2014 Annual Report Highlights UH's Commitment to Community Care

2014 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY
AND REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY

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Anyone who has flipped more than a few calendar pages understands that the approach of a milestone
birthday triggers reflection.
That’s true here at University Hospitals as our health system closes in on 150 years of service to our
community. We’ve spent more time lately looking back with pride on our history – a history spent with
you, your parents, your grandparents and generations before them.
Clevelanders gave birth to University Hospitals in 1866, and supported us through every stage of our
growth. Millions of times, we have returned the favor. We’ve welcomed babies, nurtured children,
saved adults and tended the elderly. And our community grew. Emerging physicians and nurses honed
the science and craft of medicine within our walls, became great and took their new expertise to places
near and far. And our community grew. The physician-scientists of UH generated breakthroughs and
cures that have touched lives the world over. And our community grew still more.
Of course, reflection means much more than looking backward. Reflection also challenges us to look
purposefully ahead. And as we look to a bright future, we invite and involve our community to continue
advancing our long-standing mutual promise. It is a promise built upon our common history
and ties, and upon the constant and passionate commitment that defines both UH and our home.
It is a shared promise in three parts:
Throughout 2014, UH and our community advanced this mutual promise. The superior care
of UH physicians, nurses and other caregivers continued to produce better patient outcomes –
and more national accolades. Yet again, U.S. News & World Report ranked UH Case Medical Center
and UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital among America’s Best Hospitals. In the suburbs,
we expanded our network by integrating and augmenting two venerated community hospitals –
UH Elyria Medical Center and UH Parma Medical Center. We strengthened our commitment to teaching
tomorrow’s physicians, nurses and other professionals. And we expressed our faith in innovating
by greatly expanding the Harrington Discovery Institute.
Another expression of this mutual promise comes from the large and growing community of UH donors.
More than 70,000 supporters have now given to our record-breaking Discover the Difference:
the Campaign for University Hospitals. This support exceeded $143 million in 2014 as we closed
in on our goal of attaining $1.5 billion by our 150th birthday in 2016.
In these pages, you’ll find some highlights from another great year. We are honored to be the hometown
health system that’s changing the world, together with you, as we embrace our enduring mission:
To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.
A L F R E D M . R A N K I N J R .
Chairman, Board of Directors
University Hospitals
T H O M A S F. Z E N T Y I I I
Chief Executive Officer
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TO ELEVATE STANDARDS
OF CARE, AT UH AND
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PATIENTS WITH THE
MOST PERSONALIZED
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TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH
PATIENT AND OUR COMMUNITY
IN DELIVERING THE
HIGHEST-QUALITY CARE

Yet one condition seemed beyond hope:
Maggie, 14, was also born deaf. She had
no cochleas – the small, snail-shaped inner-
ear bones that house the auditory nerve.
“As a parent, you want to know your
child will be safe and independent
if you’re not around to guide her,”
said Maggie’s mother, Joanne Gleason.
“To watch someone you love be shut
out of so many experiences and
opportunities can be heartbreaking.”
Then, last spring, UH ear, nose and
throat surgeon Cliff Megerian, MD,
offered a possibility to the Gleasons:
A device called an auditory brainstem
implant (ABI) might work. An ABI usually
restores hearing for adults who become
deaf from auditory-nerve damage.
Like an ear, it translates sound
waves into electrical impulses.
These signals travel from a microphone-
like processor to electrodes placed
on the brainstem, bypassing the
inner ear completely.
This operation had rarely been
tried on a child in the United States.
It would be delicate and complex,
and might not work. Yet the Gleasons
approved. So in September 2014,
UH surgeons under the direction
of Maroun Semaan, MD, performed
the 10-hour procedure.
For months, the Gleasons waited
while Maggie healed. Finally, on
Dec. 28, Maggie and her mother,
father and sister crowded into a room
at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.
Doctors turned on the device. Then Maggie’s
dad, Frank, called her name.
Maggie’s eyebrows shot up and her eyes
widened. Her smile gave confirmation:
She heard.
“I always felt I would have a lot to say
to her when the moment came,” said
Mr. Gleason, “but I was left speechless.”
Thanks to a family who has never left her
side and a team of experts who never
gave up, Maggie enjoys exploring her new
world of sound – the gurgling of running
water, the barking of her dog, Lola, and
her favorite: her dad calling her name.
Cliff Megerian, MD, is Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, UH Case Medical Center
and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; President, UH Physician Services; and holds the Richard W.
and Patricia R. Pogue Chair in Auditory Surgery and Hearing Sciences. He is also Director of the UH Ear, Nose & Throat Institute;
and Julius W. McCall Professor, School of Medicine. Maroun Semaan, MD, is Director, Otology, Neurotology, and Balance Disorders
at UH Case Medical Center, and Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine.
University Hospitals physicians,
including Maroun Semaan, MD (left),
helped 14-year-old Maggie Gleason
hear for the first time.
Millions worldwide shared her magic
moment online and you can, too.
UHHOSPITALS.ORG/MAGGIE
Maggie Gleason was born a fighter. She flatlined twice at birth. Her lungs collapsed.
Her kidneys and heart were weak. She had a cleft palate and needed a feeding tube.
The 14-year-old from Lorain, Ohio, adapted and overcame through surgery and fortitude.

Cancer
Cardiology & Heart Surgery
Diabetes & Endocrinology
Ear, Nose & Throat
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
Geriatrics
Gynecology
Nephrology
Neurology & Neurosurgery
Orthopaedics
Pulmonology
Urology
Cancer
Diabetes & Endocrinology
Neonatology
Nephrology
Neurology & Neurosurgery
Orthopaedics
Pulmonology
Urology
An auditory brainstem implant comprises a microphone-like
“audio processor” worn behind the ear, and tiny platinum electrodes
surgically placed on the brainstem. Like an ear, an ABI translates
sound waves into electrical impulses. These signals travel by wire from
the processor to the electrodes, bypassing the inner ear completely.
Lucy’s bark has come alive
for Maggie Gleason.
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University Hospitals keeps earning more national
acclaim for expertise and care quality. Case in point:
For 2014 – 15, our flagship, UH Case Medical Center,
again holds firm among “America’s Best Hospitals”
in the 2014 – 15 rankings from U.S. News & World
Report. Only a handful of other premier hospitals,
out of 5,700 nationwide, rank in the Top 50 in so
many specialties.
ADULT SPECIALTY RANKINGS
PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY RANKINGS

State and federal Medicaid reforms have opened a door to comprehensive health care for hundreds of thousands
of Ohioans. In 2014, University Hospitals welcomed them in. The state and federal governments broadened
Medicaid’s safety net under the Affordable Care Act by extending eligibility to more than 450,000 low-income
Ohio workers. For these Ohioans, health insurance had been beyond their reach. With the reforms, it is no longer.
And more than 15,000 new enrollees chose UH for the coordinated, high-quality care they lacked. UH is helping
them understand Medicaid’s benefits, receive appropriate care to address needs and get routine preventive care.
“For many of our neighbors, health care has meant going to the emergency room, and often there are much better
ways to serve their needs,” said UH Chief Executive Officer Thomas F. Zenty III. “These Medicaid reforms will break
down barriers to care, reduce health disparities and help our neighbors become healthier and more productive.”
“If your health care is limited to going
to an ER when you’re sick, it means
you’re not getting preventive care,
and not getting the ongoing help
you need to manage your health in
a comprehensive way,” said Jane Dus,
ND, RN, Vice President and Associate
Chief Nursing Officer of Medical
Surgical Services. “And when the
emergency department fills with
nonemergency patients, it impedes
efficient care for patients who do
have emergencies.
“Unfortunately, a lot of low-income
people don’t know any other way,”
Ms. Dus added. “They’ve never had
insurance, so they avoided health care
and never learned ways to use the
system effectively. Helping them be
healthier often begins with teaching.”
The MAC is both a health clinic
and a health-education center.
When patients arrive at the Center for
Emergency Medicine, licensed medical
professionals assess their medical condition
and direct those with nonemergency
issues to the MAC next door. There,
providers tend to minor injuries and
ailments. Then they teach: how to enroll
in Medicaid or other insurance, how
to use health insurance, why a primary-
care doctor is important, how to sign
up for one, and more.
In 2014, the MAC’s first full year,
the results were impressive: It treated
almost 3,000 patients referred from
the ED, and 97 percent never returned
to the ED with nonemergency needs.
UH began planning the MAC after the
2011 shutdown of nearby Huron Hospital
and its busy emergency room caused a
20-percent spike in visits to UH’s Center
for Emergency Medicine. Many came for
minor issues; of those, few saw a doctor
regularly. Then, only a few months after
the MAC opened in late 2013, more than
450,000 low-income Ohio workers became
newly eligible for Medicaid under the
Affordable Care Act. In 2014, about
15,000 of them chose UH, which is helping
to manage their health while reducing
inappropriate emergency-room costs.
Said UH’s Sue Blankschaen, one of the
MAC project’s architects: “We’re doing
two things. One, we’re changing the
way people access care by helping them
navigate the health care system and their
new insurance. And two, we’re changing
the ways we deliver care to meet new
needs efficiently.”
For many uninsured and low-income people, the door to a hospital’s emergency department is often the only
doorway to health care that they know. And for nonemergency care, it’s not an ideal route. That premise is the
foundation of University Hospitals Case Medical Center’s new Medical Access Clinic, or MAC.
UH’s new Medical Access Clinic saves taxpayer
dollars. Medicaid patients receive care in a low-
cost clinic instead of a high-cost ER. And studies
show that routine preventive care that the
MAC provides can detect health problems early
on, so Medicaid patients and caregivers can
contain small health issues and keep them
from becoming big problems – with big costs.
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A diagnosis of Parkinson’s
disease can strike fear in the
hearts of patients and their
loved ones and lead to many
questions. Why me? What
happens now? Where can I
turn for help? The Parkinson’s
Boot Camp™ at University
Hospitals provides answers.
The Parkinson’s Boot Camp
is a free, annual event
organized and hosted by
the UH Neurological Institute.
Its interactive workshops
teach patients and caregivers
strategies for managing the
disease. Participants learn
exercise techniques, mind and
body wellness practices and
invigorating skills to help
them manage their symptoms.
People facing similar challenges
surround and support one
another, learning that a
positive, “can-do” attitude is
often their most powerful tool.
Parkinson’s patient Bruce
Spurling and his significant
other, Dianna Balog, have
attended the Parkinson’s Boot
Camp three times and find
it invaluable. Says Balog,
“Each time we attend, we
find new information, new
inspiration and new hope
for the future.”
For more information about
the Parkinson’s Boot Camp,
call 216-983-5741 or visit
UHhospitals.org/PDBootCamp.
Laurie Duncan was relishing the
relaxation of a community chicken
barbeque on a crisp autumn
Sunday afternoon in Independence.
Then the dizzying symptoms struck.
Mrs. Duncan, 75, suddenly felt
lightheaded and weak on her left side.
Other diners recognized her stumble
as a sign of a stroke in progress.
An Independence EMS squad arrived
in minutes and promptly assured
Mrs. Duncan she would soon be in the
best hands. “You’re going to Parma,”
paramedics told her.
At University Hospitals Parma Medical
Center, John Andrefsky, MD, Medical
Director of Neurology, had been in close
touch with the paramedics and was
waiting. His stroke treatment halted the
brain attack, mitigated its impact and
spared Mrs. Duncan lingering effects.
Within days, Mrs. Duncan was
discharged. She enjoyed another
Kiwanis event with her husband
later that week. The Hinckley resident
and horse enthusiast was riding
high again. “It was like a miracle,”
Mrs. Duncan marveled.
University Hospitals moved quickly to
augment the already excellent stroke
and neurology care when it integrated
the former Parma Community General
Hospital into the UH system in 2014.
UH Neurological Institute brought to
Parma the resources, experts and
proven protocols of UH Case Medical
Center’s nationally acclaimed neurology
program. Dr. Andrefsky met with EMS
teams in nine surrounding communities
to inform them of, and train them in,
UH Neurological Institute’s enhanced
and evidence-backed stroke protocols.
UH Parma Medical Center became the 16th location at which
UH Neurological Institute offers close-to-home access to nationally
renowned specialists in stroke care and 13 other neurological and
neurosurgery subspecialties. “This is a real plus for our patients,”
Dr. Andrefsky said, “and a tangible benefit of their community
hospital becoming part of UH.”
– Laurie Duncan, patient, UH Parma Medical Center
JOHN ANDREVSKY, MD
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“I’m not going to make it,” the young
father of two whispered to his bride.
“I love you. Tell the girls I love them, too.
I’m so sorry I won’t be there for you.”
Then, within seconds, he wasn’t.
His breathing stopped. His heart
stopped. The EKG line went flat.
The 41-year-old railroad worker
from Ashtabula was dead.
But his care team wouldn’t let
him stay that way.
The UH nurses and doctors,
the Conneaut firefighters and the
waiting MedEvac helicopter’s flight
crew took turns pounding a CPR
rhythm into Mr. DeWalt’s lifeless chest.
Over and over, they jolted him with a
defibrillator. Over and over, they forced
puffs of air into his flaccid lungs.
For five minutes. Six minutes.
Seven minutes.
Mr. DeWalt’s panic-striken wife
sobbed and prayed.
“Oh, Lord,” Jodee DeWalt cried inside.
“I can’t deal with this – he needs to
come back!”
Then, almost impossibly, he did.
Seven minutes and 30 seconds after
full cardiac arrest, the beeping resumed.
Mr. DeWalt’s heart was alive again.
The transport team whisked him
outside to the chopper, and they
barreled through the air to UH Case
Medical Center. Interventional
cardiologist David Zidar, MD, and a
team of heart experts were waiting.
Dr. Zidar guided a wispy catheter
through Mr. DeWalt’s arteries and
to his heart. The left main artery
was completely blocked –
a surprising revelation.
“That’s lethal,” Dr. Zidar said.
“Most people die of that before
they ever make it to the hospital.”
Mr. DeWalt was among those who
died – and yet he was an exception.
The doctor inflated a tiny balloon
at the catheter’s tip. He slipped in a
stent to permanently open the artery.
At such moments, Dr. Zidar says,
“there is a peace that is palpable.”
“This is the exact reason a lot of us
go into interventional cardiology,”
he said. “It’s a magical transformation
when you go from a patient having
a massive heart attack to having the
artery open and the patient can take a
breath and their chest pain goes away.”
Mike DeWalt squeezed his wife’s hand one last time before he died. There wasn’t much time left –
everything was going dark. His heart attack was massive, and he could feel his body shutting down.
His time to say goodbye came on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in the Emergency Department at
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center.
MIKE DEWALT AND DAVID ZIDAR, MD
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Mr. DeWalt spent the three days of
Easter weekend coming more fully
back to life.
“Everyone knew what they were
doing so well that it just instilled
this feeling that, ‘Hey, I’m going to
make it through this,’” he recalled.
“Every single person along the way –
the doctors, the nurses, the guy who
came into my room to empty my
garbage – gave me such reassurance.
I knew I was in the right place.
“So did my dad. He had a heart
attack six years ago and went to
[another large area hospital], and
he was amazed by how much better
everything was at UH. He kept
saying, ‘Son, you are lucky to be
in this place.’”
By Tuesday, Mr. DeWalt was home.
In the ensuing weeks, rehabilitation
staff at UH Conneaut Medical Center
coaxed him to recovery.
The “high surgical risk” label
is losing power as a barrier to
heart-valve repair at University
Hospitals Harrington Heart &
Vascular Institute. High-risk
patients routinely undergo
lifesaving valve replacements at
UH – even while wide awake
and talking with the doctors
working on them. Aortic valve
failure is among the most
common and critical heart
problems among seniors.
Open-heart surgery has been a
solution. But for many patients,
it is too risky, leaving a grim
prognosis. Now, a fast-emerging
option at UH called transcatheter
aortic valve replacement, or TAVR,
is making risky repairs routine.
Our TAVR specialists are among
the nation’s most experienced.
They insert a catheter into a leg
artery and snake it up to the
heart to implant an artificial valve.
UH’s experts pioneered a way
to operate on fully conscious
patients using only light
anesthesia and relaxing sedatives.
And patients are typically home
– pain-free – in a couple days,
instead of weeks.
Today, he says, he can do everything he did before.
“Our hearts,” he said, “are filled with gratitude.”
David Zidar, MD, is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

As the mother of a medically fragile
daughter, she spent countless hours
in hospitals and doctors’ offices.
This deep experience with complex
health care – good and bad – turned
Mrs. Blackburn into a champion for
patients and their families.
Today, she invests her passion,
experience and expertise into
reshaping health care around patients’
and families’ needs as University
Hospitals’ first Principal Advisor
of Patient and Family Engagement.
In her pioneering role, she’s showing
patients, families and caregivers
how to be a winning team.
Most people find their careers. Chrissie Blackburn’s found her.
“The most important thing a hospital
can do for a patient,” Mrs. Blackburn
said, “is to positively partner with
them and their family.”
Her journey began in San Diego
in 2007, when daughter Lily was
born with an extremely rare and
complex disorder that caused a
host of physical malformations.
Surgeries and checkups became a
family routine. As the list of specialists
and appointments grew, so did the
practical and emotional challenges
of coordinating Lily’s care. Too often,
the system seemed to be designed
around hospitals and doctors,
instead of patients. There had to
be better ways, Mrs. Blackburn
knew, and she set out to find them.
The Blackburns moved back
home so Lily could receive care
at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s
Hospital. Looking for support,
Mrs. Blackburn joined Rainbow’s
Family Advisory Council. There she
found families addressing similar
challenges with hospital leaders
committed to finding solutions.
That fueled her passion.
“I dove in head first, joining
national councils and researching
the many efforts and best practices
emerging in health care quality,”
Mrs. Blackburn recalled.
She went from student to instructor,
building a national reputation as
an advocate for patient engagement
and caregiver empathy. Her expertise
and charisma impressed UH senior
leaders, who created a new role for
Mrs. Blackburn. Now, she’s creating
systems that encourage patients,
their families and their caregivers to
collaborate around the lessons of
teamwork and communication that
she has learned and lived.
“Lily is my experience, my strength
and my hope,” Mrs. Blackburn said.
“She is the reason why I am doing
everything today to improve health
care for patients and families
tomorrow.”
Dealing with daughter
Lily’s complex care needs
inspired Chrissie Blackburn
to become a nationally
known advocate for patient
engagement. “Lily,” she says,
“is the reason why I am
doing everything today
to improve care for patients
and families tomorrow.”
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University Hospitals Connor Integrative
Medicine Network helps caregivers take
care of themselves so they can take
better care of our patients. Since 2012,
the Connor Network has hosted the
Dan and Linda Rocker Silverberg Heal
the Healer Symposium for physicians,
nurses and other health care providers.
UH experts and guest speakers led
conversations ranging from maintaining
healthy muscles – crucial in a field like
Westside residents now have
University Hospitals care closer to home.
UH expanded in 2014 by adding two
deep-rooted community hospitals –
UH Parma and UH Elyria medical centers –
to the UH family. UH fortified the new
additions by investing heavily into
broadened expertise and resources.
For instance, UH brought the advanced
specialty care of UH Seidman Cancer
Center and UH Neurological Institute to
UH Parma Medical Center, and added
16 new physicians. At UH Elyria Medical
Center, UH recruited 35 new physicians in
specialties from breast surgery to pediatric
nursing – to using mindfulness to avoid
burnout. In 2014, speakers included
the Connor Network’s Medical Director,
Francoise Adan, MD, and U.S. Rep.
Tim Ryan, who has earned an international
reputation for authoring a book on
mindfulness. Attendees said they
appreciated a day of massage, guided
imagery and yoga to keep themselves
strong and flexible, in body and mind.
And word is spreading of the event’s
benefits (which also include continuing-
medical-education credits): Some 100
caregivers attended the first year;
by 2014, the crowd for the sold-out
event surpassed 350.
pulmonology; and brought trusted
Rainbow Pediatric Emergency Services to
the hospital and affiliated health centers
in Amherst and Avon. Other expansion
investments include UH Fairlawn Health
Center in 2014; and two service points
coming in 2016: UH Broadview Heights
Health Center, and a UH Rehabilitation
Hospital in Avon. Said Richard A. Hanson,
President of UH Community Hospitals and
Ambulatory Network: “We’re growing
and transforming our system to serve more
patients in more places and in more ways
than ever.”
University Hospitals keeps making it easier to partner with providers and manage
your health through the power of technology. MyUHCare, your Personal Health Record,
allows you to view your X-ray and lab test results, request prescription refills and message
your doctor’s office using your computer, tablet or smartphone. On-site concierges at
UH locations across the region make appointment scheduling simple. And UH is investing
heavily into expanding telehealth access, so that for many needs, you’ll be able to visit
“face to face” with a UH provider, wherever you are. We’re meeting the needs of our
patients and customers with secure, convenient connections.

Innovation goes far beyond inventing
drugs, devices or technologies,
says Dr. Costa, UH Vice President
and Chief Innovation Officer.
Innovating can also mean making
a work environment more efficient
so nurses can spend more time with
patients. It can mean making a process
more cost-effective and human.
It can mean finding new ways
to help patients manage chronic
disease so they don’t wind up in
an emergency room. It shouldn’t
take a genius to come up with
health care improvements, he says.
“All University Hospitals employees
should feel that they are innovators,”
contended Dr. Costa, a globally
renowned cardiology expert and the
Angela & James Hambrick Master
Clinician in Innovation at UH. “I want
to inspire potential innovators to make
a difference – our 25,000 employees
and our entire community.”
He vows to foster an innovative
culture by bringing together people
from diverse backgrounds, getting
them talking about their challenges,
and making ideas collide and spark.
“We can stimulate innovation
by breaking down internal and
external barriers,” Dr. Costa said.
“Innovation is the intersection of
different disciplines. Creativity,
ideas, research – all are ingredients.”
However, ideas in themselves are not
innovation, he added. “To go from
concept to innovation and to create
vaIue, you need execution. Innovation
demands discipline and teamwork.”
Dr. Costa brings considerable personal
innovation experience to his new role.
He holds several patents in the fields
of stem-cell therapy, optical coherence
tomography and medical-device
development. He is on track to earn
an MBA from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology this spring.
“Marco epitomizes the ideal of a
global physician-scientist who is,
at heart, an innovator,” said UH
Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey H.
Peters, MD. “He combines a scientific
mindset with creativity to achieve
extraordinary results.”
MARCO COSTA, MD, PHD: UH’S CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER
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It’s time to break the limits on what we think of
as innovation, says the new crusader of innovation
at University Hospitals, Marco A. Costa, MD, PhD.
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“Even those of us who are the most
optimistic about the Harrington
Discovery Institute’s promise were
delightfully surprised at how far it
advanced in 2014,” said its Director,
Jonathan Stamler, MD.
University Hospitals, Dr. Stamler
and the philanthropic family of Ron
and Nancy Harrington founded the
Harrington Discovery Institute in 2012.
It began with $50 million from the
Harringtons and a dream: to accelerate
the development of new drugs from
concept to marketplace.
Among the big 2014 news:
• The Harrington Discovery Institute
went international with the Oxford
agreement. Crohn’s researcher
Alison Simmons, MD, PhD, is the
first Oxford-Harrington Scholar.
• Ohio Third Frontier, the state’s
leading-edge economic-
development agency, pledged
up to $25 million to help the
Harrington Discovery Institute
launch Ohio biotech firms.
• The Foundation Fighting Blindness
and its Chair, Gordon Gund,
joined with the Harrington
Discovery Institute to create the
National Center for Excellence
in Fighting Blindess, a Gund-
Harrington Initiative based at UH.
It will provide $50 million to
support up to 30 physician-scientists
doing research toward treatments
for blindness.
• Physician-scientists receiving
Harrington Discovery Institute
support launched the
initiative’s second and third
biotechnology firms.
The nonprofit Harrington Discovery
Institute now supports more than
30 physician-scientists around the
country with development grants.
Its Innovation Support Center connects
them to Harrington Discovery Institute’s
own pharma team of expert drug
developers. And they can seek further
support from BioMotiv, a mission-
aligned for-profit business accelerator
that launches companies for Harrington
Scholars. Together under the umbrella
of The Harrington Project for Discovery
Development, these components
represent a $250 million commitment
to advancing breakthrough discoveries
into new medicines for patients.
“We had a great year of achieving
goals in 2014,” said Mr. Harrington.
“Yet there is much work left to be done.
With so many patients waiting for help,
we have to keep improving.”
Alison Simmons, MD, PhD, is the first physician-scientist outside of the U.S.
to earn drug-development support from the Harrington Discovery Institute.
A 2014 agreement with the University of Oxford made the initiative an
international one.
A physician-scientist at Oxford University in England is developing a first-of-its-kind therapy
for Crohn’s disease with support from University Hospitals, 3,700 miles and an ocean away.
This international collaboration reflects just one of many happenings in the breakout year
of 2014 for the Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio –
part of The Harrington Project for Discovery and Development.
Jonathan Stamler, MD, is the Robert S. and Sylvia K. Reitman Family Foundation Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Innovation at UH Case Medical Center
and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and Director of the Institute for Transformative Molecular Medicine at UH Case Medical Center and

Guilherme Attizzani, MD,
and Alan Markowitz, MD,
again advanced the University
Hospitals Harrington Heart
Vascular Institute’s growing
reputation for pioneering
lifesaving procedures in 2014
when they became the first
in the U.S. to perform a new
type of minimally invasive
heart-valve replacement.
It offers bright hope for a bleak
problem: Surgically repaired
mitral valves sometimes fail,
and a second surgery can be
highly risky. Drs. Attizzani and
Markowitz insert a catheter
through a 2-inch chest incision
to install an artificial valve.
Patients are typically walking
within 24 hours and home
in about four days, instead
of several weeks.
Stanton Gerson, MD,
extended his long track record
of innovation in 2014 with
another advance in the care of
the deadly brain cancer called
glioblastoma. Building on his
basic research at Case Western
Reserve University School of
Medicine, he discovered in a
clinical trial that patients’
outcomes improved when he
supplemented chemotherapy
with stem cells boosted with a
strong DNA-repairing protein
called MGMT. Dr. Gerson
is Director of UH Seidman
Cancer Center and Case
Comprehensive Cancer Center.
For 30 years, he has studied
ways to improve chemotherapy’s
effects on both cancer cells
and healthy stem cells.
Today, his discoveries extend
lives worldwide. “Innovative
progress in medicine is never
linear,” said Dr. Gerson.
“That’s why it’s exciting.”
Jonathan Miller, MD, and his
colleagues at UH Neurological
Institute are solving problems
at brain surgery’s outer frontiers.
Their tools include computer-
linked brain implants that treat
movement disorders, mental
illness and someday, perhaps,
even paralysis. “The opportunities
that are opening up to us today
are just breathtaking as we gain
knowledge and insight and refine
technology,” said Dr. Miller,
Director of the Functional
Restorative Neurosurgery Center
at UH Case Medical Center.
Dr. Miller is a pioneer in the use
of deep brain stimulation (DBS).
He and DBS program Director
Benjamin Walter, MD, are using
it to treat Tourette’s syndrome,
epilepsy, bipolar disorder and
traumatic brain injury.
Pankaj Gupta, MD, MS,
introduced a revolutionary
eye-surgery technique in 2014
that restores vision and ends
misery for patients such as
John Barsa of Parma. Mr. Barsa,
73, says he was in near-
constant pain and “blind as
a bat” because of a condition
that swelled and blistered
his corneas. Then Dr. Gupta
delicately transplanted a sheet
of cornea cells about 1/100th
of the thickness of a dime in
an operation called Descemet
membrane endothelial
keratoplasty, or DMEK.
The difference from before to
after “is like night and day,”
said Mr. Barsa. DMEK usually
offers better results and quicker
recovery. “It’s probably one
of the best things that we
can do for our patients,”
Dr. Gupta said.
Drs. Attizzani, Markowitz, Gerson, Miller, Gupta,
Little and Huang are all proud faculty members of
“It’s so fulfilling to use
this innovation to offer
these high-risk patients
the opportunity of a
better quality of life.”
– Guilherme Attizzani, MD
Guilherme Attizzani, MD
Jonathan Miller, MD Pankaj Gupta, MD, MS
Stanton Gerson, MDAlan Markowitz, MD

Jane Little, MD, is co-developing
a biochip that is tiny in size,
but huge in its potential
to revolutionize the care of
sickle cell disease. Little and
co-developer Umut Gurkan, PhD,
of Case Western Reserve University,
hope their chip becomes the
basis for a simple finger-prick
blood test to predict sickle
cell disease’s excruciating and
potentially organ-damaging
attacks. “If we can better
understand and anticipate
attacks,” Dr. Little explained,
“patients may be able to seek
treatment to reduce pain and
damage.” They’ve begun a
clinical trial. Dr. Little is Director
of the Sickle Cell Anemia Center
at UH Seidman Cancer Center.
Dr. Gurkan, who conceived
the chip’s technology, leads the
university’s Biomanufacturing and
Microfabrication Laboratory.
UH’s donor community and our affiliation with Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine are catalysts for innovation. At UH Case Medical Center,
Dr. Miller is the George R. and Constance P. Lincoln Master Clinician in Memory Loss
and Behavioral Outcomes; Dr. Markowitz is the Marcella (Dolly) Haugh Chair in
Valvular Surgery; and Dr. Huang is Theresia G. Stuart F. Kline Family Foundation
Chair in Pediatric Oncology. At the School of Medicine, Dr. Attizzani is Clinical
Assistant Professor, Medicine; Dr. Markowitz is Assistant Clinical Professor, Surgery;
Dr. Gerson is Asa and Patrick Shiverick – Jane Shiverick (Tripp) Professor of
Hematological Oncology; Dr. Miller is Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery;
Dr. Gupta is Clinical Instructor, Ophthalmology; Dr. Little is Associate Professor,
Medicine; and Dr. Huang is Associate Professor of both Pediatrics and Pathology.
University Hospitals Case Medical Center is the
primary affiliate of Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine, a national leader in medical
research and education and consistently ranked
among the top research medical schools in the country
by U.S. News World Report. Through their faculty
appointments at Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine, physicians at UH Case Medical Center
advance medical care through innovative research
and discovery that bring the latest treatment options
to patients.
Alex Y. Huang, MD, PhD,
heard skeptical snickers a couple
decades ago when he told
graduate-school colleagues he
would focus on activating the
human immune system to fight
cancer. Today, Dr. Huang hears
applause. His discoveries at the
Angie Fowler Adolescent
Young Adult Cancer Institute at
UH Rainbow Babies Children’s
Hospital are attracting global
attention. Dr. Huang is raising
hope among patients, parents
and peers worldwide for new
ways to treat cancer without
toxic chemotherapy drugs and
radiation. “Cancer cells fool
our immune systems by sending
signals that they are friend,
not foe,” said Dr. Huang.
“Our challenge is to alert the
immune system to this deception
so it recognizes and attacks
cancer cells.”
At any given time, more than 700 clinical studies are
under way at UH Case Medical Center. Just a few of
our many engines of innovation are:
• UH Harrington Heart Vascular Institute’s Research
Innovation Center, where more than 70 faculty,
physicians and staff are conducting $21 million in
research into new therapies using devices, drugs and
our own bodies’ processes.
• UH Seidman Cancer Center and two of its newest
knowledge centers: The Kathy and Les Coleman
Clinical Research Center and the Linda and Les Vinney
Biorepository and Genomics Facility.
• The Philips Healthcare Global Advanced Imaging
Innovation Center and Case Center for Imaging
Research, where we are developing new technologies
and techniques to see inside the human body.
• The Angie Fowler Adolescent Young Adult
Cancer Institute, where we are exploring new
frontiers for a large and underserved segment
of the cancer community.
University Hospitals is advancing standards of
care for patients worldwide through clinical research,
innovation and our affiliation with Case Western
Reserve University School of Medicine.
Alex Huang, MD
Umut Gurkan, PhD Jane Little, MD

Coaches closely watch Cleveland
Browns football players as they
burst off the line, charge through
the backfield and collide. It seems
the coaches see all.
In reality, they don’t. Coaches
cannot always see fatigue.
They cannot see when an athlete
crosses the “overtraining” threshold
and becomes prone to injury
or illness. Coaches cannot truly
measure work – the precise output
needed to reach peak physical
condition without injury.
However, satellites can – satellites
and software and UH sports-medicine
specialist James Voos, MD.
Dr. Voos is head team physician
of the Cleveland Browns. He and
Browns Head Trainer Joe Sheehan
and their staff use advanced global-
positioning-satellite technology
and breakthrough biometrics to
measure and improve hidden but
vital variables in player performance.
The GPS system tracks tags
attached to Browns players and
measures movement – acceleration,
deceleration, change of direction,
leaping – 100 times each second.
Other sensors track heart rate and
other biomarkers. All of this data
feeds into sophisticated software.
Medical and training staffs analyze
the information to reveal where
performance peaks – and find the
tipping points where performance
breaks down into fatigue and injury.
The GPS system is just one of
many space-age tools the UH team
is employing under a 10-year
partnership between UH and the
Browns – the team’s only sponsor
relationship that will help players
perform better on the field.
Some are so innovative that
they are closely guarded secrets.
“We’re creating the next generation
of sports medicine by pioneering
ways to maximize performance
safely,” Dr. Voos declared. “In a
league where every player is an
elite athlete, having the most fit
and injury-free athletes can be the
difference that makes champions.”
Dr. Voos and his team of experts
understand that amateur athletes
want peak performance, too.
So they’ll share knowledge with
physicians, trainers and athletes
at every level.
“Through science and experience,”
Dr. Voos explained, “we learn
lessons that apply to pros, and
we translate it to help college
programs, athletic kids, and active
adults who are 10K runners
or cyclists.”
James Voos, MD, is the Jack and Mary Herrick
Endowed Director of Sports Medicine at UH,
Director of Sports Medicine at UH Case Medical Center,
and Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedics at
University Hospitals is the Official Health Care Partner of the Cleveland Browns.
A complete lineup of medical and surgical specialists at UH Case Medical Center
covers every aspect of the team’s health care needs.
James Voos, MD, Cleveland Browns Head Team Physician

The science keeps getting clearer: Concussions can cause long-term
harm. Even worse, suffering a second concussion before fully
recovering from the first can be catastrophic – even fatal. So UH’s
Concussion Program has introduced a free testing regimen that
determines when it’s safe for a concussion-affected athlete to resume
normal sport activity and risk. UH has made this test available at
no cost to protect high-school, college and professional athletes
from “second-impact syndrome.” Before a sports season begins,
UH caregivers administer the test to athletes to measure their normal
attention span, memory, reaction time and mental processing speed.
Those who suffer a concussion repeat the test after a recovery period.
Caregivers can compare that score to the athlete’s preconcussion
baseline to help determine recovery progress and readiness to
resume activity. Said initiative leader Christopher Bailey, PhD,
a UH neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor of Neurology at
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine: “Playing sports
is healthy and fun, as long as we recognize and manage risks.”
For amateur sports teams and
events all across Northeast Ohio,
team physicians and certified
athletic trainers from University
Hospitals help keep players
on the ball and in the game
by preventing, treating and
rehabilitating injuries. UH and the
teams we serve share one goal:
safe, healthy and fun competition.
From off-season planning to
post-championship-game ice-
downs, our professionals prepare
young athletes for the rigors of
competition, protect them from
injury and tend to those who still
get hurt. Case Western Reserve
University, Lake Erie College,
Ursuline College and 21 area
high schools count on UH,
and our pros oversee participant
safety at sporting events ranging
from the Junior Olympics to the
Senior Games.

Nathan Levitan, MD
“UH has brilliant role models. If you experience the best of the best
at a young age, it changes you for the rest of your life. There’s a whole
mindset that goes with it, because once you’ve seen it, you have the
perspective of what is possible to accomplish.” – Jeffrey H. Peters, MD
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER JEFFREY H. PETERS, MD
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That’s why Jeffrey H. Peters, MD,
eagerly accepted when University
Hospitals invited him to become
Chief Operating Officer. He saw
UH rising as a leader in health care
reinvention at a time when the nation
so greatly needed such leadership.
“I wanted to be on the forefront, and
in the crucible of health care change and
innovation,” said Dr. Peters, formerly
Chairman of the Department of
Surgery at the University of Rochester.
The velocity of change in health care in
recent years has been unprecedented.
Medical care is moving away from
hospital-centered care and toward
integrated systems of inpatient and
outpatient providers, such as UH.
Providers must do more with less.
Payments from government and private
insurers increasingly depend on value
– good patient outcomes at lower cost
– instead of on the volume of tests and
procedures. Consumers also have more
choice now, and are likely to shop for
health care based on price and provider
reputation. They make those decisions
using information technology that
didn’t even exist five years ago.
Yet amid these challenges,
health systems also have tools and
opportunities to help people stay
healthy and improve care quality.
Dr. Peters’ priority since joining UH
in January 2014 has been to unify
and integrate providers across the entire
system around the goals of seamless
care for every patient, at every point
in life. “That means better care, and
better experiences, through innovation,”
he said.
Dr. Peters entered medicine on the cusp
of an earlier revolution. He finished his
residency as a surgeon in the late 1980s,
during the shift from traditional to
minimally invasive surgery.
“Circumstances can dictate your life as
much as anything else, and the beginning
of minimally invasive surgery as I began
my surgical career transformed my path,”
said Dr. Peters.
Another transformational influence on
his career path is excellence. During his
surgical residency at The Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Dr. Peters saw the power
of being surrounded by greatness.
Excellence breeds excellence, and that
form of momentum is growing at UH.
“Now, as the health care revolution
unfolds, we at UH have the community
of expertise and resources to be
a global influencer,” Dr. Peters said.
“For me, and for all of us, this is an
opportunity to plant seeds that will
bear fruit for generations.”
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Insightful leaders know that the most effective way to inspire
powerful change is to do it from a strong and prominent platform.

She transforms the demands of
her inner voice into motivation and
remarkable achievements. Born a
Pennsylvania coal miner’s daughter,
Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew launched a
career in health care and public
service as a nurse. While working,
she earned a bachelor’s degree in
nursing. Then, with her husband’s
support, she enlisted in the U.S. Navy
to attend medical school and became
an OB/GYN. Along the way, she
earned master’s degrees in education
and international affairs and raised
three children.
Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew recalls a moment
of clarity that helped her sort through
her wide array of interests to identify
and pursue her mission.
“I was trying to find myself – where
I was going to be most comfortable
and where I thought I could make
the most significant impact – and
found my niche in medicine,” she
recalled. “But what tipped me over
the edge was the desire to build a
career around global health education,
here and across the great water,
to help those less fortunate.”
Today, from a base at University
Hospitals MacDonald Women’s
Hospital, Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew
is a medical missionary. As a UH
clinician and an Associate Professor
at Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine, she dedicates
herself to the reproductive health
of underserved women across
Northeast Ohio. And the global-
health residency she created, called
WONDOOR, is a humanitarian program
that elevates health care in some of
the world’s most impoverished countries.
Pronounced “one door,” WONDOOR
stands for Women and Neonates,
Diversity, Opportunity, Outreach and
Research. It exists because highly
preventable causes in the developing
world still claim the lives of millions
of newborns, and the mortality rate
for pregnant women and new mothers
is 235 times higher than in the
developed world. WONDOOR is one
of only four programs in the country
that offers intense residency training
programs specifically focusing on the
care of women in such areas.
“We need to make some changes right
here in our own backyard,” she said.
“But I clearly understand we are part of
a bigger picture.”
For a woman known for an abundance of gentle compassion,
Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, can be pretty demanding – of herself:
“I’ve always told myself, ‘You can do more – there’s so much left to do.’”
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America and its health care
system have much to gain
by healing disparities in care
and outcomes, says Margaret
Larkins-Pettigrew, MD. She is
helping University Hospitals
to continue its own journey
toward equity as the Edgar B.
Jackson Jr., MD Chair of Clinical
Excellence and Diversity.
Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew was named
the Jackson Chair in 2014.
UH created the position a decade
earlier as the first endowed
permanent staff position in
an academic medical center in
the United States established
to promote diversity of academic
faculty. It honors Edgar B.
Jackson Jr., MD, Chief of Staff
Emeritus and longtime advisor
to UH senior leadership.
UH earned more honors in
2014 for leadership in diversity
and inclusion, such as:
• No. 1 ranking among
U.S. health systems
from DiversityInc
• American Hospital
Association Health
Equity Award finalist
• 2014 Healthcare
Equality Index Leader
designation from the
Human Rights Campaign
The Jackson Chair, said
UH CEO Thomas F. Zenty III,
“reflects UH’s leadership
in diversity. Yet it’s also
an acknowledgement that
we’re committed to further
improvement.”
“I was trying to find myself – where I was going to be most comfortable
and where I thought I could make the most significant impact –
and found my niche in medicine,” she recalled. “But what tipped me over
the edge was the desire to build a career around global health education,
here and across the great water, to help those less fortunate.”

When a MedEvac helicopter arrived at UH Rainbow Babies
Children’s Hospital last fall, it delivered a 4-month-old baby
and a rare mystery.
You and your family will find Northeast Ohio’s finest pediatric care under one Rainbow
all across our home region, with more than 100 service points – including our community’s
cherished UH Rainbow Babies Children’s Hospital in Cleveland.
200-plus Rainbow primary care pediatricians and family medicine doctors
70 Rainbow routine-care locations
13 Rainbow Specialty Care Clinics
12 Pediatric emergency service locations
7 UH Rainbow Urgent Care locations
5 Pediatric surgery locations
3 Pediatric inpatient care locations
3 After-hours care locations
The baby, Ezra Wilms, struggled
to swallow and breathe, and his cry
was getting weaker. His parents were
alarmed. So was Ezra’s pediatrician,
who urgently summoned the UH
chopper to Brecksville.
At Rainbow’s Pediatric Intensive Care
Unit, Veera Allareddy, MD, examined
Ezra and ran more tests. Then, as he
spoke at length to Ezra’s mother, Jess
Wilms, an idea came. Dr. Allareddy
consulted with PICU colleague Steven
L. Shein, MD, and proposed a long
shot: Could it be infant botulism?
The entire United States sees fewer
than 100 infant cases a year of
this potentially deadly condition.
Rare bacterial spores in soil or
honey cause it; once swallowed,
the bacteria multiply and produce
a paralyzing toxin.
As rare as the condition is,
Dr. Allareddy had extensive experience
treating it in his native India and
Dr. Shein had encountered it in
training. Their uncommon experience
– a reflection of Rainbow’s deep and
diverse staff – made them confident
in the diagnosis. They knew that the
California Department of Public Health
(CDPH) had the antibody. Yet they did
not have the hard confirmation that
the CDPH typically requires. That could
take a day or more – and time was
running short: Ezra was deteriorating,
requiring both a feeding tube and a
ventilator. So the team broke convention
and made their case. The medication
arrived the next morning. “From there,”
said Ezra’s dad, Brett Wilms, “it was
nothing but recovery.”
Physical therapy helped Ezra get back
on track, crawling well and playing
Matchbox cars with his 3-year-old
brother, Conrad. “His turnaround has
been great,” his mom, Jess, says.
“We have our happy, healthy baby again.
We were so fortunate to be at a
teaching hospital like Rainbow, with
people from all around the world.
The collaboration and expertise there
really made all the difference for us.”
Comes Through for Infant
with Rare Condition

UH nurses added more national
accolades in 2014. Our Marcy R.
Horvitz Pediatric Emergency
Center at UH Rainbow Babies
Children’s Hospital is among
only 17 emergency departments
nationwide to earn the Emergency
Nurses Association’s Lantern
Award for leadership, practice,
education, advocacy and research.
Lerner Tower 6 nurses earned
the 2014 Gold Beacon Award for
Excellence, considered nursing’s
highest honor.
“National organizations keep
reaffirming what we at UH know
so well: Our nurses meet the
profession’s highest standards
for excellent, compassionate care.
The honors reflect on all UH
nurses and our commitment to
our patients, families and mission.”
– Catherine S. Koppelman, RN,
MSN, UH Chief Nursing and
Patient Experience Officer
KIM SCHIPPITS, RN, PHD,
ENDOWED DIRECTOR
OF NURSING EDUCATION,
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
UH’S NEW DIRECTOR
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“The evidence is very strong for that,”
says Kim Schippits, RN, PhD, who is
the Marian Michael Shaughnessy
Endowed Director of Nursing Education
at University Hospitals. “Investing in
your staff is crucial and research has
consistently demonstrated this.”
The connection between quality and
education is the reason UH is doing
more than ever to help nurses keep
learning and improving their skills.
One example is the creation in 2014
of the endowed director position,
and the appointment of Dr. Schippits
as the first to fill it.
Health care is changing rapidly, and
the demands on nurses have never
been greater. By many estimates,
health care knowledge doubles every
18 months. Technological advances –
electronic medical records, or those
that create work flow efficiencies –
affect what nurses do each day at
patients’ bedsides.
So UH Chief Nursing Officer and Patient
Experience Officer Catherine S. Koppelman,
RN, MSN, and UH Case Medical Center
board member Marian Shaughnessy,
RN, MSN, devised the position to help
nurses grow into new responsibilities.
Mrs. Shaughnessy and her husband, Michael,
provided a $1.25 million gift to endow it.
“Nurses have a profound impact on the lives
of many patients,” said Mrs. Shaughnessy,
a longtime nurse, nurse manager and
clinical instructor. “Delivering high-caliber
nursing care is accomplished by continually
enhancing nursing knowledge, skill sets
and competencies across the system.
Professional growth and development
are the overarching pillars of nursing.”
Dr. Schippits is creating evidence-based
programs to keep UH’s 3,000 nurses
current on nursing best practices. She will
emphasize critical thinking, effective
communication, and collaboration and
teamwork. She’ll also influence the ways
UH teaches and prepares new generations
of student nurses who receive hands-on
training in the UH system.
“Nurses are more important than they
have ever been,” Dr. Schippits said.
“That’s why it’s more important than ever
that we enable our nurses to keep learning,
evolving and improving.”
It’s an equation as simple as it is true:
A highly educated nursing staff leads to better patient outcomes.

UH and Standley are deeply immersed in initiatives to uplift Greater University Circle neighborhoods and the region.
Said Cleveland Foundation President and CEO Ronald B. Richard: “He is a passionate believer in Cleveland and its citizens,
and there’s no question our community is stronger due to his impressive civic leadership.”
ANTIBIOTIC-FREE MEAT
UH is purchasing antibiotic-
free ground beef, burger patties
and chicken for our retail
cafeterias, patient meals and
catering. Here’s the reason:
Overuse of antibiotics in
livestock has caused bacteria
to adapt and become resistant.
Antibiotic-resistant strains now
flourish, causing problems in
health care and agriculture.
By buying meat raised without
unnecessary antibiotics, UH helps
to slow the emergence of new
antibiotic-resistant strains.
HEALTHY UH INTERIORS
Many furniture makers use
chemicals that can be toxic to
human health and diminish indoor
air quality. UH is consciously
working with our suppliers to
choose furnishings that are free
of harmful chemicals. Our efforts
earned UH recognition as a leader
within the Healthier Hospitals
Initiative. The initiative’s 2014
national benchmark report held
UH up as a standard-setter.
IMPROVING OUR MOVING
130 UH employees participated in the
National Bike Challenge in 2014. By using
bikes more often instead of driving,
the participants collectively burned
more than 1.4 million calories – the
equivalent of 400 pounds of fat – and
avoided more than 15,000 pounds of
motor-vehicle emissions. That’s the
equivalent to driving a car two-thirds
of the way around the globe. We’re
also promoting mass-transit options
for our employees at UH Case Medical
Center. Our efforts earned Bronze-level
honors in the Northeast Ohio Area
Coordinating Agency’s inaugural
Commuter Choice Awards.
Only 144 companies worldwide
earned this honor. It recognizes
principled business practices
that drive success, benefit the
community and set an example.
University Hospitals earned a place as one of
the world’s most ethical companies for 2014,
as named by the Ethisphere Institute, an independent
research center that promotes best practices in
corporate ethics and governance.
Chief Administrative Officer Steven D. Standley’s
“innovative and creative spirit” as UH’s leading civic
ambassador earned him the Cleveland Foundation’s
prestigious Homer C. Wadsworth Award in 2014.
University Hospitals earned 15 Environmental Excellence Awards in 2014 from Practice Greenhealth, a leading national
organization promoting health care sustainability. Here are just a few UH sustainability highlights from 2014:

PATIENT CARE 2013 1
2014
Outpatient procedures 7,723,987 8,017,981
Physician visits 2,125,084 2,168,816
Emergency Department visits 332,769 349,462
Urgent Care visits 75,727 76,561
Unique patients seen 865,588 923,081
Registered beds 2,471 2,471

DISCHARGES
Acute 85,616 86,821
Post-acute 1,537 1,436
Newborns 6,653 6,949
Total 93,806 95,206

SURGICAL CASES
Inpatient 24,014 25,091
Outpatient 59,530 58,838
Total 83,544 83,929
1
2013 Financial and statistical data have been restated to include UH Parma and UH Elyria medical centers
2
2014 amount is a preliminary estimate; 2013 amount was updated to agree to the final 2013 IRS Form 990 report
3
Includes providers at UH-owned practices, plus residents, fellows and allied-health providers
4
Includes CNP, CNS, MD, DDS, DO, PhD and DMD at the medical centers and UH Lyndhurst Surgery Center
5
Joint-venture providers may contain duplicate UH providers

Note: Statistical data exclude joint-venture activity (St. John Medical Center, Southwest General Health Center and UH Rehabilitation Hospital)

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 2013 1
2014
Total operating revenues $2.78 billion $2.94 billion
Operating income $67.4 million $84.6 million
Community benefit2
$274 million $270 million

EDUCATION
Residents and fellows in training 1,008 1,025
Residency training programs 102 118

RESEARCH
CWRU School of Medicine $92 million $92 million
basic science research
CWRU clinical and $116 million $106 million
translational research
Total sponsored research funding $208 million $198 million
to CWRU School of Medicine
(including NIH grants, awarded at the
UH Case Medical Center campus only)

Total sponsored research funding $45 million $53 million
to UH Case Medical Center
(including industry-sponsored clinical trials)
Total Research $253 million $251 million

EMPLOYMENT
Total nonphysician employees 18,587 19,082
UH providers3
3,536 3,826
Independents4
1,614 1,590
Total UH providers 5,150 5,416

JOINT-VENTURE PROVIDERS5

St. John Medical Center 575 646
Southwest General Health Center 620 627
Our neighbors in Northeast Ohio and across
the nation increasingly trust University
Hospitals to deliver the highest-quality care,
provide the most personalized experiences,
and elevate standards of care through
meaningful innovation. This confidence in
UH’s excellence provides us with the financial
resources to invest in continuing improvement.
In thanks to you and for you, we are proud
to extend our legacy and fulfill our mission:
To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.

S H E L D O N G . A D E L M A N
Chairman, University Hospitals
Board Development Committee
M O N T E A H U J A
Co-Chair, Discover the Difference
Campaign Cabinet
J O H N G . B R E E N
Co-Chair, Discover the Difference
Campaign Cabinet
From left: Shelly Adelman, Jack Breen, Monte Ahuja
The tremendous strides we continue to make toward our campaign goal are made possible by extraordinarily
committed friends and benefactors such as Roe Green, who in 2014 made a $5 million gift to establish the
Roe Green Center for Travel Medicine.
Innovation continues to be of the utmost importance to the health system, a focus bolstered through record-level
giving to the Harrington Discovery Institute. Uniting physician-scientists and drug development experts internationally
with the goal of moving therapies and cures from the laboratory to our patients’ bedside, Harrington Discovery Institute
has formed powerful collaborations that will accelerate patient impact globally:
• Ohio Third Frontier, the state’s economic development agency, committed $25 million to the institute.
• A partnership with Foundation Fighting Blindness and Chairman Gordon Gund created
the National Center for Excellence in Fighting Blindness, a Gund-Harrington Initiative.
Coupled with the initial gift of $50 million Ron and Nancy Harrington and their family made to establish the institute,
as well as the generosity of other supporters, total giving to the Harrington Discovery Institute now exceeds $100 million.
Finally, the July opening of the Angie Fowler Adolescent Young Adult Cancer Institute demonstrated the power of
collaboration in clinical care and fundraising. Led by physicians from UH Seidman Cancer Center and UH Rainbow Babies
Children’s Hospital, Angie’s Institute was realized through the vision and generosity of Char and Chuck Fowler and their
family, who made a $17 million gift in 2011 to create the institute in honor of their daughter who passed away of
melanoma at the age of 14. Angie’s Institute was further strengthened through an anonymous gift of $5 million to
support the completion of an inpatient unit and the announcement of a collaboration between UH and Case Western
Reserve University to raise funds to advance cures for adolescent and young adult cancer.
As we reflect on a year of such remarkable progress, we remain deeply grateful for the enduring support of the
more than 70,000 friends and benefactors whose generosity sustains our mission – To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.
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In the four years that have passed since we announced our $1.5 billion fundraising initiative,
Discover the Difference: the Campaign for University Hospitals, our generous philanthropic community
has doubled their support of the health system, bringing total campaign giving to date to $1.27 billion.

The exceptional generosity of the health system’s friends and benefactors
gained great momentum in 2014, bringing $143.8 million in support for
Discover the Difference: The Campaign for University Hospitals. UH realized
historic highs in both the number of new donors supporting the campaign
and the total number of gifts received since the 2010 launch of the campaign.
Every gift, regardless of size, helps our caregiving team improve the health
and well-being of our patients, their families and our entire community.
Rainbow Babies Children’s Hospital $310.9M
Angie Fowler Adolescent Young Adult Cancer Institute $32.6M
Quentin Elisabeth Alexander Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit $22.6M
Seidman Cancer Center $186.7M
Ahuja Medical Center $46.3M
Harrington Heart Vascular Institute $80.4M
Center for Emergency Medicine and Marcy R. Horvitz
Pediatric Emergency Center $16.9M
Harrington Discovery Institute $93.5M*
MacDonald Women’s Hospital $32.6M
Dermatology $24.5M
Ophthalmology $22.8M
Neurological Institute $70.4M
*Figure does not reflect total committed support from the State of Ohio.
T O TA L C A M PA I G N G I F T S
The past year in giving brought
nearly 18,000 new gifts to the campaign,
a record number representing a
34 percent increase over 2010.
S U P P O R T O F P R I O R I T Y C A M PA I G N I N I T I AT I V E S
Sustained donor support enabled continued enhancements to every
institute, department and center of excellence across the health system,
including key capital and programmatic initiatives.
T O TA L D O N O R S
The total number of donors who have
supported the Discover the Difference
campaign reached more than 70,000;
nearly 62,000 of these individuals are
first-time donors to the campaign.
N E W D O N O R S
2014 saw a record number
of new donors to the campaign,
representing a 78 percent increase
over 2010.
2014

An exciting new partnership with
the Foundation Fighting Blindness,
a national organization founded by
Cleveland native Gordon Gund, will
focus on accelerating the translation
of inherited retinal degenerative
disease research into new treatments
for blindness. Up to three Gund-
Harrington Scholars will be selected
annually to receive funding as
well as access to the Harrington
Discovery Institute’s expert drug
development resources.
National efforts in search of new
Alzheimer’s disease treatments
will also benefit from the Harrington
Discovery Institute’s unique
and powerful approach to drug
development. Through a partnership
with the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery
Foundation, two ADDF-Harrington
Scholars were named in 2014:
The Ohio State University’s Chien-
Liang Glenn Lin, PhD, and Emory
University’s Thota Ganesh, PhD.
The Harrington Discovery Institute’s
international outreach efforts received
a formidable boost through a
$1 million gift by Norman and
Barbara Wain. Through their generous
contribution, the Wains have joined
the Samuel Mather Society and also
established the Wain Global Outreach
Fund, which supports the Harrington
Discovery Institute’s entrepreneurial
pursuit of drug development
collaborations around the world.
The Harrington Discovery Institute
extended its reach internationally
in 2014 through an affiliation with
the University of Oxford in the United
Kingdom. The first Oxford-Harrington
Scholar, gastroenterologist Alison
Simmons, MD, PhD, is pursuing
new therapies for Crohn’s disease at
Oxford with the full range of support
from the Harrington Discovery
Institute’s drug development experts.
The Ohio Third Frontier economic
development initiative awarded
a grant of up to $25 million to the
Harrington Discovery Institute to
support company formation and
drug commercialization within the
state. This award – one of the largest
ever awarded by Third Frontier –
recognizes the Harrington Discovery
Institute’s capability to drive economic
growth by building a strong
pharmaceutical industry in Ohio.
The above grants and contributions,
along with generous gifts from many
others, brought 2014 support of the
Harrington Discovery Institute to more
than $50 million. This support will
provide critical resources to inventive
physician-scientists across the nation
and abroad, enabling them to turn
their discoveries into medicines that
improve human health.
The generous support of our community in 2014 enabled the Harrington Discovery Institute
to broaden its scope, both nationally and internationally, and advance an increasing number
of promising drug discoveries along the pathway toward breakthrough medicines.
Harrington Discovery Institute supporters Barbara and Norman Wain
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Cleveland native Roe Green is a lifelong travel
enthusiast. Her first trip overseas, taken with
her parents as a child, sparked a passion for
exploration that has since led her to more than
160 countries. For many of these adventures,
Roe relied on University Hospitals’ travel medicine
clinic to help her stay healthy. To ensure other
voyagers can access the same quality care, she
made a generous gift to Discover the Difference:
the Campaign for University Hospitals in November
– $5 million to establish the new Roe Green
Center for Travel Medicine.
The first of its kind, UH’s travel clinic opened
in 1972 to provide international travelers with
comprehensive preventive care, vaccines and
education to manage their medical needs abroad.
Roe’s thoughtful philanthropy will allow UH to
reach more travelers by expanding the program
to two additional locations – UH Chagrin Highlands
Health Center and UH Westlake Health Center –
and will also help further the health system’s
efforts as the nation’s first care provider for
students and children traveling overseas through
the travelers’ and adoption clinic at UH Rainbow
Babies Children’s Hospital.
UH friend and benefactor, Roe Green
It is my hope that more people will have the opportunity
to see the world and feel comfortable that their health is
in good hands.
– Roe Green
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THE ROE GREEN CENTER FOR TRAVEL MEDICINE

$1 MILLION+
Anonymous (7)
Sheldon G. and Terry Adelman
Monte and Usha Ahuja and Family
The Althans Foundation
The Andrews Foundation
Mr.* and Mrs.* Matthew Andrews
Mrs. Laura S. Baxter-Heuer
Mr. Michael A. Heuer
The Auxiliary of University Hospitals
Case Medical Center
Jack J. Belcher
Hudson D. Bishop, MD*
Bolton Foundation
Julian C.* and Fanny Hanna* Bolton
BP America, Inc./Standard Oil of Ohio
Mary Jane and Jack Breen•
Donald P. Brestich*
Brian Joe Rainbow Radiothon
William* and Lois* Briggs
Britton Fund
Constance W. and James W. Brown Jr.
Centers for Dialysis Care’s Leonard C.
Rosenberg Renal Research Foundation
Norma N. Chapman*
Children’s Miracle Network ◊
Circle of Friends Events
The Cleveland Foundation
Rosalie* and Morton A.* Cohen
Kathleen A. Coleman
The Lester E. and Kathleen A.
Coleman Foundation
Duane E. and Barbara “Joyce” Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Connor•
Gerald A. and Martine V. Conway
Harry Coulby*
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Cristal
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Drs. William T.* and Beverly B. Dahms
Dairy Queen Corporation ◊
Lois and Larry* Davis
Marti and Jeffrey Davis
Corinne L. Dodero Foundation
for the Arts and Sciences
William and Lorraine Dodero
The Dolan Family
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Drusinsky
Eaton Corporation
Evergreen Philanthropic Fund
John and Sharon Ferchill Family
Mr. and Mrs. Terrence P. Fergus•
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Robert and Susan R. Hurwitz
Hyundai Motor America
Frances W. Ingalls*
The Louise H. David S. Ingalls Foundation
The Ireland Foundation
Barbara M. Jacobs*
The Jewish Federation of Cleveland
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Henri Pell Junod Jr.
Sister Dorothy E. Kelly
Key Foundation•
Doris and Floyd Kimble Foundation
Elizabeth King*
The Kline Family Foundation
Terri and Stuart Kline
Kohl’s Department Stores
Carrie Rothenberg Kohn*
Susan G. Komen for the Cure,
Northeast Ohio Affiliate
Karen and Alan M. Krause
The Kresge Foundation
Kulas Foundation
Barbara Lazaroff
Ruth Lederer*
The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust
Fred* and Alice* Lennon
Mrs. Alfred Lerner
LGS Properties
G. Russell and Constance P. Lincoln
Jocelyne K. and Frank N. Linsalata
LTV Corporation
Lubrizol Foundation
Maniglia Foundation for
Head Neck Medicine Surgery
Elizabeth Ring Mather and
William Gwinn Mather Fund
Samuel L.* and Flora Stone* Mather
Ruth S.* and Charles W.* Midelburg
David P. Miller and Frances A. Cosentino
Kathryn and Paul Miller Family Fund
of The Cleveland Foundation
Mr.* and Mrs.* Severance A. Millikin
Miracles Happen Benefit for
Recurrent Breast Cancer Research
The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation
Sally S.* and John C. Morley
Calvary Morris*•
The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Murdough Jr.
Hoyt C. and Gail S. Murray
S. Darwin Noll*
F.J. O’Neill Charitable Corporation
Julia Clark Owen*
Colonel Oliver Hazard Payne*
Kathy and Jim Pender
Perkins Charitable Foundation
The Thomas F. Peterson Foundation
PNC Bank•
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Pogue
PolyOne Corporation
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation
Wolfgang Puck
Rainbow Babies Children’s Foundation
Rainbow Golf Classic
Rainbow Radiothon hosted
on WDOK 102.1 FM
Ronald P. and Paula Raymond
Maggie A. Reimer*
The Reinberger Foundation
Robert S. and Sylvia K. Reitman
Family Foundation
The Figgie Foundation
Firman Fund
Mrs. Pamela Humphrey Firman*
Mr. and Mrs. Royal Firman III
Mr.* and Mrs. Robert C. Webster Jr.
Five Star Sensation
Dr.* and Mrs.* John A. Flower
Doris A. Flynn*
Mr.* and Mrs.* Daniel B. Ford
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Foundation for Spine Research
and Education
Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation
Char and Chuck Fowler
Holley Fowler Martens
and Robert F. Martens
Chann Fowler-Spellman
and Edward F. Spellman
Constance Chandler Frackelton*
The Sam J. Frankino Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Gale III
Albert I. and Norma C. Geller
Dr.* and Mrs. Victor M. Goldberg
Dr. Donald J.* and Mrs. Ruth W.* Goodman
Roe Green
Sally and Bob Gries
Ida and Irwin Haber
John A.* and Marianne Millikin* Hadden
James and Angela Hambrick
Howard Hanna Choo Choo Chow Chow
Howard Hanna Real Estate Hanna Family
Howard M. Hanna*
Howard Melville Hanna*
Leonard C. Hanna Jr.*
M.A. Hanna Company/
Hanna Mining Company
Mr. Edward Stephen Harkness*
The Harrington Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Harrington
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Harrington
Ms. Jill Harrington
Perry* and Virginia* Harrison
The John A. Hartford Foundation
John C. Haugh
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Herrick
Sarah Cole Hirsh*
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard C. Horvitz
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Horvitz
Virginia Hubbell*
George M. Pamela S. Humphrey Fund
Mr.* and Mrs.* John G. Butler
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Keefe
Mr. and Mrs. Walter K. Remen
Robert R. Rhodes*
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Ricci
Edith O. Richman*
Ride the Rainbow
Bob, Eleanore and Kathy Risman
William B. Risman and Family
Barbara S. Robinson
The Rockefeller Foundation
Enid and Dr. David Rosenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Rosskamm
Mrs. Betty Rosskamm
Dr. Fred C. and Jackie Rothstein
Joel S. Rube
Barbara P. Ruhlman
Saint Luke’s Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio
Mary T. Savage*
Cindy and Bob Schneider
The Harold C. Schott Foundation
Harry* and Eleanor Schwartz Family
Ellery* and Elizabeth W.* Sedgwick
Jane and Lee Seidman
Michael R. and Marian K. Shaughnessy
The Lawrence C. Sherman Family Foundation,
a supporting foundation of
The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation
Vincent K.* and Edith H.* Smith
Speedway SuperAmerica LLC ◊
Mr.* and Mrs. Irving B. Spitz
Stanley Medical Research Institute
STERIS Corporation
STERIS Foundation
Morris S. Stone*
Harry Lundy Taylor IV, MD*
Katharine Holden Thayer*
Third Federal Foundation
TRW Inc.
Washington S.* and Marion C.* Tyler
United Way Services•
University Physicians, Inc.
Dennis A. Upson*
Mr. and Mrs. Les C. Vinney
Dominic A. Visconsi
Ellen Garretson Wade*
Wain Family
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc./
Sam’s Club Foundation ◊
Penni and Stephen J. Weinberg
James W. Wert Family
The Marguerite M. Wilson Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wolf Jr.
The Bert L. Wolstein Legacy Golf Tournament
Iris S. and Bert L.* Wolstein
Josephine* and John A.* Wootton
Jeannette and Frank Zagara
Thomas F. Zenty III
Zucker/Uhrman Philanthropic Fund of
Malcolm* and Helene* Zucker
Hal* and Ronna Uhrman
Seth Uhrman
We gratefully acknowledge our distinguished members
of the Samuel Mather Society for cumulative (lifetime)
giving of $1 million or more. Samuel Mather (1851 – 1931),
a renowned Cleveland industrialist, philanthropist and
former University Hospitals Board Chairman and patient,
was one of the most generous benefactors in the history
of University Hospitals.
S A M U E L M AT H E R S O C I E T Y
K E Y
* Deceased
• Includes gifts to
St. John Medical Center
◊ Children’s Miracle Network

From left: Dick and Pat Pogue; John Morley; and Janice and George Thompson, MD
TOP ROW LEFT TO RIGHT:
Frances A. Cosentino, David P. Miller,
Barbara Wain, Norman Wain,
The Doris and Floyd Kimble Foundation –
Jo Mako, Victor M. Goldberg, MD,
In honor of Henry Lundy Taylor, MD
– Bob Winston
MIDDLE ROW LEFT TO RIGHT:
Susan R. Hurwitz, Robert Hurwitz
BOTTOM ROW LEFT TO RIGHT:
Thomas F. Zenty III, Irwin Haber,
Ida Haber, James B. Wolf Jr., Jane S. Wolf,
John Zagara (representing Frank C. Zagara),
The Doris and Floyd Kimble Foundation –
Greg Kimble, Patricia Zagara
(representing Jeannette S. Zagara),
The STERIS Foundation – Carey Majors,
Fred C. Rothstein, MD
In October, nearly 700 benefactors, volunteers and friends
came together for the annual Society of 1866 Celebration at
the Cleveland Museum of Art to recognize the philanthropy and
guidance of our 2014 Samuel Mather Visionary Award honorees –
John and the late Sally Morley, Richard and Patricia Pogue –
and 2014 Distinguished Physician – George Thompson, MD.
Guided by a steadfast commitment to service, John and Sally Morley
have played a part in the growth and advancement of numerous area
nonprofits, including UH. Sally was a lifelong advocate for education while
John, who led the search committee that appointed Thomas F. Zenty III
as Chief Executive Officer, continues to provide invaluable leadership on
the UH Board of Directors.
Like the Morleys, former UH Board Chair, Dick Pogue and his wife, Pat,
are longtime champions of the Cleveland community. Among their many
selfless acts, the couple established the Richard W. and Patricia R. Pogue Chair
in Auditory Surgery and Hearing Sciences at UH in 2008, endowing in
perpetuity the research and advancement of auditory care for the benefit
of countless patients.
Since 1979, George Thompson, MD, has dedicated his career at University
Hospitals to building a reputation for excellence. Today, Dr. Thompson,
Director of Pediatric Orthopaedics at UH Rainbow Babies Children’s
Hospital and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Case Western Reserve
University School of Medicine, is internationally renowned in his field and
represents the unparalleled care provided at Rainbow.
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2014 HONOREES STRENGTHENED HEALTH CARE AT UH

Giant Eagle, Inc. ◊
Gladys B. Goetz*
Helen Wade Greene Charitable Trust
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
John C. Heege*
Sean and Becky Hennessy
Gilbert W. Humphrey Family
Mr. Gilbert W.* and
Mrs. Louise Ireland* Humphrey
Mr.* and Mrs. George M. Humphrey, II
Huntington•
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore T. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Joseph
Eleanore M. Kosman*
The Lincoln Electric Foundation
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
H. and R. Marcus Family Philanthropic Fund
of The Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Herbert and Cookie Marcus
Lois and Martin Marcus Family Philanthropic
Fund of The Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Marcus
Isabel Marting*
Ronald McDonald House Charities of
Northeastern Ohio, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Meisel
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Meyer III
Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Minoff
Mt. Sinai Community Partners
The Murch Foundation
Northeastern Ohio Healthcare Foundation
Dr.* and Mrs.* Frank E. Nulsen
William J. Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation
William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill
Jane and Jon Outcalt
The Pew Charitable Trusts
PNC Foundation
Rainbow Kids Cards
Constance H. Rebar
Mrs. Patricia A. Redford
RE/MAX ◊
Fannie E. Rippel Foundation
LaVerne G. Rosenfeld*
Margo and Robert Roth
Dominic Ruggie*
Ruth G. Sam H. Sampliner Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Seitz
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sherwin
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sill
The Skirball Foundation
The Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust
St. Baldrick’s Foundation
Robert L. Swanker*
Mildred S. Taylor *
The Triple T Foundation
University Family Medicine Foundation
Mrs. Karen E. Vassil
Mr. Lawrence W. Vassil
Danielle Horvitz Weiner and Michael Weiner
The S. K. Wellman Foundation
Virginia T. Williams*
Wolf Family Foundation,
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wolf Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Wolf
Sandra and Tim Wuliger
Audrey S. Zirke*
PLATINUM $500,000 – $999,999
American Girl Fashion Show
At the Sea, Under the Stars in Naples
Bratenahl Circle of Friends
Rainbow Jumper Challenge
GOLD $250,000 – $499,999
Save a Smile, Save a Child
SILVER $100,000 – $249,999
Awakening Angels
Champions for Hope
Cleveland’s Most Photogenic Baby Contest
Comics for Kids
Cool Nights, Hot Jazz
Emily’s Hopeful Holiday
The Race
Rainbow Charity Golf Classic
Secret Service “Jukebox”
Charity Golf Classic
Shake, Rattle Roll...For the Babies!
Sips and Dips
A Spark of Hope – Keeping Dreams Alive
Spirit of Children
Spring Into Style
St. John Medical Center Golf Classic
St. John Medical Center Top Chef
Thompson Drag Raceway –
Race for Rainbow
Celebration for the Linda Trivisonno
Endowment Fund
Brian Werbel Memorial Fund – IMAGINE
Emily’s Rainbow Run
A French Country Picnic
Greater Cleveland Auto Show
Charity Preview Night
Marilyn B. Gula Mountains of Hope/
Miracle Fund “Golf for a Cure”
Hinckley Hills Golf Course, Inc. –
Open Heart Open
Holiday Mocktail Party Safe Kids Benefit
The Ron Kornblut Memorial Golf Outing
Miracles Happen Golf Outing
Miracles Happen Hennessy Gala
Brynn Monahan Charity Open
Once in a Blue Moon
Palm Beach Circle of Friends
Partnership for Families
Together We Make a Family
B E N E FA C T O R S O C I E T Y
We gratefully acknowledge the exceptional generosity
of our Benefactor Society members, whose cumulative
(lifetime) giving totals $25,000 – $999,999. The society
recognizes individuals, family foundations, special events,
associations, corporations and foundations.
PLATINUM
$500,000 – $999,999
Anonymous (6)
Academic Education, Inc.
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
Matthew* and Mabel S.* Andrews
Katherine L. Archer*
The Bach Family Foundation
Mildred P. Bach*
Leonard A.* and
Helen Russell* Bretschneider
James Brown*
Carole and David Carr
Cascade Hemophilia Consortium
Children’s Research Foundation
of Cleveland
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
The Cliffs Foundation
Rosalie and Morton Cohen Family
Memorial Donor Advised Fund of
Costco ◊
Covidien
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Daberko
Mr.* and Mrs. Harold H. Davis
Diamond Shamrock Corporation
DJ Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Reid Jr.
Clark Dunlap*
Joan C. Edwards Charitable Foundation
Mr.* and Mrs.* Raymond F. Evans
James E. Ferris*
Claud H. Foster*
Samuel J. and Connie M. Frankino
Foundation
William O. Gertrude Lewis
Frohring Foundation
K E Y
* Deceased
• Includes gifts to
St. John Medical Center
◊ Children’s Miracle Network

GOLD
$250,000 – $499,999
Anonymous (2)
ABB Foundation Inc.
The Abington Foundation
Alliance Bernstein
Robert O. Alspaugh*
The Evenor Armington Fund
Helen R. Armstrong*
ATT
Bank of America
Grace M. Benco*
Jeannette Bir and Anita Uhrman
Norman Bleiweiss*
Flora Blumenthal
Samuel E. Bool*
Boston Scientific Foundation, Inc.
The Brown Family
Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation
William T.* and Margaret R.* Clark
Bill D. Clem, MD*
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Clutter
Mr. and Mrs. Yu Chi G. Co
The George W. Codrington
Charitable Foundation
Ruth S. Cowdery*
Louise Davis*
Dominion East Ohio
Donley’s, Inc.•
Dworken Bernstein Co., L.P.A.
Doris J. Egle*
Ernst Young LLP
Fairmount Minerals Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Ferrazza
Fifth Third Bank•
Flight Options, LLC
Alvin Kohn*
Leonard Krieger Fund of
The Lenox Foundation
Marcia and Fred Floyd
Chester J.* and Elsie B. Lis
LIVESTRONG Foundation, Inc.
Charles T.* and Jeannette A.* Lomeaux
Helvi R. MacDonald*
The Robert S. Malaga Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Randall E. Marcus
Marriott International ◊
S. Livingston Mather Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan III
Elizabeth McMillan, MD
and Mr. Victor Carrasco
Ms. Katharine Jeffery and Mr. Brady Farrand
Mr. and Mrs.* Thomas W. Offutt III
Mayer-Haber Memorial Fund
Ronald McDonald House Charities
The McGregor Foundation
Mr.* and Mrs.* John P. McWilliams
Medtronic, Inc.•
The Mellen Foundation
Merck Company, Incorporated
Elizabeth Briggs Merry*
John P. Murphy Foundation
The David and Inez Myers Foundation
National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.
Louise Francy Neely*
Mr.* and Mrs.* Myron J. Nickman
Nordic Air Incorporated
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Novak Jr.
Oglebay Norton Foundation
Omnova Solutions, Inc.
Bonnie Osher
John Osher
Allen H. Ford
Frances B.* and George W.* Ford
Margaret R. Frieberger*
Ruth Garber Friedman*
The GAR Foundation
Debbie and Peter K.* Garson
Josephine H.* and Joseph J.* Geiger Sr.
The Gerber Foundation
Frank Scott Gibson*
Gilbane Building Company
Phyllis L. Gilroy*
GlaxoSmithKline
Norma Green Family Foundation
Ms. Nancy G. Dickenson
Richard Jane Green
Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Richard D. Green*
Mr. Steven A. Green
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Grossman
The George Gund Foundation
Mrs. William Aubrey Hall*
Edwin B. Hamlin*
Madeline L. Hamlin*
The Hampson Family Foundation
Haskell Fund
Mr. Coburn Haskell
H.J. Heinz Company Foundation ◊
Hills Department Stores ◊
Marion E. Homeier*
The Honor Project Trust
Hood-Meyerson Foundation
Mr. Robert F. Meyerson
Hazel P. Hostetler*
The John Huntington Fund for Education
Edith N. Jones*
Clara M. Kaiser*
Kali’s Cure for Paralysis Foundation, Inc.
Kanner Family
Aurel F. Ostendorf*
Park Corporation
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Grace L. Pennington*
Pfizer, Inc.
Rainbow Children’s Council
Esther and Hyman Rapport
Philanthropic Trust
Mrs. Marilyn F. Regan
Reliance Electric Company
Reserve Management Group
The Reuter Foundation
Rite Aid Corporation ◊
Alfred N. Rodway*
RPM International Inc.
Schwab Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Sears
Sol* and Molly* Siegal
Linda and Dan Silverberg
George Simmons*
Margaret Smith*
The Billie Howland Steffee Family Fund,
a supporting organization of
Joseph D. and Sandra H. Sullivan
Sheldon J. Taubman*
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey B. Thrope
Jane B. Tripp*
Louis F. Uhle*
University Hospitals Elyria
Medical Center Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
George Garretson Wade Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. Wald
Verna S. Warpula*
John E.* and Florence M.* Wood
World Health Organization
Zimmer
BRONZE $50,000 – $99,999
Cross Country Cancer Conquest
Driving Home a Cure for PKD
The Lu-Jean Feng Clinic Beauty Benefit
Jennifer Ferchill Foundation
Mardi Gras Masquerade
Fore The Kids Golf Outing
Great Lakes Theater Festival –
A Christmas Carol
Howl in Hudson
Katie’s Rock and Roll Birthday Bash
Killbuck Cystic Fibrosis
Benefit and Auction
Miracles Happen Casino Night
Poker Fun Rally
NOPGA Legends of Golf
One Night at the Boneyard
Rainbow Radiothon hosted
on La Mega 87.7 FM
Chuck Ricci Memorial Golf Outing
Grand Prix Charities – Go Cart Race for Rainbow
Lightnin’s Long May You Run Tour
Lisa’s Legacy 5K Run/Walk
Loveman Golf Tournament
Moonlighting Event
The Ohio Corporate Cup Golf Tournament
Pull-Ups for Zoe
Romeo’s Pizza Holiday Delivery Drive
Saks Fifth Avenue Key to the Cure
Roy D. Schmid Memorial Golf Outing
SpartanTHON
St. John Medical Center Hope Fund Golf Outing
Sunset on the Rocks
Tri-ing for Children’s Triathlon
Tyrone’s Memorial Run
UH Bedford Medical Center
Senior Network Golf Outing
What’s Up, Doc?
The Virginia Righter Walk for Women
Safe Kids Charity Shoot
The Shining Light Charity Golf Scramble
St. John Medical Center Festival of the Arts
Judy Stricker Memorial Golf Tournament
Summertime on the Shore
SwimStrongsville – Splash Out Cancer
Brian Werbel Memorial Golf Outing
Whisker’s Pub Annual Charity Chili Cook-Off
BRASS $25,000 – $49,999
Art of Healing
Auto Show Charity Gala – Miracles Happen
Bowling for Babies
Climb for the Kids: The Quest for Mt. Everest
Cocktails for a Cure
Eastlake Go Kart Race
Jared Ellsworth Celebration Basketball Tournament
Extra Life
Fraternal Order of Eagles Miracles Happen Benefit
Gingerbread Angels

Highlights of Angie’s Institute include
a rooftop garden and eighth-floor
outpatient treatment facility, located
in the Leonard and Joan Horvitz
Tower. The renovated facility is among
the first in the country to provide
separate age-appropriate amenities
for adolescents and young adults.
Special eighth-floor design features
include an interactive wall, private
spaces with laptop access and teen
lounge area. The rooftop garden
provides a peaceful getaway for
patients and their families. The seventh
floor, now under design, will have an
expanded inpatient unit.
Angie’s Institute provides access to
the latest research and clinical trials
to prevent, diagnose, treat and
ultimately cure cancer. It features
personalized, comprehensive
programming for adolescent
and young adult (AYA) patients,
including survivorship and other
supportive services.
Angie’s Institute was established in
2011 with a generous $17 million
gift from Angie’s parents, Char and
Chuck Fowler, and family, Chann
Fowler-Spellman and Ed Spellman
and Holley Fowler Martens and
Rob Martens. The Fowler Family
Foundation legacy of giving began in
2007 with a $1 million gift to create
the nation’s first AYA endowed chair.
The Fowler Chair, which benefited
from a $500,000 matched gift from
the Rainbow Babies Children’s
Foundation, enabled the recruitment
of nationally recognized AYA expert
Yousif “Joe” Matloub, MD.
In 2014, the Fowler family increased
their commitment with a $6.7 million
gift to Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine to fund research
and innovation in AYA cancer at the
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Their gift to UH inspired a $5 million
anonymous gift from a local family
to support completion of the seventh-
floor inpatient unit.
Angie Fowler was a spirited teenager who bravely battled melanoma. She passed away just shy of her
15th birthday. In July 2014, Angie’s family joined about 300 friends of UH to celebrate the opening of the
Angie Fowler Adolescent Young Adult Cancer Institute. The institute is designed to help adolescents
and young adults fight cancer in an age-appropriate space apart from younger patients.
Char and Chuck Fowler (seated) with their family at the opening of Angie’s Institute Angie’s Garden, atop Rainbow Babies Children’s Hospital

Philip A. Linden, MD, was honored in September as
the inaugural David P. Miller and Frances A. Cosentino
Master Clinician in Thoracic Esophageal Surgery.
The master clinician was established through a $1 million
gift from David Miller that was matched with $250,000
from the Goodman Trust at the Cleveland Foundation.
The distinguished endowed position supports innovation
in the Division of Thoracic Esophageal Surgery at UH.
Under Dr. Linden’s leadership, the division has grown
dramatically and its renowned experts perform more than
800 thoracic surgical procedures every year. The division
has earned national recognition for its use of leading-
edge technology – especially minimally invasive surgery –
in diagnosing and treating cancer. Dr. Linden also is
Associate Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve
University School of Medicine.
David Miller is a founding member of the Seidman
Cancer Leadership Council and a longtime civic leader
and supporter.
Philip A. Linden, MD (center), inaugural
David P. Miller and Frances A. Cosentino
Master Clinician in Thoracic Esophageal Surgery,
receives congratulations from
Frances Cosentino and David Miller
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Roy Buchinsky, MD, ABIHM, Director of Wellness at UH, was honored
as the inaugural Robert and Susan Hurwitz Master Clinician in Wellness.
Dr. Buchinsky is the Hurwitzes’ physician and an advocate for preventive
medicine and its ability to tackle many of society’s greatest health problems,
including diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
“It’s fascinating what changes people make once they have a
basic understanding of prevention and wellness,” said Mr. Hurwitz.
“With education and understanding, we can look forward to
healthier people, healthier children and healthier communities.”
Robert and Susan Hurwitz have pledged more than $2 million
to advance preventive medicine and better health for our patients.
Their most recent generosity has resulted in the Robert and
Susan Hurwitz Master Clinician in Wellness at UH. The gift was
matched with $250,000 from the O’Neill Foundation.
Susan and Robert Hurwitz congratulate Roy Buchinsky, MD (left),
the inaugural Robert and Susan Hurwitz Master Clinician in Wellness at University Hospitals

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ABB Inc.
Abbott Laboratories
Ace Hardware Corporation ◊
Jodi and Joel Adelman Family
Thomas and Joann Adler Family Foundation,
Advance Group
Agilysys, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Alexander
American Greetings Corporation
Ancora Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Anderson•
George H.* and May Margaret* Angell
Art and Carol Anton
Array Healthcare Facilities Solutions•
The Ashtabula Foundation, Inc.
Lucy M. Backus*
Mary Ann Bagus*
BakerHostetler•
The BakerHostetler Founders’ Trust
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Balch
Caroline H. Baslington*
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Batiuk
Fran and Jules Belkin
Biltmore Foundation
Charles W. Bingham*
The William Bingham Foundation
Art and Myrle Blackburn
Lawrence and Marilyn Blaustein
Charitable Fund
Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
Mr.* and Mrs.* Eugene W. Bondy
Benjamin F. Bourne*
Frances K.* and George T.* Bradner
Thelma K. Brickman*
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Elizabeth F. H. Brown*
Fannie Brown*
Willard W. Brown*
Ruth E. Bueschlen*
John G.* and Carol H.* Butler
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Butler
Calfee, Halter Griswold LLP•
Gail and Bill Calfee
Paul and Sherry Carleton
Carrera Partners, Inc.
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University –
Department of Surgery Foundation
The Catanzarite Family Foundation III
George N. Chandler II* and Family
Circle K - Great Lakes Region ◊
Eliza Ann Clark*
Ramon L. Clemens*
Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC
John R. and Carolyn Climaco
Cochlear Americas
Coleman Spohn Corporation
Consolidated Solutions
Mr. Allen N. Corlett Jr.* and
Ms. Pamela J. DeMuth
Mr.* and Mrs. Alfred G. Corrado
Courageous Steps for Parkinson’s
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon D. Harnett
Mr.* and Mrs. Joseph D. Harnett
Melville H. Haskell*
Dr. Joseph M.* and
Mrs. Ann C.* Hayman
Josephine Heisler*
Rebecca and J. David Heller
Gertrude C. Donnelly Hess*
The Albert M. Higley Family
D. Tremaine Hildt*
HKM Direct Market Communications
HKS, Inc.
Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.•
Helen Chisholm Hord*
John H. Hord*
Douglas M. and Mary Adelle Horner
Miss Martha A. Horvath*
Julia C. Howell*
Dr.* and Mrs.* Charles A. Hubay
The Huntington Foundation
Hinman B. Hurlbut*
Independence Business Supply
Sally R. Jacobs*
Jones Day
Steven and Debbie Joseph
Nancy and Don* Junglas
Gertrude M. Kahne Trust
Mr. Michael E. Kaluza
The Kangesser Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Kelsheimer
Dr. Rustom R. Khouri and
Mrs. Mary H. Khouri•
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Knoop
Joseph* and Vivian Koppelman
Ms. Sharon P. Koppelman
Noreen Koppelman-Goldstein
KPMG LLP
Antonina M. Kramer*
Mr.* and Mrs.* Donald E. Krush
Clare* and Terry* Kubik
Mr.* and Mrs. William L. Kurz
Sanford Kutash
Al* and Hedda Leighton
Cathy Lewis
Mr. Peter B. Lewis*
The LFM Foundation
LifeHealth, LLC
Mr.* and Mrs. Samuel G. Lucarelli
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey N. Male
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Male
The Milton Tamar Maltz
Family Foundation, Inc.
June and Michael Mancuso
Mandel Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Maniglia
Mr.* and Mrs.* Harry Mann
Marlboro Fund
MBNA America Bank, N.A.
Mr. and Mrs.* Alexander McAfee
Margaret H. McCarthy*
McLane Company, Inc. –
Sunoco/A Plus ◊
Meisel Family Foundation,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Meisel
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Meisel
Kim Meisel Pesses and Paul D. Pesses
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Mercedes-Benz of North Olmsted
The Merck Company Foundation
Anne T. Meyer
Meredith A. Cowden Foundation, Inc.
Gerald and Marti Cowden
Meredith A. Cowden
Mary Elizabeth Crabtree*
Credit Unions for Kids ◊
Jeffrey and Julie Cristal
Beth and Rand Curtiss
Esther* and Richard* Cusa
CVS/pharmacy ◊
Helen Mackey Daube*
Jerome F. Daube*
DDR Corp.
Ralph M. Della Ratta Jr.
Achilles* and Kristin Demetriou
Mr.* and Mrs. James H. Dempsey Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Peter B. DeOreo
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Dickenson II
Ms. Nancy G. Dickenson
Howard and Linda Dickey-White
Philanthropic Fund of
The Doliveck Family Charitable Trust
The Donahey Family Foundation
The Elizabeth G. and John D. Drinko
Charitable Foundation
Mr.* and Mrs. John D. Drinko
Francis E. Drury*
Patrawadee Duangjak, MD
Eat ‘n Park Restaurants ◊
The Edwards Lifesciences Fund
John Elliott*
Mr.* and Mrs.* Frederick L. Emeny
Edith Virginia Enkler*
Equilon LLC ◊
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
Ann L. Failinger, MD
Mr. Barry S. Feldman
and Mr. Paul Wehn
Ferro Corporation
Michael and Ellen Feuer
FirstEnergy Corporation•
Mrs. Patricia G. Flesher
Ford Motor Company
Forest City Enterprises
Forest City Enterprises Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Foresters ◊
Dr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Fox
Mervin B.* and Berenice R.* France
The Francis Families Foundation
Emma D. Freeman*
Mrs. Madeline K. Friedman
Mr.* and Mrs.* Milton Fromer
Winifred W. Gardner*
John and Peggy Garson
General Motors Corporation
Margaret Edith Gibbs*
Crystal C. Gifford*
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Gillespie
JoAnn and Robert Glick
Robert* and Sylvia Goodman
Gould Electronics Inc.
Leah D. Graver*
Cynthia M. and David B. Greenberg
Marilyn B. Gula Mountains
of Hope Foundation
Mr. Allen J. Gula Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Bahman L. Guyuron
The Kenneth Haas Trust for Medical Care
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Hagy Jr.•
Virginia Harrison Hamann*
Amy and Lee Handel and Family
Mid-West Forge Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Milbourn
Janet L. Miller
Jeffrey Modell Foundation, Inc.
Seville H. Morse*
Olga Mural*
Mr. Murlan J. Murphy Jr. and
Ms. Martha M. Dixon
Muscular Disease Society
of Northeastern Ohio
N P Charitable Fund of the
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
NACCO Industries, Inc.
Mrs. Lucia Smith Nash
National Psoriasis Foundation
N.E.O. Tennis Patrons, Inc.
Charles J. Nock, MD
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Nock
The Nord Family Foundation•
Eric Jane Nord Foundation
Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation, Inc.
Norton-White-Gale Trust
The Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Mort and Iris November
OfficeMax Charitable Foundation
Ohio District Kiwanis Foundation, Inc. ◊
Olympic Steel, Inc.
Olympus America, Inc.
Olympus Medical Charitable Foundation
Anne B.* and Henry Ott-Hansen
OutRun Ovarian Cancer
Mr. and Mrs. Terrence R. Ozan
Ozanne Construction Company, Inc.
Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Park-Ohio, Inc.
The Payne Fund
Elizabeth Peckham*
The Michael Pender Memorial Fund
of The Cleveland Foundation
Kathy and Jim Pender
Alfred Penko*
Steve L. Penko*
PEPCO
Michael and Shari Perlmuter
Mr.* and Mrs.* A. Dean Perry
Jeffrey H. Peters, MD
PGA Tour, Inc.
Pharmakinetics Laboratories
Charlene Phelps, MSN, RN, FAAN
Phi Mu Fraternity Foundation ◊
The Plain Dealer Publishing Company•
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP•
Progressive Partners
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin Jr.
Ann and Phillip Ranney
Julie and Peter Raskind
Drs. Benjamin J. Reichstein
and Leona Cuttler*
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney B. Reisman
Renaissance Cleveland Hotel
Robapharm
Sarah and Bill Robertson
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Mr.* and Mrs.* Fred E. Roedger
Mr*. and Mrs.* Norton W. Rose
Samuel Rosenthal Foundation
Violet B. Ross
Deborah and Darwin Rutledge
Safe Kids Worldwide
Mrs. Clarine P. Saks
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