Sixth Edition Marquis Who’s Who INSIGHT 11 GREG A. KREMPL, MD, FACS Professor, Department Chair The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Oklahoma City, OK www.ouhealth.com/find-a-doctor/greg-a-krempl-md-facs/ What are two key behaviors/personality traits that allow you to be effective in your role? I am driven to do my best and to raise the bar so that those around me can achieve their best as well. What is the most important issue/challenge you are dealing with in your industry? The biggest challenge is the move toward patient-centric care and doing what provides the patient with the best experience, rather than doing what is most convenient for the staff. We are learning from those in the field of customer service and figuring out how to apply those ideas to health care. What innovations or technologies do you feel will shape the future of your industry? The biggest innovation recently was the emergence of virtual medicine. We are going to learn from this and apply the knowledge to a post-COVID-19 world. What excites you the most about your industry? The exciting thing in my field today is the same thing that inspired me in the first place, and that is impacting the lives of my patients. Having the trust of my patients and the ability to impact and improve their lives is what brought me into medicine, and at the end of the day, I go home feeling great about it. BOB KRAUSE Board Chair, President Veterans National Recovery Center Burlington, IA https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-krause-87903b9/ How have you navigated disruptions in your industry to remain a top professional? Many people who started groups like us disappeared. The interest declined, but we kept chugging; there was always someone wronged by the system. Quite a few were military sexual assaults, and the military was notorious for hiding assaults and forcing young women out when they spoke up. We went to the state legislature and got a law passed in Iowa on non-federal orders that if a rape or assault occurred, it could go to civil court, which was revolutionary. It was so successful that the Iowa National Guard asked that the jurisdiction be broadened. How do you feel your industry has changed/evolved? There was a movement to create the Veterans Treatment Court. We have some districts that don’t have them, so we proposed a bill to create a Veterans Treatment Court in every jurisdiction. The judge in the city had an 85% success rate. Veterans joined the treatment court voluntarily and agreed to a two-year program. So, they would sign up, do counseling with local VA social services, and if they fall off the wagon or get arrested, instead of going back to jail for two years, they might go to jail for a week, which would hopefully allow them to keep their job and family. Once we have a statewide system, we intend to broadcast success stories to other states. What innovations or technologies do you feel will shape the future of your industry? We’ve been promoting hyperbaric oxygen therapy for traumatic brain injuries. We think there’s an opportunity there, and we would like to see that promoted.
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