A high-ranking physician from Africa toured INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center Monday. Michael Kisela, M.D. is a general surgeon in his home country responsible for treating all ailments and conditions from the very minor to the most severe. He was interested in seeing the inner workings of a highly advanced and comprehensive American hospital. Kisela took a tour of the emergency room, surgery and operating rooms and intensive care units of the hospital. He visited with Hospital President Tim Johnsen, Chief of Staff Sudhir Khanna, M.D. and Hospitalist Ali Mohamed, M.D., among several others. He took a particular interest in the hospital system’s “Lean” methodologies. The use of the term Lean, describes a philosophy that incorporates a collection of tools and techniques into the business processes to optimize time, human resources, assets, and productivity, while improving the quality level of products and services to their customers.

A high-ranking physician from Africa toured INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center Monday. Michael Kisela, M.D. is a general surgeon in his home country responsible for treating all ailments and conditions from the very minor to the most severe. He was interested in seeing the inner workings of a highly advanced and comprehensive American hospital. Kisela took a tour of the emergency room, surgery and operating rooms and intensive care units of the hospital. He visited with Hospital President Tim Johnsen, Chief of Staff Sudhir Khanna, M.D. and Hospitalist Ali Mohamed, M.D., among several others.
He took a particular interest in the hospital system’s “Lean” methodologies. The use of the term Lean, describes a philosophy that incorporates a collection of tools and techniques into the business processes to optimize time, human resources, assets, and productivity, while improving the quality level of products and services to their customers.