CLEVELAND – University Hospitals has announced the appointment of Michael A. Szubski as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of University Hospitals. Following an extensive national search, Mr. Szubski, who was Chief Operating Office for University Hospitals Acute Care Hospitals, was selected for this significant position.

As CFO of University Hospitals, Mr. Szubski will oversee the hospital system’s strategic financial plan. He will also play a key role in the implementation of UH’s Vision 2010 strategic plan, a five-year, $1.2 billion investment in the future of health care in Northeast Ohio. Its construction-related projects include the UH Ahuja Medical Center, the UH Cancer Hospital, the Quentin & Elisabeth Alexander Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, and the Center for Emergency Medicine at UH Case Medical Center. Vision 2010 also includes implementing a new state-of-the-art Electronic Medical Record.

CLEVELAND – University Hospitals Case Medical Center has received the American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines^SM–Stroke (GWTG–Stroke) Silver Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes University Hospitals Case Medical Center’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations.

“With a stroke, time lost is brain lost, and the GWTG–Stroke Silver Performance Achievement Award addresses the important element of time,” said Anthony J. Furlan, M.D., chairman of UH’s Department of Neurology and co-director of UH’s Neurological Institute. “Our hospital has developed a comprehensive system for rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients admitted to the emergency department. This includes always being equipped to provide brain imaging scans, having neurologists available to conduct patient evaluations and using clot-busting medications when appropriate. The goal is to give the right acute stroke therapy to the right patient at the right time and then to initiate an aggressive stroke prevention program” he said.

CLEVELAND – Philanthropists Michael and Anita Siegal are strong supporters of stem cell research and believe in helping children. That support and belief is what inspired them to give $1 million to University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital to establish The Anita H. and Michael D. Siegal Chair in Pediatric Experimental Transplantation and Stem Cell Biology. (The gift is matched by an additional $500,000 from the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Foundation.)

“Stem cell biology is the future of medicine, and children are the future of our world. This gift is meant to help cure disease and provide a more promising outlook for sick children,” said Anita Siegal. “We are blessed enough to support Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital’s pediatric cancer program with this gift, but our entire Northeast Ohio community is blessed to have such a phenomenal children’s hospital in our backyard. Continued support of the research and recruitment is truly at the heart of their success.”