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Houston Methodist began laying a foundation for health care excellence nearly 100 years ago.

As Houston grew, our footprint expanded as well, and today we continue to provide a complete

array of Houston Methodist services around the city. Our new hospital in The Woodlands brings us to seven community hospitals to complement our flagship hospital in the Texas Medical Center, giving our patients access to health care no matter where they live.

As we head toward our 100th anniversary in 2019, we also are carrying out our ‘Vision for the Second Century,’ which is progressive and patient-focused. We evolved into a leading academic medical center in just a few short years; and, with this added foundation, we set an even higher standard in the medical world through our commitment to unparalleled safety, quality, service and innovation. These words shape all we do, and ensure that our every action ultimately benefits our patients.

The infrastructure we continue to create is designed to serve our patients in the best way possible. This includes our focus on translational research, which is geared toward moving promising new treatments to patients faster and more economically. As we continue to grow and evolve, we must aim for and achieve ever more ambitious goals in order to remain among the most preeminent hospital systems in the world.

Just as forward-thinking philanthropists helped mold Houston Methodist’s first 100 years, your commitment and dedication will be incredibly important as we move into our second century of patient care, research and education.

On behalf of the Houston Methodist family, we are honored to be partners with an outstanding philanthropic community. Your past generosity has forged our trail as medical pioneers. Your continuing faith in our future ensures that many of tomorrow’s medical miracles and milestones will be made possible – in years rather than decades – by work done at Houston Methodist.

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In the summerof 1988,Lenny Katz hadeverything to live for.

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Then he sufferedsevere head trauma in a single-caraccident.

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Recently graduated from Tulane University, Lenny Katz was about to start his

career with Pace Concerts in Houston. By all accounts, he was electrified by the opportunities

life presented him. An actor and athlete, Lenny was handsome and charming. His dark, curly hair

framed a mischievous grin – he was a natural storyteller, and people liked being around Lenny.

That long-ago summer, Lenny suffered severe head trauma in a single-car accident.

It took two years in Houston Methodist for his body to heal. But his brain never recovered.

He has remained in a minimally conscious state for the last 26 years. With his family close by and

24-hour care in a specially constructed apartment, Lenny gives back to the world of medicine

through his own mysterious journey and the generosity and foresight of his father Jerold B. Katz,

his mother Judy Katz and his siblings.

Judy Katz, Lenny Katz and Jerold B. Katz


Through their resources and search

for knowledge, the Katz family has turned a

personal tragedy into a scientific quest to find

better treatments for traumatic brain injury

(TBI) and quality care for all patients suffering

from chronic illness. “My parents really have

devoted their lives to Lenny,” says Evan Katz,

Lenny’s older brother by three years (and one

of Lenny’s three siblings). “They’re inspiring

to this day. Together, we understand that we

can help so many more people in the process

of caring for and trying to help Lenny.”

The Katz family’s most recent gift

created the Lenny C. Katz Chair in Health

Outcomes and Quality in Honor of Stuart

M. Dobbs, MD, a well-respected Houston

Methodist physician who has worked with

Lenny and served as the family’s gastroen-

terologist for 25 years. As Houston Methodist’s

Chief Quality Officer, Dr. Dobbs will use the

funds generated from the endowed chair

to pursue systems improvements aimed at

better patient outcomes, quality and safety,

in addition to advances in physician/provider

performance measures.

“The Katz family has underscored

and accented the caring and compassion

that they have delivered to Lenny, which has

allowed the rest of us to participate in that

same level of compassion,” Dr. Dobbs says.

Houston Methodist’s Dr. Dale

Hamilton, the Elaine and Marvy A. Finger Chair

for Translational Research in Metabolic Disorders

and chief attending physician to Lenny and

Jerold Katz, has expanded his research in

bioenergetics through the Katz family’s support.

Studying the energy production processes

in brain cells via mitochondrial function and

regulation is opening new pathways of

understanding into how the brain functions.

The family also supports a navigator program

that coordinates health care and communication

for patients living with chronic illnesses.

Through Lenny’s experiences,

Dr. Hamilton has incorporated “the

phenomenal aspect of consciousness” into

his clinical care and research. It is an area that

holds potential for better insight into what the

damaged brain is capable of achieving, perhaps

one day overcoming its own limitations.

Through observational changes,

the Katz family and Lenny’s doctors

and nurses can tell when something is

not right with Lenny. “When Lenny’s not

feeling well, he lets us know it. But he

can’t tell us,” Dr. Dobbs says. “As you look

around and do the appropriate studies,

you can figure out exactly what the issue

is, get it fixed, and then the clinical

situation settles back down.”

The bonds formed between

Drs. Dobbs and Hamilton and the Katz

family go beyond physician/patient --

they are life-altering and enduring.

“This family has been through a very tragic,

unrelenting experience, one to which they

have come together and adapted,” Dr. Hamilton

says. “It has provided an example that, in

my experience, has been unparalleled.”

Evan Katz said his parents have

played complementary roles in Lenny’s

care. “My father pushed us to find an

answer to Lenny’s injury. My father was

our inspiration. My mother, though, rarely

left Lenny’s side. She has been his doctor

and his nurse – and has held his hand

to remind him that he was loved.” The

family felt that same love and diligence

at Houston Methodist. “The work of Dr.

Dobbs and Dr. Hamilton means so much

to us,” Evan says. “Initially, they saved my

brother’s life, and they continue to keep

him in the good condition he is in today.”

Throughout the years, the family

has contributed to some of the nation’s

most promising brain studies, including

Weill Cornell Medical College’s Consor-

tium for the Advanced Study of Brain

Injury and the Jerold B. Katz Professor-

ship in Neurology and Neuroscience.

The Katz family’scontributions tomedical research - including brain and quality/outcomes initiatives - continue to fuel the medical

world’s understanding of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and long-term care.


While their generosity focuses mainly on

scientific research, the Katzes in 2012

made a substantial gift to build and

maintain The Lenny C. Katz Performing

Arts Center at The Kinkaid School as

a legacy to Lenny’s life and love for the

theater. Evan Katz says the Center’s

opening also opened the family’s eyes

to what a life force their brother, a 1984

Kinkaid graduate, had been during his

shortened active life.

In a busy hallway near the Houston

Methodist Research Institute and the

hospital’s heavily traveled Market Place

restaurant, a 4-foot-by-3-foot plaque

is dedicated to the generosity of the

Jerold B. Katz family. The story board

hangs in the midst of hundreds of moving

doctors, nurses, staff members, patients

and visitors. The location of the plaque

means a lot to the family, says Evan Katz.

“Someone always stops to look into

the bright eyes and charismatic smile of

my brother Lenny,” he says. “They read

about him and our story.”

The Lenny Katz story illustrates

the power and importance of patient

care at Houston Methodist and the

institution’s unwavering support of

unparalleled quality and safety. It is also

a story of promise lost and promise

gained – and of medical breakthroughs

just on the horizon, and a future in which

science continues to unravel the mysteries

of the body’s most complex but least

understood organ – the human brain.

“Our story is one of hardship but also of hope – and a family’s strength, persistenceand love.”

- Evan Katz

Below left: Lenny Katz on the Kinkaid football team. Below: Lenny Katz, Evan Katz, Lissy Katz Bank and Jerold B. Katz


When the heart of a tiny zebrafish is

damaged or injured, it can fully regenerate

and return to normal function within a

month. Salamanders, too, have regener-

ative powers that naturally mend their

broken hearts.

What if the human heart had the

same ability to heal itself?

Dr. John Cooke, holder of the Joseph

C. “Rusty” Walter and Carole Walter Looke

Presidential Distinguished Chair in Cardio-

vascular Disease Research, director of

Houston Methodist’s Center for Cardio-

vascular Regeneration and chair of the

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences,

foresees a time in the not-too-distant

future when regeneration of the human

heart is not only possible, but the norm.

His team’s research to transform scar

cells into heart or vascular cells holds

the potential to restore health to heart

attack and heart failure patients and to

create a new conceptual framework for

the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

800 innovative projectsHeart regeneration research is among

more than 800 cutting-edge projects

underway today in the Houston Methodist

Research Institute that can benefit from

the Translational Research Initiative, or

TRI. This innovative strategy’s goal to

build a $10 million philanthropic invest-

ment fund will help advance a handful

of Houston Methodist’s most promising

research from preclinical animal studies

all the way to human clinical trials and,

ultimately, to the health care market-

place. Research that typically costs

billions of dollars and takes up to two

decades is possible in a fraction of the time

and cost in the comprehensive Research

Institute, designed to take ideas from

laboratory discovery to patients’ bedsides

– all under one roof.

“We’re dealing with real health

issues and problems and finding ways

to solve them more quickly,” says Mark

Houser, chair of the Houston Methodist

Research Institute board. “Seeing the

advances in technology is amazing.”

Recruiting world-class talentFormer Research Institute board chair

and longtime Houston Methodist leader

Greg Nelson also envisions a future

loaded with potential. “Our Research

Institute strategy can make this a place

where the world’s leading researchers

will want to come to be part of this,”

Nelson says. “I believe our Houston

Methodist culture of quality, innova-

tion and enhanced clinical outcomes

can attract even more world-class talent.

You can see that now in the quality

of scientific research recruiting that

Dr. (Mauro) Ferrari has attained.”

Dr. Ferrari is President and CEO of

the Houston Methodist Research

Institute and holder of the Ernest Cockrell

Jr. Distinguished Endowed Chair.

TRANSLATINgABSTRACT RESEARCH INTO ACTUALINNOVATIONS FOR PATIENT CARE


TRI Founding Members Libbie and Greg Nelson Greg, chair of the Houston office of Paul Hastings law firm, serves on the Houston Methodist Board of Directors. Libbie is a leader in Houston Methodist’s Faith & Medicine event.


The quest to find curesMark Houser and his wife Lou, along

with Greg Nelson and his wife Libbie,

are among a growing partnership of TRI

Founding Members, generous contributors

committed to giving Houston Methodist

physician-scientists the right environment

and resources to be bold pioneers of

discovery in the quest to find cures for

humanity’s worst diseases. All have lost

loved ones to the scourges of our time –

Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. They

believe Houston Methodist physicians

and staff have the patient-focused core

and the blend of compassion and ingenuity

to improve the future of health care

everywhere.

“Houston Methodist is all about

excellence,” says Lou Houser. “The idea

of partnering to help patient outcomes

and make life better for people drives us.

It’s our time to give back.”

An institution set apartLou serves on the Houston Methodist

Cancer Center Task Force. She walked

beside both parents on their end-of-life

journeys in distant hospitals, and she

believes Houston Methodist’s faith-based

values set this institution apart.

Libbie, the daughter of beloved

Houston physician Dr. Joseph S. Lattimore

(1923-2007), says it’s all about caring.

As a leader of Houston Methodist’s Faith

& Medicine event, she believes every

patient should be treated as her father

treated his patients and given the best

health care options possible. “A doctor

like my dad is a true gem, and I want

every patient here at Houston Methodist

to have that special caring doctor or

nurse. It makes all the difference.” Of all

the boards and committees her husband

serves on throughout Houston, she says

his work with Houston Methodist and the

Research Institute is inspired by a real

love for the institution.

Part of something specialGreg has served on the Houston

Methodist Board for more than 10 years,

including leadership roles on several of

its committees; as former chair of the

Research Institute Board, he helped

recruit Dr. Ferrari. “Our hospital is a

Houston institution,” he says. “We on the

board have an obligation to make sure it’s

the best hospital in Houston, where we

mark ourselves against the Mass Generals

and the Cedars-Sinais of the country.”

Mark has served on the Houston

Methodist Board for three years, including

roles on various committees. He and

Nelson have hosted TRI luncheons to

share the compelling research stories

that could represent the next big medical

breakthroughs. The atmosphere in these

meetings of community and corporate

leaders has been electric, they say.

“Every single guest was leaning forward

in his or her chair,” Houser says. “They all

want to help and share ideas. I think we’re

part of something really special here.”

For more information, including a list of Founding Members,

or to support the Translational Research Initiative, visit

houstonmethodist.org/translational-research-initiative.

THE gOAL IS TO gET MEDICAL DISCOVERIES FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE


TRI Founding Members Lou and Mark Houser Mark, CEO of the University Lands Office, is serving as chair of the Houston Methodist Research Institute Board and also serves on the Houston Methodist Board of Directors. Lou is a member of the Houston Methodist Cancer Center Task Force.


A COMMUNITy wHEREMEDICINE IS FLOURISHINGPatients gratefulfor top-quality carein the suburbs

Twenty-five miles west of Houston,

Dr. Warren Ellsworth and his team are

providing patients with the best of both

worlds – top-quality Houston Methodist

care close to their suburban homes.

As Medical Director of Plastic &

Reconstructive Surgery at Houston

Methodist West Hospital, Dr. Ellsworth

collaborates with breast surgeons from

the community, including MD Anderson

Cancer Center surgeons in Katy, performing

three to four breast reconstructions every

week. “It’s a unique situation,” Dr. Ellsworth

says. “I can be part of the patient’s care

from diagnosis through reconstruction.

Patients feel like they’re getting the best

of both worlds. The MD Anderson surgeon

resects the tumor, then I come in to do

reconstruction.” Both procedures often

take place simultaneously at Houston

Methodist West.

It’s teamwork at its best – working together to restore

what cancer took away and make patients

whole again, he says. For patient Wendy

Moreland and her husband Ben, the care she

received at Houston Methodist West was

empowering. And it came in a convenient

West Houston location close to their home.

She had just undergone successful

ankle surgery performed by Houston

Methodist Hospital’s Dr. Kevin Varner,

when her routine mammogram in June

2014 revealed a stage 0 DCIS (Ductal

Carcinoma In Situ) cancer. It was her second

diagnosis of this noninvasive form of

cancer, a type that increases a patient’s

chances of more deadly cancers. Her

surgical oncologist, MD Anderson’s

Dr. Jessica Suarez, referred the Morelands

to Dr. Ellsworth, a frequent collaborator

and colleague from training.

Growing even more involved. As members of

The Society for Leading Medicine

(see page 30), the Morelands already

had an affinity for Houston Methodist.

In fact, Ben’s late father, Bill Moreland,

was an administrator at Houston Methodist

for 15 years, and Ben grew up around

the hospital and its people.

The Moreland’s meeting with Dr.

Ellsworth inspired confidence and

helped them make the difficult decision

for Wendy to undergo a mastectomy

and immediate reconstruction.

More than 12 weeks post-surgery,

Wendy estimates she’s 90 percent back

to normal, playing tennis, golf and doing

regular workouts. Her checkups are

routine, any fear disappeared.

The Morelands look forward to

becoming more active in Houston

Methodist and gave a generous gift in

honor of Ben’s father to support the

Translational Research Initiative (see

page 8). Their gift also is to recognize

and show appreciation for Houston

Methodist staff, physicians and man-

agement. “We can’t say enough about

Houston Methodist West and Dr. Ellsworth,”

Ben says. “They were phenomenal.”


Warren Ellsworth, MD, and Wendy and Ben Moreland

“Neurology Chair”by Lee Broom

ENDOWEDCHAIRS

For four generations, the

Blanton, Scurlock and Wareing

families have supported

Houston Methodist through

volunteer leadership and gener-

ous philanthropy. In 2003, they

established the Eddy Scurlock

Stroke Center in honor of the

family’s patriarch. Recently, they

furthered this commitment

through the creation of the Elizabeth

Blanton Wareing Chair in the Eddy

Scurlock Stroke Center. Jack Blanton Jr.

and Eddy Blanton surprised their sister

and Houston Methodist board member,

Elizabeth Wareing, by arranging for the

endowed chair to be named in her honor.

The establishment of this chair recognizes

Mrs. Wareing’s commitment and dedication

to improving the quality of life for

Houstonians and to Houston Methodist’s

future. The Wareing chair is held by Dr.

David Chiu who is highly regarded for his

research to extend the length and quality

of life for stroke patients. The family also

established the Jack S. Blanton Presidential

Distinguished Chair for the Study of

Neurological Disease in 2008.

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ELL Dedicated service and support of

Houston Methodist are hallmarks of

the W. Bryan Trammell Jr. family,

reaching back decades to the

institution’s early days under the

leadership of his grandparents, Ella

and Walter W. Fondren. Since before

Mr. Trammell’s passing in 1985, he

and his wife Ann G. Trammell and

their family have given generously

to support numerous Houston

Methodist initiatives. Through the

generosity of The Ella Fondren Trust and her

own personal support, Ann Trammell established

the W. Bryan Trammell Jr. Family Distinguished

Chair in Allergy and Immunology to honor her

late husband. The chair was designed to

support a world-class physician-scientist

who conducts research and helps train

future allergists and immunologists, and to

provide resources to enable comprehensive

treatment for patients with severe allergies

and immunological diseases. The inaugural holder

of this prestigious endowed chair is Dr. David P.

Huston, a renowned academic immunologist

who has been a national leader in the field

and is widely respected for his work in educating

the next generation of physicians who specialize

in the treatment of patients plagued by allergies

and immunologic diseases.

The Jimmy F. Howell, MD Chair

honors one of the members of

Dr. Michael E. DeBakey’s original

surgical team assembled in the

late 1950s and early 1960s.

Dr. Jimmy Howell’s expertise in

peripheral vascular surgery and

his innovations in cardiac surgery

put him on the national stage.

In 1983 the family of the late William S.

Mackey Jr. made a gift in support of Dr.

Howell’s groundbreaking cardiovascular

research. In 2014 Mr. Mackey’s widow,

Barbara, repurposed the generous gift

and, along with additional funding from

others, including Walter Oil & Gas

Corporation through the generosity of

Paula and Joseph C. “Rusty” Walter and

Carole and Jim Looke, established the

Jimmy F. Howell, MD Chair. The chair will

be held by a physician who will continue

the paradigm-shifting research and patient

care for which the Houston Methodist

DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center is

renowned and will be forever linked with

one of the institution’s most revered and

accomplished physicians. Dr. Howell

passed away on December 22, 2014,

at the age of 82.

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LEndowed chairs have a rich history, dating back as far as 176 A.D. to the Roman Empire. Instituted by Emperor Marcus Aurelius,

an endowed chair was created for each of the major schools of philosophy. Today, endowed chairs acknowledge the accomplishments of the

most prestigious and significant physicians and scientists in the world. Houston Methodist continues this time-honored tradition of recognizing

its most esteemed faculty through the 41 endowed chairs which have been generously established as of December 31, 2014. Endowed chairs

are established at $1 million, $2 million and $3 million levels. The corpus is permanently invested and can be paid over a period of years.

A portion of the earnings from the endowment is distributed annually for use by the chair holder, ensuring that the named chair will continue in

perpetuity in support of the institution’s most esteemed faculty and as an enduring legacy of the benefactor. The generous contributors who

established these chairs all arrived through a different means, a different passion and a different personal story. The benefactors on the

fol lowing pages have profoundly impacted our institution and transformed lives through their generosity to Houston Methodist.


Carolyn and Robert J. Allison

Jr.’s longtime commitment and

service to Houston Methodist

led to the creation of a new

endowed chair in 2014 – the

Allison Family Distinguished

Chair in Cardiovascular Research.

The couple’s generous gift

provides resources for inau-

gural chair holder Dr. Michael Reardon

to continue pursuing his innovative

research and treatment in cardiothoracic

surgery. Dr. Reardon is an internationally

acclaimed leader in his field and is the

national surgical principal investigator

for the REPRISE II I clinical trial inves-

tigating high-risk valve replacement.

The chair is the second established

by the Allisons, who gave generously

to create the Michael E. DeBakey

Distinguished Chair in Cardiac Surgery

held by Dr. Gerald Lawrie. Besides their

longtime history of giving to the Houston

Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular

Center and heart programs, Mr. Allison

serves on the Senior Cabinet of the

new President’s Leadership Council and

the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart

& Vascular Center Council.

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Wyatt and his wife Lynn began

their support out of deep appre-

ciation for Dr. Mohammed Attar’s

outstanding care. The Wyatts

first met Dr. Attar while he was

training under legendary heart

surgeon, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey.

Dr. Attar, a renowned cardiologist,

eventually became Oscar’s physician and

ultimately saved his life. One morning

in 2008, Lynn noticed Oscar’s health had

suddenly deteriorated and immediately

contacted Dr. Attar. “He’s the one

who recognized that Oscar was having

a stroke and directed the ambulance

to Houston Methodist,” recalls Lynn.

Dr. Attar met the couple at the emer-

gency room and oversaw Oscar ’s

treatment and recovery. He survived the

stroke, and six years later the Wyatts

gave a generous gift to Houston

Methodist to establish the Lynn and

Oscar Wyatt Jr. Chair in Cardiology in

honor of Mohammed Attar, MD. The gift

is dedicated to training the next generation

of physicians through support of an

annual interventional cardiology fellowship.

Dr. Attar is the inaugural chair holder.

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The Elkins family has gener-

ously supported Houston

Methodist throughout the

decades. Judge James A.

Elkins was an original member

of the board of directors

appointed in 1919. His grandson,

James A. Elkins III, served on

the Houston Methodist and Houston

Methodist Hospital Foundation boards

of directors, and his granddaughter,

Elise Joseph, currently serves on the

Houston Methodist Neurological

Institute National Council. In 2013, the

Elkins Foundation created The Elkins

Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiac

Health in honor of Dr. William A. Zoghbi.

Dr. Zoghbi is a world-renowned cardiol-

ogist, trustee and past president of the

American College of Cardiologists, who

has revolutionized the field of cardiology

through his development of advanced

imaging techniques. His recent inven-

tion of the OmniScope®, a handheld

imaging and patient testing device,

attracted a major medical technology

company, which has a licensing agree-

ment to develop the tool commercially.

Dr. Zoghbi’s work is a prime example

of Houston Methodist’s emphasis on

medical innovation to tackle today’s

health care challenges.

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“Cardiology Chair”by Frances Green

“Cancer-Free Chair” by Artists of Sticks

Dottie and Jimmy Adair’s strong

faith played a significant role

during Mr. Adair ’s long battle

with Myelodysplastic Syndrome

(MDS), a disorder in which an

individual’s bone marrow does

not produce enough healthy

blood cells leading to an inability to

fight infections and control bleeding.

Mr. Adair ultimately lost his battle with

the disease on January 27, 2013, but

before he passed, the couple came to a

realization and a decision. “Jimmy and I

recognized that all gifts have been

given from God and you have to share

your gifts to honor and continue them,”

Dottie explains. Although they knew that

it would not be able to save Jimmy’s

life, the couple was determined to help

others battling the disease. They estab-

lished the Dottie and Jimmy C. Adair

Distinguished Chair in Hematology

which supports Dr. Lawrence Rice’s

research in MDS and provides seed

funding to several teams of clinicians

and scientists studying this disease.

The chair carries on Jimmy Adair’s legacy

and hope to improve MDS treatment and

gain a better understanding of the disease.

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Emily Herrmann was a loving

mother, wonderful friend and

dedicated Walter Oil & Gas

employee. When she lost

a brave 10-year battle with

breast cancer in 2007, her

friends, colleagues and family

generously honored her memory

by supporting research in the

Emily Herrmann Cancer Research

Laboratory. In 2014, Rusty

Walter and Carole Looke, along

with their spouses Paula

Walter and Jim Looke and friends Ann

and Billy Harrison, created a second

innovative fundraising initiative to honor

Emily’s life. Their generous matching

gift challenge led to more than 65

contributors donating to the establish-

ment of the Emily Herrmann Chair in

Cancer Research. The position is held

by Dr. Jenny Chang, an internationally

renowned physician-scientist focused

on tracking the origins of triple-nega-

tive breast cancer and repurposing

approved drugs to battle this aggres-

sive form of the disease.

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T A dedicated and visionary

member of the Houston

Methodist Research Institute

board of directors and chair of

its finance committee, John

Bookout I I I and his wife Ann

recently created the John F. III and

Ann H. Bookout Distinguished

Chair for Research Excellence.

The new position will further

the institute’s mission by funding research

in precision or regenerative medicine.

The Bookout’s gift also supports the

Translational Research Initiative (TRI), a

program to speed the research pathway

from the laboratory to patients’ bedsides

(see page 8). Their establishment of

the chair and start-up fund helped

Houston Methodist to recruit Dr. Philip

Horner from the Institute for Stem

Cell & Regenerative Medicine at the

University of Washington. Dr. Horner is

a renowned scientist with a research

focus on the use of stem cells as a

basis for regeneration in spinal cord

injury. The Bookout family’s leadership

and involvement at Houston Methodist

are long-standing, with John’s father,

John F. Bookout, serving on the board

for 36 years, including 16 years as chair.


JOHN S. DUNN FOUNDATION MAKES

TRANSFORMATIONAL COMMITMENTS

TO HOUSTON METHODIST IN 2014

Since 1983 when the John S. Dunn Foundation madea gift to name the Dunn Tower at Houston Methodist, Mr. Dunn’s legacy has continued to support the highest level of health care excellence for Houston and the world.

THE LEgACY CONTINUES


BRAIN CANCER RESEARCH The Foundation

made three new commitments toward brain tumor research:

the Milby Dow Dunn Fund; the John S. “Steve” Dunn Jr.

Chair; and the Dagmar Dunn Pickens Gipe Chair. These

commitments will provide Peak Center Director Dr. David S.

Baskin with the resources to support translational research

and to attract world-class researchers to focus on glioblastoma,

one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of malignant

primary brain tumor.

“The John S. Dunn Foundation is helping us take the

Kenneth R. Peak Center for Brain and Pituitary Tumor

Treatment and Research to the next level as one of the nation’s

premier centers for brain tumor patients,” Dr. Baskin says.

“We have the most advanced technology available, as well

as a multidisciplinary and collabo-

rative environment that gives our

patients the very best 24/7 care.

The Dunn Foundation’s generosity

will continue to enhance our patients’

access to the latest brain cancer

treatment and research protocols.”

PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION Also last year,

the Dunn Foundation established an endowed fund to create

the John S. Dunn Jr. Center for Research and Education in

Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery.

The gift supports a three-year reconstructive sur-

gery residency program, providing post-graduate physicians

with unparalleled education and training. In addition, the

Dunn Center provides residents experience in innovative

surgical techniques and dramatic new treatment options for

patients when trauma, disease or a congenital difference

makes reconstructive surgery necessary.

Dr. Jeffrey Friedman, Chairman of Houston

Methodist’s Division of Plastic Surgery, says the new

Dunn Center will be a vital part of

enhancing research and education

in six focus areas: reconstructive

micro-surgery; facial paralysis and

functional restoration; breast restor-

ation; lower extremity restoration;

genito-urinary and pelvic reconstruc-

tion; and body contour restoration.

Dr. David Baskin Dr. Jeffrey Friedman

The John S. Dunn Foundation has generously provided support for Houston Methodist’s excellence in medical education,

patient care and transformational research for more than three decades, placing them among Houston Methodist’s most generous

and long-standing philanthropic partners. In 2014, the Foundation again demonstrated its exceptional giving spirit through

milestone investments in the fields of brain cancer research and reconstructive and plastic surgery research and education.

6 ENDOwED CHAIRS The John S. “Steve” Dunn Jr. Chair and the Dagmar Dunn Pickens Gipe Chair bring

the number of endowed chairs at Houston Methodist to six, more than any other Houston Methodist benefactor.

The four previously existing chairs include: John S. Dunn Sr. Chair in General Internal Medicine held by Dr. Susan Miller;

John S. Dunn Sr. Chair in Clinical Cardiovascular Research and Education held by Dr. William Winters; John S. Dunn Sr. Chair in

Orthopedic Surgery; and John S. Dunn Sr. Distinguished Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering held by Dr. Stephen Wong.

Pedro Mendoza, 64, has no insurance, no steady

income and a menu of health problems. But today,

as he sits in a small examining room at the Legacy

Community Health Services Clinic in Houston’s Montrose

neighborhood, he is ecstatic. Houston Methodist

physicians have just told him he doesn’t need dialysis.

Dr. Wadi Suki walks into the room and extends

his hand to the patient. “He just wants to say thank

you so much,” says Mendoza’s son, Pete Mendoza

Jr., who translates for his Spanish-speaking father.

They traveled two and a half hours from his father’s

home in Vidor, Texas, to make today’s appointment.

“Before, his kidney function was at 10 percent,” the

son says. “We’d already been making plans to go to

dialysis places.”

A physician for more than five decades and a

nationally renowned nephrologist, Dr. Suki and his

team of Houston Methodist nephrology fellows

ordered Mendoza to stop a steady stream of NSAIDs

(nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin,

ibuprofen and several other over-the-counter medications),

and his kidney function began to improve immediately.

He no longer needed dialysis – at least for now.

Father and son left the clinic with hope in their hearts.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation, head-

quartered in Houston, made a $4 million

commitment to Houston Methodist in

late 2014. The generous gift and new

partnership will continue to expand the

Houston Methodist Scholars Program,

which will double in size to six specialty

health care areas in 2015. Occidental has

a long history of giving back to the communities where

their employees live. Their commitment to the Houston

community means a solid future for the Houston Methodist

Scholars program and continued outstanding medical

care for the uninsured and underserved patients in the

community clinics throughout our area.

The Houston Methodist Scholars Program, generously funded in part through The Cullen

Foundation and Occidental Petroleum Corporation, is a unique community service and

medical education program that allows specialty-care physician fellows and residents to

conduct a portion of their clinical rotations in community clinics for underserved patients.

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It was good news, too, for first-year nephrology

fellow Dr. Faiza Khan, who first delivered the

life-changing news. “As he kissed my hands to

thank me for such great news, I was thankful

for having both the knowledge as well as the

opportunity to positively impact the life of an

individual who otherwise may not have had

access to health care,” Dr. Khan says.

These are the moments Dr. Suki and his

fellows celebrate at Legacy Montrose Clinic.

Thanks to the generosity of The Cullen Foundation,

the Houston Methodist Scholars Program was established to

afford fellows and residents – with faculty supervision – the

opportunity to treat patients at Houston-area clinics, which

include the Legacy and San Jose clinics.

Specialty programs in nephrology, neurology and endocrinology

started in 2013, with additional programs in hematology/oncology,

gastroenterology and ophthalmology in their infancy and

expansion of existing specialty care programs anticipated.

The Scholars Program is part of Houston Methodist’s largest

endowment, established in 1994 as the Cullen Endowment for

Specialty Care for the Medically Underserved.

Dr. Mary Ruppe heads the endocrinology fellows, and

Dr. Ericka Simpson is in charge of neurology.

“These patients are so grateful,” Dr. Simpson says. “They are

engaged. They keep seizure diaries. They are vested in their care.”

“It’s an extraordinary opportunity for our fellows to learn

how to work within the system they are in,” Dr. Suki explains.

“We’ve been here just a short time and have seen some very rare

disorders, including a case of Gitelman Syndrome, an inherited

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kidney disease caused by a gene mutation,” he says. About

half of their clinic patients are HIV-positive, he adds, and

“these are things the fellows would normally not see.”

The patients are of diverse ethnicities, ranging in age from

their 20s to their 80s. The young doctors must base decisions

on limited resources and the lowest costs. The real-world

environment creates a cycle of learning in which quality patient

care and medical education go hand in hand. Fellows and

residents get priceless patient care experience under physician

mentors; patients receive rare specialty care at a nominal cost;

and veteran physicians help train the next generation of

nephrologists, neurologists and endocrinologists.

“It is really rewarding and fulfilling,” says nephrology

fellow Dr. Chad Rossitter. For most of the community clinic

patients, their kidney disease, uncontrolled diabetes and

neurological issues would go untreated – often undiagnosed –

if not for the specialty care that Drs. Suki, Ruppe and

Simpson and their fellows provide.

“This is the type of health care access and

specialty care that my mother envisioned when

she created the Endowed Fund years ago,” says

Beth Robertson, Cullen Foundation trustee and

daughter of Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Smith,

who passed away in 2009. “It’s heartening to

hear from the fellows how this clinic experience

enriches their lives as physicians, while it also

improves the quality of life for underserved patients.

The program truly is the perfect blend of medical education

and quality patient care, and we’re glad to be part of it.”

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For every small miracle, though, there are patients who

remain in health care limbo. Drs. Suki, Ruppe and Simpson

and the fellows have treated several undocumented patients

who don’t qualify for insurance or any government assistance.

Their treatment can go only so far, a frustrating reality for

the physicians and fellows.

There’s the woman with kidney failure who stays alive by

getting dialysis at emergency rooms around town and an

elderly man with acute, end-stage kidney disease who has

been in the United States illegally for more than 17 years.

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conditions and educate the patients. They seek solutions

and always provide a ray of hope – sometimes it’s the

best they can offer.

In another Legacy examining room, 42-year-old

Clarence Slidell awaits results of his blood test. He lost

his home, his car and his job because of his frequent

blackouts and debilitating diabetes. “All of my family who

had diabetes wound up passing,” Slidell says. “Since I

played all the sports, I thought I was going to be the

good one.” He has had diabetes for a decade, and has

come to see Dr. Flordeliza Lilagan, a nephrology fellow,

to manage the kidney damage caused by his disease.

She prescribes medication, gives advice on maintaining

his remaining kidney function and encourages him to

return in a few weeks. Without Legacy and the fellows,

he says, he would be “nowhere.”

Back in the clinic office, where Dr. Suki uses time

between patients for teaching and mentoring, the team

will discuss the patient’s blackouts and consider potential

treatments. Anything that might improve quality of life.

Compassion and empathy, they know, are often as

important to patient care as life-saving medications.


TRANS PLANTS

ADVANCEMENTS IN

MADE POSSIBLE ByGENEROUS SUPPORT

John L. Hern knew what it meant to

need help. In 1996, Hern was a patient

at Houston Methodist waiting for a heart

transplant. Waiting on the chance that

someone, somewhere, had made the

selfless decision to be an organ donor.

Waiting for an organ that could be a match.

THERE wERE OTHERS wAITING wITH HIM AT THE HOSPITAL. Always a gregarious

person, Hern made friends with his

fellow patients and their families.

Hearing their stories, he learned of

the enormous pressure that many of

his fellow patients were under.

“It’s just so incredibly expensive,”

says Paula Hern, John’s daughter,

recalling her father’s conversations.

“And not just the procedure itself, but

travel, parking, food, lodging…all of

those direct needs that people have

while they’re undergoing this process.”

Near the end of the year, Hern did

receive a transplant. It was successful,

but almost one year later his anti-

rejection medication failed. In October

1997 he passed away.

After his passing, John’s friends and

family established the JLH Foundation in

his memory. From the beginning, they were

clear on the purpose of the Foundation:

to fulfill John’s wish.

“He was really a very giving, very

generous man,” says Paula Hern.

“He was very aware of how hard it had

been for him, and wanted to be able to

help others as well. So when he was

there in the hospital and saw some of

the patients and families struggling,

he wanted to be able to help.”

THE JLH FOUNDATION began its philanthropic mission with a

focus on helping heart transplant patients.

In 2004, the JLH Foundation broadened

the scope of its assistance to include all

types of transplant, and established the

John L. Hern Fund for Transplant Patients

and Their Families at Houston Methodist.

“We’ve been able to help patients get

their medication,” says Paula, describing

the work of the Hern Fund at Houston

Methodist. “We’ve helped with lodging…

we’ve helped with food, we’ve helped

with parking. That’s what we’re wanting

to do, help with these direct needs,

these concrete needs that people have.”

Since 2002, the JLH Foundation has

contributed over $1.7 million to Houston

Methodist, including a $600,000 commit-

ment made to the Hern Fund in 2014.

The foundation has also provided

generous support for the construction

and operating costs of Nora’s Home, an

affordable housing facility for transplant

patients and their families receiving

treatment in the Texas Medical Center.

TRANSPLANT MEDICINE IS UNIqUE. Like other fields, it

requires incredibly skilled physicians

working at the cutting edge of modern

medicine. But it also requires something

more: people willing to be an organ

donor, choosing to give as much of

themselves as they can so that others

may live. It is no surprise that such deeply

felt acts of generosity have inspired

remarkable acts of philanthropy.

“I’m most proud that we’ve been able to

accomplish what we’ve set out to do,” says

Paula Hern. “We’ve been able to help

quite a few families at Houston Methodist,

in the Texas Medical Center, in the whole

area of Houston and throughout Texas.

That’s what my father ’s wish had been

and that’s what we’ve been able to do.”

Above: Transplant surgeonsin the Houston MethodistDunn Tower operating room

Below: Paula Hern andhusband Tom Barbour

A GIFT TO SPUR MORE INNOVATION AND CARE

Sherrie and Alan Conover traveled

from their home in Florida to seek

out the world-class level of care

available at Houston Methodist.

In December 2014, they pledged

$6.5 million to name the Sherrie

and Alan Conover Center for Liver

Disease and Transplantation. Their

contribution, which will spur new

innovation for the care and treat-

ment of liver disease patients locally,

nationally and globally, establishes

the 11th philanthropically named

center at Houston Methodist. Such

gifts have provided families looking

to make a meaningful contribution

the opportunity to leave a direct and

lasting impact.


Houston Methodist is deeply grateful to 2013-2014 chairs Estela and David A. Cockrellwho have led the philanthropic charge for The Society for Leading Medicine. They have been

instrumental in establishing The Society and helping it thrive since its inception.


Though in only its second year,

The Society for Leading Medicineis already positively impacting Houston

Methodist. The Society is an annual giving program which is helping the hospital system fulfill its vision for

the future. Through their generous support, Society members have given more than $3.4 million for research, education and

patient care. Thus far, these gifts have provided resources for the following: the Translational Research Initiative (TRI), which will

focus on rapidly moving Houston Methodist’s most promising research projects from the laboratory to patients’ bedsides; the Department of Spiritual Care and Education which supports chaplains and counselors in all hospitals and will fully underwrite the “Jesus – The Great Physician” statue at Houston Methodist St. John Hospital; The Society for Leading Medicine endowed scholarship program to support medical training for residents and fellows; and finally the Houston Methodist Scholars

program which allows medical fellows in endocrinology, neurology and nephrology to care for patients in community clinics. The

Cockrells welcome 2015 chairs Kelli and Eddy Blanton and Cabrina and Steven Owsley, and invite you to become

a member of The Society for Leading Medicine. Visit houstonmethodist.org/thesociety

to join this inspiringgroup.


The new George and Angelina

Kostas Research Center for

Cardiovascular Nanomedicine at

the Houston Methodist Research

Institute began operations recently

after receiving a generous gift from

George J. and Angelina P. Kostas.

The gift is the largest philanthropic

gift ever given in support of cardio-

vascular nanomedicine and could

revolutionize the treatment of

cardiovascular disease.

The groundbreaking center

will foster international collaboration

and bring together top laboratory

and physician-scientists from the

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart

& Vascular Center and the Houston

Methodist Research Institute

Department of Nanomedicine. The

objective is to apply nanotechnology

to the cardiovascular system to remove

normally occurring stenosis without

the need of surgery. This gift will fund

an international annual meeting in

Houston on cardiovascular nano-

medicine that involves scientists

worldwide in order to serve as a

platform for the exchange of ideas.

The Kostases, American-

born children of Greek immigrants,

have a long tradition of philanthropic

gifts, including establishment of The

George J. Kostas Research Institute

for Homeland Security (2010) and

The George J. Kostas Nanoscale

Technology and Manufacturing

Research Center at Northeastern

University (2003) in Boston, George

Kostas’ alma mater. The George J.

Kostas Research Institute for Home-

land Security is a secure building at

Northeastern University, Burlington

Campus. Its mission is to conduct

classified research to protect Americans

in the face of 21st-century risks.

In 2008 Northeastern awarded him

an honorary Doctorate of Sciences and

the President’s Medallion award.

After his retirement

from Conoco in 1972, where he

was manager of the Organometallics

Division, he founded and has been

president of TESCO (Techno Eco-

nomic Services Inc.) for 30 years.

Under his leadership, TESCO developed

a revolutionary new process, based

on his patents, termed “Xenoclad,”

which plates aluminum in an atomic

form on metal substrates to render

them resistant to corrosion. George

Kostas was recruited in 1943, along

with seven other engineers, to start

and operate the first U.S. synthetic

rubber manufacturing plant which

was already being built in Baytown,

Texas. In 1946, Kostas was appointed

a member of the U.S. Research &

Development Committee and served

in this capacity until 1955 when the

government decided to exit the synthetic

rubber program.

Angelina, “Lea,” a woman

of deep faith, grace and warmth, and

devoted lifelong member of Annun-

ciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral,

served as a member of the Philopto-

chos charitable society for 70 years,

and board member for 40 years.

During World War II, Lea served as

a spotter for enemy aircraft over the

Houston area. Married for 62 years,

George and Angelina are the par-

ents of four talented daughters. The

Kostas family has been generous

supporters of the Annunciation and

St. Basil’s Greek Orthodox Churches

of Houston. They built the St. George

Chapel and then donated it to the

cathedral. St. Basil’s church honored

Mr. Kostas by naming the education

center in his honor. In 2008, they

honored Lea Kostas by naming the

auditorium in her honor.

GIFT OF RESEARCH FOR NANOCARDI-OLOGy

THE


In the philanthropic spirit

that defines their family,

ANGELINA ANDGEORGE KOSTASgave a generous gift

to Houston Methodist in 2014

to create a center dedicated to

advancing nanomedicine and

revolutionizing the treatment

of cardiovascular disease.


MEET SOMEGIANTSIN THEwORLD OFNANOCARDIOLOGy

The Kostas Center will be directed

by Houston Methodist Research

Institute President & CEO Mauro

Ferrari, PhD, and Houston Methodist

DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Medical Director Alan B. Lumsden,

MD, who, along with the executive

committee, will guide the center’s

development, approve new research

initiatives and initiate collaborative

ventures that will transform cardio-

vascular nanomedicine. The center’s

program and working group leaders

include some of Houston Methodist’s

best nanotechnology researchers

and cardiovascular physicians and

surgeons, such as Guillermo Torre-

Amione, MD, PhD, Elvin Blanco, PhD,

Miguel Valderrábano, MD, John

Cooke, MD, PhD, Ennio Tasciotti,

PhD, William Zoghbi, MD, and

Paolo Decuzzi, PhD. The groups are

designed to work in sequence, a

bit like runners in a relay race, to

translate discoveries quickly into

technologies for human clinical trials.

One possible area of investigation

is the use of nontoxic, silicon-based

nanoparticles to dismantle and

disperse the fatty plaques that often

form along the inner sides of blood

vessels. These plaques contribute to

hypertension. When larger plaques

are dislodged, they can cause

blockages downstream, leading to

heart attacks and strokes.

“THERE IS NO OTHER NANOMEDICINE CENTER

OF THIS MAGNITUDE IN ANy ACADEMIC MEDICAL

CENTER,” SAyS RESEARCH INSTITUTE PRESIDENT &

CEO MAURO FERRARI, PHD. “THANKS TO THE KOSTAS

FAMILy’S VISION AND GENEROSITy, wE NOw HAVE

THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE TREATMENTS FOR

PATIENTS wITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ON A

GLOBAL LEVEL.”


Alan Lumsden, MD, and Mauro Ferrari, PhD

AMPLIFyINGTHE RIPPLE EFFECTOF EXCEPTIONAL

NURSES

MONICA TANG As the 2014 Crosswell Emerging Leaders fellowship recipient, her training focused on the prevention of future heart attacks and readmissions for congestive heart failure exacerbation patients through education and follow-up. “The Crosswell Emerging Leaders Fellowship renewed my interest in cardiology and my passion for getting patients home – not just getting them out of the ICU and into another hospital room.”

Houston Methodist nurses exemplify the institution’s I CARE

values of integrity, compassion, accountability, respect and

excellence. Through outstanding leadership, an exemplary

nurse can amplify the ripple effect of these values, serving as

a model for his or her entire team. Houston Methodist places

these nurses in the spotlight with two annual accolades.

The CroSSweLL emerGiNG LeAderS FeLLowShip

proGrAm was founded by Emily and Holcombe Crosswell

to provide experienced nurses with a deeper understand-

ing of the continuum of care in order to enhance the nurse’s

ability to impact and enrich patient care.

“Doctors are brilliant,” notes Emily Crosswell, long-time Houston

Methodist board member, “but the first responders to a patient’s


LORELIE LAZARO As a registered nurse with over 22 years of experience, she works closely with her colleagues to ensure the health and well-being of all patients is a top priority. “winning the Outstanding Nursing Award from The Brown Foundation, Inc. is an inspiration to be more excellent every single day. That’s what my patients deserve.”

healing – physically, mentally and spiritually – are the nurses.

They’re the listening ears and seeing eyes as to how a patient is

improving. I always have felt they are the conduit to the doctors

and the confidants of the patients.” Nurses directly impact

nearly every aspect of the patient experience and the Crosswell’s

support acknowledges their important role. “I am honored that

we can do something to express our appreciation for what

nurses do every single day,” Mrs. Crosswell says.

She hopes those selected for the fellowship will spread

their knowledge to their colleagues. “All good leaders also

become mentors,” Mrs. Crosswell explains. “So it’s a ripple

effect. My hope is that when the nurses finish this fellowship,

their leadership will inspire others to excel.”

The oUTSTANdiNG NUrSiNG AwArd is another

annual Houston Methodist honor. The prestigious award

recognizes a truly outstanding nurse who consistently

demonstrates excellence in nursing practice, professional

development and dedication to patients.

The Outstanding Nursing Award is made possible by

a generous grant from The Brown Foundation, Inc. A nurse

must be nominated and meet an extensive list of requirements

to qualify.

By aiding in the development of leadership skills among

nurses and by rewarding those who excel, Houston Methodist

seeks to advance the level of patient care while also attracting

the best and brightest nurses in the nation.


VICKI BAUCUM, JENNy CHANG, MD, AND CARL BAUCUM pictured among research slides used in the

CREDO program, an initiative the Baucums generously funded to study triple-negative breast cancer. The slides depict

cancer cells, and are used to gather data for ongoing studies in the Emily Herrmann Cancer Research Laboratory.

A promise kept.


As she had done for years, in 2012, Vicki

Baucum scheduled her annual mammo-

gram for early October. When her doctor,

Keith Reeves, requested she undergo

additional testing, she hardly gave it a

second thought.

“I have dense breast tissue, so additional

testing was not uncommon,” she says.

But just because a test is

routine, it doesn’t mean the results

will be predictable.

A week before Thanksgiving, Dr.

Reeves delivered life-altering news to

Vicki and her husband Carl: The additional

tests revealed she had a malignant tumor.

The diagnosis launched them on a

10-month journey underpinned by faith

and trust. Dr. Reeves, now retired and

the former chair of Houston Methodist’s

Center for Restorative Pelvic Medicine,

immediately arranged for Vicki to meet

the next day with Dr. Jenny Chang,

director of the Houston Methodist

Cancer Center and holder of the Emily

Herrmann Chair for Cancer Research.

“Dr. Reeves told me, ‘Whatever she tells

you to do, you do; she knows more about

breast cancer than anyone, so trust her

completely.’ And, that’s what I did,” Vicki says.

When Vicki and Carl arrived at

their first meeting with internationally

renowned physician Dr. Chang, they

came armed with notepads, ready to

take notes for later reference. After their

first few minutes with her, Dr. Chang re-

quested Vicki’s pad and pencil. “She said,

‘I’ll take the notes, you just listen.’ We

listened and immediately felt totally at

ease and confident that we were in the

right place. I never worried and always

felt most positive about my future.

I trusted Dr. Chang completely and had a

very strong faith that God was by my side.”

Dr. Chang forthrightly yet compas-

sionately told Vicki she had grade 3

triple-negative breast cancer, and it

was very aggressive. She followed this

up with a single reassuring promise,

“I will help you fight this.”


As with her diagnosis, Vicki’s treat-

ment plan came together very fast.

The following week, she underwent a

battery of tests as Dr. Chang collaborated

with a team of expert colleagues from

Houston Methodist and around the world

to create a unique and tailored treatment

regimen, which would include chemotherapy,

surgery and radiation.

Dr. Chang recommended chemotherapy

first, thereby allowing her to study the

effects of the chemo on the tumor.

Triple-negative breast cancer accounts

for only 15 percent of breast cancer cases,

and the disease does not respond to ther-

apies targeting the three receptors known

to cause the majority of breast cancers.

Vicki became part of a clinical trial

using a taxane-based chemo. After four

infusions, the tumor had nearly doubled

in size.

“Triple-negative breast cancer is

difficult to control,” Dr. Chang explains.

“Unlike other cancers, we don’t know what

causes it. It’s genetically unstable, so the

treatment is not targeted – instead there

are multiple targets that must be treated.”

Dr. Chang then started Vicki on a

combination chemotherapy called AC,

which required an infusion every three

weeks. During this time, Dr. Chang

received results of a genetic analysis she

ordered, and it revealed that Vicki’s tumor

was made up of not one, but two different

mutated genes.

Armed with this additional information,

Dr. Chang and her colleagues again

tweaked Vicki’s treatment and supple-

mented the AC infusions with weekly

infusions of the targeted blocker EGFR,

which specifically targeted one of Vicki’s

two mutated genes.

Vicki and Carl’s confidence in

Dr. Chang never wavered. Never were

they surprised when she would suggest

additional ways to attack Vicki’s most

unusual cancer. So, when Dr. Chang

recommended adding another type of

chemo infusion, coupled with a daily

targeted blocker in pill form, there was

no hesitation. The couple agreed.

The revised regimen quickly improved

Vicki’s prognosis. By May 2013, the tumor

shrunk to less than its original size, providing

the ideal circumstances for Dr. Barbara Bass,

John F., Jr. and Carolyn Bookout Presidential

Distinguished Chair, to remove what was left.

In all, during a 10-month period, Vicki

received 28 infusions, participated in a

clinical trial, underwent surgery and had 33

rounds of radiation. She and her husband

also formed lifelong bonds with Dr. Chang

and many others at Houston Methodist.

Now, more than a year later and

in remission, Vicki says, “I do not

have any bad memories. All of my

memories are of caring and nurturing

people -- the parking attendants at the

Outpatient Center, greeters, receptionists,

infusion nurses, technicians, pharmacists,

dieticians, Dr. Chang and her group of

doctors – each person was part of a team

that helped me along this journey. I was

confident, as well as energized, by the

entire Houston Methodist team. Not to

be overlooked is the significance of the

unceasing support I received from family

and friends. There were many prayers

said, meals provided, cards, visits and

phone calls. All of these things contributed

to a successful outcome.”

Grateful and appreciative of the

care they received, Vicki and Carl

considered ways to show their thank-

fulness. Most particularly they wanted

to support Dr. Chang and her research.

Their decision was made after learning

about CREDO: The Center for drug

REpositioning and DevelOpment.

Many of the drugs approved by the FDA

for other uses may hold promise for

the treatment of breast cancer. But a

program has never existed to test their

effectiveness on this disease. CREDO

fills this void. By repositioning existing

approved drugs, researchers will avoid

significant costs and the decades-long

discovery process, ultimately providing

faster treatment to patients. This leading

medicine research has the potential to

transform the treatment of breast cancer

patients. The Baucums gave a dollar-for-

dollar match in support of CREDO program

fundraising. At the time of publication,

they had raised more than $300,000.


An example of the type of promising

drug repositioning opportunities avail-

able includes the discovery of a new

molecule that was tested as a post-

heart attack treatment. While the drug

failed in its intended heart therapy purpose,

preliminary findings in patient-derived

animal models show that it may provide

a novel approach to overcoming treat-

ment-resistant triple-negative breast

cancer. Currently, no targeted treatment

exists for this aggressive form of breast

cancer.

“Cancer care is more science than art,

but you need to be able to provide the

most effective treatment and encourage

new findings in treatment and research

while having the ability to help patients

and their families through a difficult time,”

Dr. Chang says.

The Baucums, she says, showed amazing

strength and courage throughout, and

Vicki endured her rigorous treatment with

great stoicism.

Vicki says, “A very important ingredient

in this process is having faith in God,

your doctors and yourself. Triple-negative

breast cancer is a disease the world

doesn’t really know much about.

“But, if you’re going to receive a triple-

negative breast cancer diagnosis, Houston

Methodist is where you need to be,” Vicki

says. “Trial and discovery, plus faith-

based medicine – it’s truly the Houston

Methodist Cancer Center way.”

Dr. Jenny Chang’s pioneering work has helped transform triple-negative breast cancer research, providing hope for those diagnosed with this aggressive disease.


FOLLOW >THE >LEADERS>

In the past 50 years, the American health care system

has seen astonishing changes. In 1965, Medicare was

brand new, organ transplantation was in its infancy

and average life expectancy hovered around age 70.

However, thanks to extraordinary leadership, including

that exhibited by David M. Underwood and John F.

Bookout, Houston Methodist has not only survived,

but has thrived during this extraordinary half-century

of change and growth. With a combined 88 years

of service on the Houston Methodist Board of

Directors – Mr. Underwood for 52 years and Mr.

Bookout for 36 – both men have made incalculable

contributions to the hospital’s success.

Mr. Underwood has been involved in leadership

at Houston Methodist for the past 50 years. With an

unstinting commitment and dedication to the hospital,

he has continued the philanthropic legacy of his

grandmother, the indefatigable Ella Fondren and many

other members of the family. As chairman of the

finance committee, Mr. Underwood has always seen to

the best interests of the hospital system, emphasizing

financial strength and a strong balance sheet as

the surest formula for stability. Additionally, his

chairmanship of Houston Methodist’s first major capital

campaign was paramount to its resounding success.

John F. Bookout began his volunteer service on

the Houston Methodist Board of Directors in 1979.

In 1991, he began 16 years as chairman of the Board,

and today continues to provide invaluable counsel

and wisdom as the board’s senior chairman. His

visionary leadership was pivotal in Houston Methodist’s

transformation into a thriving independent academic

medical center with Weill Cornell Medical College as

its primary medical school affiliate; commencement

of the Houston Methodist-sponsored residency and

fellowship program; and founding of the Houston

Methodist Research Institute.

In recognition of these extraordinary contributions

to Houston Methodist, the Dunn Tower Board Room

has been named the David M. Underwood Board Room,

and the Houston Methodist Research Institute Auditorium

has been named the John F. Bookout Auditorium.

The board of directors and administration are deeply

grateful to both Mr. Underwood and Mr. Bookout

for their loyal and steadfast commitments to the

current and future success of Houston Methodist.

HOUSTON METHODIST HONORS EXTRAORDINARy LEADERSHIP THROUGH DEDICATIONS


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In 2000, Dr. C. Richard Stasney founded

Houston Methodist’s Center for

Performing Arts Medicine (CPAM) –

the nation’s first institutionally backed

center specializing in the healing of

performers in the arts.

CPAM’s initial focus on caring

for performers has evolved and now

explores ways to incorporate arts in

the hospital environment through the

Margaret Alkek Williams performance

series, to lead groundbreaking research,

to develop arts therapy and to provide

health education to artists and the

community.

Recently, Stasney Chorus

was created to fund the exceptional

initiatives underway at CPAM.

Founding members, Patricia and

Mark Rauch, were inspired by the

concept and have been involved

from the beginning.

“The Center for Performing Arts

Medicine has expanded Houston

Methodist’s boundaries, providing

nationally and internationally recog-

nized evaluation and treatment of

performing artists,” says Patricia.

“Dr. Stasney’s broader vision for all

patients, including those who are not

in the performing arts, is to benefit

from the experiences, treatment

and research taking place within

the center.”

Patricia became a patient of

Dr. Stasney prior to the launch of

CPAM. She lost her voice for seven

years following the removal of a

tumor wrapped around her laryngeal

nerve. Dr. Stasney successfully

performed an innovative procedure

which restored Patricia’s vocal cords.

“I would not be speaking today

were it not for Dr. Richard Stasney,”

declares Patricia.

Throughout the many treatments

and follow-ups Patricia had with

Dr. Stasney, they began to discuss a

concept he had for a revolutionary

center for performing arts medicine.

“He had a whim of an idea,”

explains Patricia. “If there is a sports

medicine department, why is there

not a performing arts medicine

department?” Throughout their dis-

cussions, Patricia encouraged him

and began providing philanthropic

support for the center’s founding.

Now, for nearly 15 years, Houston

Methodist has grown and maintained

a department that has surpassed

even Dr. Stasney’s expectations.

In late 2013, when the Center

for Performing Arts Medicine Advisory

Board announced the creation of

Stasney Chorus, the Rauches were

the first to join. Stasney Chorus has

210 members who support CPAM’s

growth and initiatives, including research

to advance new therapies and treat-

ments, health education support for

performers, integration of the arts

into the hospital environment and

investment in new tools, technologies

and facilities to provide high-quality

care for all patients.

“One’s philanthropic donation is

an investment,” notes Patricia. “How

inspiring it is to witness one’s gift,

one’s investment, as both productive

and beneficial for patients and staff

at Houston Methodist. During the

more than 100 annual Margaret Alkek

Williams Performance Series concerts

and presentations, you can see, hear

and feel how moving it is for patients,

physicians and staff. The moment

you experience that, you’ll want to

step up to the plate and become a

member of Stasney Chorus.”

Visit houstonmethodist.org/foundation to join Stasney Chorus.

“THE DEDICATION, THE CARING THAT DR. STASNEy AND THE CPAM TEAM EXHIBIT HAS RENEwED My FAITH IN THE REAL REASONS wHy DOCTORS DO wHAT THEy DO.” PATRICIA RAUCH (RIGHT, wITH HUSBAND MARK RAUCH),

MEMBER OF THE CPAM ADVISORy BOARD AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF STASNEy CHORUS

SPREADING ROOTS IN OUR COMMUNITy


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Houston Methodist proudly serves

patients from 90 countries and from

every state in the union. However,

Houston Methodist’s roots are firmly

established in the Greater Houston

community and continue to spread.

GrowthThe Houston Methodist footprint is

growing with recent groundbreakings

for a new hospital in The Woodlands

and new patient towers in Sugar Land

and the Texas Medical Center. Emer-

gency care centers in Cinco Ranch,

Cypress and The Woodlands further

community reach, while Houston

Methodist St. Catherine Hospital is

undergoing expansions to provide

long-term acute care.

“Houston Methodist continues

to see increased demand from the

community for the high-quality care

provided in our facilities,” says Marc

Boom, MD, President and CEO

of Houston Methodist. “Over the

next three years, Houston Methodist

will invest more than $1 billion into

expanding and replacing our facilities

throughout the Houston area. We

are investing in new facilities for our

patients, meeting the needs of our

growing community.”

Texas Medical Center

A new $540 million patient tower in

the Texas Medical Center will replace

patient beds in Houston Methodist

Hospital’s original Main building and add

highly advanced heart and neurosurgery

operating rooms. Slated for completion

in 2017, the inpatient tower next to

Houston Methodist Hospital will have

capacity for 390 beds, including 102

intensive care beds, expanded operating

suites, hybrid suites and a dedicated

cardiology floor with interventional

catheterization labs.

The new tower’s high-tech operating

rooms will dramatically expand Houston

Methodist’s ability to provide image-

guided heart and brain procedures.

These procedures allow for minimally

invasive treatment of conditions that

once required open surgery.

The woodlandsThe eighth hospital in the Houston

Methodist system is coming to The

Woodlands. The new 193-bed hospital

will offer The Woodlands community a

full-service, acute care hospital capable

of delivering services similar to those

available in the Texas Medical Center.

Houston Methodist broke ground on

the new 470,000-square-foot hospital

in October 2014. Houston Methodist The

Woodlands Hospital will be built at the inter-

section of TX 242 and I-45 and is projected

for completion in 2017. Construction

includes a 135,000-square-foot medical

building, which will open in late 2015.

Sugar Land In May 2014, ground was

broken on a new six-story patient tower

at Houston Methodist Sugar Land

Hospital. The new tower is part of a

$131 million expansion effort that will

add 104 beds, primarily for intensive

care and medical/surgical patients, and

will provide space for future growth as

needed. Once the new tower joins the

Main and Sweetwater Pavilions on

campus, the hospital’s total capacity will

reach 347 beds. The new tower should

be open for patients in the spring of 2016.

The patient tower is just one of five

major projects included in the hospital’s

current expansion plan, which also

involves construction of a new 60,000-

square-foot facility for Houston Methodist

Orthopedics & Sports Medicine,

expansion and relocation of the heart

center and a stand-alone emergency

care center to serve the residents of

Missouri City.

The relocation of the Heart Center

will free up existing space to renovate

and double the size of the hospital’s

birthing center to support the growing

maternity and newborn needs of the

Sugar Land community.


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The President’s Leadership Council (PLC) is the creation of a visionary

group of community leaders and Houston Methodist President and

CEO Marc Boom, MD. It was developed to engage individuals in the

life of the hospital. Since its public launch in November 2014, the

PLC has already brought in individuals with important insight and

perspectives to help shape Houston Methodist’s external direction

and carry its story to the Houston community and beyond.

THE GOAL of the PLC is to create a dialogue with the

community. Members communicate valuable insight, perspectives,

guidance and expertise directly to Dr. Boom. This private sector

leadership and input will be vital to the advancement of clinical care,

translational research and medical education at Houston Methodist.

THE STRUCTURE of the PLC consists of a senior

cabinet; four system-wide volunteer committees: advocacy,

corporate engagement, patient experience, philanthropic

engagement; and five care-area-specific councils and task forces,

including heart and vascular, neurology and neurosurgery, cancer,

liver and performing arts medicine. Members are encouraged to

join the committee, council or task force that is of the most

interest to them, so that the membership experience is as

fulfilling and rewarding for the PLC member as it is for Houston

Methodist. The membership of the PLC is a veritable who’s

who of more than 120 Houston influencers and a select group

of physician advisers. Each individual will serve a three-year

term with the opportunity to extend his or her commitment.

Members enjoy an insider’s view of Houston Methodist while

acting as part of a trusted feedback loop for Dr. Boom.

“I am honored to serve as the chair of the President’s Leadership

Council and see my role as being the cheerleader for the great

clinical, research and academic work that is being done every

day at Houston Methodist,” explains Gregory V. Nelson. “We

have been the top hospital in Texas for several years and knock

on the door of U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Honor Roll’ year in

and year out. Houston Methodist is privileged to engage the

thought-leader community in order to maintain this top-tier

status in quality, innovation and clinical outcomes.”

Above: Gregory V. Nelson, PLC Chair

Left: Marc Boom, MD, addresses members of the PLC at the inaugural annual meeting on November 5, 2014.

Below: PLC members attending the inaugural annual meeting at the Houston Methodist Research Institute. The meeting was followed by a reception at Trevísio.


PEAK PERFORMANCES: JULY 17 Cam and Rod Canion, Nancy and Jack Dinerstein, Kimberly and David Dominy and Lesha and Tom Elsenbrook hosted Peak Performances, a three-part event in Aspen, Colorado. The day featured the Grand Rounds Golf Open presented by Bayou City Capital, L.P. with Houston Methodist research and clinical experts Drs. Mauro Ferrari, John Cooke and Michael Reardon, a cooking demonstration with Pyramid Bistro Chef Martin Oswald and Houston Methodist nutritionist Kari Kooi, and a dinner reception with live music. Pictured from left are the Dinersteins, the Dominys, Dr. Marc Boom, Cam Canion and the Elsenbrooks.

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FAITH & MEDICINE: SEPTEMBER 17 More than 400 Houston Methodist and Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology supporters attended the Faith & Medicine event, chaired by (from left) Dr. Charles R. Millikan and Laura Millikan, Mel and Cathy Jodeit, Dr. Mauro Ferrari and Paola Ferrari, Libbie and Greg Nelson and Drs. Julie and Marc Boom (not shown). The event explored the convergence of faith and health care with presentations by Houston Methodist’s Dr. Eugene Alford and Southern Methodist University’s Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles.


2014

MARTHA AND D. GIBSON wALTON LECTURE: FEBRUARY 7 In recognition of Gib Walton’s extraordinary life and in gratitude for his leadership, Houston Methodist established the Martha and D. Gibson Walton Lecture through the generosity of his family, colleagues and friends. Mr. Walton’s family members, Dan Walton, Gigi and Bill Tylander, Martha Walton, Emily Walton, Katie Walton, Cole and Crystal Walton, were honored at the inaugural lecture presented by Mary-Claire King, PhD, at the Houston Methodist Research Institute.

HOUSTON TExANS FAMILY FIELD DAY: APRIL 30 The Society for Leading Medicine members and incoming co-chairs, Cabrina and Steven Owsley,and Kelli and Eddy Blanton, took to the field for Houston Texans Family Field Day. Houston Texans players were on hand to provide autographs and guide The Society members and their families as they participated in accuracy, kicking, defensive, punting and agility drills at the Houston Methodist Training Center.

TAKING CARE OF TExAS: JUNE 4 Shown with Dr. Marc Boom, Cynthia Pickett-Stevenson, Dr. Alan Lumsden and Erin Franz, former First Lady Laura Bush, middle, spoke at a special event hosted by the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center Council. She expressed her family’s gratitude for the care they have received at Houston Methodist and shared her work to spur Texas conservation efforts through her nonprofit, Taking Care of Texas.


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HOUSTON METHODIST ST. JOHN HOSPITAL GOLF TOURNAMENT: OCTOBER 20 Golfers Tim O’Rourke, Ken Plunkett, Karen Hooper and Jay Vaught teed offat the Houston Methodist St. John Hospital Golf Tournament hosted by ICON Information Consultants. Proceeds from the event benefited the Houston Methodist St. John Hospital Excellence Fund which supports the highest priorities of the hospital.

wALTER OIL & GAS CORPORATION HEALTHY KNOwLEDGE LUNCHEON: AUGUST 19 Hosted at the Petroleum Club of Houston by Walter Oil & Gas Corporation Vice President Jim Looke, the luncheon educated employees on health awareness and disease prevention. Pictured from left are Dr. Zsolt Garami, Steven Looke, Jim Looke, Dr. David Chiu and Dr. Alan Lumsden.


EVENING wITH THE ExPERTS: APRIL 22 Shown with Dr. Mark Ghobrial (left), Meredith and Gene O’Donnell hosted a special reception featuring Houston Methodist specialists Drs. Osama Gaber, Mark Ghobrial, Xian Li and Howard Monsour Jr. Held at Meredith O’Donnell Fine Furniture, Accessories & Rugs, the physician-scientists shared the latest advances within the Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation.

THE HAMILL FOUNDATION FAMILY ROOM DEDICATION:DECEMBER 8 Tom Brown, The Hamill Foundation Grants Director; Roberta Schwartz, Houston Methodist Executive Vice President and Charlie Read, The Hamill Foundation President, cut a ribbon to celebrate the naming. Dedicated in grateful appreciation of Marie and Claud Hamill’s long-standing and generous support, the room was named to recognize more than three decades of philanthropy to numerous Houston Methodist programs and centers.

NCAA FINAL FOUR TIP-OFF GALA: APRIL 3 Jim Nantz created and hosted the NCAA Final Four Tip-Off Gala featuring a conversation with former President George W. Bush. Held at the Omni Dallas Hotel, the evening benefited the Nantz National Alzheimer Center and the Houston Methodist Concussion Center.


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HOUSTON METHODIST THE wOODLANDS HOSPITAL GROUNDBREAKING: OCTOBER 21 Ewing Werlein Jr., Debra Sukin, Dr. Marc Boom and Bruce Tough broke ground on the new 193-bed hospital in The Woodlands. In lieu of a traditional groundbreaking with shovels, guests were given a bottle of soil to pour around an oak tree that will be planted on campus once the hospital is completed in 2017. For more on Houston Methodist’s development plans, see Spreading Roots in Our Community on page 46.

ABRAMSON-FINGER SCHOLARS FUND One of only two such programs in the United States, the Master in Clinical Translational Management degree is a collaboration between the University of St. Thomas Cameron School of Business and the Houston Methodist Research Institute. The degree blends science and business to help get medical breakthroughs to patients. Generous contributions from Rolaine and Morrie Abramson and Elaine and Marvy Finger established the Abramson-Finger Scholars Fund to help support students in the program. First row from left: Marvy Finger; Morrie Abramson; Dr. Robert Ivany, President, University of St. Thomas; Dr. Mauro Ferrari, President, Houston Methodist Research Institute. Back row from left: Ewing Werlein Jr., Chair, Houston Methodist Board of Directors; Dr. Tim Boone; Dr. Beena George; Dr. Dominic Aquila; Tong Sun; Amy Wright and Dr. Bert Edmundson, Chair, University of St. Thomas Board of Trustees.


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SAVE THE DATE

NOVEMBER 12, 2015 RENDEZVOUS wITH HOUSTON METHODIST Please save the date for Houston Methodist’s biennial gala, Rendezvous with Houston Methodist, on Thursday, November 12, 2015, at the Hilton Americas-Houston! Chaired by Cam and Rod Canion and Elizabeth and Peter Wareing, the evening will honor the John S. Dunn Foundation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY), Sanford I. Weill and Emily Attwell Crosswell. It will also celebrate Houston Methodist’s 96-year commitment to leading medicine in research, education and patient care. Learn more at houstonmethodist.org/rendezvous.

LEADERSHIP GRAND ROUNDS: OCTOBER 27 Hosted by Beverly Denver, Leadership Grand Rounds guests were treated to an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse of a leading academic medical center from the perspectives of its physicians and researchers. Participants became medical interns for the day as they visited high tech research laboratories, viewed innovative surgical procedures and witnessed first-hand how Houston Methodist is leading medicine.

yEAR IN REVIEwTOTAL RAISED

$40,723,711

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45

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2,861TOTAL

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Houston Methodist Board of DirectorsMorrie K. AbramsonCarlton E. Baucum, TreasurerJohn F. Bookout, Senior ChairMarc L. Boom, MD, President and CEOEmily A. CrosswellMary A. DaffinConnie M. DyerGary W. EdwardsJuliet S. Ellis, CFARon A. Gentry, MDMark A. HouserBishop Janice Riggle HuieRev. Kenneth R. LevingstonVidal G. MartinezRobert K. Moses Jr., Assistant SecretaryGregory V. Nelson, Vice ChairThomas J. Pace III, DMinJoe Bob PerkinsC. Richard Stasney, MD, President of the Medical StaffDavid M. Underwood, Vice ChairJoseph C. “Rusty” Walter III, Assistant TreasurerElizabeth Blanton Wareing, SecretaryStephen Wende, DMinEwing Werlein Jr., ChairSandra Gayle Wright, EdD, RNLife MembersErnest H. CockrellJames C. DishmanCharles W. Duncan Jr.Isaac H. Kempner IIINat S. RogersAdvisoryTodd W. Trask, MD, President-Elect of the Medical StaffRev. B.T. Williamson

Houston MethodistResearch InstituteBoard of DirectorsSteven D. ArnoldJohn F. Bookout, Senior ChairJohn F. Bookout IIIMarc L. Boom, MD, President and CEO, Houston MethodistTimothy B. Boone, MD, PhDGiorgio BorlenghiJoseph R. CanionAlbert Y. ChaoErnest D. Cockrell II, SecretaryJohn P. Cooke, MD, PhDDan O. DingesMauro Ferrari, PhD, President and CEO, Houston Methodist Research InstituteJoe B. FosterLaurie H. Glimcher, MDAntonio Gotto, MD, DPhilMark A. Houser, ChairCatherine S. JodeitRev. Kenneth R. LevingstonVidal G. MartinezGregory V. NelsonStuart W. StedmanAndrew C. von Eschenbach, MDMartha S. WaltonElizabeth Blanton Wareing, Vice ChairEwing Werlein Jr.

Houston MethodistHospital FoundationBoard of DirectorsMorrie K. AbramsonJohn F. Bookout, ChairMarc L. Boom, MD, President and CEOMichael M. ConeEmily A. CrosswellCharles W. Duncan Jr.John S. Dunn Jr.Marvy A. FingerJohn W. JohnsonRaleigh W. Johnson Jr.Vidal G. MartinezRobert K. Moses Jr.David M. UnderwoodJames V. WalzelElizabeth Blanton WareingEwing Werlein Jr.

President’s Leadership CouncilSenior CabinetRobert J. Allison Jr.Eva C. BissoKelli L. BlantonMarc L. Boom, MD, President & CEOStephen I. Chazen David A. CockrellDaniel M. GilbaneEric J. Haufrect, MDJohn W. JohnsonDavid KinderJohn P. KottsWilliam Gentry Lee Jr.Michael C. LinnRahul B. MehtaGregory V. Nelson, ChairCynthia Pickett-StevensonVeronica Selinko-Curran, MD Steve D. StephensDouglas E. Swanson Jr.David M. Underwood Jr.Franco ValobraKelley C. YoungMembersGina B. AndrewsArch H. “Beaver” Aplin IIIJudson E. BaileyMatthew K. BairdJonathan BakshtE. William BarnettSeth M. BarrettJanice H. BarrowJames R. BathVicki L. BaucumEddy S. BlantonGinger BlantonKenneth E. BreauxGeorge M. Britton Jr.John R. Butler Jr.P. Embry CanterburyCarl M. Carter IIIGerardo A. ChapaMuffin M. ClarkM. Scott ConeLavonne C. Cox, RPhPaula D. CrielJames W. CrownoverIsabel G. DavidRay C. DavisScott A. DavisDenis A. DeBakeyJoann P. DiGennaroNancy S. DinersteinFrancoise A. DjerejianDavid R. DominyWilliam J. Doré Jr.Celia J. DupréThomas L. ElsenbrookAnn H. ElvinJerry E. FingerGina E. Fish, RNJeffrey H. FoutchElizabeth L. Ghrist

Kate H. GibsonLinda C. GillS. Malcolm Gillis, PhDMarc P. GordonLaura Laux HigginsJohn R. HolsteadLou HouserMary F. JohnstonJo Ruth KaplanWilliam E. KingThomas C. KnudsonGeorge J. KostasLinda G. LykosJeffrey E. MargolisJudy E. MargolisDale L. MartinGeorge M. MastersonJohn M. McCormackAndrew D. McCullough Jr.Mary Ann McKeithanDenise D. MonteleoneJoel L. MooreRick L. MooreW. Benjamin MorelandLoretta B. MosesEugene A. O’DonnellCabrina F. OwsleyJane L. ParkerFrank D. PerezRick J. PerezNicholas A. PhillipsMichael J. PlankDouglas R. QuinnMelanie C. RothwellScott E. SchwingerWard SheffieldL.E. SimmonsGlenn R. SmithSue H. SmithBetty A. SommerCullen R. SpitzerAlan L. SteinSteven D. StephensHenry J.N. “Kitch” Taub IIMarcy E. TaubTadd TellepsenDuncan K. UnderwoodTony ValloneRichard E. Wainerdi, PhD, PEKaren D. WalkerDancie Perugini WareW. Temple Webber IIIRobert A. Yekovich, DMAPaul YetterPhysician-Scientist RepresentativesBobby R. Alford, MDEric H. Bernicker, MDNeal G. Copeland, PhDRobert E. Jackson, MDChristof Karmonik, PhDDaniel E. Lehane, MDAlexandria T. Phan, MDKeith O. Reeves, MDValentina Ugolini, MD


Center for Performing Arts Medicine Advisory BoardBobby R. Alford, MDE. William BarnettJanice H. BarrowGinger BlantonAnthony K. Brandt, PhDAlbert Y. ChaoEvan D. Collins, MD, ChairLavonne C. Cox, RPhJames W. CrownoverFrancoise DjerejianDeborah K. DuncanVictor Fainstein, MDJerry E. FingerJeremy Finkelstein, MDGina E. Fish, RNJ. Todd FrazierRobert Freeman, PhDElizabeth GhristSusanne M. GlasscockRichard L. Harper, MDEric J. Haufrect, MDPatricia P. HubbardRobert E. Jackson, MD, FACPChristof Karmonik, PhDTom Krouskop, PhD, PEMichael W. Lieberman, MD, PhDSharon Ley LietzowJudy E. MargolisVidal G. MartinezHoyt T. “Toby” MattoxEdwards U. McReynolds, MDBodene Orr Nicholas A. PhillipsPatricia RauchKeith O. Reeves, MDAnn Scanlon McGinity, PhD, RNL.E. SimmonsJerome B. SimonLois F. StarkC. Richard Stasney, MD, FounderRon Tintner, MDLaura Jennings TurnerKevin E. Varner, MDRichard E. Wainerdi, PhD, PEMargaret Alkek WilliamsAline WilsonEd WulfeRobert A. Yekovich, DMA

Houston Methodist Cancer Center Task ForceJud Bailey Carin M. Barth Vicki L. Baucum Scott A. Davis Ann H. Elvin Lou Houser Christine Lukens Dale Martin Peggy D. Martin Maryanne W. McCormack Rick Moore Loretta B. Moses Jane L. Parker Glenn R. Smith Betty A. Sommer Physician-Scientist RepresentativesEric H. Bernicker, MD E. Brian Butler, MDJenny Chang, MD, Director, Houston Methodist Cancer CenterNeal G. Copeland, PhD Nancy A. Jenkins, PhDDaniel E. Lehane, MDAlexandria T. Phan, MDBin S. Teh, MDStephen Wong, PhD, PE

Houston Methodist Liver Center Task ForcePaula D. CrielBurt H. KeenanLawrence W. KellnerLinda G. LykosEugene A. O’Donnell

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center CouncilRobert J. Allison Jr.Seth M. BarrettJ. Denny BartellMarc L. Boom, MD, President & CEOKenneth E. BreauxJohn R. Butler Jr.P. Embry CanterburyCarl M. Carter IIIGerardo A. ChapaMary A. DaffinRay DavisDenis A. DeBakeyLois Debakey, PhD Joann P. DiGennaroWilliam J. Doré Jr.William J. Doré Sr.Connie M. Dyer, ChairEva K. FarhaWilliam E. GipsonMarc P. GordonMiguel A. HernandezJo Ruth KaplanWilliam E. KingCynthia G. KostasGeorge J. KostasCarole E. LookeJohn M. McCormackFrank D. PerezCynthia Pickett-Stevenson, Co-ChairDouglas R. QuinnValentina Ugolini, MDTony ValloneElizabeth Walter

Houston Methodist Neurological Institute National CouncilMorrie K. Abramson James R. Bath Everett E. Bernal Randee K. Bernal Eddy S. Blanton Ginger Blanton John F. Bookout J. David Cabello William E. Chiles Gary W. Edwards, Chair Kate H. Gibson, Co-ChairS. Malcolm Gillis, PhDRobert H. Graham Dorothy Jenkins Mary F. Johnston Elise Joseph Thomas C. Knudson Gregory A. Kozmetsky Cabrina F. Owsley Leon M. Payne Arthur A. Seeligson III Donna S. Stahlhut Henry J.N. “Kitch” Taub II Anne G. Thobae David M. Underwood Dancie Perugini Ware Elizabeth Blanton Wareing W. Temple Webber III

John Bookout, C H A I R

H O U STO N M E T H O D I ST H O S P I TA L

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C R E D I T S Executive Director: Susan Coulter, JDManaging Editor: Katelyn FurmanEditors: Stefanie Asin, Sheshe Giddens, Katie Lipnick, Patti MuckArt Director/Designer: Karen Holland - Richards/CarlbergWriters: Nathan Cernosek, Patti Muck, Josh Powers, Mallory Rogers, Amir SafiPhotographers: Scott Jones - Houston Methodist Creative Services, Terry Vine, Jenny Antill, Richard Carson, Lewis Lee, Nathan Lindstrom, Daniel Ortiz - Nora’s HomeIllustrators: Cheryl Chalmers, Chris Gall, Jack Molloy, Bruce Morser

AS WE APPROACH THE SECOND CENTURY of Houston Methodist,

we are especially grateful for the inspiring contributors who have helped make new

medical breakthroughs a reality. In 2014 alone, our generous supporters contributed

$40.7 million through more than 3,500 gifts.

I offer my sincere thanks to all – individuals, families, corporations and foundations –

who have given to Houston Methodist. In addition, I applaud the dedication of

the members of our boards, advisory councils and task forces who share their

time and expertise with our institution. your talents and your support enable us

to continue LEADINg MEDICINE.


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