Page 15 - Mecklenburg_Medicine_September-2020
P. 15
At the Hospitals
n Atrium Health CEO Addresses U.S. Sholler also is the chair, founder, and principal
investigator for the nationally renowned Beat
Senate Panel Childhood Cancer Research Consortium.
Atrium Health President and CEO Comprising researchers at
47 hospitals, including Levine
Eugene A. Woods testified before the U.S. Children’s Hospital, the
consortium and research lab
Senate Special Committee on headquarters are now located at
Atrium Health Levine Children’s
Aging in July. Woods shared GiselleSholler,MD,MSc Hospital and will continue to be
under Sholler’s leadership as she begins her new
successes and challenges role at Levine Children’s.
n Atrium Health’s Department of
n Atrium Health’s Levine Children’s experienced by the healthcare Surgery Stretches Across the Globe
Atrium Health’s Department of Surgery
Hospital Named a “Best Children’s system during the hearing and Global Healthcare Services announced a
partnership with Abu Dhabi Health Services
Hospital” for 13th Consecutive Year titled “The COVID-19 Company-SEHA, one of the largest integrated
healthcare providers in the United Arab
For the 13th consecutive year, Atrium EugeneA. Woods Pandemic and Seniors: A Emirates, to develop medical education
Health’s Levine Children’s Hospital has collaboration programs to train international
been recognized as one of the best places to Look at Racial Health Disparities.” surgeons. The two groups have developed
care for children in the nation by U.S. News a surgical research fellowship scholarship
& World Report. This year, the hospital “From eliminating testing disparities in program to provide unique clinical opportunities
received the most rankings in its history in research, education and training.
and remains the only children’s hospital in underserved communities to ways we are
Charlotte to be given this distinction. Abdelrahman Nimeri, MD, chief of bariatric surgery and director
protecting our aging population, and our of the Carolinas bariatric fellowship atAtrium Health andAli
U.S. News & World Report introduced Abdul KareenAl Obaidli, M.B., B.Ch. B.A.O., MPH, chief academic
the Best Children’s Hospitals rankings recent public-private partnership to provide affairs officer,Abu Dhabi Health Services Company-SEHA.
in 2007 to help families of children with
rare or life-threatening illnesses find the two million masks to our community, I was
best medical care available. The rankings
are considered the most comprehensive incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity
source of quality-related information on
U.S. pediatric hospitals. They are compiled to share how Atrium Health continues to be at
from key clinical data from nearly 200
medical centers through a detailed survey the forefront of fighting this pandemic on a
that looks at measures such as reputation,
patient and family satisfaction, patient local, state and national level,” says Woods.
safety and outcomes, infection prevention
and compliance with best practices. “I couldn’t be more proud of our ‘heroes in
The eight specialties that Levine teal’ who have truly propelled us forward
Children’s Hospital received a top 50
ranking in are: and faced this virus head on. Regardless of
• Cancer
• Cardiology and Heart Surgery the challenges this pandemic continues to
• Gastroenterology and GI Surgery
• Neonatology present, I deeply believe we will emerge from
• Nephrology
• Neurology and Neurosurgery this stronger, smarter and able to provide even
• Orthopedics
• Pulmonology (first-time ranking) greater access to health care for all.”
“Since the inception of Levine Children’s n Atrium Health’s Newest
Hospital in 2007, we remain committed to
providing the highest quality care in the Pediatric Oncologist
most compassionate way to the families
who come through our doors,” says Stacy Atrium Health Levine Children’s is
Nicholson, MD, MPH, president of Atrium pleased to announce the appointment of
Health Levine Children’s. “We know being Giselle Sholler, MD, MSc, a pediatric
close to loved ones is critical for the health oncologist, as the director of the Isabella
and recovery of children, and we offer Santos Foundation Solid and Rare Tumor
access to highly specialized care without Program at Levine Children’s. Prior to her
ever having to leave Charlotte.” arrival in Charlotte, Dr. Sholler served as
the director of pediatric oncology research
and head of the Pediatric Oncology
Translational Research Laboratory at Helen
DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids,
Mich. She began seeing patients in Charlotte
mid-August. Nearly 50 families travel
across the country and across international
borders to continue their care with Sholler
in North Carolina.
In addition to her full-time role of caring
for children with cancer, Sholler is also deeply
committed to research that will improve
treatments for patients, with a goal of finding
a cure for childhood cancer. She shares this
vision with the Isabella Santos Foundation,
which was instrumental in attracting Sholler to
Atrium Health Levine Children’s.
Mecklenburg Medicine • September 2020 | 15
