Grand Rounds February

Savannah Park Town Center Ground Breaking

The Offices at Savannah Park are finally underway! Two weeks ago we had the official "Ground Breaking" of the first "Class A' Professional Office Building within The Exchange at Savannah Park Town Center, which is located on International Parkway one mile North of 46A in the Heathrow area. Each of the first two professional office buildings will be approximately 20,000 sq ft of office space suitable for all professional businesses. The Exchange at Savannah Park is a Mixed-Use project consisting of residential condo's, boutique style retail shops, professional offices, sit down restaurants, as well as sixty 1,000 sq ft Class A apartments located above the retail buildings.

Savannah Park is a very desirable location for your professional business as it not only is located in the highly respected Heathrow-Lake Mary area, but it is surrounded by upscale residential developments. Tall Trees, Wilson Place, The Forest, Heathrow, and the condominiums at Colonial Town Center are all located just minutes away. In addition there will be a total of 216 residential units within Savannah Park itself. The new extension of the 417 will interchange with International Parkway one half mile South of Savannah Park, offering easy access to all areas of Central Florida.

The first shell building will be completed in June or July. We are marketing lease or purchase space at this time, and are offering great incentives for the first few businesses who enter into contracts. Our prices include architectural fees, interior design fees, and we handle the permitting process for your building permits. If we are able to construct your space at the same time we are constructing the shell building, we can offer tenant improvement discounts.

The good news is that since our Ground Breaking two weeks ago we have the first floor walls up, and construction is proceeding on an accelerated pace. Contact Jim Thomas, Director of Marketing for Kilcarraig Services at 407-467-0659

Nemours Breaks Ground on Children's Hospital

Nemours will host a groundbreaking ceremony at the future home of the Nemours Children's Hospital and pediatric health care campus in Lake Nona's medical city at 11 a.m. on February 25, 2009. This momentous occasion is in large part due to the dedication of the central Florida community to its children combined with Nemours' commitment to excellence.

Nemours continues to work on its campus design with a team that includes more than 150 internal and external health care business experts, clinicians, architects and individuals that are collaborating to provide critical insight into pediatric care delivery for the new health system. The campus will consist of the Nemours Children's Hospital, clinic, emergency department, diagnostic and ambulatory programs, along with education and research centers spanning some 600,000 sq. ft. for a total project cost of approximately $400 million.

Parrish Medical Center granted state approval to perform elective angioplasty and stenting

TITUSVILLE — The State of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which regulates hospital services, has granted Parrish Medical Center (PMC) approval to perform elective coronary angioplasty and stenting. This comes just over one year after the medical center sought and earned approval from AHCA to perform these procedures on an emergency basis.

The state requires and evaluates quality indicators like time-to-treatment, training of staff and cardiologists and other indicators as part of its approval process.

Coronary angioplasty is a procedure performed inside a catheterization lab to open clogged arteries in response to a heart attack. The procedure quickly restores blood flow through blocked arteries without the need for invasive open-heart surgery.

PMC's cardiovascular program includes highly credentialed, board-certified interventional cardiologists Chapman Bean, MD, Biju Mathews, MD, and Ravi Rao, MD, and board-certified cardiologists David McMahon, MD, Kiran Modi, MD, Naresh Mody, MD, and Surya Rao, MD.

General Surgeon Joins Florida Hospital DeLand

Joel O. Bautista, MD, has joined Florida Hospital DeLand and has opened a practice in Victoria Park Village Center, DeLand, Florida.

As a board-certified general surgeon, some of the services Dr. Bautista will provide include:Laparoscopic surgery, Gallbladder surgery,Hernia repair, Abdominal/bowel operations, Breast surgery, Excision of skin and soft tissue lesions, Thyroid, neck and throat surgeries, including tonsillectomies

Previously, Dr. Bautista practiced general surgery in Missouri for over fifteen years. He actively practiced at four hospitals - Hedrick Medical Center, Pershing Memorial Hospital, Samaritan Memorial Hospital, and Moberly Regional Medical Center. He held positions such as Vice Chief of Staff, Chief of Surgery, Credentials Committee Chairman, Trauma (Level III) Medical Director and Intensive Unit Director, and Surgical Director to Students and Residents. He was also active on the Ethics Committee, Medical Quality Assurance Committee, Medical Executive Committee, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, and the ICU/CCU Committee.

He fulfilled his general surgery residency requirements at Louisiana State University Medical Center of the Charity Hospital System in New Orleans after receiving his medical degree from Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Bautista is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is also a member of the Missouri State Surgical Society, American Medical Association, Missouri State Medical Association, Missouri Physicians Mutual Physician Advisory Board, and Southern Medical Association.

SCC's Mark Carey Receives National Award From American Lung Association

SANFORD — Mark Carey, Program Manager for Seminole Community College's Respiratory Care Program, has been named a National Volunteer Excellence Award winner by the American Lung Association.

Carey, a respiratory therapist for more than 30 years, began volunteering in the American Lung Association's Open Airways for Schools (OAS), an asthma management program for elementary school children, in

1995. He facilitates three to eight classes a year at schools in Seminole and

Orange counties. Carey, 52, started at SCC in 2007 as clinical coordinator for the Respiratory Care Program.

Reconstructive Surgery Announces The Arrival And Return Of Kendall K. Peters, M.D

The Center For Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery announces the arrival and return of Kendall K. Peters, M.D. A native son who grew up in Winter Park, Kendall joined his father, Dr. Calvin Peters, at the Center For Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery as the only father/son plastic surgery practice in the state of Florida. Dr. Calvin Peters established the practice in 1979 after leaving the faculty at Duke University and the Cleveland Clinic, bringing his expertise to a personal level with the patients of Central Florida.

Dr. Kendall Peters is a Winter Park High School graduate who obtained his undergraduate degree from Princeton University where he was recruited to row on the crew team. He then decided to persue a medical career and received a second degree in molecular biology at the University of Central Florida. He graduated from the University of Florida School of Medicine in 2000, after which he finished general surgery training at the University of Alabama in Birmingham and is certified by the American Board of Surgery. He completed a three year fellowship in plastic surgery at Emory University and brings to Central Florida a vast experience in all aspects of cosmetic and plastic surgery.

Award-Winning Surgeon Joins Florida Hospital Fish Memorial

ORANGE CITY— Guiding frightened patients and their families through the maze of medical information surrounding a cancer diagnosis is no small task. The ability to communicate clearly and compassionately with patients earned Walter C. Hayne, M.D., a Best Bedside Manner Award from Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, New Jersey. As the newest member of FLORIDA HOSPITAL Fish Memorial's surgical team, Dr. Hayne brings his patient-centered approach to Volusia County.

"Taking care of patients is not just doing surgery. It's important for them to understand the procedure they're having done and what their future holds. Breast cancer patients can beat their disease. It will require surgery and treatments, but we will take care of them."

Trained as a general surgeon, Dr. Hayne specializes in breast surgery and minimally invasive surgical techniques. He received a medical degree from Temple School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and did his residency at Cornell Medical Center's New York Hospital.

Empathy Belly Allows Expecting Dads To Experience Pregnancy

CLERMONT— South Lake Hospital has added an empathy belly pregnancy simulator to its childbirth class to allow expecting fathers the opportunity to understand what effects pregnancy has on a women's body.

The device is a weighted garment that allows the wearer to experience more than 20 of typical symptoms and effects of pregnancy. Symptoms that can be experienced include body weight gain of 30 to 33 pounds, protruding abdominal belly, pressure on the bladder, mild "fetal" kicking and stroking movements and lower backaches. These effects are simulated through the use of a rib belt and strategic positioning of various weighted components. The garment is strictly external and does not have any mechanical or electrical components. Having fathers-to-be wear the garment in class enables them to understand and sympathize with their partner's experiences during pregnancy.

Childbirth classes are offered at South Lake Hospital as a six-week session or one-day express class. For more information on the classes and to register, please call 352.241.7109. The classes are educational, fun and provide the opportunity to interact with other couples while sharing thepregnancy experience.

Introducing Incisionless Cholescystectomy

The New Wave in Minimally Invasive Surgery with the use of special tools and instruments, "incisionless" surgery provides access to the abdominal organs through the patient's naval with no visible incisions, eliminating the need for open incisions into the body.

During gallbladder removal, or cholecystectomy, a thin tube or "trocar" containing a small video camera is inserted in the naval incision, allowing the surgeon to see inside the body. A device using electric current detaches the gallbladder, which is then withdrawn through a trocar near the naval. The procedure is performed under general anesthesia, and the patient is usually discharged to home the same day. After post-operative evaluation by the surgeon, full activity can be resumed as soon as the patient feels comfortable.

According to David Bjerken, M.D., who specializes in performing this procedure at Florida Hospital Waterman, "Operating through a tiny incision in the naval means less pain, faster healing, and less scarring. Since the incision is extremely small, discomfort after surgery is reduced and recovery is faster."

First in Central Florida to Offer Innovative Robotic Arm Guided Knee Surgery

Florida Hospital DeLand is the first hospital in Central Florida to perform MAKOplasty® - a new, minimally invasive partial knee resurfacing procedure used to treat early to mid-stage osteoarthritis. It is powered by a robotic arm technology, enabling the surgeon to precisely resurface only the arthritic portion, while preserving health tissue and bone. This minimally invasive procedure offers relief from pain and a rapid return to daily activities.

Mark Hollmann, MD is one of Central Florida's most experienced joint replacement specialists and performs more than 300 joint replacements a year. He is the only orthopaedic surgeon in Central Florida performing the MAKOplasty® procedure at Florida Hospital DeLand.

Nemours Receives Over $1 Million in Grants for Cancer Research

The research team at the Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research (NCCCR), a newly established division of Nemours Biomedical Research headquartered at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, has secured $1,020,000 in external funding for awards starting in 2008 and 2009. The NCCCR was established in 2007 to integrate cancer research and clinical studies throughout the Nemours enterprise including clinics in Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando, and Pensacola) in addition to the hospital in Wilmington, Delaware.

Grant recipients include: Sigrid A. Rajasekaran, PhD, Robert W. Mason, PhD, Anders E. Kolb, MD, Eric Sandler, MD.

Patients at Disney Children's Hospital at Florida Hospital are Clowning Around with Ringling Bros. Circus Performers

WHAT: As the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® circus' 139th edition of The Greatest Show On Earth® debuts in Orlando, some of the clowns are doing more than just performing circus acts – they are visiting Disney Children's Hospital at Florida Hospital for a morning of interaction and laughs. Young pediatric patients will even have an opportunity be honorary clowns for the day, as they will each receive their very own clown nose! You won't want to miss this colorful experience to see little patients' faces light up as they enjoy "clowning around" with their new funny friends.