2020 Outcomes Report Portland Shriners Hospital

Staff awards: Ellen M. Raney, M.D. was awarded the Distinguished Service Award in the Section on Orthopaedics by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Dominique Laron, M.D. won Best Scientific Poster from the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) during their annual meeting. His presentation titled Fascia iliaca pain block results in lower overall narcotic usage and shorter hospital stays than epidural anesthesia after hip reconstruction in children with cerebral palsy received the highest score among scientific poster abstracts upon review from the awards committee during the meeting. Michael Sussman, M.D. , pediatric orthopaedic physician at the Portland Shriners Hospital, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine.

Michelle Welborn, M.D. , was awarded Best Basic Science Paper from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) for advancing research using biomarker CXM in relation to scoliosis care, a protein discovered by the Portland Shriners Hospital staff in 2018. Nan Wecker, RN , was recognized as the Portland Shriners Hospital’s DAISY Award® Winner for 2020. The DAISY Foundation was established in 2000 and recognizes extraordinary nurses everywhere who make an enormous difference in the lives of their patients through the superhuman work they do every day. Ronen Schweitzer, Ph.D. , researcher at the Portland Shriners Hospital, was included in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon’s Kappa DeltaYoung Investigator Award for his work co-authoring a project on cell and molecular mechanisms of tendon development, regeneration and scar formation. Saundra Schlesinger , researcher at the Portland Shriners Hospital, was awarded Best Poster Award at the Orthopaedic Research Society for her poster titled Smad4 Conditional Deletion In Mouse Using Scleraxis-cre Causes Postnatal Limb Contracture . Susy Molano , certified medical interpreter at the Portland Shriners Hospital, was presented with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Equity presented by the Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health. This award is given each year to a leader who has made outstanding contributions towards achieving health equity and implemented system changes in their community.

Recognized for Excellence: Awards & Accolades Hospital awards:

U.S. News and World Report’s ranking for Best Children’s Hospitals in the category for Orthopaedics . Through a nationally conducted survey, U.S. News & World Report selects hospitals based on clinical data that includes measures such as patient safety, infection prevention and adequacy of nursing staffing. To earn this prestigious recognition in a specialty category, hospitals must demonstrate exceptional care models and the ability to treat medically complex patients. Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Experience in Inpatient Pediatric : Press Ganey presents this award to hospitals that have reached the 95th percentile for patient experience, employee or physician engagement, or clinical quality performance. Being recognized in the category for “patient experience” means that the Portland Shriners Hospital ranked higher than 95% of other hospitals when it comes to the quality of the patient experience.

Five pediatric orthopaedic physicians from the Portland Shriners Hospital were recognized by Portland Monthly Magazine as a Top Doc. Each year, Portland Monthly polls doctors, physician assistants and nurses in Portland to determine the best doctors in the area based on their accomplishments, education, patient satisfaction surveys and other criteria. Physicians included are Jeremy Bauer, M.D., Daniel Bouton, M.D., Krister Freese, M.D., Kathryn Fuchs, M.D., and Ellen Raney, M.D.

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