Ryan Annual Report 2007-2008 - The William F. Ryan Community ...

PLANNING FOR THE FUTUREEXPANDING MEDICAL CAPACITYExpanded Medical Capacity through the delivery of comprehensive primary andpreventive care services is another primary goal in the coming years. Ryan iscurrently negotiating the second phase of a project with St. Luke’s-RooseveltHospital Center (SLRHC) to acquire the hospitals’ Adult Medicine and PediatricOutpatient Clinics. In “Phase I,” which was completed in March 2007, Ryan/Chelsea-Clinton acquired Roosevelt’s Adult Medicine and Pediatrics OutpatientClinic, and became an internal medicine residency rotation site for SLRHC.“Phase I” has been highly successful, and it is expected that Ryan will be ableto successfully implement “Phase II” of the project, in early 2010, which includesRyan’s acquisition of St. Luke’s Adult Medicine and Pediatric Outpatient Clinics,as well as serving as a rotation site for internal medicine residents. In addition,SLRHC residents will be seeing patients at the Network’s newest site, theThelma C. Davidson Adair Center in Harlem, which is expected to be openunder Ryan’s auspices in July 2009.Furthermore, in its effort to facilitate the expansion of access throughout NewYork City, Ryan was successful in applying for Federal funding for a healthcenter operatingin anotherborough, StatenIsland. Lastly,the Ryan-NENACommunityHealth Center isstrengtheningits relationshipwith Beth IsraelCenter and furthercollaborations areexpected in 2010.Serving more women and childrenremains at the forefront of Ryan’s goals.“ “You wish Baxter were every doctor, and that everyoneyou love could be in his gentle, supremely human care.— The Chicago Tribune, in review of Dr. Baxter’sbook, The Least of These My Brethren.Dr. Daniel Baxter returned as Chief Medical Officer for the RyanCommunity Health Network in January, 2009. Dr. Baxter had previouslyworked at Ryan as its Medical Director from 1997 to 2002, at whichtime he moved to Botswana, where he was a Clinical Advisor to theMinistry of Health and supervised the revision of Botswana’s HIV/AIDSTreatment Guidelines. A highly regarded practitioner, Dr. Baxter isBoard Certified in Internal Medicine and has a wealth of experiencein primary care, with specific expertise and an understanding of thecomplex needs and problems of individuals who live with HIV andAIDS. Dr. Baxter has also been responsible for developing the Center’sin-house, center-wide Disease Management Program for highly prevalentdiseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, and asthma, to enhancethe quality of patient care. In addition, Dr. Baxter is the author ofThe Least of These My Brethren, a book which relates his experienceson an inpatient hospital ward caring for people living with AIDS.