4. Recruit and Retain the Best People
Strategies
- Recruit and retain the most talented healthcare providers from across the nation
- Be the employer of choice in the region
- Focus on cultural competence and developing a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve
- Develop opportunities for professional and technical staff development
Initiatives
- Recruit additional physicians to support service and growth
- Cultivate leadership skills among our administrators, physicians and medical staff
- Recruit influential research scholars, clinical leaders and innovative educators
- Recruit, train, promote and retain a diverse workforce
Bringing the best to Seattle Children's
Dr. Jorge Reyes and Dominic Robinson
A national leader in the field of pediatric organ transplantation, Dr. Jorge Reyes has performed more than 1,000 pediatric liver transplants and 90 multi-organ transplants in children, including the first combined heart/double lung/liver transplant.
He is one of the few surgeons who perform pediatric living-donor liver and small intestine transplants.
We brought this transplantation pioneer to Children's to take our program to the next level, and in 2005 Reyes started a small bowel transplant program at Children's.
We now have the only pediatric kidney, liver and small bowel transplant program in our four-state region.
"Building an intestinal program from the ground up is an exciting prospect," says Reyes.
"Within the last 12 years, intestine transplant has progressed from being a completely experimental procedure to one that may replace long-term intravenous nutrition as the preferred method for treating kids with irreversible intestinal failure.
"A few years ago, our main challenge was controlling organ rejection. Today, we are exploring ways to decrease immunosuppressive drug therapy while still protecting against organ rejection. Reducing the side effects of anti-rejection therapy lets us offer children a better quality of life."