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HOUSE STAFF ADVISORY COUNCIL
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
February 2016
Main Agenda
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Meeting minutes from ICCC—1/28/16
Provided by Venessa Lynn Pinto & Barbara Martin
Organ Donor Advisory Committee—Teresa Hobt-Bingham
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Vanderbilt continues to perform well in organ donor
metrics,with 63 organ donors through November 2015.
One timing issue was noted where a family requested
support be withdrawn before TDS spoke to the family
regarding donation.
Dr. Parmley reported that there was a request from
Transplant to evaluate whether induced hypothermia in
organ donors would improve rates of delayed graft
function in renal transplantation. Currently the rate of
delayed graft function is very low; a change in
management that includes hypothermia would not change
the outcome. The issue is tabled.
The donor flag raising ceremony will be in early April;
Songs for Life Concert will be in May. With the proceeds
from the concert the planned donor memorial will be
funded; a location is being identified in collaboration with
VUMC.
Medically Appropriate Treatment—Lee Parmley/
Carol Eck/Walter Merrill—
The Medically Appropriate Treatment policy is undergoing
final review and revision. The policy will serve as a resource to
determine appropriate resolution to meet goals of care when
there are disagreements among the health care team and/or
patients and families. Current processes for resolution will not
change—Clinical Ethics, Palliative Care, Pastoral Care, and
others may be engaged and assist with resolution without
invoking the policy and process.
NEXT MEETING
VUH ECMO—Jimmy Barber
The CVICU is working closely with the VCH ECMO program
and the VUH Perfusionists to develop the new adult ECMO
Specialist Program. The ECMO specialists augment the
perfusionists so that as the program expands patients will have
a specialist available to support the pump continuously. There
are seven specialists ready to go in the next couple of weeks.
The program will be expanding; currently ECMO outside the
CVICU may be covered by Children’s or by CVICU specialists.
In addition, an insertion cart has been created to facilitate
rapid placement of ECMO cannulas so therapy can be initiated
expeditiously. Dr. Jason Kennedy is the medical director, and
several intensivists are supporting the therapy.
Unit Admission Criteria/Scopes of Service—Barbara
Martin Michelle Hasselblad is working with all the units to come up
with Scopes of Service and Admission Criteria on a single
document. The ICUs will develop a document to complete the
VUH information. The managers will work to develop the
document with Barbara coordinating the development.
ICU High Census Plan—Lee Parmley—
Dr. Parmley shared the ICU High Census Plan and asked the
committee how this plan is handled in their units. How
decisions are made to move patients between ICUs was
discussed. Patient flow is a high priority for the institution;
the goal is to have patients in appropriate specialty areas.
Prioritization of patients who need ICU beds (e.g., unstable ED
patients, OR patients, stat bed patients) is not a formal
process, but should be more clearly identified.
Work is ongoing to identify a process for ensuring a STAT bed
is available in one of the ICUs
HOUSE STAFF ADVISORY COUNCIL
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
MEDICAL CENTER
April 1, 2016
2702—2703 TVC - 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Rishi Naik, Co-Chair /William (Billy) Sullivan, Co-Chair
Margaret Burks, Vice Chair
For more information: GME Office, 322-4916
E-mail: hsac@vanderbilt.edu
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Are You Being Represented? HSAC Members 2015-2016
Last Name
First Name
Department
Pager #
Last Name
First Name
Department
Pager #
Alabi
Elizabeth
Anand
Manish
Barraza (Alt.) Michael
Barry
Megan
OB/GYN
Nephrology
Diagnostic Radiology
Child Neurology
835-0566
835-0566
835-4169
835-1522
Matthias
McNeely
Moreno
Naik
Adam C.
David
Tomas
Rishi
Oral Surgery
Cardiovascular Disease
Ophthalmology
Internal Medicine
835-5868
835-9643
835-0449
835-5412
Bass
Jennifer M.
Peds - Internal Med
835-9780
Nathan
Niraj
Ophthalmology
835-0445
Burks
Casey
Margaret
Carolyn
Internal Medicine
Rheumatology
835-0381
835-8233
O'Connor
Ogu
O'Leary
Michael
Iheanyichukwu
Jared
Peds Pulmonary
835-1904
Nephrology
835-7190
Cardiovascular Disease 835-9642
Clark
Conklin
Matthew
David
Gen Pediatrics
General Psychiatry
835-9251
835-8751
Patrylo
Penrod
Morgan John
Cody
Neurology
Pediatrics EM
835-9585
835-8395
Craig
Elizabeth
Diagnostic Radiology
835-4171
Pinto
Venessa
Peds Critical Care
835-1439
Craig
Brian
General Surgery
835-8427
Pippen
Jessica
OB/GYN
835-0560
Danish (Alt) Timothy F.
Dare
Ryan Keith
Thoracic Surgery
Infectious Disease
831-6169
831-6275
Rice
Robertson
Sean
Cheryl
Internal Medicine
Interventnal Cardio
835-5478
831-8573
Darragh
Charles
Dermatology
835-0457
Robinson
Jamie
General Surgery
835-1329
Dei-Tutu
Selorm Aseye A. Peds Endocrinology
835-9613
Sample
Matthew
Interventnal Cardio
831-8668
Dingle
Jodi
Gen Pediatrics
835-1964
Samuelson
Madeleine
Otolaryngology
835-0732
Dott
Daltry
Anesthesiology
831-8520
Seltz
Lara
Urology
835-8760
Douds (Alt.) Jonathan
Pathology
835-4126
Shah
Hetal
Nephrology
835-7193
Dudley
Dufendach
Eckhart (Alt.)
Friedman
Anne
Kevin
William (Bill)
Eitan
Peds Urology
Neonatology
Neurology
Interventional Cardio
835-4157
831-4831
835-5066
831-6235
Shah
Shepherd
Smith
Stimpson
Karan
Casey
Clayton
Sarah-Jo
Emergency Medicine
Oral Surgery
Radiation Oncology
Peds Hem/Onc
835-1190
835-8025
835-1478
835-8183
Gettler
Erin
Internal Medicine
835-0357
Stoudenmire
Charles
Pathology
831-6189
Sturos
Eric
PM&R
835-8133
Greene
He
Matt
Lucy (Le)
Infectious Disease
Neurosurgery
835-0636
835-9545
Sullivan
Suojanen
William M.
Krista
Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine
835-1386
835-5468
Huang
Derek
Neurology
835-4066
Thomas
Brian
Dermatology
835-0461
Iams
Wade
Internal Medicine
835-5463
Todd
Henry Frank
Thoracic Surgery
835-0988
Jamison
Justin Paul
Child Psychiatry
835-1352
Vu
NgocHanh
Child Neurology
835-9567
Johnson
Emily C.
Neurology
835-9986
Walls
Sara
Peds Anesthesia
835-9706
Johnson
Vanessa
Dermatology
835-0464
Watson
Graham
Adult Hem/Onc
835-7177
Katsantonis
Kingeter
Lalor
Lennon
Nicolas-George
Adam
Kathryn
Christen Jane
Otolaryngology
Adult CT Anesthesia
Child Neurology
Otolaryngology
835-0725
835-5207
835-1931
835-9822
Westbury
Wilson
Winberry
Winocour
Emily L.
Robert
Gabe
Julian
Neurology
Ortho Surgery
Peds GI
Plastic Surgery
835-8479
835-0283
831-4335
835-9352
Lester
Michael
Internal Medicine
835-7372
Wood
Cory
Orthodontics
835-1019
Livingood
Matthew
Dermatology
835-0460
Wu
Eric
Emergency Medicine
835-9540
Lopez
Marco
Anesthesia Critical Care 835-9727
Wurth
Mark
Allergy Program
835-8776
Manrique
M. Geraldine
Otolaryngology
835-0727
Ziegler
Kenneth
Vascular Surgery
835-1391
Internal Medicine
835-5376
Mashayekhi Mona