Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise Rogers, Chief, Health System
Chester J. Kunnappilly, MD, Chief Executive Officer, San Mateo Medical Center
Subject: Agreement with Ronald Greenwald, MD to Provide Neurosurgery Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Ronald Greenwald, MD to provide neurosurgery services for the term of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019, to an amount not to exceed $675,000.
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BACKGROUND:
Neurosurgery services are provided under the general direction of the Chief of Surgery at San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC). Such care includes the evaluation and treatment of brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system disease, including brain cancer, brain aneurysms, spinal cord and nerve root impingement syndromes (ruptured/herniated discs), and peripheral nerve impingement syndromes (carpal tunnel). Dr. Greenwald has provided professional neurosurgery services at SMMC since 1991.
DISCUSSION:
Dr. Greenwald will continue to provide neurosurgery services at SMMC. He will perform surgeries and provide a half-day clinic every week for 50 weeks per year. He is the only neurosurgery "solo practitioner" in San Mateo County.
County Administrative Memorandum B-1 provides that contracts for physicians are exempt from the Request for Proposals process.
The agreement and resolution have been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form.
The resolution contains the County's standard provisions allowing amendment of the County fiscal obligations by a maximum of $25,000 (in aggregate).
The agreement contributes to the Shared Vision 2025 outcome of a Healthy Community by providing patients access to the evaluation and treatment of diseases requiring neurosurgery. As a safety net hospital, SMMC is acutely aware of the importance of controlling hospital borne infections, especially in the surgical setting. Failure to contr...
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