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Best Of :: Bars & Clubs
Although you can catch jazz at various locations around the city these days, there's only one place to hear consistently high-caliber jazz every night of the week. Upstairs at the Van Dyke, an institution since its birth along with the Van Dyke Café in 1994, continues to wow crowds with a well-rounded lineup of talented players who come from around the globe and span styles from samba to Southern roots. In addition to out-of-towners such as the legendary Slide Hampton, Eddie Henderson, Frank Wess, James Moody, and Randy Brecker, Upstairs features a rotating cast of regulars such as Sammy Figueroa and His Latin Jazz Explosion, Grammy-winning jazz violinist Federico Britos, and recent additions singers LeNard Rutledge and Beatriz Malnic. Don Wilner, former principal bassist for the Miami City Ballet and well-respected jazz man in his own right, runs the joint and sits in frequently. Wilner attributes the club's success to its "happy medium" of avant-garde and straight-ahead jazz, its location in the popular Van Dyke Café on heavily trafficked Lincoln Road, and the unfailing support of café owner Mark Soyka. Jazz aficionados can order from the café's full menu, with appetizers such as bruschetta, crabcakes, and quesadillas from $6.75 to $14; entrées such as fresh ravioli, poached salmon, and goat cheese pizza from $9.25 to $24.75; sandwiches; burgers; and a full bar. Unlike many live music venues in Miami, the cover charge is modest and there is no drink minimum. "Basically I think all we're trying to do is get the music paid for," Wilner says. Shows begin at 9:00 p.m., 10:30 p.m., and midnight. Sundays through Thursdays the cover is $6; it's $11 Fridays and Saturdays. Check the online calendar for upcoming shows and special events.
A native of New Jersey, Terri Weisbert has spent the past seven years behind the bar (and sometimes helping out on the floor) at Flanigans Seafood Bar and Grill in Coconut Grove. In 2005 Terri, who sported a lifetimes worth of glossy coal-black hair that fell past her waist, had it chopped to a buzz and donated her long locks to make wigs for children undergoing chemotherapy. This year Terri organized and helped sponsor a 26-mile marathon for runners of differing abilities. One of those who completed the course was Terris twin sister, an able-bodied athlete.
What is your greatest triumph?
It's vain to call it a triumph, but I feel great when I forget about myself and get involved in causes for other people, even though it's them who help me. And of course every day I spend in Miami -- with our beautiful beaches, great weather, and wonderful assortment of people -- makes me a winner.
On a humid Saturday night, the svelte bodies corralled behind velvet ropes on Washington Avenue wait like sheep. For a few hours every weekend, the doorman assumes the position of a god, saving a few wretched souls from the hell of mediocrity by permitting them entrance into Miami's nightlife heaven. The rest of the would-be clubgoers are deemed unworthy for their lack of money, designer clothes, affluence, or fake boobs, and they disappear into the gloomy fog of rejected revelers. But there is salvation for those tired of chi-chi clubs with pompous door attitudes and hollow patrons. The Aquabooty party does not subscribe to any of the beliefs from the SoBe bible of upturned noses. Far from the megaclubs and megaegos that dominate a few miles south, Aquabooty has found a homey haven in Glass at the Forge. Although most parties fizzle out like flat soda within a year's time, Aquabooty has kept the spirit of house music alive for five years strong, which is like 50 in party years. House-heads have Joe "Budious" Gray and Tomas Ceddia to thank for the infectious beats and topnotch guest DJs. Beyond the realm of promoting, Gray and Ceddia have been drilled in the day-to-day management of running a nightclub. "We've owned our own clubs, we've signed all the checks, we understand what it really takes to run a business, and that's been able to equate to what we do," explains Budious. In addition to business smarts, the Aquabooty boys' success can also be traced to their preference of intimate, low-key parties and smooth house music over massive commercial blowouts. "[Aquabooty] was never a commercial venture," says Ceddia. "We're not going to let anyone consume us so that we lose sight of who we are and lose our autonomy." Right on. Patrons partying it up at Aquabooty don't have to worry about traffic, lines, parking, or discrimination at the door. "If you're a high roller, there's a $5 valet," jokes Budious. In addition to a stress-free ambiance, the bootylicious duo books some of the hottest DJs in the industry. The roster of guest DJs includes Osunlade, DJ Harvey, Danny Krivit, Neil Aline, and Miguel Migs. "We're reaching that reputation where DJs want to play our party," beams Budious. The pair has found that the keys to success are based not on profit and marketability but keeping it real with good music and a welcoming vibe. "We book stuff we really love; we only work with people who are cool and who we connect with on a personal level," says Ceddia, who sums up the driving force behind five years of fond memories: "The love of music."
Magnum's unadorned concrete exterior walls hug a corner on the 79th Street Causeway and leave the impression of nothing more than a local dive. But like all diamonds in the rough, Magnum's bland façade is a stark contrast to its lush, romantic interior. The décor is red like painted lips that leave a trace of their kiss on a crystal goblet. Further accentuating the lusty theme is the pervading darkness that shrouds strangers in mystery as they sip their cocktails under a curtain of shadows. The dim atmosphere and piano player make Magnum seem as if it has been untouched by the outside world since Rat Packers ruled the bar scene. But alas, that isn't Bogart in the corner booth, sipping a gin and tonic. Revelers nostalgic for that old-school plush intimacy not found in today's ever-popular sports bars can step into the past through the back-door entrance, where clandestine conversations and stiff cocktails make vintage souls feel at home. Cool cats on a budget can enjoy $3 margaritas every Sunday after 5:00 p.m.
The reggae-ska trio Kayak Man has been rocking steady this year, opening for the U2 tribute band UV, competing in the Latin Funk Festival's Battle of the Bands, and offering weekly shows at I/O. The band's sound is fresh yet nostalgic, with influences ranging from old-school Bob Marley to Manu Chau. The bandmates have also been known to stroll Ocean Drive, humming Beach Boys songs when they thought nobody was listening. Kayak Man's playful music is accompanied by light, wistful lyrics about love, lust, and the challenges poor dishwashers face in scoring hot, high-maintenance girls in South Beach. The band, which hails from South America, hopes to release its first album this summer, a perfect accompaniment for those lazy days of sunning in the sand.
It's Thursday night, and outside Scully's Tavern a bevy of bearded, leather-clad bikers can be seen smoking cigarettes and knocking back brewskies as they admire the line of motorcycles surrounding the entrance. Some of the hogs sport as much bling as a tricked-out Chevy Monte Carlo, but most of them keep with the classic Harley look. Inside, burly dudes wrap their arms around their beer-swilling sweeties while singles eye-out potential hookups. A few scattered punk rockers can be found enjoying the classic rock tracks among the bandanas and mullets. Someone requests a salsa song and the crowd gets more hyped than it was for "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown." They may be bikers, but this is still Miami and there's no lack of representation for the Hispanic community. All of those pitchers of beer show their effect when the DJ drops 69 Boyz's "Let Me Ride That Donkey." The girls drop down like they're riding their bikes over a bumpy road while the guys hoot and holler. The shenanigans begin at 9:00 p.m. and there's never a cover, but always a good time.


text: It's official – the Montgomery County website has Gail Weilheimer listed as the top vote getter and Steven Tolliver listed in second place, just slightly ahead of the two Republican candidates Maureen Coggins and Sharon Giamporcaro. Most people in the know had difficulty calling this race as it was not clear whether Democrats had the new majority in Montgomery County or rode a couple big elections to the top on a temporary basis. This election probably does little to answer that question, instead solidifying Montgomery County's status as a see-saw county that can be won by Democrats or Republicans alike. We look forward to working with Gail Weilheimer and Steven Tolliver in Montgomery County Court in 2014.

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2011 Community Benefit Report for the University of Chicago Medical Center
Our Commitment to the Community
Contents About Us......................................................1 Providing Benefits and Services...........2 Creating Jobs for Chicago......................4 Improving Urban Health..........................5 ~ Community Clinics ~ Child Wellness ~ Diabetes and Obesity ~ Cancer Prevention
Volunteering in Our Community......... 15 Investing in Important Research.........16 Contributing to Global Health............. 17
We are pleased to introduce the University of Chicago Medical Center's first Community Benefit Report. This publication highlights the myriad ways we have served the community through the clinical care we provide, as well as the programs, medical education and research we support. The University of Chicago's Biological Sciences Division and the Medical Center work together under the University of Chicago Medicine brand to teach and train future physicians, perform research and practice patient care. Our reach and impact can be seen locally, regionally, nationally and internationally — from the underserved residents of the South Side who get free flu shots to the earthquake victims in Haiti we continue to monitor and treat.
Thanks in large part to this endeavor, the University of Chicago Medical Center has contributed tens of millions of dollars in economic benefit as a major employer, job creator and purchaser of goods and services. We are proud that women- and minority-owned businesses have helped to build the New Hospital Pavilion, which is scheduled to open in January 2013. We hope you will join us in the fall for a grand celebration with our faculty and staff.
Our benefits to the community start with IRS-defined components for health care providers: losses tied to Medicaid, charity care, education of health professionals, and contributions to community groups and programs.
We invite you to spend time reading the personal stories in this report to learn about our many programs that may benefit you or someone you know.
In addition, our commitment to service extends beyond those categories. We absorb underpayments by Medicare and forgive bills for patients who are unable to pay. We support medical research, subsidize costly services such as our pediatric trauma and burn units, provide volunteer work, and facilitate a number of other health-related activities. Also, each dollar spent by the University of Chicago Medical Center and the Biological Sciences Division supports the local economy. Nothing embodies both our economic impact and our commitment to the South Side better than the New Hospital Pavilion, a 1.2 million-square-foot hospital that incorporates the latest in technology with inpatient and operating-room design.
Sharon O'Keefe President, University of Chicago Medical Center
Kenneth S. Polonsky Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Chicago Dean, Biological Sciences Division and Pritzker School of Medicine
On the cover: Patient advocate Semeca Johnson. Learn more about her story on Page 5.
About Us The University of Chicago Medical Center comprises the Bernard Mitchell Hospital, Comer Children's Hospital, the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine and a network of smaller clinics — all closely linked to the University of Chicago's Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine. When the University of Chicago Medical Center opened its doors to the community in the fall of 1927, it had only two clinical departments: medicine and surgery. Since then, the medical campus has grown to include 60 adult and 44 pediatric specialties. The Medical Center is consistently recognized as a leading provider of sophisticated medical care. University of Chicago physician-scientists performed the first organ transplant and
the first bone marrow transplant in animal models, the first successful living-donor liver transplant, the first hormone therapy for cancer and the first successful application of cancer chemotherapy. Its researchers also discovered REM sleep and were the first to describe several of the stages of sleep. Twelve of the 87 Nobel Prize winners associated with the University of Chicago have received the prize for discoveries related to biology or medicine.
Licensed Beds
(avg. 550 in service)
74,359 ER Visits
Residents and Fellows
1,500 Nurses
Nationally Ranked Medical Center In the U.S.News & World Report 2011–12 "Best Hospitals" survey, 12 adult and nine pediatric specialties at the University of Chicago Medical Center ranked among the top in the country. Those 21 top-ranked programs are more than at any other institution in Illinois. Adult Programs Digestive disorders (9) Cancer (14) Pulmonology (19) Diabetes, Endocrinology (23) Kidney Disease (28) Neurology, Neurosurgery (29) Ear, Nose and Throat (30) Urology (33) Geriatrics (34) Cardiology, heart surgery (35) Gynecology (39) Orthopedics (43)
Pediatric Programs Gastroenterology (30) Neurology , Neurosurgery (31) Neonatology (33) Pulmonology (35) Cancer (37) Urology (37) Diabetes, Endocrinology (42) Orthopedics (46) Nephrology (50)
Organs Transplanted
Babies Delivered
Medicaid Acute Care Days for Private Illinois Hospitals* 1. University of Chicago Medical Center 2. Northwestern Memorial Hospital 3. Advocate Christ Medical Center 4. Rush University Medical Center 5. OSF St. Francis Medical Center (Peoria) 6. Children's Memorial Hospital 7. Mount Sinai Hospital 8. Loyola University Medical Center 9. Resurrection St. Mary of Nazareth 10. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
42,789 41,311 41,226 38,092 36,931 36,160 32,744 29,068 22,984 21,667
*Excluding normal nursery days Source: Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, for the state fiscal year ended June 30, 2010
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For more information about the University of Chicago Medicine's programs and services or for an electronic version of this report, please visit www.uchospitals.edu. To schedule an appointment, please call 773-702-1000. 1
Providing Benefits and Services The University of Chicago is home to world-class medical, research and teaching facilities where innovation has been a hallmark and has helped position it as a valuable resource for the underserved populations of Chicago's South Side. The University of Chicago Medical Center provides millions of dollars in free or discounted medical care. It also subsidizes government insurance programs, which reimburse at rates much lower than the cost of care. In fact, nearly 56 percent of its patients received medical coverage through government programs in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011. That's about 12 percent above the national average for the hospital industry. The University of Chicago Medical Center has formed valuable community partnerships, trained future health professionals
and supported vital research to improve the health of the neighborhoods it serves. As the South Side's largest private employer and one of the largest in Chicago, the university and the medical campus add to the economic vitality of the region by creating jobs and other opportunities for minorities and women. Altogether, the University of Chicago Medical Center and the Biological Sciences Division provided $237.1 million in total benefits and services to the community in fiscal 2011. That amounted to 21.4 percent of total operating revenues.
Community benefits, services in fiscal 2011 21.4% of $1.11 billion total operating expenses
MEDICARE PROGRAM LOSSES $100.7 MILLION Medicare is a federal health insurance program for people 65 and older and for those with certain disabilities. This figure is the amount not reimbursed by the government-sponsored program. As with Medicaid, Medicare payments to health care providers are significantly less than the cost of care.
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MEDICAID PROGRAM LOSSES* $37.7 MILLION Medicaid is a federal-state health insurance program for low-income and other needy people. As with Medicare, Medicaid payments to health care providers do not cover the cost of care. The University of Chicago Medical Center is one of the top providers of Medicaid inpatient care in Illinois.
CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS* $773,441 This figure reflects donations to community organizations and subsidies for services to meet community needs. UNCATEGORIZED COMMUNITY BENEFITS $3 MILLION This includes subsidized health services, community activities, and support for volunteers and interpreters. MEDICAL EDUCATION* $44.9 MILLION To help subsidize the cost of training tomorrow's doctors, the University of Chicago provides assistance with expenses not covered by tuition grants and scholarships.
MEDICAL RESEARCH $23 MILLION This signifies the unreimbursed cost of supporting research on ways to prevent, detect and treat disease.
CHARITY CARE* $14.4 MILLION This represents the cost of providing necessary services to patients with significant financial hardships who qualify for free or discounted care.
UNRECOVERABLE PATIENT DEBT $12.6 MILLION Hospitals absorb patient debt when they cannot collect expected payment for health services. This also is known as "forgiven debt."
* An IRS-defined category of community benefit Components of community benefit for fiscal year 2011 (measured at cost). The numbers and data in this report were prepared based on the Illinois Attorney General's guidelines for fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.
In fiscal year 2011, the University of Chicago Medical Center and the University's Biological Sciences Division: PROVIDED WELL-PAYING, STABLE EMPLOYMENT
The medical campus is the largest non-government employer on the South Side and one of the largest in the city of Chicago. Employees: 9,565 Payroll: $547 MILLION
Each year, millions of dollars are spent on the goods and services needed to provide health care. These dollars flow from the medical campus to vendors and businesses, spreading to the rest of the local economy. Goods and Services: $341 MILLION
In response to the rapid changes in medicine and technology and to the needs of patients, the Medical Center has enhanced and updated existing buildings, builds new facilities, and invests in major medical equipment. These investments stimulate the local economy through the creation of jobs and the purchase of materials, equipment, and services. Construction and Medical Equipment: $274 MILLION
SUPPORTED MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESSES Taylor Electric Co. is a thirdgeneration family business founded in 1922, making it the oldest African American-owned and -operated construction firm in Chicago. Martha Taylor (pictured with NHP construction foreman Rick Tirado) serves as its president and CEO.
The New Hospital Pavilion project is helping the Medical Center's goal of granting at least 40 percent of contracts to minority and women business enterprises (MBEs and WBEs). That goal likely will be surpassed. Amount paid to MBEs and WBEs, as well as to women and minority workers, on all construction and renovation projects from 2001 through June 2011: $281.3 MILLION Source: University of Chicago Medical Center
Creating Jobs for Chicago For Taylor Electric Co., a family-owned electrical services company on the South Side of Chicago, the chance to work on the University of Chicago Medical Center's New Hospital Pavilion was just the kind of exposure it needed. A minority-owned business, Taylor Electric was contracted to install four emergency generators for the 1.2 millionsquare-foot, 10-story hospital, which is scheduled to open in January 2013. "Working on the New Hospital Pavilion gave us a great opportunity to forge new relationships," said Martha Taylor, president and CEO of Taylor Electric. "We were able to show the University of Chicago Medical Center what we can do, and as a result we are now working at several facilities on the medical campus." Providing such opportunities for local businesses is a cornerstone of the University of Chicago Medical Center's commitment to strengthening the community. Capital spending to modernize and build facilities generates millions of dollars for the local economy, as does purchasing goods and services. As an employer, the University of Chicago Medical Center provides stability and growth for the South Side, causing a ripple effect throughout the region. More than 9,500 people work at the medical campus, which includes the Medical Center and the University's Biological Sciences Division (BSD). They, along with medical students, BSD undergraduates and medical campus visitors, add to the economic vigor of the South Side. As part of this community investment, the University of Chicago Medical Center is dedicated to creating economic opportunity for minorities and women. In 2001, it launched an initiative to increase the number of minority- and women-owned firms doing business at the medical campus and to encourage the use of minority and women workers by all contractors. Since then, through June 2011, $281.3 million has been paid on construction and renovation projects to such businesses and to minority and women contract workers. Nothing embodies this commitment more than the New Hospital Pavilion, the University of Chicago's latest major undertaking benefiting the South Side. Since the start of construction in 2009, the hospital project has encouraged and fostered the participation of minority and women business enterprises. University of Chicago Medicine
"For all medical campus construction and renovation projects, we aim to grant a minimum of 40 percent of contracts to minority- and women-owned material suppliers, construction contractors and professional services firms," said Joan Archie, executive director of construction compliance. "The New Hospital Pavilion will help us to meet, if not surpass, that goal for bringing economic benefit to local businesses and the economy."
ECONOMIC IMPACT The University of Chicago commissioned Anderson Economic Group to provide an independent assessment of how much the education, research and patient-care activities of the Biological Sciences Division (BSD) and the Medical Center contributed to the local economy in fiscal year 2010. The assessment included direct spending, such as on salaries, and indirect spending, as when those salaries circulate through the economy, but subtracted spending that would have occurred even in the absence of the UCMC and BSD. Among Anderson's findings:
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NEW HOSPITAL PAVILION WORKFORCE From 2009 through June 2011
TOTAL: 1,809 construction workers earned $60.1 million of which
1,661 Illinois residents earned $55.2 million 746 minority & women workers earned $23.6 million 699 Chicago residents earned $20.8 million 494 South Side residents earned $11.1 million
Improving Urban Health Semeca Johnson helped launch the patient advocate program at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital in 2009.
Semeca Johnson understands the people she meets in her role as patient advocate for the Medical Center's adult and pediatric emergency departments. As a young adult with a chronic disease, Johnson used to visit the emergency room for her primary care. Now she sees a physician close to her home and gets regular care to better manage her condition. Johnson is passionate about placing patients "where they need to be for the best care." On any given day, she meets individually with dozens of people as they wait for treatment in the emergency department. "Many patients with chronic illnesses think of the emergency room as a clinic that is open 24 hours a day," Johnson said. "We help patients understand the value of having a long-term relationship with a regular doctor — a physician who knows them and can track and manage their disease or condition."
of the Medical Center's Urban Health Initiative (UHI). The South Side, a culturally rich and vibrant collection of neighborhoods, has a critical need for primary care. Its population of about 869,000 people contends with disproportionately high rates of treatable and often avoidable chronic conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension and asthma. Compounding these health disparities are difficult socioeconomic circumstances and a widespread lack of health insurance. "We take a comprehensive and innovative approach to reducing health care disparities," said Eric Whitaker, MD, executive vice president of strategic affiliations and associate dean for community-based research, who is responsible for leading UHI. "We believe UHI could eventually become a model for urban health nationwide." Using the medical campus as a hub, UHI connects residents to health care through a coordinated network of providers. In addition to conducting community-based research, UHI also supports medical education and partners with civic leaders, faith-based groups and neighborhood organizations to develop relationships that can foster long-term health and vitality on the South Side.
Studies show that increasing access to primary care reduces visits to emergency rooms and hospitals. Patients who have an ongoing relationship with a doctor generally see their health improve because they not only benefit from early diagnosis and treatment but also better understand the importance of wellness.
When Johnson identifies someone who is visiting the emergency room with a non-urgent health issue, she seeks to connect the patient with a regular doctor. She offers to schedule an appointment at one of the clinics that partners with the University of Chicago Medical Center to provide primary care and chronic disease management. Later, Johnson will follow up to ask how the medical visit went.
Encouraging health and wellness and increasing access to quality care in under-resourced communities are pillars
"Ninety percent of the patients are pleased with the connections," Johnson said. "They find the clinics very welcoming."
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE URBAN HEALTH INITIATIVE South Side Healthcare Collaborative
Family physician Dionna Brown, MD, recently began her second year in the REACH program. She works at the Chicago Family Health Center in Pullman.
UHI focuses on preventive care by connecting adults and children with affordable, experienced doctors in the South Side Healthcare Collaborative, a network of more than 30 community health centers, two free clinics and five local hospitals. In addition to offering routine medical services, many of the community-based health centers in the network provide social support, behavioral health, nutrition, dental and pharmacy services. The University of Chicago Medical Center has implemented Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO), a teaching tool that uses video conferencing to train staff at these clinics. In 2011, the Medical Center created ECHO programs on treating hypertension and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as well as managing care for breast cancer survivors.
social, cultural and civic resources available in 34 South Side communities. By connecting residents with services in their neighborhoods, the Asset Census Project aims to help participants learn more about services that promote wellness and find quality health resources close to home.
Repayment for Education to Alumni in Community Health In 2008, the University of Chicago established Repayment for Education to Alumni in Community Health (REACH) to encourage and enable Pritzker School of Medicine graduates to practice on the South Side. REACH provides up to four years of financial support to help young physicians repay medical school debt while also making an impact in the neighborhood where they received their education. The doctors work in Federally Qualified Health Centers or in community hospitals in the medical campus' primary service area. Some also conduct research on how to improve health care delivery to medically underserved areas.
Pipeline Programs for High School and College Students The Pritzker School of Medicine inspires and prepares talented high school and college students to pursue careers in medicine and health-related research through four innovative "pipeline" initiatives: the Chicago Academic Medicine Program, Pritzker School of Medicine Experience in Research, Young Scientists Training Program and Training Early Achievers for Careers in Health. Largely designed to attract minorities who are underrepresented in the medical and scientific fields, these programs encourage students to aim for high levels of achievement and, eventually, to practice in medically underserved communities.
South Side Health and Vitality Studies
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To better understand community health issues, the Medical Center and the University of Chicago have partnered with community-based organizations to create the South Side Health and Vitality Studies. This research focuses on how social and environmental factors in the community affect health and influence attitudes toward medical services. Information gathered from this project guides UHI in the development of programs, services and policies.
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One key study under way is the Asset Census Project, a comprehensive survey mapping all commercial, health care, For fiscal year ended June 30, 2011
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Visit one of these locations to find a primary care doctor. For more information, contact the South Side Healthcare Collaborative at 773.702.5668 or visit uchospitals.edu/medicalhome
6 Chicago Family Health
19 Cottage View Health
7 Chicago Family Health
20 ACCESS South State Family
Center - South Chicago 9119 S. Exchange Ave. | 773.768.5000 Special Services: Behavioral Health, Dentistry, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Nutritional, AllScripts Center - Roseland 120 W. 111th St. | 773.768.5000 Special Services: OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Behavioral Health
8 Chicago Family Health
Center - Pullman 556 E. 115th St. | 773.768.5000 Special Services: Pediatrics, Dentistry, OB/GYN, AllScripts, Behavioral Health
9 Christian Community
Health Center 9718 S. Halsted St. | 773.233.4100 Special Services: Behavioral Health, Dentistry, HIV, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Podiatry
10 Christian Community
Health Center 364 Torrence Ave., Calumet City 708.868.9457 Special Services: OB/GYN, Pediatrics
11 Frank Bearden, M.D. 2011 E. 75th St., Suite 102 773.752.2483 Special Services: Diabetes
12 Friend Family Health Center
5843 S. Western Ave. | 773-434-8600 Special Services: Pediatrics, Internal Medicine
13 Friend Family Health Center 800 E. 55th St. | 773.702.0660 Special Services: Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, OB/ GYN, Confidential Teen Care, Pediatric Infectious Disease
14 Friend Family Health Center 5635 S. Pulaski Rd. | 773.585.3900 Special Services: Pediatrics, OB/GYN
15 ACCESS Grand Boulevard
Family Health Center 5401 S. Wentworth Ave. 773.288.6900 Special Services: Infection Control, Adult Rheumatology, Adult/ Pediatric Cardiology, Adult/ Pediatric Endocrinology, Adult/ Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Neurology
1 ACCESS Ashland Family
Health Center 5256 S. Ashland Ave. | 773.434.9216
2 ACCESS Auburn-Gresham
Family Health Center 8234 S. Ashland Ave. | 773.874.1400 Special Services: Pediatrics, OB/GYN, Family Medicine
3 Beloved Community
Family Wellness Center 6821 S. Halsted St. | 773.651.3629
4 ACCESS Booker Family
Health Center 654 E. 47th St. | 773.624.4800 Special Services: Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, Family Medicine
5 ACCESS Brandon Family
Health Center 8300 S. Brandon Ave. | 773.721.7600 Special Services: Family Medicine, OB/GYN, Asthma
16 ACCESS at Illinois
Eye Institute 3241 S. Michigan Ave. | 312.949.7770
17 Komed Holman Health
Center - Near North 4259 S. Berkeley Ave. | 773.268.7600 Special Services: Internal Medicine, Pediatric Medicine, Women's Health, Ophthalmology, Oral Health, Podiatry
18 Mile Square Health Center
at Bishop Plaza 4630 S. Bishop Plz. | 312.996.2000 Special Services: Family Medicine, OB/GYN, Eye Care
Center - Near North 4829 S. Cottage Grove Ave. 773.548.1170 Special Services: Nutrition, SubSpecialty Services (as needed) Health Center 5050 S. State St., 2nd Floor 773.624.2700 Special Services: Cardiology, OB/GYN, Obstetrics
21 TCA Health, Inc.
1029 E. 130th St. | 773.995.6300 Special Services: Optometry, Dentistry, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse, Internal/Family Medicine
22 Mile Square Health Center
at South Shore 7131 S. Jeffrey Blvd. | 312.996.2000 Special Services: Adult/Pediatric Dentistry, Family Medicine, OB/GYN
23 Mercy Family Health Center
2525 S. Michigan Ave. | 312.567.2000 Special Services: OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine
24 Friend Family Health
Center - Beethoven 25 W. 47th St. | 773.702.0660 Special Services: Pediatrics, Internal Medicine
25 Chicago Family Health
Center - Chicago Lawn 3223 W. 63rd St. | 773.768.5000 Special Services: Pediatrics, Behavioral Health, Dentistry, OB/GYN
26 Friend Family Health Center 2436 W. 47th St. | 773.376.9400 Special Services: Family Medicine, OB/GYN
27 Chicago Family Health
Center - East Side 10536 S. Ewing Ave. | 773.768.5000 Special Services: OB/GYN, Behavioral Health, Dentistry
28 Christian Community
Health Center 901 E. Sibley Blvd., South Holland 773.233.4100 Special Services: Pediatrics
29 CommunityHealth
641 W. 63rd St. | 773.994.1515
30 ACCESS at Holy Cross
2701 W. 68th St., 3-South 773.434.4040 Special Services: Behavioral Health, Family Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics
31 IMAN Health Clinic
2744 W. 63rd St. | 773.434.4626 Special Services: Family Medicine, Pediatrics
32 Senior Health Center at
South Shore 7101 S. Exchange Ave. | 773.702.5700 Special Services: Consultations in Memory Center Assessment, Successful Aging for Frail Elders (SAFE) Clinic
Improving Urban Health: Community Clinics In September 2010, Gwendolyn Gilmore was one of the first patients to visit the new CommunityHealth Englewood clinic, just blocks from her home. "The staff here really listens to you," said Gilmore, a 60-year-old senior care worker. "There are a lot of uninsured people around here, and I tell them to come on over." In its first three months of operation, about 250 patients visited the Englewood clinic, which is open two half-days per week and staffed predominantly by University of Chicago residents. In its first nine months, 1,020 uninsured patients visited the clinic. About a third of them were new patients. Twenty-eight of those patients were referred from the University of Chicago Medical Center. During the same time, the Medical Center and the University of Chicago's Department of Medicine gave 1,302 hours of resident time and 316 hours of faculty time to the Englewood clinic, dedicated exclusively to the delivery of direct patient care. The services provided by the facility include helping patients manage hypertension and diabetes — two common chronic conditions in the community. "We're improving health literacy," said Amber Pincavage, MD, then chief resident of internal medicine, now on faculty as one of the internal medicine clerkship directors. She supervises residents at the clinic, a satellite site of CommunityHealth West Town, the largest volunteer-based free clinic in Illinois. "Primary care is a new concept for many uninsured patients who have always relied on walk-in clinics and emergency rooms." CommunityHealth West Town and Englewood are two of four free clinics staffed at least in part by students and medical residents from the University of Chicago. The other two — Washington Park Children's Free Health Clinic and the Maria Shelter — are led by Pritzker School of Medicine students under the supervision of faculty volunteers.
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Pritzker medical students serve multiple roles in the four clinics, such as counting medications or showing patients with diabetes how to give themselves insulin injections, as well as conducting medical histories and physical exams overseen by faculty volunteers. Medical residents serve as primary care physicians to uninsured patients one half day per week. "These clinics offer uninsured or underinsured patients access to health care they would otherwise not have," said James
uninsured patients seen
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Woodruff, MD, associate dean of students for Pritzker, who oversees residents at the Englewood clinic. "You can think of these clinics as the safety net of the safety net." Andrew Davis, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and faculty adviser for the Maria Shelter, views the volunteer work in clinics as a basic responsibility for physicians in a nation where approximately 50 million people don't have access to health care. "It sensitizes students and residents to the calling of medicine and the social responsibility to promote health for all and not just for those who can afford to pay," Davis said.
University of Chicago Medicine volunteer physicians and students, such as internal medicine resident James Kim, provide the bulk of medical care at the CommunityHealth Englewood clinic.
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Improving Urban Health: Child Wellness Thanks to the Comer Children's Hospital Mobile Medical Unit, nurse practitioner Pamela Beauduy is able to bring vaccinations, physical exams and education to Chicago Public Schools students who don't have access to medical care.
Hours before children pounded down the hallways, nurses had transformed selected Chicago Public Schools classrooms into medical clinics with boxes of surgical gloves and stands of immunization-ready needles. Students tiptoed into their classrooms with crumpled consent forms in their hands to receive their shots. Some recoiled at the sight of needles, but, in the end, they got their shots.
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Unvaccinated children not only run the risk of contracting a serious illness but also put schools at risks of outbreaks of preventable diseases such as measles or whooping cough, explained Kenneth Alexander, MD, professor of pediatrics and principal investigator on the Promoting Adolescent Health at School program. Common obstructions that keep children from getting vaccinated include hard-to-decipher
consent forms, fears about side effects or lack of time or money to take children to a health care professional. Because 86 percent of Chicago Public Schools students on the South Side come from low-income households, Alexander developed a cost-efficient, in-school immunization model to bring vaccines to South Side children. Using federal funds already allocated for children's vaccines, Alexander and his team provide state-mandated vaccines so children can stay in school and stay healthy. "I feel that everyone should have access to in-school clinics," said Jennifer Burns, CPNP, APN, medical director of the Pediatric and Family Travel Clinic. Burns runs a different Medical Center vaccine outreach program. In addition to vaccinating kids, she and her team are now providing consultation services to schools about communicative disease policies, outbreak prevention, and a number of other topics.
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES It's Tuesday morning, and the Comer Children's Hospital Child Protective Services (CPS) team is in the hospital's conference room with representatives from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center. They gather each week to discuss potential cases of sexual and physical abuse, as well as neglect, in children. Those in attendance include Jill Glick, MD, a dedicated pediatrician and child abuse expert, who established CPS at the University of Chicago Medicine two decades ago to address the problem of child maltreatment. As CPS medical director, Glick works alongside program manager and social worker Lindsay Forrey, LCSW, and 10 licensed social workers to investigate and evaluate all possible child abuse and neglect cases seen in the hospital. Each year, more than 400 children receive services from the CPS team. The staff also serves as a resource for the community on child welfare concerns and consults with pediatricians on issues of abuse and neglect. The interdisciplinary team provides training and education for health professionals, local agencies and other community members. In 2000, Glick developed a model that called for more medical input in the assessment of child abuse for very young children. Because of her efforts, an expert medical review is now mandated in Chicago for any child under age 3 with injuries that may signal abuse. This practice brings crucial expertise to community hospitals and child welfare agencies. "The program unites pediatric experts with child welfare professionals and law enforcement personnel to ensure all of these children receive comprehensive medical assessments, treatment and follow-up care," Glick said. "We want everyone involved in these cases to make the best, most informed decision."
"There's a lot of false information out there," Burns said. Vaccines have gotten better in the past few years, and children need more vaccines to keep them safe and healthy, she added. The University of Chicago Medical Center's mission of promoting wellness among children is a key element of sound public health practices, and its efforts extend beyond the medical campus. In addition to transforming schools into clinics, the Medical Center uses a van to reach underinsured and uninsured children from 2 to 18 years old. "This community outreach is rewarding because we provide services that improve the health and future of our neighborhood children and, thus, strengthen the community as a whole," said Icy Cade-Bell, MD, pediatrician and medical director for the Mobile Medical Unit, which visits schools, day care centers, health fairs and other sites on the South Side. Felecia Morelon, CNA, senior program coordinator for the mobile unit, described the 40-foot-long vehicle as a "clinic on
wheels" that includes two fully equipped exam rooms where three health care providers perform physicals, immunizations, treatment for acute injuries and illnesses, and health education sessions. During the 2010-11 school year, the mobile unit completed 121 site visits and saw nearly 2,000 pediatric patients for clinical care and education on topics ranging from personal hygiene to sexually transmitted infections. Through the Teen Clinic and Foundations for the Future programs, 333 teens received confidential adolescent services, sports physical exams, or mental health services. The Foundations for the Future program also provides mental health education for students, parents, teachers and staff at Hyde Park Academy High School. "I have to turn down schools because we're so in demand," Morelon said, adding that the mobile unit has become even more important to families in need as the economy struggles to recover from the recession. "For a lot of these kids, if they didn't see us, they wouldn't have medical care."
Improving Urban Health: Diabetes and Obesity
Reach-Out is an interactive program in which children learn about good nutrition and exercise.
Countless campaigns have been launched to steer schoolchildren toward healthy habits, yet rates of childhood obesity and diabetes continue to soar. One promising strategy: Create programs that are locally focused and tailored to the culture of children who are being targeted. That approach inspired two child diabetes prevention programs created by University of Chicago researchers. The two programs, Reach-Out and Power-Up, are siblings with similar designs, goals and measures that target slightly different populations and venues.
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To design the programs, researchers first listened to the community. The research team, led by Deborah Burnet, MD, professor of medicine and pediatrics, organized focus groups with overweight children and their parents to learn about their obstacles to improving health and to gather ideas about the types of physical activity and classes that would appeal to them. The conversations laid the groundwork for programs that would take the unique circumstances of families on the South Side of Chicago into account.
"They were good partners, they really liked working with us, and they felt a sense of ownership," Burnet said. "We didn't just drop it in there; they worked with us to think about how it would work in their setting." For Reach-Out, parents and children ages 9 to 12 were recruited to follow a 14-week program at a local YMCA, with education and activities that included grocery store tours, cooking classes, martial arts and yoga. For Power-Up, the program modified the Reach-Out schedule to fit an after-school program for kindergarten through 6th grade at Woodlawn Community School. Because the school's curriculum is structured around African heritage, traditional cultural activities such as drumming and dance were incorporated into the course. Preliminary results from the Power-Up pilot study found a significant drop in body mass index, frequently known as BMI, for overweight children, but not for obese kids, suggesting that more intense intervention may be needed. Researchers also had difficulty reaching parents with the after-school format, and the second pilot study incorporating text messaging to involve parents in the curriculum is under way. "There may be ways to use technology to help us personalize things, and that's where these programs are going," Burnet said.
Picture Good Health
"We are delighted to have an impact at the national, regional and local level for research and improving care of all kinds of diabetes," said Lou Philipson, MD, PhD, director of the Kovler Diabetes Center and professor of medicine.
In the neighborhood of South Lawndale the mortality rate from diabetes is 40 per 100,000 residents — nearly double the national rate. To reach this predominantly Hispanic community, University of Chicago researcher Arshiya Baig, MD, decided to work through a central hub of the neighborhood culture: the church. Picture Good Health/Imagínate una Buena Salud is an eight-week course designed to improve diabetes outcomes for the Latino community. To educate participants on how to control diabetes through diet, exercise, blood-sugar monitoring and medication, the program uses culturally tailored materials and activities. Each session is led by a facilitator from the community who is trained by University of Chicago diabetes experts. The pilot study seeks to recruit 100 residents by the end of the year. "This community has high rates of diabetes and a lot of barriers to health care, including not being able to get in to see their physician and not having health insurance," said Baig, an assistant professor of medicine. "We thought we would work through the churches and design a program led by community members who are connected to resources within the community. We taught trainers how to empower people to change."
Kovler Diabetes Center
Part of the Kovler Diabetes Center's mission is to help treat and prevent diabetes in South Side communities through a combination of educational, clinical and research efforts. Each year, Kovler physicians and educators reach thousands of Chicagoans through health fairs, community seminars and special events featuring speakers such as Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and best-selling author and TV medical expert Ian Smith, MD, a graduate of the Pritzker School of Medicine.
Two unique clinical programs provide long-term care for young diabetes patients: Kovler Kids and InTransit. In addition to programs on eating disorders and obesity, Kovler co-sponsors seasonal farmers markets to provide access to healthy, fresh foods in urban food deserts, where grocery stores are scarce. On the research side, Kovler is part of the Diabetes Research and Training Center, a National Institutes of Health-funded program directed by Graeme Bell, PhD, professor of medicine and human genetics. This federally funded program includes an important outcomes and prevention component, which has sprouted a separate research center headed by Marshall Chinn, MD, professor of medicine. In addition, Kovler is affiliated with Improving Diabetes Care and Outcomes on the South Side of Chicago. The project is funded by a $3.5 million grant from the Merck Company Foundation's Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes and led by Chin and Monica Peek, MD, assistant professor of medicine. The program works with six community health clinics on the South Side that serve primarily African-American and Hispanic patients, including clinics in the ACCESS Community Health Network. Initiatives such as the Diabetes Empowerment Program, in which educator-led classes provide culturally relevant advice for diabetes management and care, are conducted at these clinics. Free monthly food drives and educational seminars are held in cooperation with the Keep Loving Each Other Community Family Life Center. Another innovative pilot study uses text messaging to remind patients daily to take medication, conduct self-examinations for diabetes complications and check their blood sugar. "We're trying to help people manage their diabetes where they are," Peek said.
2 MILLION AMERICANS WERE DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 1 OR TYPE 2 DIABETES IN 2010 Diabetes costs will exceed $330 billion annually by 2034* *Projection by University of Chicago research
compared with 16% nationally.
compared with a 4% rate in non-Hispanic white neighborhoods. In some South Side communities, the rate is as high as 25%. 13
Improving Urban Health: Cancer Prevention On a drizzly Sunday afternoon under a tent on Chicago's Southwest Side, Karen E. Kim, MD, MS, assembled a team of volunteers to offer free flu shots, blood pressure screenings and cancer education to several thousand people who had gathered for the Chicago Latin American Soccer Association championship games.
Spectators of all ages — from toddlers to a 104-year-old woman — and even some of the soccer players stopped by the tent shared by the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center and the American Cancer Society. The event was part of a Comprehensive Cancer Center outreach program that offers culturally and geographically customized information about cancer risk, prevention and treatment. In fiscal year 2011, Kim's group visited more than 7,000 people at 36 community events. "Cancer is not homogeneous," Kim said. "Not only are the risks different for every racial and ethnic group, but there also are geographic differences. For example, one out of every three cancer diagnoses in American women is breast cancer, and we've found that the breast cancer death rate is much higher in Chicago than in New York City or in the U.S. as a whole." Community outreach and engagement are essential to addressing the unequal burden of cancer carried by many racial and ethnic groups, particularly in a major metropolitan city with a diverse population such as Chicago. Each ethnic group has its own health risks. Black men have an elevated risk of prostate cancer. Hispanic women experience a high incidence of cervical cancer. Asians and Pacific Islanders have a heightened chance of developing liver and stomach cancers. To reach the different ethnic groups, the program partners with community and faith-based organizations such as the Apostolic Faith Church, American Indian Health Service of Chicago and the Asian Health Coalition. Through such collaborations, Kim's group is able to not only tailor outreach efforts to each community, but also to teach community leaders to become health advocates.
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Jennifer Burns, CPNP, director of the Pediatric and Family Travel Clinic, administers a flu shot to a 104-year-old spectator at the 2011 Chicago Latin American Soccer Association championship games. The free shots were part of a cancer outreach event.
"Being a partner with the University of Chicago has been an empowering experience," said Asian Health Coalition Executive Director Edwin Chandrasekar. "I really appreciate the commitment to recognizing the integral role the community plays in the fight against cancer."
have a higher rate than whites of cancers associated with infection, such as uterine, cervical, liver and stomach cancers.
are more likely to develop cancer than any other racial or ethnic group.
have the highest incidence of liver cancer.
AMERICAN INDIANS/ALASKAN NATIVES have the highest kidney cancer death rate.
Volunteering in Our Community Mya Hardamon's little voice was clear over the sounds of volunteers raking planters and pulling weeds at Villa Guadalupe Senior Services on Chicago's Far South Side. "I can't find any worms!" "Well, they're there," replied Celia Hardamon, Mya's mom. "You've got to dig, dig, dig." With her husband, Antoine, who works in the University of Chicago Medical Center's finance department in Darien, Hardamon and her family were just a few of the 264 volunteers who came out in May 2011 for the ninth annual Day of Service and Reflection. Founded in 2002 by now-First Lady Michelle Obama, the Day of Service has become a spring festival of volunteerism sponsored by the Office of Community Affairs, which supports the Medical Center's external programming. This year, volunteers served at 17 South Side sites, including senior living facilities, food pantries and schools. The Medical Center and the Biological Sciences Division provided financial and volunteer support for 53 community events in the fiscal year through June 2011. Key programs included the Day of Service and Reflection, the Bud Billiken Parade, Real Men Cook and the Black Women's Expo, which featured a booth about the South Side Healthcare Collaborative and other health topics. "We're an important institution on the South Side of Chicago," said Leif Elsmo, executive director for community and external affairs and volunteer services at the Medical Volunteers from the University of Chicago Medical Center serve up healthy samples at the 22nd Real Men Cook event celebrating Father's Day.
Center. "So it's important for us to be present in continual and meaningful ways that go beyond health care." One way the Medical Center goes beyond conventional methods to tackle pressing health issues is through Community Grand Rounds, which seeks to share the knowledge and research of the University of Chicago with area residents. In the 2011 fiscal year, seven Grand Rounds events were held in different neighborhoods, including Auburn-Gresham, Englewood, South Chicago and Woodlawn. Each event tackled a different subject chosen by the community, such as sexual health, diabetes and asthma, or domestic violence.
FAST FACTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011: Events
Number of Volunteers
Economic Value of Volunteers
Total Financial Support
1,272 $140,965 $395,428
The series kicked off in October 2010 with a production of the play "It Shoudda Been Me" at the Perspectives Charter School. Written by Doriane Miller, MD, associate professor of medicine and director of the Center for Community Health and Vitality, the play addressed youth violence and depression. Miller was inspired to write a play after being struck by the resigned attitudes of her patients who had experienced youth violence in their neighborhoods. "When I asked for information about these experiences and how my young patients felt about them, their response made it seem like a regular rite of passage," Miller said. "However, many of these young people exhibited symptoms of anxiety and depression, not unlike people exposed to war."
Investing in Important Research D'Andrea Keys and her son, Joshua, interact by counting objects and following figures in a book as part of the Thirty Million Words project.
Joshua Ryan Keys had a small device tucked into the pocket of his shirt. It looked like a pedometer, but it counted words he heard instead of the steps he took. The toddler wore the automated Language Environment Analysis system once a week as part of the Thirty Million Words project led by Dana Suskind, MD, a surgeon and associate professor of surgery and pediatrics at the University of Chicago. The device records up to 16 hours of the words spoken to a child, verbal interaction with the child and a number of other sounds, such as those from a television. "Babies' brains grow with language," Suskind explained. But by age 3, children of lower socioeconomic status will have heard 30 million fewer words than their more affluent counterparts. Through the Thirty Million Words project, researchers visit homes of low-income parents to teach them more productive ways to talk with their children, empowering them to improve their children's language development and educational outcomes.
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Suskind's project is one of many translational research projects on the medical campus, where researchers are turning scientific findings into programs that can help community members. Translational scientists work with a variety of experts, including statisticians, psychologists, informatics specialists and others to find new ways to address health and wellness problems in neighborhoods more quickly.
"Translational research that improves the health of our community is our goal," said Julian Solway, MD, director of the University of Chicago Institute for Translational Medicine. Such community-based projects represent only one area of the University of Chicago's research endeavors. At any given time, more than 2,400 research projects are active across the medical campus, ranging from finding ways to improve language disparities to isolating cancer genes. University of Chicago experts conduct about 1,100 clinical trials each year, including about 400 cancer-specific trials. In addition to conducting research supported by government, industry and foundation sources, the University of Chicago Medicine subsidized about $23 million in unreimbursed expenses over the course of fiscal year 2011 to fund medical research that benefited the community.
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D'Andrea Keys, Joshua's mother, said the Thirty Million Words project has changed the way she interacts with her son. "Sometimes, I've had a long day, and I'm doing homework, and I just want to tell him to be quiet … but I don't," she said. "When Joshua does go on to preschool and kindergarten, he's going to be an A student."
Contributing to Global Health Days after a massive earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, anesthesiologist Richard Cook bottle-fed a tiny 2-week-old boy who was brought to the University of Chicago Medical Center's field hospital about 40 miles east of Port-au-Prince. The child, whose mother was killed in the 7.0 magnitude temblor, nearly died of malnutrition and dehydration. His father had only sugar-water to feed him. During a follow-up visit in mid-2011 to the still-devastated nation, pulmonologist John Kress, MD, played with the same child, now a toddler who has shown no lasting effects of his near starvation. The University of Chicago's commitment to disaster relief did not end following the immediate response in 2010. "We didn't want to jump in for the crisis and then bail out of the follow-up," said disaster-medicine specialist Christine Babcock, MD, associate professor of medicine. The Medical Center sent dozens of trained staff, including 20 physicians and 16 nurses armed with 900 pounds of equipment and supplies, to Haiti at a cost of nearly $500,000 — not including volunteer time. That effort continued long after the
immediate crisis, necessitating an additional investment of more than $60,000. The second wave of outreach began in August 2010, when volunteers returned to the country to teach teams of Haitians how to manage health issues at a displaced persons camp. The camp and the surrounding region had far fewer cholera infections and deaths than most of Haiti during the nationwide cholera outbreak that began in October 2010. Talks are under way about an ongoing clinical and educational presence at a new hospital being built outside Port-au-Prince by Partners in Health, a global health organization. The Medical Center's response to such crises is coordinated by the Global Health Initiative (GHI), which was created in July 2008 to tap the University of Chicago's vast intellectual resources and apply them across the globe. GHI's mission is to reduce health disparities and improve medical care locally and globally. Lessons learned on the South Side of Chicago can be applied to work with disadvantaged populations, and lessons learned by GHI in resource-poor countries can help disadvantaged populations in Chicago and across the United States. For example, a project led by Funmi Olopade, MD, associate dean for global heath, compares the genetic heritage and social stresses affecting women in Nigeria and African-American women on the South Side of Chicago to understand the roles of nature and nurture in certain types of breast cancer. Knowledge gained from this project will be tested in a clinical trial designed to improve treatment of aggressive, early onset breast cancers that are common on the South Side.
Richard Cook, MD, professor of anesthesia and critical care, feeds a baby at the field hospital in Fond Parisien, Haiti. The following year, the boy's father brought him back to the field clinic to thank the University of Chicago team. The toddler is pictured (inset) with John Kress, MD, associate professor of medicine and director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit.
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Barbara broke down and cried. Tears also streamed down the face of John when the two Carmel residents received bags of dry ice and bottles of water courtesy of the NYSEG Thursday afternoon outside Carmel FD headquarters.
Many residents of the Carmel-Kent area were desperate after losing their power for four days with no relief in sight.
The utility offered dry ice in Mahopac on two occasions earlier in the week and decided to locate distribution in the hamlet of Carmel as well. Additional distribution has been set for Friday afternoon, again at the Carmel Fire Department.
"I'm so grateful," said Barbara who said she was "tired of Mahopac always becoming the bride and Carmel the bridesmaid. We deserve a break up here as well."
John returned from Florida on Monday hours before Sandy hit. His wife fell and broke her arm and wound up at Putnam Hospital Center where she was admitted.
"This gift of dry ice and water is a gift from above," he said.
Carmel Police Lt. Brian Karst who officiated over the distribution commended the residents for their "outstanding behavior. Unlike other communities where pushing and shoving took place during ice distribution, people here are extremely orderly and appreciative."
Carmel Councilman Jonathan Schneider also praised the effort: "Our corps of volunteers distributing the ice and water are the real heroes."


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Re: Two questions about modification of a matrix.
>> I know a "for loop" can be used, I just wonder if there is any more
concise and beautiful ways.
You're right about Mathematica. Stop thinking about loops. Think about Map
and Pattern. Here are some example solutions to the problems you posed.
1. n = 3; MapIndexed[(If[Times @@ #2 > n, 0, #1]) &, mat, {2}]
2. mat /. {_?Negative->0} (*This "?" is known as a PatternTest[]*)
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Subject: [mg101068] [mg101041] Two questions about modification of a matrix.
Suppose there is a N*N matrix.
1. How can I change all elements that satisfy i*j>N to 0 ? (Here i, j
is position of this element, as in mat[[i,j]])
2. How can I change all negative elements in that matrix to 0 ?
I know a "for loop" can be used, I just wonder if there is any more
concise and beautiful ways. (I doubt Mathematica doesn't have a 'find'
function as in another system which conveniently returns indice of elements
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Removing wall under stairs
I am looking for some advice on opening up the hall area by removing the 2 walls that form a cupboard under the stairs. (not the wall between the lounge and stairs). I need to know if I can simply remove these 2 walls or whether there are structural implications. The walls are made of brick not plasterboard which makes me slightly concerned.
I would have thought that the top of the stairs would be attached to a joist but apart from that would support themselves.
Also I would think that they are not load bearing walls as the 2 main walls in the hall (that run parallel to the stairs) run perpendicular to the joists upstairs and would seem to be the supporting walls.
Can anyone offer any advice or tell me what to look for.
Your help would be most appreciated as I don't want the stairs or house to collapse.
as there is no Homer Simpson smilie I'll go with .........
It's going to be tough without photos.
Secondly, IMHO, if you have even the slightest questions about structural integrity, get an engineer to look at it.
Thankyou for responding.
I will try and post some pictures later.
It is common for non-load bearing walls to lend just enough stiffness to stairs to keep them from being springy.
The stairs' attachment totally depends on how and when it was built.
I'd caution you not to remove any walls without consulting a structural engineer. Contact your local building inspector...He should be willing to provide you with names of engineers that often do work in your area. Consultations with engineers are not always thousands of dollars. Here, there are numerous engineers that will look at things like this for a couple hundred bucks.
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Small Town Papers gives you free access to the people, places and events recorded in real time over the decades or even centuries! Browse and search the scanned newspaper archive from 1846 up to the current edition! Their archives contain millions of names of ancestors not found anywhere else. Enhance your Ancestry research with their high resolution scanned newspaper archive. Find distant relatives and discover your ethnic heritage by reading the articles about family and friends written back in the day.Read More
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The name Kelley, which was originally spelled Kelleigh, can be traced back to a period prior to the Norman conquest, and its barons are undoubtedly descended from the ancient Britons. The principal manorial seat of the family in England has been for many centuries located in the small parish of Kelly (or Kelley) in Devonshire. Burke and Shirley both agree as to its great antiquity, and the latter asserts that the Kellys have been lords of the manor from the reign of Henry II. (1154-1189). All the Kelleys in New England prior to 1690, with the exception of David Kelley of Yarmouth, Mass., freeman, 1657, and possibly one other family, appear to have been of English origin, and in all probability were of the Devonshire stock.Read More
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That's all I have to say on this. Wow!
Prosperity=free+$25.00. I never knew!
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Is this a joke, spoof? I mean it can't be a serious offer. Sounds like something from The Onion.
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Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. 1 John 4:18a
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I think the sticker will work exactly as advertised for the person getting the $25 a pop.
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This has to be a spoof. lol.
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Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death! And to those in the tombs, bestowing life!
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Windows Media Player 11 Beta
It seems like only yesterday I was saying goodbye to Windows Media Player 9 (WMP 9) and now WMP 11 is out in beta. They grow up so fast, don't they? I know WMP takes a lot of heat compared to iTunes, Winamp and even MusicMatch as far as digital players go, but I have always liked WMP and I like this new version as well.
First of all, the new version has a small departure from some of the features in earlier versions of the player while adding other components to help make the player a major competitor in the media field. If you are familiar with WMP 10, you should find transitions to the new player easy and exciting.
From the main interface, you are bound to notice some major differences in the interface. It's cleaner and more efficient. Taking feedback from its customers has obviously paid off. Upon launching the player, you will also notice immediately the new music service, called Urge [1]. It is integrated into the main interface as well. Microsoft has decided to make Urge, which is also MTV's music service, the default integrated music store in the new WMP, while saying goodbye to MSN Music.
There is no question that Microsoft hasn't been as successful in the realm of digital music as the wildly successful iTunes and this version of WMP validates this fact. For example, in addition to the change in the default music store, there has also been improvements in the way the WMP handles syncing removable devices, such as MP3 players. This should definitely come as a very welcomed addition. WMP will intuitively see your player and it will easily synchronize it in a number of different ways to suit your needs. Unlike iTunes, you can also easily transfer files from you MP3 player back to your WMP, which is an incredibly nice feature to have.
In addition to these improvements, here are some more things you can expect to see from the new Windows Media Player:
With stacking, you can see graphically how many albums you have in a specific category of music. The more items you see in a stack (category), the larger the pile. Categories for stacks include genre, artist and album. Changing the interface from a long list of titles to a graphic representation not only makes the interface more pleasing to the eye, but also makes understanding, navigating and managing your music much easier.
Digital music collections are getting larger and larger. With a large collection, comes that first inevitable memory lapse. Believe it or not, there will come a time when you can't remember the name of an album, the artist or the name of the song you want to hear. So, Media Player 11 offers a way to instantly find exactly what you want.
Specifically, Windows Media Player 11 includes the Windows Vista WordWheel search functionality, incorporated right into the Media Player Library. All you have to do is type part of the artist's name, song title or genre (whatever you can remember). The Library will then "prune" through your entire collection with a query across relevant fields and it will offer up what it thinks you're looking for. Cool, huh?!
Back and Forward Buttons
The new Back and Forward buttons do just what you'd expect them to. They make using the player more Internet like and they offer a simple way to browse the interface. It's also easy to return to something you were doing, viewing or listening to earlier. This Internet feel seems quite natural and intuitive.
New CD Burning Features
How much space is left on the CD you plan to burn to and whether you have enough room for one more track has always been a guessing game. Worse is creating the ultimate playlist, only to find that it won't fit on the CD. With the new Burning Progress Bar in Media Player 11, that won't ever happen again. The bar is a graphic representation of how much space is left on the CD. The progress bar gets longer as songs are added to the playlist. When the bar reaches the end of the graphic, you'll know the disk is full.
If you have the ultimate playlist, but it won't fit on one CD, you can burn it to multiple CDs. With Multiple Disk CD Burning, you'll be notified that the music won't all fit and then prompted to put in another CD when the first one is full. Now that's what I call progress!
Global Status
No matter what the task, Windows Media Player 11 can tell you in an instant what's going on. With the Global Status feature, you can easily find out how buffering is coming, what song is currently being synched, how CD ripping is progressing and more. Finally, no more guessing!
Sync Status
Synching music to portable devices is an important part of any media application. The new synching features in Media Player 11 can play hardball with the best of them. Just plug in your device and click Start Sync. You'll see the songs to be synched listed, with a progress bar for each one. You'll always know how much more there is to go and what the current progress is. Plus, if any song can't be synched, the player gives you a reason for it.
Whew! That's a mouthful. So, what do you think? If this is something you would like to check out, let me remind you that the program is still in beta form, which means it's not 100 percent bug free yet. I would suggest making absolute sure all background running programs are disabled, especially any other media players installed on your system. You may also want to create a restore point [2] in your XP system just in case you need an easy out. There are also a number of resources out at Microsoft's Web site that should help you if you so happen to run into any issues. Don't let that scare you though. I know a number of people that have downloaded the program and have had no ill effects.
Download the new beta version of Windows Media Player 11 here.
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Interactor: An Interactive, Film Crowdsourcing Platform
A new initiative gives audiences an integral role in the production of films.
Twitch Film and Instinctive Film are teaming up to add another layer to the crowdsourcing trend already provided by Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. The platform will focus exclusively on film and will give audiences an opportunity not only a chance to fund films they like but to actually have more of a voice in which films get made in general. Likening themselves to a request engine, the funding will work in a way that films the audience wants to get to see will get made. Audiences will choose among three films to be produced annually, one of which will already be in production. Unlike other crowdsourcing sites, however, funders who give enough to certain projects will be able to qualify as Executive Producers and be able to participate in the production of the film at certain levels.
Twitch and Instinctive see the model as a way to both cultivate and engage audiences in new ways. Control over which films get made will strictly be up to audiences. With even just a 5 dollar donation audiences will have access to interactive aspects of the website such as video diaries, production updates and even direct communication with filmmakers. Unfettered access to production allows audiences to not only learn from the experience but to feel as if they are integral to a film's completion.
Film as an experience has always been crowd-based and that notion is slowly entering into how films are made as well. By developing intimate connections with a pre-established audience, a film is more likely to be successful than a film marketed to the masses. Audiences are also more likely to return to films and filmmakers they are familiar with, especially if they feel as if they played an important role in its production.
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Interoperability, Reflection, and Mailing: Topics
The Wikipedia definition for reflection in computer science is: "The process by which a computer program can observe and modify its own structure and behavior. The programming paradigm driven by reflection is called reflective programming".
The concept is implemented extensively in .NET because a lot of information is maintained at the common intermediate language (CIL) level.
Among other things you can:
- get information about running assembly or assembly constituents (modules, classes, methods, etc.), this is particularly useful for dynamically loaded assemblies that are not known at compile time.
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