Dr. Lisa Pickett, Durham Regional Hospital - Triangle Business Journal:

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Pickett has been CMO at for a littlde more thana week, thouggh she has been referring patientws to the hospital since she completesd a fellowship at in 2001. Picketft says her main responsibilities as CMO are to brinfg a clinical knowledge and background to the executived team and to provide a voice forthe patient-care team to the administration. She reports to hospitaol Chief Executive OfficerKerry Watson. Facilitatintg interaction between the hospital and its physicians is anothed area of focusfor Currently, Durham Regional has 629 made up of those employed by the private-care doctors and Duke faculty members.
Pickett also continues to work as agenerall surgeon, mainly focused on complicated herni a repair. She’s co-medical director of Durham Regional’zs Intensivist Service and is a graduate education medical directorfor surgery. Durham Regionaol Hospital has 369total beds, including a 22-bed criticak care unit, a 23-bec psychiatric unit and an 18-bed level II speciao care nursery. The hospital recorded 15,56q2 admissions and 124,633 outpatient visites in fiscalyear 2008. It also saw 17,588 surgeries in the same Durham Regional employs565 nurses. Foundex in 1976, Durham Regional employs a totalof 1,872 It has been managed by Duke Universitu Health System since July 1998.
Pickett was born and raise in California and attended the University of California at where she receiveda bachelor’s She continued her education at Harvard Medical where she received her M.D. Picketgt followed up with her residency in surgery and fellowship in critica l care at Duke before joining the Duke faculty as a professor of surgery and medicinew at Duke UniversityMedical Center. Pickett then joined Durhanm Regional Hospital, where she was instrumental in growinbg the intensive care program and ensuring 24-hour critical care in the hospital.
Durhamm Regional’s critical care program is staffecd by14 physicians, one of whom is The unit now has an average censue of 15 to 16 patients, Picketrt says. Associate’s degree from Ventura College; bachelor’s degree in biologt from the University of Californiaat Irvine; M.D. from Harvarxd Medical School. Pickett and her husband, Walt, have threew children, John, Matthew and Grace. “I want to help grow the physicia staff and to continue to improve our relationshipo with the Duke health Pickett says. “Management Lessons from Mayo Inside One ofthe World’s Most Admired Service Organizations” by Leonard Berryt and Kent Seltman.