Dr. Coyness L. Ennix Jr.

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  Coyness L Ennix, Jr., M.D.
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  Coyness L Ennix, Jr., M.D. Center for Cardiac Surgery
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  As a Founder and past President of the Bay Area Society of Thoracic Surgeons and a member of numerous medical and surgical associations, Dr. Ennix is board certified in Thoracic and Cardiac surgery and currently practices at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California. Through his relentless service work, he has received the Honorary National Fellowship of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and was locally recognized as a Frank Jordan Outstanding Citizen of San Francisco.
  
  In addition to his medical duty, Dr. Ennix currently serves on a state panel, the California CABG Outcomes Reporting Program, (CCORP) and the Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute (MAFEI). Through his work with MAFEI, Dr. Ennix has furthered the organization's goal significantly by establishing partnerships and developing resources that create opportunities for Oakland students to fulfill their potential through enhanced learning techniques.
  
  One of the cornerstones of the MAFEI organization is the New Notions program, which awards grants of up to $5,000 to Oakland schoolteachers for the creation of innovative educational approaches. Dr. Ennix's tireless work on behalf of the community's young people has been a vital component to the program's success. Through his local volunteer contributions, Dr. Ennix has harnessed the collective goals of a community and translated them into tangible results that enrich our children's futures.

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  Coyness L Ennix, Jr., M.D.
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  Coyness L Ennix, Jr., M.D. Center for Cardiac Surgery
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  As a Founder and past President of the Bay Area Society of Thoracic Surgeons and a member of numerous medical and surgical associations, Dr. Ennix is board certified in Thoracic and Cardiac surgery and currently practices at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California. Through his relentless service work, he has received the Honorary National Fellowship of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and was locally recognized as a Frank Jordan Outstanding Citizen of San Francisco.
  
  In addition to his medical duty, Dr. Ennix currently serves on a state panel, the California CABG Outcomes Reporting Program, (CCORP) and the Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute (MAFEI). Through his work with MAFEI, Dr. Ennix has furthered the organization's goal significantly by establishing partnerships and developing resources that create opportunities for Oakland students to fulfill their potential through enhanced learning techniques.
  
  One of the cornerstones of the MAFEI organization is the New Notions program, which awards grants of up to $5,000 to Oakland schoolteachers for the creation of innovative educational approaches. Dr. Ennix's tireless work on behalf of the community's young people has been a vital component to the program's success. Through his local volunteer contributions, Dr. Ennix has harnessed the collective goals of a community and translated them into tangible results that enrich our children's futures.

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  Dr. Coyness Ennix, Center for Cardiac Surgery

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  Dr. Coyness L. Ennix Jr., a cardiac surgeon, said the task force members were enormously concerned about race- and ethnic-based disparities, including the fact African-American children are three times more likely to die than white children.
  
  "We can make a difference in these areas," Ennix said.

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  In May 1997, Coyness L. Ennix, Jr., Medical Director of Cardiac Surgery at Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley, California, invited Delos Cosgrove of the Cleveland Clinic to speak on minimally invasive cardiac surgery at the annual cardiology conference at Alta Bates Medical Center.
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  To insure a good turn out, Ennix called all of the cardiac surgeons he knew who practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area inviting them to the meeting.Invitations also were sent out to other cardiac surgeons throughout the region.
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  Fortuitously, in the fall of the same year, Ennix arranged a meeting in New Orleans with Gene Grossi, who was president of the New York Society of Thoracic Surgeons, which was the largest local society in the United States.
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  Early in 1999, Ennix decided that to get a surgical society to get off the ground, it would require two things: 1) strong leadership and 2) good organization.He then called two cardiac surgeons in the region to help with this.
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  Ennix also contacted Daniel Elliot, who had attended the Ritz Carlton meeting.
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  Later in 1999, encouraged by Hill's enthusiasm, Ennix called Bruce Reitz again.
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  Ennix encouraged a meeting of a tentative board of directors.Ennix had contacted Annette Bronstein, of San Francisco, who he knew had worked as the executive director to a number of local medical societies.Annette was interested but suggested that since she was near retirement, Ennix should look for someone else.Ennix convinced Bronstein that a young society needed an experienced executive director, and this society would perhaps be the last one for her and that she should give it some consideration.After a few weeks, Ennix got back in touch with Bronstein and she accepted the challenge.Ennix also asked his medical surgical associate, Dr. Nilas Young, to join this group to explore the idea of beginning a society.
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  These included Bruce Reitz of Stanford as President, Don Hill of San Francisco as President-Elect, Coyness Ennix as Secretary, Mike Wood as Treasurer, Robert Robins and Nilas Young as Counselors.
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  Ennix, with the help of executive directors from other societies, developed the first draft of the bylaws for the new society.

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  COYNESS L. ENNIX Jr., M.D.
  
  J. NILAS YOUNG, M.D.
  
  The Center for Cardiac Surgery is dedicated to providing the highest quality patient care, results and service through commitment, involvement, experience and sensitivity.The center is affiliated with Alta Bates Medical Center (Berkeley, California) and Summit Medical Center (Oakland, California) where cardiac surgeons, residents and physician assistants provide cardiothoracic surgical care.
  
  Partners for over fifteen years, Coyness L. Ennix, Jr., M.D. and J. Nilas Young, M.D. collaborated to establish the Center for Cardiac Surgery as a premier cardiothoracic medical group.
  
  The professional activities of the Center for Cardiac Surgery are supported by a highly experienced, fiscally responsible cardiothoracic surgery team.
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  Coyness L. Ennix, Jr., M.D.CENTER FOR CARDIAC SURGERY
  
  Dr. Coyness L. Ennix, Jr. is Medical Director for the Center for Cardiac Surgery at Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley, California where he serves as Chairman of the Continuous Quality Improvement Committee and as Editor-in chief of the Alta Bates Cardiac and Vascular Rounds newsletter.
  
  Dr. Ennix completed his medical education at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee.He received training in general surgery at Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California.He then pursued thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at The Cleveland Clinic Education Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.Dr. Ennix completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Cardiovascular Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas where he also served as Assistant Professor of Surgery with Dr. Michael DeBakey for five years before returning to the Bay Area in 1981.Dr. Ennix was Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco for four years prior to being appointed to the that position at the University of California, Davis-East Bay in 1992.
  
  Dr. Ennix serves on several boards including the Western Region American Heart Association, Holy Names High School in Oakland, California, the American Lung Association, and the Executive Committee Council on Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery for the American Heart Association.He has also served on the board of Oakland Youth Work.
  
  Dr. Ennix is past-president of the California American Heart Association.He has received numerous awards in connection with his service to the American Heart Association including the Honored Citizen Award in 1994.In 1995 he received one of the Frank Jordan Outstanding Citizen Awards in San Francisco, California.Dr. Ennix is an honorary National Fellow of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
  
  Dr. Ennix is a consultant to the Guidant Corporation of America in the specialty of instrumentation for minimally invasive cardiac surgery.He is also a consultant in cardiac surgery to the Heart to Heart International Children's Medical Alliance, the first American team to perform open-heart surgery in the former Soviet Union.He is also consultant to Jonathan Lindsey & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in the development of cardiovascular product lines, for managed care and cost-containment in cardiovascular services.He serves as an East Bay consultant to Sutter Health System.
  
  Dr. Ennix is board certified in general and thoracic surgery and is widely published including articles in The American Journal of Surgery, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and The Journal of Heart Transplantation.His professional organization memberships include: Alameda-Contra Medical Association, American College of Cardiology, American College of Chest Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Trauma Association, Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society, Michael E. Debakey International Cardiovascular Society, National Medical Association, San Francisco Surgical Society, Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association.

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  FORGOTTEN FOOTNOTE / Before Hearst, SLA killed educator - [Cached Version]
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  Filled with shotgun pellets and cyanide-tipped bullets, Blackburn was rushed to Highland Hospital, where a team of young surgeons, led by Dr. Coyness Ennix, worked all night to keep him alive.More than once, his heart stopped as Ennix and his team worked to stop the bleeding and save what was left of Blackburn's insides.
  
  Ennix went on to become one of the nation's pre-eminent heart surgeons, now heads the cardiac surgery department at Berkeley's Alta Bates hospital and, completing the circle of irony, is president of the Marcus Foster Educational Institute, an organization that raises money for Oakland schools.
  
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  Ennix, who saved Blackburn's life, says now that he had "no idea who Marcus Foster was until I read about it in the newspaper."But he and Blackburn formed a friendship that has endured.
  
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  Dr. Coyness EnnixAlta Bates Summit Medical Center

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  Coyness Ennix, MD, decided that a procedure such as angioplasty - the one that saved Julius Guillory - would not work for Mr. Mui because his blockage was too extensive.
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  Dr. Ennix's solution was to perform "beating heart" surgery, a relatively new procedure that doesn't use the bypass machine, allowing the heart to beat during surgery. Surgeons clamp a stablilizing device onto either side of the coronary artery, and use a gentle vacuum suction to render that area of the heart motionless while the rest of the heart beats. Only when the area is motionless can surgeons perform the bypass.
  
  "Nationally, beating-heart surgery only makes up 20 percent of all bypass surgeries," says Dr. Ennix. "But in our practice, we do it probably 75 to 80 percent of the time, because we're so comfortable doing it. We've had a lot of success."
  
  Mr. Mui's surgery was also a success, and Dr. Ennix says that it unquestionably saved his life.

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  Coyness Ennix, MD, director of cardiac surgery at Alta Bates Summit, decided that a procedure such as angioplasty - the one that saved Julius Guillory - would not work for Mr. Mui because his blockage was too extensive.
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  "Nationally, beating-heart surgery only makes up 20 percent of all bypass surgeries," says Dr. Ennix."But in our practice, we do it probably 75 to 80 percent of the time, because we're so comfortable doing it.We've had a lot of success."
  
  Mr. Mui's surgery was also a success, and Dr. Ennix says that it unquestionably saved his life.

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