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CLEVELAND – For the second consecutive year University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award.  The award recognizes UH Case Medical Center’s commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines.

To receive the award, UH Case Medical Center achieved an 85 percent or higher adherence to all Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Performance Achievement indicators for two or more consecutive 12-month intervals and achieved 75 percent or higher compliance with six of 10 Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality Measures, which are reporting initiatives to measure quality of care. 

These measures include aggressive use of medications, such as tPA, antithrombotics, anticoagulation therapy, DVT prophylaxis, cholesterol reducing drugs and smoking cessation, all aimed at reducing death and disability and improving the lives of stroke patients.

CLEVELAND – Ronald E. Dziedzicki, RN, Chief Support Services Officer for University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center, and a member of the U.S. Army Reserves, has been promoted to the elite rank of Brigadier General effective Oct. 9, 2010. He is now assigned as a Deputy Commanding General for the 3^rd Medical Deployment Support Command, Fort Gillem, Ga. 

“My nomination and confirmation to the rank of Brigadier General demonstrates the achievement of a significant career goal and my drive to continue to move forward in my military career,” said Dziedzicki. “This achievement also reflects the values that I live each and every day: Loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage. These values are and continue to be a vital element of my success.”

Dziedzicki has 26 years of service to the U.S. Army Reserves and was most recently serving as the Commander, 307^th Medical Brigade, Columbus, Ohio.  He comes from a military background.  His father was a retired Colonel U.S. Army who served overseas in WWII and in Korea, 44^th Combat Engineer, and his mother was an Army Nurse Corps Officer, who served in WWII with the 127^th General Hospital.

CLEVELAND – Fred C. Rothstein, MD, President, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD, Dean, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, announce the appointment of James Levine, MD, PhD, as Chief of the Division of Endocrinology in the Department of Medicine.  Dr. Levine, who is currently Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Bioengineering at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., will begin in Cleveland on Nov. 1.

Dr. Levine is an internationally renowned expert in obesity and a leader in developing practical weight loss solutions. A best-selling author, he has garnered considerable media attention for his findings that thin people move more than overweight people throughout the course of a day.  Among his innovations is the treadmill desk, which allows office workers to continuously walk at about 1 m.p.h. while going about their daily routine at a standup desk. He has developed weight solutions in numerous venues including corporations, school systems and several metropolitan areas. 

“Dr. Levine plans to bring his dynamic ideas on weight loss to our academic medical center,” said Richard Walsh, MD, Chairman of Medicine at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.  “He is one of the most innovative thinkers in this area of medicine, and I am thrilled to have him join our department at the helm of the Division of Endocrinology.”