During his fifteen years as chancellor, Dr. Ralph Snyderman helped create new paradigms for academic medicine while guiding the Duke University Medical Center through periods of great challenge and transformation. Under his leadership, the medical center became internationally known for its innovations in medicine, including the creation of the Duke University Health System—which became a model for integrated health care delivery—and the development of personalized health care based on a rational and compassionate model of care. In A Chancellor's Tale Snyderman reflects on his role in developing and instituting these changes.
Beginning his faculty career at Duke in 1972, Snyderman made major contributions to inflammation research while leading the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology. When he became chancellor in 1989, he learned that Duke’s medical center required bold new capabilities to survive the advent of managed care and HMOs. The need to change spurred creativity, but it also generated strong resistance.
Among his many achievements, Snyderman led ambitious institutional growth in research and clinical care, broadened clinical research and collaborations between academics and industry, and spurred the fields of integrative and personalized medicine. Snyderman describes how he immersed himself in all aspects of Duke’s medical enterprise as evidenced by his exercise in "following the sheet" from the patient's room to the laundry facilities and back, which allowed him to meet staff throughout the hospital. Upon discovering that temperatures in the laundry facilities were over 110 degrees he had air conditioning installed. He also implemented programs to help employees gain needed skills to advance. Snyderman discusses the necessity for strategic planning, fund-raising, and media relations and the relationship between the medical center and Duke University. He concludes with advice for current and future academic medical center administrators.
The fascinating story of Snyderman's career shines a bright light on the importance of leadership, organization, planning, and innovation in a medical and academic environment while highlighting the systemic changes in academic medicine and American health care over the last half century. A Chancellor's Tale will be required reading for those interested in academic medicine, health care, administrative and leadership positions, and the history of Duke University.
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I – The Journey
- Chapter 1: From Brooklyn to Duke
- Chapter 2: History of the Academic Medical Center
- Chapter 3: Evolution of the Duke University Medical Center
- Chapter 4: Learning the Business
- Chapter 5: Getting Down to Business
- Chapter 6: Reconstruction
- Chapter 7: Fighting for Renewal
- Chapter 8: A New Beginning
- Part II – Major Initiatives
- Chapter 9: Enhancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Relations
- Chapter 10: Duke Clinical Research Institute
- Chapter 11: Duke University Health System
- Chapter 12: Integrative Medicine
- Chapter 13: Personalizing Health Care
- Part III – Relationships, Leadership, and Lessons
- Chapter 14: Philanthropy and Relationships
- Chapter 15: Reputation and Crisis
- Chapter 16: Stepping Down and Lessons Learned
- Epilogue
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Additional Resources
- Index
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