transition process. The health system
began the following autumn. Under
has established a “Pavilion Countdown”
current legislation, the North-South Wing
page (http://intranet.ucdmc.ucdavis.
must be removed from service by 2013.
edu/pavilion/) accessible to employees
However, the university is applying for a
through “The Insider,” the hospital’s
two-year extension under SB 1661.
intranet site.
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PAVILION COUNTDOWN UNDER WAY
NEW SURGERY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FACILITY TO OPEN
The earthquake that shattered
Northridge and neighboring San
Fernando Valley communities
northwest of Los Angeles in January
1994 has precipitated far-reaching
and still-resonating aftershocks,
some of which have been beneficial.
One of those is construction of UC
Davis Health System’s Surgery and
Emergency Services Pavilion, now
nearing completion. As work on the
470,000-square-foot structure continues,
a “transition team” has been at work
planning the intricately detailed logistics
for relocation of hospital departments
and functions to the new facility.
Construction of the Pavilion was
precipitated by the Legislature’s passage
of SB 1953, the Hospital Facilities
Seismic Safety Act, just 10 months
after the Northridge quake struck.
The earthquake had caused major
disruptions to the operations of 23
hospitals, which together incurred more
than $3 billion in damages.
The legislation imposed a 2008
deadline for retrofitting or rebuilding all
California general acute-care inpatient
buildings that are deemed subject to
collapse during a strong earthquake.
Upgrades enabled 11 of the 12 UC
Davis Medical Center acute-care
structures to comply with the law.
Personnel from the health system’s
Facilities Design and Construction
(FD&C) unit determined, however,
that the cost of renovating the medical
center’s North-South Wing could
exceed the cost of constructing a new,
more efficient replacement structure.
“We commissioned a study that
determined our North-South Wing,
which dates from the 1920s and 1950s,
does not meet the seismic-stability
criteria of SB 1953,” said Mike Boyd,
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