Carilion Virginia Tech

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Carilion / Virginia Tech School of
Medicine Mark Werner, MD Chief Medical Officer
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Purpose

• Role model public-private partnership in joint
  venture medical school
• Ensure Southwest Virginia has sufficient
  specialist physicians
• Prepare research competent graduates

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Why We Believe There is a Need

• Aging population with multiple chronic illnesses
• More rapid decisions to transfer from community
  hospitals
• Over-reliance on hospitalists
• Specialist are limiting services Ortho,
  Neurosurgery, Neurology, Plastics
• Primary care network feedback
• Cardiology
• Pulmonology
• Gastroenterology
• Oncology

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Why We Believe There is a Need

• Constant pressures for on-call pay
• Lifestyle expectations
• More female physicians
• Medical staff demographics
• Cardiology example

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A Graying Medical Community
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Our Graying Medical Staff

• Median age is 49
• By 2009, 44 will be over the age of 55

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Physician Access- Cardiovascular
Current Needs Cardi
ologists 17 24 CT
Surgeons 5
5 Vascular Surgeons 5 8
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• Patient Care Needs Growing Faster than
• Physician Supply

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Our Solutions

• Transformation to physician-led, integrated, and
  coordinated multi-specialty group (ie, Clinic)
• Specialty-focused school of medicine

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How Will This Help

• Enhanced residencies fellowships plus medical
  school create an intellectually stimulating
  dynamic environment
• Interdisciplinary group attractive to many and a
  growing number of physicians
• More varied and flexible practice options
• Recruitment improves our early clinic experience

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More Likely to Grow Our Own

• Clinic a driver of recruitment needs (vs. private
  groups)
• Physicians lead recruitment to support
  programmatic success
• Different strategies ex. loan forgiveness,
  regulatory issues

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Research Environment is Key

• Medical school paired with Research Institute
• Synergy between Carilion and Virginia Tech
  greatly enhances options and opportunities
• Build further on combined strengths
• Bio Informatics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Nanotechnology
• Systems Engineering
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Health Systems/Outcomes

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Community and Economic Development

• Attract new research, technology, and innovative
  businesses- further attracts research oriented
  specialist physicians
• Change local, regional, and national image
• Spur creativity, education, and excitement across
  the community