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Visiting Professorof Surgery ProgramSansum Clinic’s first Visiting Professor of Surgery,John L. Cameron, MD, The Alfred BlalockDistinguished Service Professor of Surgery at TheJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine willbe in Santa Barbara for an Academic Week February27 – March 3. He will interact, teach and mentor thepracticing surgeons in our community and will bedirectly involved with teaching the surgical residentsin training at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.Dr. Cameron has a long-standing interest in alimentary tract diseases, andspecifically in pancreatic cancer. He has operated on more patients withpancreatic cancer and performed more Whipple operations than any othersurgeon in the world.The Visiting Professor of Surgery Endowment Fund was established inDecember 2010 by Ronald G. Latimer, MD (Emeritus) and Sansum Clinicto advance educational opportunities and to demonstrate Sansum Clinic’scommitment to quality surgical care in Santa Barbara. The fund allows aprominent national or international surgeon to be in residence in SantaBarbara for one Academic Week each year.If you would like to support this outstanding educational endowment fund, giftsof $500 or more will be recognized on the donor wall in the Department ofSurgery. Gifts at all levels will be greatly appreciated. You can send your giftof support in the remit envelope in this magazine. RThe Four Seasons Biltmore Resortwill be the home of our VisitingProfessor during Academic Week.Throughout the year, all patientsand friends of Sansum Clinic areeligible for special pricing at thisworld-class resort — just mentionSansum Clinic when you makeyour reservation.join us to learn aboutthe father of american surgeryDr. Cameron will speakon William StewartHalsted, MD: Fatherof American Surgery at5:30 pm on March 1at Cottage Hospital’sBurtness Auditorium.The lecture is open tothe public.Dr. Halsted (1852–1922) was an Americansurgeon who was an early champion for the useof local anesthetics. He introduced the use ofrubber gloves and he developed many new andingenious operations including the radicalmastectomy for breast cancer. Otherachievements included advances in thyroid,biliary tract, hernia, intestinal and arterialaneurismal surgery. Oddly during his career, hewas addicted to cocaine and later to morphine.Dr. Halsted was one of the “Big Four” foundingprofessors at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Hewas the first chief of the Department of Surgeryat The Johns Hopkins Hospital when it openedin May 1889. He is credited for starting the firstformal surgical residency training program inthe United States. He was considered a superbteacher and the young men who were trainedin his operating room were among the greatpioneers of American surgery today. RSeating for the lecture is limited andreservations are required. You mayRSVP by February 21 to Amanda Jones(805) 681-1756 or rsvp@sansumclinic.org.Contents + Winter 2012features2 Eat Well & Stay WellSansum Clinic Celebrates 90 Years4 MyChart – Electronic Health RecordConnecting You6 Losing WeightOur Commitment to Improving Health8 American Heart MonthHeart Healthy Livesdepartments7 Skin Rejuvenation10 Letter from a Grateful Patient11 Sansum Clinic in the Community12 Flu Shot Program14 Health Education Programs16 Meet Our New PhysiciansThis magazine is not intended to provide medicalcare. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, andtreatment, consult your doctor. All information inthis publication is for educational purposes only.SansumClinic.org • issue 3 • winter 2012 1