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COVER STORY
INPATIENT MEDICAL SERVICES 6
IMS has a new face, and hospitalist medicine in general has a new role, in today's
healthcare environment — one that goes above and beyond disease management
of inpatients.
FEATURE
CARDIAC CARE FOR KIDS 16
When Cleveland Clinic Children's opened its Pediatric Heart Center in 1995, the
intention was to build a team of cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons to rival all
others. Has it? See for yourself.
SURGERY SPOTLIGHT
TREATING END STAGE ANKLE ARTHRITIS: FUSION
OR REPLACEMENT? 10
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION
ORTHOPEDICS 10
DEPARTMENTS
RECENT RESEARCH 18
BUSINESS SECTION 20
HOSPITAL ROUNDS 28
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ON THE COVER
(L-R) John Fu, MD, Kate Kane, Regional Vice President of Operations, Rimon Daoud, MD,
Dawn Murray, Regional Vice President of Business Development, and Timothy Hembree, MD,
of Inpatient Medical Services (IMS) in Akron, OH.
ON THE COVER
PHOTO
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JOE
SMITHBERGER,
SMITHBERGER
PHOTOGRAPHY,
NORTH
CANTON