Recognition for Berci, Henry, Karlan, Klein, Miraflor, Murry
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George Berci, MD, has won the Jerome and Hazel Tobis Award from the Ethics Center at the University of California, Irvine. Timothy Henry, MD, has been named a master fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Beth Y. Karlan, MD, has been elected to the Harvard University Board of Overseers. Keith L. Klein, MD, presented a paper at the annual conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Emily Miraflor, MD, and Jason Murry, MD, have been named winners of the Excellence in Teaching With Humanism Residents and Fellows Award from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
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In This Issue:
- Important Changes Coming for Web/VS
- ICD-10 Sessions for Physicians Set for June 23-24
- Clinical Documentation Course Continues July 7
- Jain Wins Debate With Critique of Fee-for-Service
- Nominations Sought for Pioneer in Medicine Award
- Sand 'N' Snore Set for Sept. 11
- CS-Link Tip: Calculators
- Core Lab Upgrades Testing Menu
- Reich, Vanichsarn Receive 2015 Rubenstein Prize
- Transplant Center Wins Top Design Award
- Cedars-Sinai Graduation Brings Pride, Reflection
- Circle of Friends Honorees for May
- Founders Day Makes Game of Cedars-Sinai History
Jain Wins Debate With Critique of Fee-for-Service
Debate winner Monica Jain, MD, (left) with Bruce Gewertz, MD, chair of the Department of Surgery, (center) and Jain's competitor, Derek Serna-Gallegos, MD
An overflow crowd of more than 300 people filled the seats and stood at the edges of the Harvey Morse Auditorium on June 5 as Derek Serna-Gallegos, MD, and Monica Jain, MD, faced off in the 12th annual Dr. Leon Morgenstern Great Debates in Clinical Medicine Resident Competition.
Jain, who answered the debate question of "Can Fee-for-Service Medicine Survive?" with a firm "no," was declared the winner.
Related storyThe Dr. Leon Morgenstern Great Debates in Clinical Medicine Resident Competition was part of Cedars-Sinai's second annual Founders Day. |
Jain, who earned her medical degree from Boston University in 2012 and plans to become an endocrine surgeon, cited spiraling medical costs and a lack of accountability by care providers in the fee-for-service model. While the average salary in the U.S. has risen 38 percent in the past decade, medical costs have risen 131 percent, Jain said, citing a study by the Institute of Medicine.
If food costs since 1945 had risen at that same rate, a carton of eggs would now cost $55, a gallon of milk would be priced at $48, and you would have to shell out $134 for a dozen oranges.
"Perhaps Dr. Serna can afford that glass of orange juice," Jain said to general laughter. "But I certainly can't."
Serna, a 2012 graduate of the Keck School of Medicine of USC who plans to become a thoracic surgeon, had many in the audience nodding and murmuring in agreement as he spoke about the sometimes-disastrous intrusion of insurance companies into patient care.
The managed care model gives people with no medical training the right to oversee and overrule physicians, Serna said. His slide illustrating the exponential growth of bureaucracy within insurance companies since 1970, with insurance company executives who earn upward of $130 million per year, or $90,000 per day, drew gasps.
"Medicine's top earners are not the physicians," Serna said.
Both debaters followed tradition as they took good-natured digs at each other during the debate. Jain displayed several slides, prominently displaying Serna in situations that bolstered her argument. Serna later praised her excellent photo-manipulation skills.
Each debate participant fielded questions from the panel of judges. The panel included Thomas M. Priselac, president and CEO of Cedars-Sinai; Bruce Gewertz, MD, chair of the Department of Surgery; David Cossman, MD, medical director of the Cedars-Sinai Vascular Lab; Sid Anand, MD, of the Salick Comprehensive Diabetes Centers; and Rocky Delgadillo, the former city attorney of Los Angeles and now CEO of the Los Angeles County Medical Association.
After congratulating Jain and Serna, moderator Leo Gordon, MD, praised the debaters' passion and scholarship.
"I have great confidence that we are turning this profession over to capable, humane and dedicated hands," he said.
The next Dr. Leon Morgenstern Great Debates in Clinical Medicine Resident Competition will be held June 3, 2016
The debate is named for the late Leon Morgenstern, MD, founding director of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai. Morgenstern chaired the Department of Surgery for 33 years before leaving the post in 1988 to establish the Cedars-Sinai Department of Bioethics.