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Columbus hospital systems form fetal med collaborative

May 5, 2010

The Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital have formed a formal partnership with Mount Carmel Health System and OhioHealth to provide the best outcomes for high-risk expectant mothers and their babies with suspected fetal abnormalities.

The Columbus Fetal Medicine Collaborative is one of only a few in the US and brings together a unique blend of medical experience and expertise.

“This is a unique collaboration among many of Columbus’ most experienced healthcare professionals,” said Richard O’Shaughnessy, professor of maternal fetal medicine and director of the fetal treatment program at the Medical Center, who co-chairs the collaborative with Donna Caniano, surgeon-in-chief and chief of pediatric surgery at Nationwide Children’s.

“This partnership demonstrates the importance of the prenatal period in human development and that the best prenatal care includes not only the mother but her developing baby,” O’Shaughnessy said. “Our goal is to optimize the outcome for both mother and baby in complicated pregnancies.”

The effort is designed to address the complex issues associated with high-risk maternal and fetal care while offering the additional opportunity for shared education and research among the participating organizations. It offers parents and their babies a comprehensive range of services and treatment options in family-centered environments, including the most advanced diagnostic capabilities available today.

The collaborative is structured to work closely with perinatologists (physicians who specialize in high-risk pregnancies) to identify all issues, determine the best possible treatments and provide continuous support from fetal diagnosis through newborn care.

A comprehensive range of specialties are available.

“The Columbus Fetal Medicine Collaborative is a unique commitment … to offer our patients — pregnant women, their families and infants with at-risk fetal conditions — the expertise of highly experienced and technically gifted pediatric specialists who can address all maternal and fetal issues to offer the best outcomes,” Caniano said.

“A significant additional benefit of the collaborative will be the ability to conduct maternal-fetal and neonatal services research of the highest caliber, which will enable us to provide state-of-the-art patient care,” she said. “Pregnant women can feel confident that they are receiving the best available care for their at-risk infants.”

The collaborative members meet monthly for case conferences to assure a seamless integrated approach to comprehensive services provided by a fetal medicine coordinator who schedules tests and arranges appointments with specialists and can assist in selecting a perinatologist. Most importantly, the fetal medicine coordinator is available to answer questions and serve as a single resource of information from the moment of referral to the collaborative.

Each hospital maintains its own telemedicine suite consisting of large flat-screen panel monitors and high-definition cameras in order to share information.

The collaborative’s website is media.nationwidechildrens.org/?jrl=81390&clk=205400.

Ohio Chief Justice to address summer grads

August 12, 2009

Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer has been selected to speak at Ohio State’s summer quarter commencement.

About 1,900 students will receive degrees during the ceremony at 1 p.m. Aug. 30 at the Schottenstein Center.

A native of Sandusky, Moyer earned his BA and JD degrees from Ohio State in 1961 and 1964. He is serving his fourth term on the Supreme Court. His current term expires Dec. 31, 2010.

Moyer has worked to provide citizens with improved access to the courts through alternative dispute resolution and computer technology. He also is seeking to ensure equal access to the courts through the development of a certification process for interpreters for non-English speakers and the hearing-impaired.

Since Moyer became chief justice in 1987, Ohio has been a leader in providing substance abuse treatment to nonviolent offenders.

He also has worked with leaders of the judiciary and the General Assembly to develop family courts, a comprehensive approach to resolving criminal and civil issues confronting families.

Moyer also helped initiate a national program to train judges in the legal application of matters related to the life sciences, biomedicine, nanotechnology and computer forensics. The effort has developed educational programs in collaboration with the Ohio State Medical Center, the College of Engineering and College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. To date, more than 250 judges from 39 states have completed the requisite training to be certified to hear cases related to advanced scientific legal challenges.

Moyer also works with lawyers and judges in other countries, including Ukraine, China, Korea, Argentina and Chile, as they develop independent judiciaries.

Moyer’s numerous awards include recognition as one of 40 outstanding alumni at Ohio State’s 300th commencement in 1987. He also served as chair of the OSU Alumni Association Board of Directors from 1997-99.

Also during the Aug. 30 ceremony, George Olah, winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Southern California, will receive an honorary doctor of science degree.

Distinguished Service Awards will be given to John Shepherd, a two-time alumnus and chief executive officer of the Shepherd Chemical Co.; and Christine Warner Powell and her late husband, John Warner, whose generous gift provided the new John L. and Christine Warner Library and Student Center at Ohio State’s Newark campus.

OSU grad, national expert in animal-borne diseases, to lead veterinary college

July 30, 2009

Lonnie King, a national leader in veterinary medicine, has been named dean of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. King currently serves as a director of the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases. Subject to approval by the university Board of Trustees, his appointment will be effective Sept. 1.

“It is with a real sense of pride and enthusiasm that I return to my roots and alma mater as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at The Ohio State University. The college is truly one of this nation’s premiere institutions whose stature has been built by a distinguished faculty and staff and remarkable students,” King said.

At the CDC, he led activities for surveillance, diagnostics, disease investigations, epidemiology, research, public education, policy development and disease prevention and control programs. The national center also focuses on waterborne, foodborne, vector-borne, and zoonotic diseases of public health concern.

A native of Wooster, King received his BS and DVM degrees from Ohio State in 1966 and 1970, respectively. He was in private veterinary practice for seven years in Dayton and Atlanta, Georgia.

“Dr. King is a remarkably accomplished scholar and a national leader in understanding emerging diseases as well as the connections between human and animal health,” said Ohio State President Gordon Gee. “His enormous talents will be invaluable in leading our gifted faculty and making our top-tier veterinary medicine program even stronger.”

Before joining the CDC he served as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University from 1996 to 2006. Earlier, he held positions at the national Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, part of the US Department of Agriculture. There, his assignments included directing the development of the agency’s National Animal Health Monitoring System, serving as the country’s chief veterinary officer, and director for national veterinary and animal health programs.

“Society has expanding needs and expectations for the veterinary profession and this college is well positioned to be a national and global leader in both defining and meeting these needs. I am grateful to Ohio State for the opportunity to be part of an outstanding university and I’m thrilled to help lead the College of Veterinary Medicine with its rich heritage and great promise for the future,” King said.

In addition to his degrees from Ohio State, King earned an MS in epidemiology from the University of Minnesota while on special assignment with the US Department of Agriculture in 1980. He also received his MPA (Master of Public Administration) degree from American University in 1991.

The author of more than 100 publications, King is a board-certified member of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, and has completed the Senior Executive Fellowship program at Harvard University. He has served as president of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges from 1999-2000 and was the vice-chair for the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues from 2000-2004.

King helped start the National Alliance for Food Safety, served on the Governor’s Task Force on Chronic Wasting Disease for the State of Michigan, and four National Academy of Sciences Committees; most recently he chaired the National Academies Committee on Assessing the Nation’s Framework for Addressing Animal Diseases. He was elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine of The National Academies in 2004.

Ranked by US News & World Report as fifth in the nation among 28 schools, Ohio State’s College of Veterinary Medicine has one of the first and finest clinical residency programs in the nation. Established in 1885, the college has graduated more than 7,200 veterinarians, and currently enrolls 621 students.

Within Ohio, graduates comprise 85 percent of the practicing veterinarians in the state. The colleges’ comprehensive referral veterinary teaching hospital admits more than 35,000 animal patients each year representing a wide range of species, including companion, farm and service animals. The 130 faculty members are on the leading edge in the development of advanced orthopedic procedures including fracture repair and arthroscopy in horses and total hip replacement in dogs; and are recognized internationally for their work in infectious diseases.

Kansas official to lead Arts and Sciences

June 3, 2009

Joseph Steinmetz has led arts and sciences at Indiana as well

Ohio State has found a new leader for the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences.

Executive Vice President and Provost Joe Alutto and President Gordon Gee will recommend Joseph Steinmetz to the Board of Trustees to take on the position of executive dean of the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences and as vice provost in the Office of Academic Affairs. Continue reading ‘Kansas official to lead Arts and Sciences’

Movin’ on up

May 7, 2009

Those at Ohio State know the university offers some of the top graduate programs in the nation; it’s been confirmed once again by US News & World Report.

In its 2010 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools, which ranks programs at all universities, public and private, the magazine rates 11 Ohio State graduate programs in the top 10 nationally.

This year’s top-10 OSU programs are American politics (political science), social psychology (psychology), social stratification (sociology), administration/supervision (education), counseling/personnel services (education), curriculum/instruction (education), elementary education, secondary education, vocational/technical education, supply chain/logistics (business) and dispute resolution (law).  

“These rankings underscore the great and growing strength of Ohio State’s faculty in disciplines ranging from medicine and engineering to supply chain logistics and K-12 teacher education,” said President Gordon Gee. “While the rankings are gratifying, the truest measure of the university’s impact cannot be quantified — the power to change lives and improve our communities.”

The College of Medicine demonstrated the most marked improvement in university graduate programs ranked this year, rising to No. 27 (and 10th among public universities) from 30th place last year and 37th in 2005. Fisher College of Business is ranked 26th in the nation (ninth among publics), up from 27 last year.

Wiley “Chip” Souba, dean of the College of Medicine, said Ohio State has been successful in attracting faculty and students who excel in education, research and clinical care. “Our efforts over the past several years to establish a competitive and attractive program for the nation’s top students and leading educators have paid dividends,” said Souba. “They have created momentum that we believe — along with the support of our partners in the university, community and state — will lead to even greater achievements over the next few years.”

US News ranks professional-school programs in business, education, engineering, law and medicine based on expert opinions about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research and students.

The magazine’s rankings for PhD programs in economics, English, history, political science, psychology and sociology are based solely on peer assessment.