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But UMass can do more to keep
patients local, Gustafson said, with a
plan to do so in part by better educating
referring doctors on how much care
can be done in Central Massachusetts.
UMass is part of the Dana-Farber Can-
cer Care Collaborative, for example, but
80% or 90% of cancer care can be done
right at UMass, he said.
Gustafson now oversees a campus
network with four times as many em-
ployees as Faulkner and an operation
that brings in more than $1.7 billion a
year. UMass doesn't have the prestige of
the Partners name and treats a higher
percentage of public-payer patients
such as those on Medicaid but carries
a far greater prominence in Central
Massachusetts than Faulkner does with
stiff competition in Boston. UMass, for
instance, has the only Level 1 trauma
center in Central Massachusetts and
the only one with organ transplant
capabilities.
Gustafson said he was attracted to
UMass' critical role in that sense, as
well as the hospital's role both with
patients and in a research partnership
with UMass Medical School, with which
it shares the University Campus. e
hospital, for instance, is working with
researchers on a new gene therapy.
"We're critical to both the medical and
the research mission," Gustafson said.
Gustafson succeeded
Patrick Muldoon, who
led UMass Memorial
Medical Center for four
years and worked in
the healthcare system
for 15 years.
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