Dr. Robert E. Wright biography

Dr. Robert Wright

Dr. Robert E. Wright, washinze amazina y’ikigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education, ahahoze ari Scranton-Temple Residency Program

Umuganga w'ubupayiniya Dr. Robert Wright yayoboye ihinduka ry'inyigisho z'ubuvuzi mu majyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania, guhera mu myaka ya za 70 rwagati.

Yashinze gahunda ya Scranton-Temple Residency Program - ubu izwi ku izina rya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education Education. Wari umusanzu udasanzwe, ariko ntabwo wanyuma. Muganga Wright yaje kugira uruhare runini mugushinga ishuri ryubuvuzi ryonyine ryo muri ako karere, ryemewe uyu munsi nkishuri ryubuvuzi rya Geisinger Commonwealth.

Bitewe n'icyerekezo n'ubuyobozi bwa Dr. Wright, ibyo bigo byahindutse ishema ry'akarere kandi bizakomeza kuzamura ireme ry'ubuvuzi ndetse n'ubuvuzi abantu babana mu bihe byacu. Iyi niyo nkuru ye.

Dr. Wright yakuriye i Archbald, muri Pennsylvania, umuhererezi mu bana batandatu. Umuryango wakoreraga akabari, kandi se yakoraga akazi ko gucukura amakara.

Umuganga uzaza yarangije muri kaminuza ya Scranton akomeza kubona impamyabumenyi ya Master of Science muri biologiya yakuye muri kaminuza ya Mutagatifu Yohani ya New York. Yabonye impamyabumenyi ya MD yakuye muri kaminuza ya Temple muri Philadelphia. Amaze kwimenyereza umwuga n'imyaka ibiri mu Gisirikare, yasubiye mu rusengero gutura mu buvuzi bw'imbere. Mu mwaka wa nyuma waho, yahuye n’umugore we, Carole Cook. Bombi bashyingiranywe muri Kamena 1970. Bakoresheje ukwezi kwa buki mu rugendo rwambukiranya igihugu cya Seattle, aho yagombaga gutangirira ubusabane muri kaminuza ya Washington.

Yari mubantu ba mbere muburyo bushya bwa hematologiya / oncology. Mu gihe benshi muri bagenzi be bagumye i Seattle nyuma yo guhabwa impamyabumenyi kugira ngo bigishe, Dr. Wright yerekeje mu rugo yerekeza mu gace ka Scranton mu 1971 akora ubuvuzi nk'umuganga wa mbere kandi wenyine wa oncologue mu karere k'intara 14. Gusubira mu mizi ye ntabwo byari umwanzuro wibagiwe icyo gihe; umuvandimwe umwe yamugiriye inama yo kutabikora, agira ati: “Ntuzigera ubeshaho.”

Abifashijwemo n’umugore we, Dr. Wright yateguye imyitozo ya mbere yo mu karere igamije kuvura indwara z’amaraso na kanseri, ubu izwi ku izina rya Hematology & Oncology Associates yo mu majyaruguru y’amajyaruguru ya Pennsylvania, i Dunmore. Abashakanye babaga muri Clarks Green barera abakobwa babiri, Sarah na Rachel.

Carole na Bob Wright

Kuva mu minsi ye ya mbere yakoraga, Dr. Wright yatahuye ko ako karere kadafite abaganga b’ibanze bahagije kugira ngo bita ku baturage neza - kandi ibintu bishobora kurushaho kuba bibi mu myaka icumi iri imbere. Imyizerere ye yashyigikiwe n’ibiteganijwe ku mugaragaro ku baganga b'abakozi ndetse n'uburambe bwe bwa buri munsi. Yumvise igishanga ku biro. Nyuma yimyaka ibiri itangijwe, imyitozo ya oncology yongeyeho umufatanyabikorwa wambere kugirango akomeze ibyo abarwayi bakeneye. Nyuma yimyaka ibiri, byafashe umufasha wa kabiri.

Yibukije agira ati: “Igitangaje, ntibyasaga nkaho hagabanutse igitutu. “Twakomeje gukora cyane kandi dukora cyane.”

Gutwika byabaye ibirenze imyumvire idafatika. Ati: "Icyo gihe, nasanze ko ubuvuzi burimo ibintu byose kandi bikabije ku buryo nahangayikishijwe no kuvugurura kwanjye: Nigute nakomeza ubumenyi bwanjye mu gihe hari igitutu kinini cyo hanze?"

Yashimiye Dr. Sol Sherry, wo mu rusengero, kuba yaramuteye inkunga yo gushaka igisubizo kinini. Dr. Sherry, umuyobozi w’ishyirahamwe ry’abarimu b’ubuvuzi akaba n’umuyobozi w’ishami ry’ubuvuzi ry’urusengero akaba ari na we washinze ikigo cy’ubushakashatsi cya Thrombose, yaganiriye na we ku bijyanye n’ubushakashatsi bwakozwe na RAND Corporation buherutse gukorwa ku bakozi b’abaganga b’igihugu ndetse n’imyanzuro.

Muganga yaramubwiye ati: "Urabizi, Bob, bavuze ko tugomba gushishikariza iterambere ry’imiturire y’imbere mu baturage aho baherutse gutozwa n’inzobere mu bya siyansi nkawe batangiye imyitozo, kuko hakenewe ubuvuzi bwibanze."

Nkuko Dr. Wright yaje kubyibuka, "Iyo yari intangiriro ishimishije yiki kintu cyose."

Dr. Wright rallied community support, filing articles of incorporation on Feb. 17, 1976, for the new nonprofit to be known as the Scranton-Temple Residency Program.

Abashyigikiye mbere umushinga barimo nyiricyubahiro William J. Byron, wahoze ari perezida wa kaminuza ya Scranton, hamwe n'abaganga bo mu karere ndetse n'abayobozi b'ibitaro. Ikinyamakuru cyo muri Mata 1976 cyagaragaje ariko ko umushinga “uzaba uw'igiciro cyinshi,” abategura umugambi bavuga ko umwaka wa mbere uzakoreshwa $ 150.000. Dr. Wright, nk'umuyobozi mukuru wa gahunda, yabonye inkunga y’iterambere ry’abakozi bashinzwe ubuvuzi bw’ibanze, hamwe n’andi masoko, kugira ngo gahunda itangire. Gahunda yimyaka itatu yo gutura yakiriye abanyeshuri bayo ba mbere ku ya 1 Nyakanga 1977.

Dr. Wright aganira n'abaturage

Porogaramu yahise ifite icyicaro kuri 802 Jefferson Ave., Scranton, mu nyubako ya McAuley y’ibitaro by’Impuhwe. Ibitaro bya Mercy na Moses Taylor muri Scranton byatanze ahantu ho guhugura, naho kaminuza ya Temple yemeje abaganga bo mu gace kabo kugira ngo babe abarimu b’abakorerabushake. Ati: “Nabonye icyo kwigisha muri gahunda byakoreye abaganga bitanze; byabahaye intego kandi bigabanya imihangayiko bari bafite yo kwita ku barwayi bahoraho ”, Dr. Wright.

Yongeyeho ati: "Byari ibintu biteye ubwoba kuri njye." Ati: "Nabonye mu buryo butunguranye ko ubuzima bujyanye no kwiyubaka, kandi inzira nziza yo kwivugurura nk'umuganga ni ukwigisha undi muntu."

Ishami ryo mu ishuri ryubuvuzi rya Temple ryongereye amahugurwa yaho kandi ritanga ubuyobozi bwa gahunda. Benshi mu baganga babanje gutura muri gahunda ya Scranton bari barangije urusengero.

Gahunda yo gutangiza gahunda ya Scranton-Temple yo guturamo yari igizwe n'abaganga batandatu b'ubuvuzi bw'imbere. Mu myaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo kuva icyo gihe, gahunda yateye imbere muri imwe mu nini nini muri Leta zunze ubumwe za Amerika zita ku buzima n’ubuzima Serivisi ishinzwe gutera inkunga Ikigo cyita ku buzima cyigisha abarimu barangije ubuvuzi bw’ubuvuzi Umutekano Net Consortiums mu gihugu.

Today the organization that was launched by Dr. Wright offers residencies in internal medicine, family medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation, as well as fellowships in cardiovascular disease, gastroenterology, and geriatrics. Its physicians train not only in area hospitals but also in community-based settings such as the health centers operated by The Wright Center for Community Health. Many of the program’s graduates choose to practice locally or in other medically underserved areas across the nation.

“The residency program’s existence in Scranton also helped to attract physicians in other specialties – like radiology, surgery, and all the surgical specialties – to come to the area because there was an academic program here,” said Dr. Wright. “It built on itself, and it was a terrific endeavor.”

Mu mwaka wa 2010, inama y'ubutegetsi ya Scranton-Temple Residency Program yatoye izina ry'umuryango mu cyubahiro cye: Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Education.

Mu ntangiriro za Kamena 2012, Dr. Wright, icyo gihe wari perezida akaba n'umuyobozi mukuru w'ikigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education, yatangaje ko ategereje ikiruhuko cy'izabukuru.

Ariko nyuma yiminsi ibiri gusa, imigambi ye yarahindutse kuburyo butangaje. Yaramwegereye maze yemera kuba perezida w'agateganyo akaba n'umuyobozi w'ishuri ry'ubuvuzi rimaze kuvuka muri ako karere, Ishuri rikuru ry'ubuvuzi rya Commonwealth, akaba yari yarafashije gutangira kandi ryakinguye abanyeshuri muri Kanama 2009.

Ishuri ry'ubuvuzi - ryambere ryafunguye muri Pennsylvania mu myaka irenga 40, kandi irya mbere riherereye mu majyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania - ryateje imbere binyuze mu kiganiro cyatekerejweho hagati ya Dr. Wright hamwe n'abagize inama y'ubutegetsi ya gahunda yo gutura. Abagize inama y'ubutegetsi, mu nama yo mu Kwakira 2004, basuzumye amakuru yerekana agaciro ka gahunda yo gutura ku baturage; batangiye kubaza impamvu inyungu nkiyi idashobora kugerwaho mwishuri ry'ubuvuzi.

Ubuyobozi bwa gahunda yo gutura bwashyizeho abanyamuryango barindwi - nyuma bazwi ku izina rya “barindwi bashinze” - kugira ngo bige niba ishuri ry'ubuvuzi rishoboka. Gahunda ya Scranton-Temple Residency Program (STRP) nayo yagennye amadorari 200.000 yo kwiga. Mu mezi agera kuri atandatu, amafaranga nk'aya yakusanyijwe mu bitaro byo mu karere, kandi ayo mafaranga yakoreshejwe mu kwinjiza mu majyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania y’ubuvuzi bw’ubuvuzi hamwe n’ubuyobozi bwa STRP, batanga ibitaro, ndetse n’abaturage.

Abanyamuryango 20 bahuye buri gihe kugira ngo bayobore iterambere ry’ishuri rishya ry’ubuvuzi no kubaka imbaraga zo gutangiza amadolari manini, bavuga ko bizatwara hafi miliyoni 100. Ibikorwa byabo byo mu nzego z'ibanze byafashijwe cyane na Senateri wa Leta Robert Mellow, abaterankunga bigenga, n'abandi bose hamwe bashyize hamwe inzozi mu myaka igera kuri itanu.

Ikigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Education Education

Dr. Wright yashinze umuyobozi w’inama y’abashinzwe ubuvuzi bwa Commonwealth Medical College, nyuma aza kuba umuyobozi w’agateganyo mu gihe cy’inzibacyuho mu mikurire y’iryo shuri.

Muganga Gerald Tracy, inzobere mu bijyanye n’umutima na we wari mu “barindwi bashinze,” nyuma yaje kuvuga ati: “Nta shuri ryabaho iyo hatabaho Dr. Wright.”

Ikigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education hamwe n’ishuri ryihariye ry’ubuvuzi - buri kimwe gishobora kumenya inkomoko yacyo ku bwonko bwera bwa Dr. Wright n'imbaraga zibanze - bikomeje gukorera akarere mu buryo bugaragara. Izi nzego zombi zifitanye umubano w’ubufatanye kuva kera, akenshi zifatanya mubikorwa birimo igenamigambi rifatika, uburezi, amahugurwa, n’imishinga y’amavuriro.

Kurenga uruhare rwa Dr. Wright hamwe n’ibigo by’ubuvuzi byombi yafashaga gushinga, yakoresheje igihe cye n’ubumenyi mu zindi mbaraga nyinshi zo guteza imbere abaturage.

Carole and Robert Wright, for example, were among the small group to found the NativityMiguel School of Scranton, which began instructing its first class of fifth-graders in 2015. The couple established The Sarah Wright Endowment in memory of their daughter Sarah who died in 2010 following a battle with leukemia. The small but impactful school now provides tuition-free education to students in grades five through eight.

Dr. Wright abazwa

Dr. Wright kandi yari afite imyanya itandukanye aho yaharaniye iterambere no kuzamura ubuvuzi bwimbere. Yabaye umuyobozi w’ubuvuzi mu bitaro by’Impuhwe kuva 1983 kugeza 2004, maze atangiza ikigo cy’ubuvuzi bwibanze ku rusengero mu 1991. Yakoraga mu nama y’ishyirahamwe ry’abayobozi ba gahunda mu buvuzi bw’imbere. Mu buryo nk'ubwo, yakoraga mu Nama Nkuru y’Abayobozi ba Porogaramu mu buvuzi bw’imbere kuva mu 1985 kugeza 1991 ndetse no muri komite ishinzwe isuzuma ry’imyororokere y’imbere mu Gihugu cy’Inama ishinzwe impamyabumenyi y’ubuvuzi bw’abanyeshuri barangije amashuri yisumbuye kuva 1996 kugeza 2001.

Dr. Randall Brundage, wahoze ari perezida w'inama y'ubutegetsi ya Wright Centre, yigeze kuvuga ati: “Binyuze mu mbaraga zidahwema, Dr. Wright yahinduye imiti imwe mu karere kacu.”

Mu mwaka wa 2018, Dr. Wright yari umunyacyubahiro mu birori mu ishuri ry’ubuvuzi rya Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine buri mwaka ryakusanyije bourse yiswe “Ikariso y'umukara ku makoti yera.” Abateguye ibirori bamuvuzeho: “Iyo guhanga udushya hamwe no kwita, abaturage bose baratsinda. Ukwo ni ko bimeze ku bwenge bwo guhanga no gutwara impuhwe za Dr. Robert Wright. ”

Abaganga babiri bafatanije gushyira umukono ku ibaruwa yandikiwe umwanditsi yagaragaye mu kinyamakuru cyaho mu 2021 kandi bahamya imico ya Dr. Wright n'ingaruka yagize. Ati: "Ntibishoboka gusobanura uruhare rwe mu baturage bacu."

Mu mibereho ye yose, Dr. Wright yakoze nk'umusemburo kandi uhuza abantu bahujwe n'intego irenze bo ubwabo. Yabaye kandi itara ry'ubunyangamugayo no guhumekwa, umuvuzi, n'ubumuntu.

Umurage we mu majyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania uzakomeza kwihangana n'abaganga bahuguwe kandi ubuzima bwarushijeho kuba bwiza binyuze mu buvuzi.