{"id":44785,"date":"2013-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/10\/24\/time-out-with-t-o-the-leader-of-the-band\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:39:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:39:29","slug":"time-out-with-t-o-the-leader-of-the-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/10\/24\/time-out-with-t-o-the-leader-of-the-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Time out with T.O. &#8211; The leader of the band"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>SHANGHAI &#8211; Mike Sitorius, M.D., scribbles down notes on a napkin. He&#8217;s listening to a presentation on how Yinghang Community Health Care Center in the heart of Shanghai is meeting the needs of its constituents. The single clinic services about 200,000 people. <\/p>\n<p>Think about it. Can you imagine one clinic for the entire city of Lincoln? It&#8217;s a massive task. Almost as big as the one that confronts Dr. Sitorius and his group of family medicine physicians, as they attempt to bring the family medicine model to China. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to take a long time &#8212; probably a generation,&#8221; said Dr. Sitorius, chairman of UNMC&#8217;s Department of Family Medicine since 1990. &#8220;But you have to start somewhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since 2008, UNMC&#8217;s family medicine faculty has been making the trek to China. They are focused on two key China initiatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Establishing a joint family medicine department with Tongji University in Shanghai.\n<li>Development of a unique training center for family practice physicians at Xi&#8217;an Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in Xi&#8217;an.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to Dr. Sitorius, six other family medicine physicians &#8212; Jeff Harrison, M.D., Paul Paulman, M.D., Audrey Paulman, M.D., Kim Jarzynka, M.D., Nate Falk, M.D., and Kent Zhao, M.D. &#8212; made the nearly 14-hour flight to China this year. <\/p>\n<p>Under Dr. Sitorius&#8217; direction, the UNMC Department of Family Medicine has:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Won the University of Nebraska Departmental Teaching Award in 2008.\n<li>Been instrumental in UNMC being ranked No. 6 in the country in primary care in the latest rankings of academic institutions by U.S. News &amp; World Report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Sitorius saluted Yinghang Community Health Care Center for having a 100 percent rate of having patients vaccinated. &#8220;That&#8217;s impressive,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>Impressive sounds like a perfect description of Dr. Sitorius, who was an excellent basketball player at Cozad High School and Hastings College. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mike is a really good boss,&#8221; said Dr. Harrison. &#8220;He&#8217;s totally selfless. 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