Charles Canver

With more than 20 years of experience in cardiothoracic surgery, Charles Canver M.D. has established heart transplant programs at Albany Medical Center, in Albany, New York; and at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, in Madison, a joint effort with the Veterans Administration. While there, Dr. Charles Canver also led the second-largest heart transplant team in the United States. In the last seven years, Dr. Canver has filled executive roles at hospitals in the United States and other countries. He spent five years as the Director of The King Faisal Heart Institute, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he managed more than 500 employees and an annual budget of $82 million. During his tenure, the Institute saw an increase in patient referrals and surgeries and a 50 percent drop in overtime. In 2010, Dr. Canver left the Institute to found and direct the Near East University Hospital, in Cyprus. Under his leadership, the hospital doubled the number of surgical cases and emergency-department visits. On weekdays, patient volume rose by 25 percent, reversing a trend that had seen locals seek medical care outside Cyprus. Today, Charles Canver M.D. serves as the Vice President for Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer with Provena United Samaritans Medical Center. Located in Danville, Illinois, the 174-bed hospital is a subsidiary of Presence Health. A Certified Physician Executive, Dr. Charles Canver holds a Healthcare MBA from George Washington University and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He earned his medical degree from Erciyes University, in Kayseri, Turkey, and completed surgical training at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. He maintains board certifications in cardiothoracic surgery, general surgery, and surgical critical care.

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The ACHE Programs, Products, and Services Committee

An experienced surgeon, Dr. Charles Canver presently serves as vice president and chief medical officer of Presence United Samaritans Medical Center in Danville, Illinois. In addition to earning his MD from Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey, and his healthcare MBA from George Washington University in Washington, DC, he has completed advanced professional training as a fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). Dr. Charles Canver continues to serve the ACHE as a member of the organization’s Programs, Products, and Services Committee. In order to advance the ACHE’s mission to serve healthcare executives and the healthcare management industry, the Programs, Products, and Services Committee offers executive direction for initiatives in a variety of fields, including continuing education and official credentialing. The committee provides management oversight for the programs of the Healthcare Executive Career Resource Center, a source of professional tools and personalized career-planning assistance for all ACHE members. It also makes informed decisions affecting the ACHE’s publishing division. Operating under the name Health Administration Press, this publishing division is responsible for releasing the Journal of Healthcare Management and a range of books and periodicals. 

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AJMQ and OnlineFirst - Making Latest Studies Accessible

An accomplished physician, Charles Canver, MD, serves as the vice president and chief medical officer at Presence United Samaritans Medical Center. In addition, Charles Canver is on the editorial board at the American Journal of Medical Quality (AJMQ).

A peer-reviewed journal for professionals conducting research or practicing in the field of clinical quality improvement, AJMQ publishes research studies, evaluations of healthcare management, and information about changes in the area of medical quality and risk management.

Offering an OnlineFirst subscription service, AJMQ allows researchers and other medical professionals to access the latest papers in different fields of study and cite articles before they are published in print. To cite an article, researchers can use the manuscript’s Digital Online Identifier (DOI) and the date of its first online posting. Since information such as issue, volume, and page number are not available for online articles, DOIs are used instead to provide a permanent means of identifying manuscripts. Once an article is published in print, the page number and volume can be used in the citation, along with the DOI.

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CPE Certification

The current vice president and chief medical officer for Presence United Samaritans Medical Center in Danville, Illinois, Charles Canver, MD, completed his medical education at Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey. A corporate professional as well as a physician, he holds a healthcare MBA from Washington, DC’s George Washington University and several advanced business accreditations. In 2008, Dr. Charles Canver greatly expanded his horizons as a healthcare executive when he earned his official CPE certification. An acronym for Certified Physician Executive, the CPE is the preferred certification for US physicians who specialize in medical management. The board certification is granted by the Certifying Commission in Medical Management and endorsed by the American College of Physician Executives. To date, nearly 1,700 healthcare leaders have earned CPE designations by completing the official CPE Certification Program. To be eligible for the program, physicians must be licensed to practice in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam. Candidates also need three years of clinical practice, a previous board certification in a recognized clinical specialty, and extensive medical training that has been accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, or the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.

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Charles Canver on Slideshare

Charles Canver M.D. serves as the Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer of Provena United Samaritans Medical Center. Before accepting this position, Dr. Charles Canver acted as the Chief Executive Officer of Near East University Hospital and Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the Near East University School of Medicine. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from the Kayseri Gevher Nesibe Faculty of Medicine at Erciyes University in Turkey and was valedictorian of his class. After graduation, he relocated to Minneapolis, where he worked as a Research Scholar at the University of Minnesota.

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Charles Canver | Xing

Vice President / Chief Medical Officer

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Green Initiatives Established at Danville Hospital

A cardiothoracic surgeon with over two decades of surgical experience, Charles Canver, MD, is now the chief medical officer at the Presence United Samaritans Medical Center. Located in Danville, Illinois, the 174-bed hospital is a highly endorsed health care facility. Charles Canver, MD, and his colleagues support the hospital’s green initiatives, all of which emphasize the reduction of waste and underscore recycling and reuse. The Presence United Samaritans Medical Center has instituted a number of green cost-cutting processes. These newly implemented procedures include the establishment of environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) contracts that advocate the purchase of mercury-free items and the promotion of waste management practices that are eco-friendly.  Other ecologically sound measures that have been put into effect include implementing an energy-saving system for the hospital’s boilers and washing and drying rags and mops instead of using chemicals. Efforts are being made to go paperless as well. Reusable plates and cups are being used in the hospital cafeterias, and envelopes are being reused for writing notes. The goal of the program is to substantially reduce waste while enforcing sustainability at the facility.

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A Look at the Ross Procedure

Based out of Presence United Samaritans Medical Center in Danville, Illinois, Charles Canver, MD, has served as a doctor and health-care administrator throughout his career. The former director of The Heart Institute at Albany Medical Center, Charles Canver has written several articles about using the Ross procedure to remedy cardiac conditions. 

  Created in 1967 by Dr. Donald Ross, the Ross procedure replaces unhealthy aortic valves. A potentially dangerous condition, aortic valve disease may cause congestive heart failure, fainting, angina, and other medical issues. With the Ross procedure, doctors remove the aortic valve, put the pulmonary valve in its place, and replace the original pulmonary valve with a human donor valve. A common technique, it carries a greater-than 97 percent success rate. While similar treatments might utilize a mechanical or animal-tissue valve, this method prefers the pulmonary valve for several reasons. In addition to compatibility with the patient's physiology, the pulmonary valve shares size, shape, and strength with the aortic valve and presents greater durability than an animal valve. Furthermore, doctors favor the Ross procedure for female patients of childbearing age because it alleviates the need to take blood-thinning medications, which carry a high risk for causing birth defects.

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