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Dr. Hassan Akinbiyi
Physician Champion 2018
The 2018 Physician Champion of the Year award is presented to our Medical Director at Dignity Health East Valley Rehab Hospital, Dr. Hassan Akinbiyi. A Foundation Board Member since 2017, Dr. Akinbiyi’s accomplishments include being our first Grateful Patient and Family Program Physician Champion, which led to our first official Grateful Patient Referral. He actively participates in the Dignity Rising Campaign Planning Committee and, in a great show of leadership, he made the first physician gift to the Dignity Rising campaign. As we roll out new Foundation strategies, Dr. Akinbiyi is one of the first to become involved and identify how our initiatives will impact the patient experience.
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Where Do Your Donations Go?
In 2018, donation funds were allocated in the following manner:
- 34% Equipment and Expansion
- 34% Education
- 18% Community Outreach
- 14% Programs
- $1,133,451 Total Transfer to Chandler Regional Medical Center and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
Thank you for your generous spirit!
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Amazing Patient Outcome
Shortly after retiring to Arizona from the Midwest, Larry and Teri Bobko had just moved into their new home when Teri found Larry lying on the ground – unable to speak or get up. Larry was rushed to Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center where they received his diagnosis: Larry had suffered a stroke.
The ER team offered Larry a clot-busting shot known as TpA, which has proven extremely effective in such emergency scenarios, but it also comes with risks, such as hemorrhaging. "We've always been gamblers," Teri says, "and so I said, ‘We're going to give him that shot!' And I'm so glad that we did."
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