The Catalyst Issue 10 | Spring 2011 | Page 2

A period of growth and a new role F or the past 25 years, I have been fortunate to be a part of a great organization delivering the highest level of healthcare through a compassionate, engaging, coordinating, and comprehensive model. While that concept has not changed over the past quarter century, what has changed is expectations—from our patients, our payers, our communities, and our staff. I became acutely aware of this paradigm shift in expectations when I was selected to lead Scott & White Healthcare in 2000. Up to that point, Scott & White operated as four separate organizations. Our visionary leadership recognized that divergent strategies were not sustainable and effectively merged the direction of our organizations. Over the next five years, we thoughtfully put in place a team that would help us create our vision, enhance our mission, and define what was the best evolutionary strategy for Scott & White. The past five years of my decade as CEO have involved implementing a remarkable growth strategy. Our challenge now, as we deliver medical care over a 29,000-square-mile region of Central Texas, is to maintain the level of excellence that Scott & White is known for, and to do so while being fiscally responsible in the context of rapid external and internal change. That level of excellence is underscored through philanthropy. Philanthropic donations enable our patients to be treated with the best equipment, in topflight facilities, leveraging leading medical techniques. Those committed individuals who donate to Scott & White help us maintain our commitment to our patients, allowing us to provide the best care, the best outcomes, and the betterment of a healthy community. Philanthropy will allow us to continue our expansive research and education mission when federal and state support is being drastically challenged. Access to young learners at all levels, innovation and challenging new therapies and technologies, and new approaches to population care will encourage us to achieve our vision of being the most Trusted and the most Valued name in American Healthcare. As I begin my new role as president of the Scott & White Healthcare Foundation, I want to thank every one of you for playing such an important role in what we do. I look forward to the challenges that lie ahead and know we have many more successes awaiting us. ALFRED B. KNIGHT, MD President, Scott & White Healthcare Foundation NANCY L. BIRDWELL Chief Development Officer, Scott & White Healthcare; Chief Executive Officer, Scott & White Healthcare Foundation PETER BRUMLEVE Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer HOLLY HALLEN Vice President, Marketing AMY PERKINS Vice President, Development Services SARAH MILLER Director, Development Marketing PATRICIA BRENNAN Managing Editor JAN MCINROY Copy Editor JIM BALL AUGUSTUS BUTERA GARY L. HANSEN REBECCA WEEMS MCCOY Photography KORZENOWSKI DESIGN Design MEREDITH KNIGHT JEFFREY WESTHOFF BARBARA WRAY Contributing Writers THE CATALYST is published four times each year for friends of Scott & White by Scott & White Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)3, not-for-profit Texas organization affiliated with the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. For appointment information, call 800-792-3710 or visit our website, www.sw.org. Correspondence and inquiries should be addressed to: Sarah Miller, Director, Development Marketing, Scott & White Healthcare Foundation, THE CATALYST, 2401 South 31st Street, Temple, TX 76508. SUPPORT SCOTT & WHITE For information about how you can make a gift to Scott & White, please contact the Scott & White Healthcare Foundation. 800-293-4483 | 254-724-2768 www.foundation.sw.org Send an e-mail to [email protected] ALFRED B. KNIGHT, MD President, Scott & White Healthcare Foundation OUR VISION Alfred B. Knight, MD, president and CEO of Scott & White Healthcare from 2000 to 2011, has overseen the growth of the healthcare system to an unprecedented level. He now will lead the Scott & White Healthcare Foundation into the future. Read more about his new role on page 11. Scott & White will be the most Trusted and the most Valued name in American Healthcare. OUR MISSION To provide the most personalized, comprehensive and highest quality healthcare enhanced by medical education and research. © 2011 Scott & White. All rights reserved. Reproduction by any means of the entire contents or any portion of this publication without prior written permission is strictly prohibited. 2 THE CATALYST Spring 11 | www.sw.org