than a century.
Now is the time to be a part of history. Because
Baylor Makes Us All Better.
Baylor Makes Us All Better: Gaining momentum
What’s Inside
DEPARTMENTS
Focus on Research ________________________ 2
A Closer Look: Heart and Vascular ____________ 4
President’s Letter _________________________ 5
Chairman’s Letter _________________________ 7
Gift Planning _____________________________ 8
EVENTS
Celebrating Women ________________________ 3
PROFILES
Joshua Brown ____________________________ 6
Andrew Fenves, M.D. ______________________ 7
Tim Moore _______________________________ 8
NEWS, PROJECTS AND CAMPAIGNS
New Class Brings Leadership to Foundation Board ___ 1
Baylor Dallas Ranked No. 1 ____________________ 1
Baylor Makes Us All Better: Gaining Momentum _____ 1
New Garden Blossoms Thanks to Horner Family _____ 2
Baylor Boards, Employees Set Giving Records _______ 2
Palliative Care Program Earns Certification ________ 3
Gift to Benefit Baylor Emergency Services ___________ 6
NIH Appoints Dr. Rick Boland
____________________ 6
In Memoriam: Charles Pistor Jr. _________________ 7
This Holiday Season Give the Gift of Hope ____________ 8
Notable new class brings leadership, talent
and support to Foundation board
Continued on page 8
B
H C S
F has welcomed 24 dis-
tinguished members to its board.
“ese civic and business leaders have
committed their time, talent and resources to
enhance medical education, research and patient
care for the region,” said Rowland K. Robinson, pres
-
ident of the Foundation. “eir leadership will be
instrumental in taking Baylor to higher ground as a
place of hope and healing for our community.”
Board members assist the Foundation in support
of Baylor Health Care System’s mission to serve all
people through exemplary health care, education,
research and community service.
“The diverse expertise, experience and back
-
ground of these individuals will be a tremendous
help to Baylor and the Foundation,” said Foundation
board chairman Erle Nye. “I am thrilled to wel
-
come them to our board.”
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U.S. News ranks
Baylor Dallas No. 1
in Dallas-Fort Worth
B
U M
C D ranked No. 1 in
the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the U.S.
News & World Report annual Best
Hospitals rankings. e hospital, which has been
on the U.S. News &
World Report’s rank-
ings for 20 years, was
ranked nationally for
six medical special-
ties: gastroenterology,
nephrology, orthope-
dics, pulmonology,
urology and
gynecology.
ese rankings come on the heels of the August
2012 issue of Consumer Reports naming Baylor
Dallas No. 1 in Texas for hospital safety.
“We are proud of the physicians on our medi-
cal sta and our employees, and this is further
evidence that they provide patients with some of
the nation’s highest quality health care,” said
John McWhorter, president of Baylor Dallas.
Once again this year, Baylor has more “Best
Hospitals” on the metro list than any other health
care system in Dallas-Fort Worth with five
Pierce M. Allman, co-founder, Allie Beth Allman &
Associates
Mar Nell Bell, community volunteer
Peter D. Brundage, managing director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Pam Busbee (ex officio), community volunteer,
Celebrating Women co-chairman
Roger A. Enrico, CIC Partners, LP
Mary Clare Finney, Spyglass Trading
Stephen S. Head, managing director and regional
manager, Barclays Wealth
Matthew T. Heidelbaugh, senior director, Cushman &
Wakefield of Texas, Inc.
Robert L. Kaminski, president, Robert Kaminski
Interests, Inc.
Allen A. Meyer, Meyer Investments
Harriet E. Miers, attorney and partner, Locke Lord LLP
David B. Miller, co-founder and senior managing
partner, Encap Investments
Forrest E. Miller, principal, NQP Associates, LLC
Ruthie Pack, community volunteer
Robert R. Penn, president and chief executive officer,
Penn Resources, Inc.
Pam A. Perella (ex officio), community volunteer,
Celebrating Women co-chairman
Stacy L. Pettit (ex officio), community volunteer,
Junior League representative
Bonnie Pitman, distinguished scholar in residence,
The University of Texas at Dallas
Michael V. Prentiss, Prentiss Enterprises
Peggy Riggs, community volunteer
Edward W. Rose, owner and president, Cardinal
Investment Co., Inc.
Scott P. Sealy, chairman of the board, Sealy & Co., LLC
Julie H. Turner, community volunteer
Tommy A. Valenta, Valenta Group
New board members
C
AMPAIGN 2015:
Baylor Makes Us All Better. This simple
phrase was the impetus for a bold vision – take Baylor
Health Care System to national pre-eminence in areas of health
care that have the power to transform individual lives and the
communities we serve. Baylor Health Care System Foundation
has set forth to achieve this vision by launching the first
campaign in Baylor’s history.
$136 million has already been
raised. However, the need for support remains.
This comprehensive campaign is
designed to strengthen every aspect
of Baylor, from patient-centered
programs and capital needs to
innovative research and medical education. Campaign 2015
offers significant opportunity for our friends in North Texas,
physicians, staff, foundations and corporations to join in
support of a treasure this community has relied on for more
$250,000,000
$136 MILLION RAISED,
54% TO GOAL
How do you like the torch’s new look? The redesign reflects the bright, vibrant imagery and color scheme we’re incorporating into the branding of Campaign 2015: Baylor Makes
Us All Better. Why the change? This is a comprehensive campaign that touches every aspect of Baylor. This is a history-making initiative and despite the great strides we’ve already
made, the need for support remains. A new look for the torch is one way to keep the campaign in the forefront of our minds. We hope you enjoy it.
2 FALL 2012 THE TORCH
Family for this most recent gift that will touch so
many people,” said Rowland K. Robinson,
Foundation president. “Sadly, Joan passed away
two years ago, and we believe this garden is a won-
derful way to honor her memory.”
e Horners’ unwavering commitment to their
faith and helping others started at
a very young age. Born in Belfast,
Ireland, Andy was the youngest of
13 children. When he was six, his
mother took Andy and her three
youngest children to Canada to
give them hope and a chance at a
better life. Andy proudly says his
mother was an Irish scrub woman,
and it was her deep faith and tire-
less work ethic that has inuenced
him throughout his life.
Andy met Joan in Canada, and
in 1950 they moved to Texas, where he proceeded
to work for Johnson Wax, the Xerox Corporation
and Home Interiors and Gifts. In 1985, he and
Joan founded Premier Designs, Inc., a direct sales
jewelry company
based on Biblical
principles with a
philosophy of
serving, caring
and sharing. Since
2004, they have
supported Cele-
brating Women
with the “Cure
Pin.” Proceeds
from the sales of
these beautiful
pins have supported Baylor’s ght against breast
cancer.
Garden construction is slated to begin this
winter.
For more information, contact Elizabeth
Denton at 214.820.4070 or Elizabeth.Denton@
BaylorHealth.edu.
B
H C S has
twice the reason to be proud. Baylor
Health Care System Foundation set a
new record with the 2012 Board
Giving Campaign, achieving 100 percent partic-
ipation. Also, the Foundation’s 2012 Employee
Giving Campaign was the most successful to date.
“is sends a powerful message to our patients,
our donors and our community – a message that
our board members and our employees not only
believe in, but
also support the
great work that
occurs here,” said
Joel Allison,
president and
chief executive
ocer of Baylor.
G
,
healing, restorative and beautiful.
ey can be a sight to behold, boast-
ing vibrant colors and hearty green-
ery. And thanks to a generous gift from the
Joan and Andy Horner Family, we will all be
able to enjoy the natural beauty
and tranquility of a new interfaith
garden, located in the heart of
Baylor University Medical Center
at Dallas by late next spring.
The Joan Horner Interfaith
Prayer Garden will feature natu-
ral limestone pathways and abun-
dant planting, where water fea-
tures on both sides of the garden
will generate soothing back-
ground noise and help provide
privacy. e garden is designed
with quiet nooks and seating for prayer and con-
templation and is centrally located so patients
staying in any of the hospitals at Baylor Dallas
can see the garden from their rooms. e origi-
nal garden was
donated by the
Wayne Family
Foundation and
will be expanded
in new and
different ways,
while still incor-
porating Bradley
and Ernestine
Wayne’s legacy.
Over the years,
the Horners have
been loyal supporters of the Foundation, and
their generous gifts provided signicant support
for a number of our cancer programs. e Horner
Family Chapel in the Baylor Charles A. Sammons
Cancer Center was named in recognition of
their support.
“We are especially grateful to the Horner
showcase an occupation with high physical
demands.”
Dr. Adams has also gone out in the eld to re-
houses, mechanics’ garages and
farms to test workload capabili-
ties of healthy people. Now she
has the data to compare an indus-
trial athlete who is recovering
from a heart event to a healthy
person in the same type of
occupation.
“I want the ‘cookie cutter’ car-
diac rehab guidelines to go away,
and the way we can do that is to
collect and publish data,” Dr.
Adams said. “I believe this
research will help people safely
and more condently return to
work after cardiac rehab.”
New garden blossoms at Baylor thanks to
the Joan and Andy Horner Family
F CUS ON RESEARCH
Baylor boards,
employees set giving
records
Digital rendering of the Joan Horner Interfaith Prayer Garden
What’s in a day’s work? Baylor studies explore job-specic cardiac
rehabilitation programs
Andy and Joan Horner
A
, should a
farmer and an attorney take the same
physical test to be found t for work?
at’s currently the case, said Jenny
Adams, Ph.D., an exercise physiologist at Baylor
Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular
Hospital cardiac rehab program.
“Typically, cardiac rehab is very conservative.
Patients ride a stationary bike for 20 minutes,
walk on a treadmill for 20 to 30 minutes and lift
light hand weights,” said Dr. Adams. “A 35-year-
old reghter is given the same program as a
90-year-old woman. e current guidelines are
much too conservative for occupations that
require carrying heavy equipment, sprinting,
climbing stairs or wrestling suspects.”
A research grant in 2007 from the Harry S.
Moss Heart Trust enabled Dr. Adams and her
team to build a Return to Work™ lab that featured
the equipment necessary to train “industrial
athletes” and stocked the lab with relevant tools
such as dierent sized re hoses, a mock lawn
mower and grappling dummies
for police.
Her newest research focuses on
farming, a career that has similar
physical demands to public ser-
vice workers, with constant push-
ing, pulling, exerting force and
heavy lifting. “We chose to focus
on farming to make people aware
of the great diversity of industrial
athletes that could come through
rehab on any given day,” said Dr.
Adams. “Farming is a high-inten-
sity job requiring workers to
build fences, dig holes and pick
up heavy loads, so it was a perfect match to
100 percent board giving
The 19 boards across the system are
composed of 274 board members,
representing physicians, Baylor executive
leadership, business and community leaders.
Gift commitments from Baylor boards totaled
more than $4.2 million. 100 percent
participation is powerful signal that Baylor
has the confidence and enthusiasm of its
board members – the very people who know
it the best.
Baylor employees show
giving spirit
More than 57 percent of employees at
Baylor participated in this year’s campaign,
raising a record $1.9 million to support
initiatives across the system. This year’s
theme was “I Give Because…Baylor Makes
Us All Better.”
An industrial athlete carries a hose
up stairs as part of cardiac rehab
submission of quality metrics and evidence of
eective, timely palliative care using a multidis-
ciplinary approach.
“This accreditation from The Joint
Commission reinforces the importance
of Baylor’s vision of providing safe,
quality, compassionate care,” said
Joel Allison, president and chief
executive ocer of Baylor. “When
facing a life-threatening illness,
our dedicated palliative care team
goes beyond providing advanced
medical treatments and oers compas-
sionate care to help patients and their fam-
ily members cope with critical illness.”
For more information about palliative care
initiatives, please contact Cynthia Krause
at 214.820.7928 or Cynthia.Krause@
BaylorHealth.edu.
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F CUS ON RESEARCH
Palliative care program rst in Texas to earn Joint Commission certication
helping the Foundation raise funds to help
nd a cure for breast cancer.”
Caren has received many awards and acco-
lades, including the TACA Silver Cup Awards,
the Boys and Girls Club Robert H. Dedman
Award for Philanthropy, the Linz Award and
the Southwestern Medical Foundation Charles
Cameron Sprague Community Service Award.
She currently serves on the Hoblitzelle
Foundation, Southwestern Medical
Foundation and was a chairman of the Board
of Governors of the Dallas Foundation. Caren
also co-chairs the Letot Foundation Capital
Campaign for the Girls Residential Treatment
Center and is a member of the Salvation Army
Advisory Board and a past chairman.
For more information, contact Angela
Randall at 214.820.4776 or Angela.Randall@
BaylorHealth.edu.
B
U M
C D is the rst hos-
pital in Texas – and one of the rst 10
in the nation – to receive Advanced
Certication for Palliative Care from e Joint
Commission.
According to The Joint Commission, the
Advanced Certication Program for Palliative
Care is designed to recognize hospital inpatient
programs that demonstrate exceptional patient
and family-centered care in order to optimize the
quality of life for patients with serious illnesses.
Palliative care is specialized medical care that is
focused on providing patients with relief from the
symptoms, pain and stress of a serious illness –
whatever the diagnosis.
“e Joint Commission certication in pallia-
tive care conrms that our program provides
quality care for patients and families facing
serious illness,” said Robert Fine, M.D., FACP,
FAAHPM, clinical director of Baylor Health
Care System’s oce of clinical ethics and pallia-
tive care. “at we are one of the rst 10
hospitals in the country and the rst in
Texas to achieve such recognition is
a continuation of Baylor’s tradition
of leadership in all branches of
medicine.”
Since 2004, the supportive and
palliative care team at Baylor
Dallas has been helping patients and
families address the complex physical,
psychological, social and spiritual problems
that often accompany advanced illness.
The Joint Commission certification was
awarded to the Baylor Dallas palliative care pro-
gram after an intense certication process, which
included an on-site visit from a reviewer and
Celebrating Women to honor Mary Anne Cree and the Men and Women of
Sammons Enterprises, Inc., with Circle of Care Award
C W H
Caren Prothro selected as Honorary Chairman
Caren Prothro
A native of Wichita
Falls, Texas, Caren and
her husband, the late Vin
Prothro, have been gen
-
erous supporters of the
Foundation through the
Vin and Caren Prothro
Foundation. Caren con
-
tinues to lead the family’s
charitable foundation
today, quietly supporting causes, such as combat
-
ting breast cancer, that are close to her heart.
“e work being done at Baylor Health Care
System to ght breast cancer is awe-inspiring, and
I’d like to thank all the wonderful men and women
at Baylor who are dedicated to waging the war to
cure this disease,” said Caren. “I’m honored to be
part of a formidable organization such as Celebrating
Women that plays such an important role in
B
H C S
F is delighted to have
Caren Prothro serve as honorary
chairman for the 2012 Celebrating
Women luncheon on ursday, Oct. 11, at
the Hilton Anatole Hotel.
Caren currently serves as the chairman of the
Board of Trustees at Southern Methodist
University. She is co-chairman of SMU’s Second
Century Campaign.
But it’s all in a day’s work for Caren, who
also served as the vice chairman of the board
of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts
from 2001 to 2010 and was the chairman of
the development committee, raising more
than $330 million toward the construction of
the AT&T Performing Arts Center, home of
the Winspear Opera House, the Wyly eater,
Sammons Park and Strauss Square.
T
, Celebrating Women
will award the Circle of Care
Award to Mary Anne Cree, life-
long philanthropist and mother
of 10, as well as to the Men and Women of
Sammons Enterprises. e award is given to
those who have served as advocates, volun-
teers, educators or donors and have made a dif-
ference in the ght against breast cancer.
Mary Anne is the only child of Dallas busi-
nessman and renowned philanthropist Charles
A. Sammons, for whom Baylor’s cancer cen-
ter is named, and Rosine Smith Sammons.
Mary Anne continued in her father’s gener-
ous footsteps and has provided signicant sup-
port to Baylor for decades. Among many other
contributions is her support of breast cancer ini-
tiatives. Mary Anne named a diagnostic suite at
the Darlene G. Cass Women’s Imaging Center
in memory of her husband’s rst wife – a woman
she never met who lost her battle with breast
cancer. In addition to her philanthropic sup-
port, Mary Anne served on the Baylor Health
Care System Foundation board for nine years.
roughout the past 57 years, the Men and
Women of Sammons Enterprises have supported
Baylor with direct gifts for the purchase of advanced
equipment, technology and research, as well as sup-
ported patient care. In the 1970s, Charles issued
a matching challenge to Dallas, raising money to
build what became Baylor Charles A. Sammons
Cancer Center. In 2009, Baylor announced the
largest gift in its history, a $20 million gift from
the Sammons Dallas Foundation in support of
the new outpatient building of the Baylor Sammons
Cancer Center. At the same time, an endowed
chair in breast cancer research was established
in memory of Charles’ sisters, Hattie Belle
and Mary.
When Charles passed away at the age of 90,
the Dallas community continued to benet
from his generous spirit. In essence, his giv-
ing spirit has lived on in a continuous circle
of care through his daughter Mary Anne and
the Men and Women of Sammons Enterprises.
Celebrating Women is pleased to congrat-
ulate both Mary Anne and the Men and
Women of Sammons Enterprises on receiv-
ing the Circle of Care Award.
Mary Anne Cree
The Men and Women of Sammons Enterprises, Inc.
4 FALL 2012 THE TORCH
“It was all about the people I was
going to work with, the research and
the potential to build recognition for
Baylor’s heart transplant program.”
– D. G G-S
Prior to the Revo MRI SureScan pacing sys-
tem, MRI procedures for patients with implanted
pacemakers were not recommended because these
patients might face serious complications. MRI
scanners may cause traditional pacemakers to
misinterpret MRI-generated electrical noise and
withhold pacing therapy or deliver unnecessary
pacing therapy.
The Revo MRI pacemaker features a newly
designed electrode that goes from the pacemaker to
the heart and won’t overheat due to an MRI. Also,
the pacemaker’s computer circuit is redesigned to
prevent the memory being erased by the MRI scan.
According to Dr. Wheelan, patients can always
expect pacemaker technology to evolve. “When
pacemakers rst came out, patients had to stay
away from microwaves,” he recalled. “The
technology changed about 20 years ago, and
when it did, it was a big deal. Now it isn’t an issue
at all. A great strength of our health care system
is that we continue to improve the lives of our
patients.”
said “So given that I had that specialty – I real-
ized this was a great t.
“It was all about the people I was going to work
with, the research and the potential to build rec-
ognition for Baylor’s heart transplant program.”
Dr. Gonzo’s vision for Baylor’s heart transplan-
tation and mechanical circulatory support is to
make it one of the top programs in the nation, not
merely in patient volume, but in patient care and
research.
“We’ve already made some gratifying changes
in the intensive care unit (ICU),” said Dr. Gonzo.
“e team has trained our nurses to take on more
care of our patient population than they were
doing before, including chest tube pulls and even
management of high-level devices.”
e ICU team already developed a new pro-
gram to educate the family members of patients
while the patients are still in surgery, giving them
a lesson on what to expect in ICU after open heart
surgery. e teams also are identifying areas of
opportunity in the operating room and ICU that
will translate into better patient care.
Dr. Gonzo, his wife, Natalie, and three boys
Julian, Diego and Alex, have settled in Southlake,
Texas, and are eager to get involved in the com-
munity. “As a doctor I always say I’ll do whatever
is needed to help out.”
ompsons honored for gift at transplant reunion
A CLOSER LOOK: HEART AND VASCULAR
Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital
implants rst MRI-safe pacemaker in North Texas
Dr. Gonzo joins Baylor as chief of heart transplantation
The patient is the purpose of
all that we do and
Baylor has more than
2.5 million
patient encounters each year.
Patients like Melvin Jones.
For Melvin’s story, visit
give.baylorhealth.com.
G
G-S,
M.D., known by most who know
him as Dr. Gonzo, has joined Baylor
Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and
Vascular Hospital as chief of heart
transplantation and mechanical
circulatory support. He comes to
Baylor from the renowned
Cleveland Clinic, and he special-
izes in adult cardiac surgery, heart
transplantation, bypass surgery
and valve surgery.
He is an exciting new addition
to the organization, and brings a
wealth of experience and innova-
tion to Baylor.
Dr. Gonzo is a native
of Puerto Rico, where he
took all of his education
until medical school. “I
made a conscious deci-
sion that I wasn’t going
to stay in Puerto Rico for
my residency. So I
applied for my residency
in the United States,” Dr. Gonzo recalled.
He ultimately landed at Graduate Hospital of
Philadelphia, but they would only guarantee him
a one-year stay. He took the risk and after a short
while, the administration quickly realized
Dr. Gonzo could hold his own with the American-
trained sta. He was asked to remain in the resi-
dency program for the full
duration.
An opportunity to conduct
research at the acclaimed Duke
University represented a profes-
sional dream come true – and he
completed his residency in
Durham, North Carolina, before
heading to Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic
where he worked as a cardiotho-
racic surgery fellow and then as
sta.
Dr. Gonzo landed at
Baylor because he was
looking for an opportu-
nity to grow profession-
ally. “I was totally in awe
with Baylor – the pro-
grams that were here and
the vision for their heart
and vascular programs
were in line with what I was looking for, and they
were looking for a chief of heart transplantation
and mechanical circulatory support,” Dr. Gonzo
Dr. Gonzalo Gonzalez-
Stawinski
A
on the medical sta at Baylor Jack
and Jane Hamilton Heart and
Vascular Hospital successfully used
the Revo MRI
TM
SureScan pacing system, a pace-
maker designed and tested for use with Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRIs). Baylor participated
in the clinical trials for the system prior to full
FDA approval.
It has been estimated that there is a 50 to 75
percent probability that cardiac-device patients
will need an MRI over the lifetime of their
devices. Furthermore, more than 200,000
patients annually in the U.S. have to forgo an
MRI scan because they have a pacemaker. e
Revo MRI SureScan pacing system can help
address this important unmet patient need and is
the rst of its kind in the U.S.
“e impetus to develop this new technology
came from the growing need for patients with
pacemakers to have MRI scans for other medical
issues,” said Kevin Wheelan, M.D., chief of sta
at Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital.
e number of patients with pacemakers is grow-
ing at the same time that the use of MRI is increas-
ing. About 40 million MRI scans are performed
annually in the U.S. While there are other imaging
technologies available to patients, MRIs are often
preferred by physicians for certain medical issues,
including cancer, because it provides a level of detail
and clarity not oered by other techniques.
“A great strength of our health care
system is that we continue to improve
the lives of our patients.”
– D. K W
A Closer Look examines new and exciting topics within an area of service at Baylor Health Care System. For more information about Baylor’s
heart and vascular initiatives, contact Elizabeth Denton at 214.820.4070 or Elizabeth.Denton@BaylorHealth.edu.
option for patients with aortic stenosis, and it is
enormously rewarding that Baylor Hamilton
Heart and Vascular Hospital can be part of eval-
uating this new treatment option in our commu-
nity,” said Dr. Stoler. “As the population ages, the
need for this type of procedure will continue to
grow, as aortic stenosis is a condition that devel-
ops with age, and many people who are otherwise
healthy could benet signicantly.” A second
patient, a 91-year-old woman from Midland,
Texas, also received a CoreValve recently.
Worldwide, approximately 300,000 people
have been diagnosed with this condition (100,000
in the U.S.), and approximately one-third of these
patients are deemed too high-risk for open-heart
surgery, the only therapy with signicant clinical
eect that is currently available in the U.S.
In the clinical trial, physicians channel a cath-
eter (thin tube) with a porcine, prosthetic valve
through a small opening in the patient’s femoral
artery to reach the heart. e physician guides the
CoreValve System to the aortic valve, where it self-
expands to replace the diseased aortic valve; the
procedure is completed without open-heart sur-
gery or surgical removal of the native valve.
In the U.S., the CoreValve System will not be
commercially available until the successful com-
pletion of this clinical trial and approval by the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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A CLOSER LOOK: HEART AND VASCULAR
Remembering Madeleine and Dr. Jesse ompson
From the
President
Rowland K. Robinson
President
Baylor Health Care System Foundation
Robinson@BaylorHealth.edu
A fence or an ambulance?
New technology treats aortic heart valve
disease without surgery
Dr. Jesse Thompson with student
B
J J H
H V H
announced its rst patient implant in
the Medtronic CoreValve® U.S.
Clinical Trial. Baylor University Medical Center
at Dallas is one of 40 hospitals across the U.S. to
participate in the trial evaluating an innovative
non-surgical, less-invasive procedure as a treat-
ment alternative to open-heart surgery for patients
with severe aortic stenosis.
“Because open-heart surgery is currently the
only available treatment option for these patients,
and because the risks of surgery can be signicant
for many patients, the medical community is
enthusiastic about the less-invasive option for
these patients,” said Robert Stoler, M.D., co-
medical director of cardiology and medical direc-
tor of interventional cardiology services at Baylor
Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital.
A 93-year-old woman from Dallas was the rst
patient at Baylor Dallas to receive the CoreValve
replacement valve. She suers from aortic stenosis,
which prevents the heart’s aortic valve from open-
ing completely, thereby preventing healthy blood
ow from the aorta to the rest of the body. Untreated,
aortic valve stenosis is fatal. Today she brags that she
nally retired from her job as a greeter in a local
museum because she’s “far too busy to work.”
“ere is signicant need for a new treatment
M
T, widow
of Jesse Thompson, M.D.,
passed away at her home sur-
rounded by her loving family on
July 21, 2012. Madeleine and Dr. ompson had
been married for 63 years at
the time of his death in 2007.
Dr. ompson returned to
his beloved Texas from
Boston in 1954 to set up his
surgical practice at Baylor
University Medical Center at
Dallas. Always a visionary,
Dr. ompson was one of the
rst surgeons in the world to
appreciate the importance of
the designation of vascular surgery as its own dis-
tinct specialty, separate from general and cardio-
thoracic surgery. He established one of the rst
divisions of vascular surgery in the United States
shortly after his arrival at Baylor Dallas and subse-
quently founded the Vascular Surgery Fellowship,
one of the rst training programs in the world
devoted solely to the training of vascular surgeons
in 1964. Since its inception, the Vascular Surgery
Fellowship program has trained more than 100
young surgeons, many of whom have become
nationally and internationally recognized leaders
in vascular surgery. The Vascular Surgery
Fellowship remains one of the pre-eminent vascu-
lar surgery programs in the U.S. to this day.
During his storied career, Dr. ompson was hon-
ored for his many decades of contributions and
accomplishments. During his senior year at e
University of Texas in 1939, he was awarded a
Rhodes scholarship. Due to Hitler’s invasion of
Western Europe, he was not able to attend Oxford
until 1949. Within that 10-year span, he attended
and graduated from Harvard Medical School and
completed his surgery residency at Massachusetts
General Hospital, subse-
quently joining the Harvard
and Boston University
Medical School faculty.
While he served as a Rhodes
scholar at Oxford in 1949 to
1950, he was awarded and
held Fulbright and
Rockefeller scholarships.
Dr. ompson served in
leadership positions in all
the major surgical societies, serving as president
of the Society for Vascular Surgery, International
Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southern
Association of Vascular Surgery and the Texas
Surgical Society. He received innumerable hon-
ors during his career, including the Baylor Health
Care System Foundation Wings of Eagle Award
in 2005. He was invited to give several honored
lectures, including the Gibbons Lecture at of the
American College of Surgeons, the Willis Lecture
of the American Heart Association and the John
Holman’s Lecture of the Society of Vascular
Surgery. He authored more than 200 publica-
tions, many of which were inuential contribu-
tions to the eld of vascular surgery.
Madeleine and Dr. ompson were an inspira-
tion and loved by many, and they will be sorely
missed by all, especially their family, friends and
the Baylor community.
Do you like our new look? We have changed
the colors of the torch to bring attention to our
$250 million initiative, Campaign 2015: Baylor
Makes Us All Better. Campaign 2015 provides a
valuable platform for us to talk about Baylor’s
dening culture and to show the impact we have in
our many communities. It enables Baylor to deliver
real and sustainable solutions to the world’s
toughest problems.
Throughout its 109-year history, Baylor has
responded to challenging times by fostering
innovation and making smart investments.
Many friends have asked me for my take on the
Supreme Court decision. It’s complicated, uid,
and it’s probably easier to teach algebra to my dog
than to provide a brief summary, but here goes.
Changes in the way medical care is delivered
and paid for are not going away. The reason:
health care costs have grown 2.4 percent a year
faster than GDP since 1970, squeezing
government budgets, employers and employees.
When commenting on the ruling, I keep three facts
in mind: this is far from the nal word in this
debate; health care remains a volatile political
issue and the health care market place continues
to evolve; and it is best to focus on delivering value
to patients and to avoid political commentary.
We will continue to highlight stakeholder
partnerships that address shared concerns.
Due to the current environment, it seemed
tting to borrow a poem that I heard at a Bob
McTeer talk. The rst stanza goes as follows:
‘Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed,
Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant;
But over its terrible edge there had slipped
A duke and full many a peasant.
So the people said something would have to be done,
But their projects did not at all tally;
Some said, “Put a fence around the edge of the cliff,”
Some, “An ambulance down in the valley.”
– “A Fence or An Ambulance” by Joseph Malins
There’s quite a national debate underway about
which is preferable: a fence to prevent the falls or
an ambulance to haul them off. In the end, I hope
the fence wins out, for the sake of all of us.
Life is unpredictable. Our friend Charlie Pistor
is no longer with us.
Charlie, thanks for the many kindnesses and
friendship. We all will remember you with gratitude
and respect.
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Dr. Zenarosa and the ED team are excited about
the future of emergency services when all Baylor
facilities can connect and collaborate through
MEDHOST. Dr. Zenarosa serves as system med-
ical director of emergency services for Baylor
University Medical Center at Dallas and the exec-
utive vice president
of EmCare’s south-
ern division.
“We measure
o u r p r o c e s s
through data col-
lection, so from the
time a patient
walks into the ED
until he or she
leaves, there are
certain time frames
we can now track
in electronic health
records to make
sure our processes
are as efficient as
possible,” explained
Dr. Zenarosa. “For instance, from the time a patient
walks in, is triaged, sees a doctor and leaves the ED,
we track each of those times and can look for inef-
ciencies we can x, for instance, shortening the
wait time to see a doctor.”
e electronic health records also serve as a way
for the medical sta to have immediate access to
a patient’s medical history – this is especially help-
ful when treating patients with communication
diculties, such as Alzheimer’s patients.
“EmCare is proud to be involved in this soft-
ware rollout and looks forward to seeing the
results of introducing this best-in-class software
into the rest of Baylor’s emergency departments,”
said Dr. Zenarosa.
T
N I
H (NIH) recently
announced that Rick Boland,
M.D., chief of gastroenterology
services at Baylor University Medical Center
at Dallas and president of the American
Gastroenterological Association, has accepted
its invitation to serve as part of the Clinical,
Integrative and Molecular Gastroenterology
Study Section of the
Center for Scientic
Review. Dr. Boland’s
appointment is for a
four-year term, from
July 1, 2012, to June
30, 2016.
“This is a presti-
gious honor for Dr.
Boland and is a testament to his reputation as
one of the foremost gastroenterologists,” said
Joel Allison, president and chief executive
ocer of Baylor Health Care System. “Baylor
is extremely proud of this appointment.”
e NIH selects appointees based on their
scientic competence and achievements, dem-
onstrated by their research accomplishments,
publications in scientic journals and other
esteemed scientic activities and honors.
As a member of the study section, Dr. Boland
will be uniquely positioned to contribute to the
national biomedical research eort in represen-
tation of Baylor Dallas. Along with other study
section members, Dr. Boland will help facilitate
the NIH grant peer-review and recommenda-
tions process.
promise that these discoveries will oer patients
in the future.
Is there anything you haven’t done that you’d
like to do?
If you are fortunate, you reach a point in your
life where you are at peace with what you have
accomplished, both personally and professionally
– I’m at that point. Now I’d like to give back in
ways that will be meaningful, both to Inette and
me, and to the community.
Who has had the greatest inuence in your life?
My father who, with only a high school educa-
tion, built a very successful business, raised four
sons and put us all through school. He taught me
how to treat people, how to deal with adversity
and to remember to give back. Also, my in-laws
who were both Holocaust survivors who came to
this country as teenagers and went on to become
leading medical researchers in the eld of repro-
ductive medicine.
What book would you recommend to others?
Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and
Inuence People. I learned that being a good lis-
tener is much more important than anything I
might have to say.
J
B is a partner at First
Washington Realty, Inc. and has been a
member of the Baylor Health Care System
Foundation board since 2011. Starting his
career as a practicing attorney,
he has more than 25 years of private
equity fund formation, pension fund
advisory and investment banking
experience.
Joshua grew up in Houston, Texas,
and earned his bachelor’s degree in his-
tory from e University of Texas at
Austin and his law degree from St.
Mary’s University. His time spent on college cam-
puses did not end with his education; Joshua has
been a guest lecturer at the graduate business
schools of Columbia University, e University
of Texas at Austin and Southern Methodist
University for several years.
Joshua and his wife of 34 years, Inette, and
their Portuguese water dog, Bella, live in Dallas
and spend several months a year at their second
home in Carmel, California.
What brought you to Baylor Health Care
System Foundation ?
My interest in giving back to the community
JOSHUA BROWN
Joshua Brown
NIH appoints
Dr. Rick Boland to
Center for Scientic
Review
and my friendship with Leonard Riggs Jr., M.D.
Why are you passionate about our cause?
I believe everyone should have access to aord-
able health care. I want to advance that goal with
financial support and provide any
expertise I may have to offer the
Foundation.
Are there any service lines that you are
particularly interested in? If so, why?
ere are three areas that Inette and
I are particularly interested in: breast
cancer, prostate cancer and the evolv-
ing eld of precision medicine. Both
my mother and mother-in-law are breast cancer
survivors, and Inette and I have a number of
friends who have battled prostate cancer. Our
interest in precision medicine was sparked by the
fascinating discussion that took place at the
Foundation board meeting in May. As chairman
of the department of reproductive medicine at
e University of Texas in Houston, my father-
in-law often wrestled with very complex ethical
issues. at board meeting touched on some of
the issues he faced as well as some of the other
challenging questions that continue to arise as
medicine evolves. We were also fascinated by the
Baylor emergency services receives
$1.2 million gift for new software
Dr. Rick Boland
A gift from EmCare, Inc., will enable Baylor to
implement new software to enhance efficiencies in
emergency services across the system.
B
H C S is
working to create more eciency in
the emergency departments (EDs)
across the entire system. One key step
in this process is the implementation of
MEDHOST software, which is an electronic
health record sys-
tem that tracks
process times and
helps ED staff
identify areas for
improvement.
The efficient,
easy-to-use soft-
ware is specically
designed for emer-
gency depart-
m e n t s . A n d ,
thanks to a $1.2
million gift from
EmCare, Inc.,
Baylor now has
the resources to
better customize
MEDHOST to t Baylor’s unique needs. e
goal is to have MEDHOST software installed in
most of Baylor’s ED facilities by next year.
EmCare is a provider of physician services for
emergency departments, inpatient physician ser-
vices, inpatient radiology management programs
and anesthesiology services. Baylor contracts with
EmCare to provide physicians who care for
patients of Baylor’s EDs.
“EmCare and Baylor have worked together for
years. We actually got our start at Baylor, so it was
natural that we would help fund this exciting, new
initiative,” said Nick Zenarosa, M.D., FACEP. “We
consider this gift a reinvestment back into Baylor that
will benet the organization for years to come.”
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products, to fully fund a renal fellowship spot for
four years. My dream is to fund at least one addi-
tional position for several years. It assures the
training of future nephrologists.
What do you think is the most
important characteristic of Baylor?
Baylor is an excellent hospital with
a collegial and scholarly atmosphere
where patients receive superb care.
I trained at Baylor and also have
practiced elsewhere. Once you have
experienced Baylor, you quickly
realize it’s the best hospital to work
and practice at.
Do you have any hobbies?
I play competitive duplicate bridge.
Will you describe your family?
I owe my success to my incredibly caring and
patient wife of 31 years, Saralynn, and our two
very understanding daughters, Carla and Diana.
What is the highlight of your career?
Recently, I wrote a key chapter with Dr.
Emmett and John Schwartz, M.D., in the lead-
ing nephrology textbook.
What is the most inuential book you’ve read?
Outliers: e Story of Success and e Tipping
Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big
Dierence, both by Malcolm Gladwell.
From the
Chairman
Erle Nye
Chairman, Board of Directors
Baylor Health Care System Foundation
ANDREW FENVES, M.D.
In memoriam: Charles Pistor Jr., civic leader
and former Foundation chair
Charles Pistor
Dr. Andrew Fenves
F
B H C
S F ,
respected banker and dedicated com-
munity leader Charles
Pistor Jr., 81, passed away this
summer after a brief illness.
Charles’ career in banking
spanned 34 years, and included
serving as chairman and executive
ocer of RepublicBank Dallas, as
well as president of e American
Bankers Association. He was hon-
ored by Financial World as one of
the distinguished CEOs in bank-
ing in the United States.
“I was fortunate enough to
know Charlie in both a professional and personal
capacity,” said Rowland K. Robinson, Foundation
president. “He was an extraordinary individual
who rmly believed in the importance of build-
ing and maintaining relationships and was held
in high regard by all who knew him.”
Described by his friends and colleagues as a
man of immense integrity, respect, dignity, vision,
generosity and faith, Charles was well known
throughout the Dallas community for his extraor-
dinary leadership abilities.
According to lifelong friend Lindalyn Adams,
Foundation ocer, Charles rose to the top of
whatever endeavor he set his sights on. “He was
the consummate leader and many wonderful
organizations, including Baylor, beneted from
his experience and guidance.”
Besides his role at the Baylor Foundation,
Charles was an active member and elder of
Highland Park Presbyterian Church, served as
president of the Dallas Summer Musicals and as
vice chair of the United Way. He served as a
trustee or board member of multiple organiza-
tions and corporations including Salesmanship
Club of Dallas, Dallas Heritage
Society, Dallas Summer Musicals,
St. Paul Hospital, Salvation Army,
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Citizens Council, Metropolitan
YMCA, North Texas Commission,
Dallas Assembly, International
Monetary Conference, Association
of Reserve City Bankers, Meadows
Foundation, Southwestern
Medical School Foundation,
Southwest Graduate School of
Banking Foundation, AMR/
American Airlines, Centex, Fortune Brands,
Oryx Energy, Zale Corporation and Commercial
Metals.
Despite his extraordinarily busy schedule,
Charles also made time for his favorite pastimes,
including tennis, hunting, shing, walking with
his Labradors, traveling and playing with his
grandchildren.
A native of St. Louis, Charles graduated from
Highland Park High School and held degrees
from e University of Texas, Harvard Business
School and Southern Methodist University.
He leaves behind his wife of 60 years, Regina;
his daughter and son-in-law, Lori Pistor and
Terry A llebaugh of Durham, North Carolina;
his son and daughter-in-law, Chuck and Cheri
Pistor of Monument, Colorado; son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Je and Elise Pistor of Colleyville,
Texas; and grandchildren, Matt and his wife,
Catherine, Blake, Scott, Austin, Jerey and
Alexandra.
A
F, M.D., is the direc-
tor of the renal division in the depart-
ment of internal medicine at Baylor
Health Care System.
Additionally, Dr. Fenves is the Ralph
Tompsett Professor of Medicine at
Baylor University Medical Center at
Dallas and is part of the faculty for the
internal medicine residency program.
Dr. Fenves and his family moved to
Dallas from Budapest, Hungary, when
he was 15. His father was a physics pro-
fessor at e University of Texas at
Dallas, and Dr. Fenves adapted quickly, landing
at Stanford University for undergraduate and
UT-Southwestern for medical school.
He spent a portion of his residency training at
Baylor and considers his experience, both then
and now, to be incomparable.
Tell us something special about Baylor.
I met John Fordtran, M.D., then chief of inter-
nal medicine in 1981, as well as Michael Emmett,
M.D., the current chief of medicine and Martin
White, M.D., in the division of nephrology. ey’ve
been my mentors and role models ever since.
What Foundation project are you passionate
about?
I worked with Fresenius Medical Care USA, a
provider of kidney dialysis services and renal care
As Campaign 2015: Baylor Makes Us All
Better continues to gain momentum, I am struck
by the immense support we have already received
from business and community leaders, donors,
employees and board members from across Baylor
Health Care System.
In fact, support from Baylor employees and
board members has led to our most successful
Board Giving and Employee Giving Campaigns
to date. The 19 boards from across Baylor reached
100 percent participation and Baylor employees
set records with more than 57 percent
participation and $1.9 million raised to support
initiatives across the system!
I am especially honored and thrilled to welcome
the distinguished new class of board members to
the Baylor Health Care System Foundation board.
This group of individuals brings additional
leadership, talent and experience to an already
impressive Foundation board and their support of
Baylor and Campaign 2015 speaks volumes about
their belief in our mission and the importance of
Baylor to our community.
Baylor has traditionally enjoyed outstanding
leadership on its boards. Regretfully, we lost a
dear friend and exceptional civic leader with the
untimely death of Charles Pistor. Charles was a
remarkable individual, former Foundation board
chairman, and extraordinary civic and business
visionary. He had a long-standing relationship
with Baylor and the Foundation, and will be greatly
missed.
The rst phase of our campaign has been lled
with exceptional support and strong leadership,
and I am thrilled with our success to date – an
impressive $136 million towards our $250 million
goal. However, as we draw near the public phase
of our campaign in spring 2013, we will need to
reach out to an even broader audience.
This is an exciting time for Baylor and the North
Texas community and supporting Campaign 2015
today will help us to achieve our goal and maintain
the excellence Baylor has provided our community
for more than a century. We are fortunate to be
associated with the esteemed individuals who
support Baylor through their time, talent and
resources – individuals who recognize it’s time to
move Baylor beyond excellence. With the
leadership and support of individuals like you, we
are well positioned to do so.
8 FALL 2012 THE TORCH
Grand Rounds
®
Golf Tournament
PRESENTED BY BANK OF TEXAS
®
Beneting medical education
When: Monday, October 1, 2012
Where: Northwood Club
Contact: Andrea Steiger, 214.820.2699,
BaylorHealth.com/GrandRounds
Celebrating Women Luncheon
PRESENTED BY TOM THUMB
®
Helping Baylor Health Care System
ght breast cancer
When: Thursday, October 11, 2012
Where: Hilton Anatole
Contact: Angela Randall, 214.820.4776,
BaylorHealth.com/CelebratingWomen
DHWI Fun Walk/5K Run
PRESENTED BY MEDASSETS
®
Helping Baylor Health Care System ght diabetes
When: Saturday, October 27, 2012
Where: DHWI headquarters at
4500 Spring Avenue in Dallas
Contact: Andrea Steiger, 214.820.2699,
Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Health Care System’s subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers nor Baylor Health Care System. Baylor Health Care System Foundation does not provide legal or financial advice.
To learn more about any
Baylor Health Care System Foundation
initiative, contact the Foundation
at 214.820.3136 or
email thetorc[email protected].
Write to us at 3600 Gaston Avenue, Barnett
Tower Suite 100, Dallas, TX 75246-1800.
Tim Moore
MEET THE STAFF
Baylor Dallas ranked No. 1
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Caring for our aging patients focus of Boone
Powell Sr. Society luncheon
Walker Harman, Rowland K. Robinson,
Boone Powell Jr. and Joel Allison, president and
chief executive officer of Baylor Health Care System
GIFT PLANNING
hospitals making the list: Baylor Regional
Medical Center at Plano, Baylor All Saints
Medical Center at Fort Worth, Baylor Medical
Center at Irving, Baylor Medical Center at
Garland and Baylor Dallas.
e hospital rankings, said U.S. News health
rankings editor Avery Comarow, are like a
GPS-type aid to help steer patients to hospitals
with strong skills in the procedures and medical
conditions that present the biggest challenges.
“All of these hospitals are the kinds of medical
centers that should be on your list when you need
the best care,” said Avery. “ey are where other
hospitals send the toughest cases.”
T
M has a grin that will
assure you of his sincerity and genu-
ine happiness with his faith, family,
life and where he is now – working
for Baylor Health Care System Foundation. Tim
joined the Foundation in June as manager, where
his eorts are primarily focused on garnering
support for cancer initiatives at Baylor Health
Care System. After losing his mother to ovarian
cancer and watching his father ght and survive
prostate cancer, it’s an area that strikes close to his
heart.
“Coming to this position is a calling,” said Tim.
“Health care and cancer in particular are of great
interest to me, and I am grateful to have been
given the opportunity to make a dierence – it’s
what drives me each and every day.”
Immediately before joining the Foundation,
Tim served as a director on the national major
gifts team at Southern Methodist University
where he managed the strategic planning and exe-
cution of their $750 million Second Century
Campaign for the eastern portion of the United
States, a position that often kept him on the road.
Travel has played a constant role in Tim’s life.
Growing up the son of a now-retired army colo-
nel, Tim was constantly on the move, attending
ve dierent high schools and moving 10 times
during childhood.
“I truly believe my life of travel and change has
served me well in my professional life,” said Tim.
“e various experiences I have had help me nd
common denominators to connect me with many
of the people I meet.”
When asked about the accomplishment he is
most proud of, his answer has nothing to do with
his career or jet-setting travels.
“Outside of my faith, the most important thing
in my life is my wife and girls,” said Tim, smiling
with pride. Tim and his wife, Jennifer, married
almost 11 years, actually met while Tim was trav-
eling – she was a ight attendant and Tim, a pas-
senger. ey are proud parents to two girls, Macy-
McCall, 9, and Sonny, 7.
G
,
When you make a donation of
$25 or more to Baylor Health
Care System Foundation
in honor of a friend or family
member this holiday season, he or
she will receive a beautiful holiday
tribute card announcing your gift.
ese holiday tribute cards are the
perfect way to let someone know you
care ... and to help a great cause at
the same time.
For more information, contact the
Foundation at 214.820.3136 or
thetorch@BaylorHealth.edu.
B
H C S
F recently honored its
donors who have created legacies
through planned gifts at its annual
Boone Powell Sr. Society luncheon.
Baylor Health Care System president and chief
executive officer
Joel Allison made
introductory
comments, setting
the stage for a
lively panel dis-
cussion on how
Baylor plans to
address the need
to prepare for and
improve care for
our growing aging
p o p u l a t i o n .
According to Joel,
more than 7,000
baby boomers in America turn 65 every day and the
population greater than 65 years of age is expected
to triple in this region by 2030. While the growth
of older patients increases, we are losing ground in
having professional caregivers to care for them.
Additionally, the skills of professional caregivers for
this population are not being enhanced.
Rowland K. Robinson, Foundation president,
moderated the panel discussion with panelists
Rosemary Luquire, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN,
NEA-BC, corporate chief nursing ocer at Baylor,
and Jill Studley,
M.D., geriatri-
cian on the medi-
cal sta at Baylor.
The discussion
focused on the
five initiatives
that make up
Baylor’s platform
to transform care
for our older
patients by devel-
oping best prac-
tices that will
leave a lasting
mark on geriatric health care for years to come.
For more information about the Boone
Powell Sr. Society, contact Cynthia Krause
at 214.820.7928 or Cynthia.Krause@
BaylorHealth.edu.
