Kenneth Ouriel

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Dr. Kenneth Ouriel
File:Kenneth Ouriel, MD.jpg
Dr. Ouriel in 2012
Born (1956-10-21) October 21, 1956 (age 67)
Rochester, NY USA
Education University of Rochester,
U. Chicago medical school,
Columbia Business School,
London Business School
Years active 28
Known for research; administration;
famous patients; textbooks
Medical career
Profession Physician
Institutions Cleveland Clinic,
Shaikh Khalifa Medical City,
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Specialism Vascular surgery
Research Vascular surgery research
Notable prizes Liebig Foundation Award[1]

Kenneth Ouriel (born October 21, 1956) is a prominent[2] vascular surgeon[3] and medical researcher. He has published widely in scientific and medical journals.[4][5][6][7][8] He is notable for treating former presidential candidate Bob Dole for an abdominal aortic aneurysm in 2001.[9] In the middle 2000s, Ouriel went to Dubai as CEO to help build a "world class hospital" there;[10] he treated several prominent Middle Eastern rulers in addition to his administrative duties. In 2009, he was Senior Vice President and Chief of International Operations at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.[3] He is "regularly billed among America's top surgeons" according to one report.[1]

Career

Dr. Ouriel was born in Rochester, New York, entered college at age 16, majored in biology and psychology at the University of Rochester and belonged to the fraternity Alpha Delta Phi.[3] He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1976 and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1977.[3] He studied medicine at the University of Chicago and graduated in 1981 with Honors.[3] He began a residency in general surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center and completed a vascular surgical fellowship in 1987.[3] He got a National Institute of Health grant to study thrombosis and published results from a large, multicenter randomized trial of clot busting therapy in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1998.[3] In 1998, he was recruited to the Cleveland Clinic as the chief of Vascular Surgery. He was promoted to Chief of Surgery in 2003 where he supervised 340 surgeons in the largest surgical department in the world.[3][11] He authored three textbooks in vascular surgery[12][13][14] and over 250 original scientific articles on a wide variety of vascular surgical topics focusing on minimally invasive means to treat vascular disease.[3]

In 2001, he treated former presidential candidate Bob Dole who, at age 77, had an abdominal aortic aneurysm; Dr. Ouriel led a team of surgeons that inserted a stent graft. Dr. Ouriel said: "He (Bob Dole) maintained his sense of humor throughout his care."[9] "Ouriel said that the team inserted a Y-shaped tube through an incision in Dole's leg and placed it inside the weakened portion of the aorta. The aneurysm will eventually contract around the stent, which will remain in place for the rest of Dole's life," wrote a reporter.[9] Dr. Ouriel was the principal investigator on a five-year $5 million National Institute of Health grant to study intravascular ultrasound regarding atherosclerotic plaque.[3]

Ouriel led a team from the Cleveland Clinic to Abu Dhabi[15] in 2007 to manage an existing hospital, the Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center, and to build a "world class hospital" called the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi which is scheduled to open in 2013.[10] In that connection, Ouriel matriculated in an Executive MBA program in global business jointly run by Columbia Business School and the London Business School.[16] Ouriel worked on upgrade systems involving the future hospital's financial, decision-support management, inventory control and medical productivity software.[10] Ouriel was the CEO of the Shaikh Khalifa Medical City.[1][10][17] Ouriel treated prominent Middle Eastern rulers including Sheikh Zayed of Abu Dhabi in 2000, Sheikh Maktoum of Dubai in 2004, and the former Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah in 2005. Ouriel, as part of the UAE health authority, met with visiting dignitaries, including First Lady Laura Bush.[18] Ouriel completed his masters degree in business administration from Columbia and London Business Schools.[1] While heading the Shaikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Ouriel initiated a controversial move to disclose hospital data online which would allow people to get a "snapshot of the facility's clinical strengths and weaknesses"; he favors transparency.[19]

Ouriel facilitated the development of the first permanent renal transplantation program in the United Arab Emirates, where the Sheikh Khalifa team performed their first kidney transplant in early 2008.[3] He is quoted in newspapers regarding medical subjects.[11][20] In June 2008, Dr. Ouriel became Senior Vice President and Chief of International Operations at New York-Presbyterian.[3] In 2009, Ouriel made speeches to medical professionals about such topics as retaining patients and public-private partnerships.[21]

Publications

  • 1995, textbook, Lower Extremity Vascular Disease[13]
  • 1998, textbook, Mastery of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery[14]
  • 2005, textbook, Complications In Endovascular Therapy[12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Sarah Treffinger, June 04, 2007,Cleveland Plain Dealer, Clinic to expand in Abu Dhabi, Accessed August 27, 2013, quote = ...Dr. Kenneth Ouriel, ... moved to Abu Dhabi to serve as chief executive officer. "I'm sending one of my very best people there, Clinic chief Dr. Toby Cosgrove said of Ouriel, who joined the Clinic in 1998. ...
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Kenneth Ouriel, MD et al, Volume 18, Issue 1, July 1993, Pages 16-22, Journal of Vascular Surgery, Science Direct, Intraoperative autotransfusion in aortic surgery, Accessed August 27, 2013, ...Kenneth Ouriel, MD ..., University of Rochester
  5. ↑ Kenneth Ouriel, MD, Volume 2, Issue 3, May-June 1995, pages 114-118, University of Rochester, Primary Care Update for OB/GYNS, Science Direct,Diagnosis and treatment of vasospastic disorders, Accessed August 27, 2013, ...Vasospastic disorders of the extremities commonly present ...
  6. ↑ , MD,Kenneth Ouriel Volume 49, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 266–269, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, The PIVOTAL study: A randomized comparison of endovascular repair versus surveillance in patients with smaller abdominal aortic aneurysms, Accessed August 27, 2013, quote = ... The diameter of an abdominal aortic aneurysm ...
  7. ↑ Kenneth Ouriel, MD, et al., Journal of Vascular Surgery, Volume 37, Issue 6, June 2003, Pages 1206–1212, Science Direct, Disparate outcome after endovascular treatment of small versus large abdominal aortic aneurysm, Accessed August 27, 2013, quote = ... ...
  8. ↑ Kenneth Ouriel, MD, et al., Journal of Vascular Surgery, Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 323-328, August 2003, Aortoiliac morphologic correlations in aneurysms undergoing endovascular repair, Accessed August 27, 2013, quote = ... The feasibility of endovascular aneurysm repair ...
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  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Mary Vanac, August 06, 2007, Cleveland.com, [blog.cleveland.com/business/2007/08/cleveland_clinic_appoints_thre.html Cleveland Clinic appoints three to Abu Dhabi medical center], Accessed August 27, 2013, quote = ... Dr. Kenneth Ouriel, who last month was appointed chief executive of the medical center, ...
  16. ↑ http://www.arabianbusiness.com/dr-business-54588.html
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