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Wolf MiniMaze Procedure To Be Broadcast on Internet A taped broadcast of the Wolf MiniMaze procedure for atrial fibrillation will be available on the Internet in the coming weeks at www.or-live.com/healthalliance/. The broadcast, which lasts approximately one hour, is free for all viewers around the world with Internet access. Drs. Bill Schneeberger (foreground) and Randall Wolf prepare Internet broadcast concerning the MiniMaze Procedure More CSI in the News Mr. Charles Doarn, Executive Director of the CSI, participated as a member of NASA’s Space Station Utilization Advisory Subcommittee during a recent meeting at the NASA Johnson Space Center. This meeting focused primarily on resumption of the Space Shuttle flights and the science plans for use of the International Space Station (ISS) over the next decade. Mr. Doarn also wrote several commendations for both astronauts on the current increment mission as well as ground-based researchers involved in the ISS program. The CSI has received approval of its unique identifying elements. These elements appear on both a cloth patch and the CSI brochure. Copies of this brochure will be available in the coming weeks. The CSI web site (http://surgery.uc.edu/csi.html) will also be updated to reflect the use of these elements. CSI was well represented at the recent Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) Integrated Research Team “Surgical Robotics – the Next Step” in Marina Del Ray, CA, on September 9-10, 2004. Dr. Timothy Broderick, who serves TATRC through an Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement (IPA), was joined by Mr. Doarn, Mr. Brett Harnett, and Biomedical Engineering’s Ms. Mary Beth Privitera. Ms. Privitera presented a poster entitled “Robotic Surgery: Results from Ethnographic and Design Research Project.” In addition, they each participated in separate breakout groups with a focus on key issues of the future of robotics in surgery. The result of this workshop will lead to a research agenda and roadmap of how TATRC and the US Army move forward in research endeavors in robotic surgery. UC Surgeons Celebrate First Anniversary of Wolf MiniMaze Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation UC Surgeons working in the Center for Surgical Innovation (CSI) recently observed the one-year anniversary of the world debut of the Wolf MiniMaze procedure for atrial fibrillation. This highly successful minimally invasive treatment for the cure of atrial fibrillation was developed by Randall K. Wolf, M.D., Professor of Surgery in the Division of Cardiac Surgery and Director of the CSI, in conjunction with AtriCure® (a local medical device company) to treat atrial fibrillation without a sternal (breastbone) incision or use of the heart-lung machine. Dr. Wolf and two other faculty in the Division of Cardiac Surgery and the UC Heart & Vascular Center, John Flege, Jr., M.D., and Bill Schneeberger, M.D., have completed over 60 procedures. The average age of patients undergoing the procedure is 59 years old, with the youngest being 23 and the oldest 83. Many of the patients suffer from atrial fibrillation for more than 10 years. More than six months after the new procedure, 14 of 15 patients have been re-evaluated. All have a regular heart rhythm, have had no further episodes of atrial fibrillation, and many discontinued their medications. Drs. Randall Wolf and John Flege (far right) perform the MiniMaze procedure for atrial fibrillation With this technique, the work is performed on the beating heart without standard heart surgery incisions. The hospital stay is 2-3 days, and Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers cover the procedure. In addition to relieving atrial fibrillation, the procedure includes removing a small appendage of the heart where blood clots can form. Removing this appendage decreases the risk of stroke by more than 90%. Many patients can also stop taking a blood thinner that has associated side effects and risks. For more information, call the CSI at 513.558.MAZE (6213) or log onto www.wolfminimaze.com. Emails should be directed to minimaze@uc.edu.
UC Surgeons Researcher is Searle Scholars Nominee Mirjam Zegers, PhD Mirjam Zegers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Epithelial Pathobiology Research Group, was one of three College of Medicine faculty selected to represent UC in the Searle Scholars Program competition for 2005. Dr. Zegers also was recently selected as UC’s Basic Scientist nominee for the 2004 Damon Runyon Scholar Award. Department of Surgery Researchers Win NIH Grant Susan E. Waltz, Ph.D., and Shirelyn Beauman, Ph.D., of the Trauma, Sepsis and Inflammation Research Group, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored supplemental grant for 3 years in the amount of $234,183. Dr. Waltz is an Associate Professor of Surgery, while Dr. Beauman is a Postgraduate Research Fellow. The grant is a Mentored Career Development Award to promote development of under-represented minority scientists in biomedical research and health-related sciences. The award will provide Dr. Beauman with support to analyze the functional significance of the Ron receptor tyrosine kinase in breast tumor development. Dr. Waltz previously received a 5-year grant award from the NIH/National Cancer Institute for her project “The Ron Receptor in Mammary Gland Biology” (award of $1,416,040). Susan E. Waltz, PhD (left) and Shirelyn Beauman, PhD Dr. Elizabeth Shaughnessy Wins Cancer Center Pilot Grant Dr. Elizabeth Shaughnessy Elizabeth Shaughnessy, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology, and Director of the High Risk Breast Clinic at the University Hospital’s Barrett Cancer Center, was a winner in the most recent round of Cancer Center Pilot Grants. Funds for breast cancer-related projects came from the 2003 Think Pink event; the remaining came from the Barrett Cancer Center. The winners make up eight individual and team projects. Congressman Portman Visits CSI Congressman Rob Portman paid a visit to UC Center for Surgical Innovation (CSI) on August 27. Jane E. Henney, M.D., Senior Vice President and Provost for Health Affairs, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, accompanied Congressman Portman for a demonstration and “driver’s ed” on the daVinci robot. (L-R): Dr. Jane Henney, Congressman Rob Portman, Wym Portman, Dr. Jeffrey Matthews, Dr. Randall Wolf, Charles Doarn Jeffrey B. Matthews, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Surgery, served as host for the visit. Demonstration of the robot was led by Dr. Randall Wolf, Director of the CSI; Dr. Timothy Broderick, Medical Director of the CSI; and Mr. Charles Doarn, Executive Director of the CSI.
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