COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON: CONCERNS THAT FALLING WATER LEVELS IN LAKE POWELL COULD THREATEN HYDRO-POWER GENERATION.

ALSO TONIGHT, AN ENCOURAGING NEW TREATMENT FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.

AND, THE PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - ARROWHEAD CAMPUS IN GLENDALE IS EXPANDING.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

♪ ♪ ♪ GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

LONGTIME POLITICAL ACTIVIST ALFREDO GUITIERREZ HAS DIED.

HE DIED OF ESOPHEGEAL CANCER.

HE WAS 79.

GUITIERREZ WAS A PROMINENT ADVOCATE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO EDUCATION.

HIS ACTIVISM STARTED IN EARNEST WHILE A STUDENT AT ASU, WHERE HE WAS EXPELLED AFTER LEADING STUDENT PROTESTS DURING THE CHICANO RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE LATE 1960S.

GUTIERREZ WENT ON TO CO-FOUND CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA AND LATER SERVED FOR 14 YEARS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

ACTIVIST, ORGANIZER - ALFREDO GUTTIERIEZ DEAD AT 79.

LYDIA GUZMAN FROM CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA WILL JOIN US TOMORROW FOR MORE ON THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ALFREDO GUTIERREZ.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TODAY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO REVOKE THE EPA'S ABILITY TO MAKE RULES ABOUT CLIMATE POLLUTION.

THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE EPA SAID THAT THE AGENCY PLANS TO REVOKE A 2009 DECLARATION THAT CONCLUDED THAT PLANET-WARMING AND GREEN-HOUSE GASES POSE A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

THAT DECLARATION HAS BEEN USED TO SET LIMITS ON EMISSIONS FROM CARS, POWER-PLANTS AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL POLLUTERS.

WITHOUT THE DECLARATION, THE EPA WOULD HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO REGULATE EMISSIONS UNDER THE CLEAN-AIR ACT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY RE-AFFIRMED A NEW DEADLINE FOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN TO AGREE TO A CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE.

>>> TEN DAYS FROM TODAY, THEN WE ARE GOING TO PUT ON TARIFFS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL AFFECT RUSSIA BECAUSE HE WANTS TO PROBABLY KEEP THE WAR GOING.

TED: THE PRESIDENT SPEAKING THERE ABOARD AIR-FORCE-ONE.

THE U.S. AND UKRAINE ARE PUSHING FOR AN "IMMEDIATE" CEASE-FIRE TO HELP NEGOTIATE A LASTING PEACE DEAL.

AND AN ECONOMIC NOTE: PROCTOR AND GAMBLE TODAY SAID THAT IT WILL RAISE PRICES IN PART BECAUSE OF TARIFFS.

THAT MEANS ROUGHLY A QUARTER OF P&G'S ITEMS INCLUDING BATHROOM AND LAUNDRY PRODUCTS, ARE HEADED FOR A PRICE INCREASE.

THE COMPANY SAID THAT IT WILL TRY TO OFFSET SOME OF THE FINANCIAL HITS, BUT CONSUMERS "WILL" HAVE TO PICK UP SOME OF THE COST.

THERE ARE INCREASING CONCERNS THAT BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR WATER LEVELS AT LAKE POWELL WILL DROP TOO LOW FOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION.

DECEMBER OF 2026 IS ALSO THE DEADLINE FOR A NEW COLORADO RIVER WATER COMPACT.

FOR MORE ON ALL THIS WE WELCOME SARAH PORTER, DIRECTOR OF THE KYL CENTER FOR WATER POLICY AT ASU'S MORRISON INSTITUTE.

SIR, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS A SOBERING FORECAST HERE FOR LAKE POWELL.

>> YEAH, IT CERTAINLY IS.

WE HAD A BAD WINTER, IN TERMS OF FLOWS INTO THE COLORADO RIVER.

AND SO THE RESERVOIR DIDN'T ACCRUE MORE WATER IN STORAGE, AT LEAST SUFFICIENT TO, TO KEEP US TO STAVE OFF THE RISKS THAT WE ARE NOW FACING.

TED: GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> WELL, THINGS ARE STARTING TO LOOK WORSE, AND IN THE LATEST PROJECTIONS, THAT THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION PROVIDES, THEY, THEY SHOWED THAT THERE IS-- LET'S JUST SAY MORE CHANCE THAN WE WOULD LIKE THAT THE WATER LEVELS COULD GET SO LOW, THAT THE GLEN CANYON DAM WOULDN'T PRODUCE HYDROPOWER.

TED: AND WHAT-- THE IMPACT OF THAT DAM NOT PRODUCING HYDROELECTRIC POWER, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN?

>> IT IS A SIGNIFICANT GENERATOR OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER, SO LET'S START WITH THE FACT, IT IS POWER THAT PREDOMINANTLY TRIES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY RELY ON, SO IT CREATES HARDSHIP FOR THOSE, THOSE POWER USERS, THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO MEET THEIR POWER DEMANDS, THEN ANOTHER CONSIDERATION IS THAT HYDRO POWER IS CONSIDERED A CLEAN ENERGY.

IT DOESN'T PRODUCE CARBON EMISSIONS AND SO, IT REMOVES A FORM OF NON-CARBON PRODUCING ENERGY FROM THE PORTFOLIOS OF ENERGY PROVIDERS, SO IT IS, IT HAS GOT A DOUBLE WHAMMY IN THAT RESPECT.

>> SO WE ARE LOOKING AT LAKE POWELL IN THE FORECAST FOR END OF NEXT YEAR.

IT IS NOT GOOD AT ALL.

WHERE IS LAKE POWELL RIGHT NOW?

WHAT ARE THE WATER LEVELS?

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE.

>> YEAH.

THEY ARE BOTH REALLY LOW.

THEY HAVE JUST-- THESE TWO BIG RESERVOIRS HAVE NOT RECOVERED, AND SO WE ARE FACING CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE ANOTHER NOT SO GOOD WINTER, WHICH IS A VERY REASONABLE THING TO EXPECT.

WE COULD BE IN WORSE SHAPE.

AND THAT IS REALLY THE HYDROLOGIC CONTEXT THAT WE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW, EVEN AN AVERAGE WINTER WOULDN'T PUT US IN A GOOD PLACE, AND THAT IS JUST TO PUT US IN, YOU KNOW, A LESS RISKY PLACE THAN WE ARE NOW.

>> AND WE ARE TALKING LAKE POWELL.

CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.

ISN'T THERE A SHORT-TERM DEAL OR SOME IDEA IN PLACE.

A SHORT-TERM PLAN FOR LAKE MEAD, THAT IS HELPING THAT PARTICULAR-- FIRST OF ALL, IS THAT TRUE?

SECONDLY, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

WELL, THERE HAVE BEEN A SERIES OF KIND OF INTERIM STEPS THAT DIFFERENT GROUPS OF THE BASIN STATES HAVE TAKEN TO KEEP THE LAKE LEVELS AT LAKE MEAD AND LAKE POWELL FROM GOING DOWN TO DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS, SO IN PARTICULAR, IN 2019 AND THERE AFTER, SOME SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS, THE LOWER BASIN STATES HAVE FIGURED OUT WAYS TO LEAVE WATER IN LAKE MEAD.

LAKE POWELL IS UPSTREAM OF LAKE MEAD WITH THE GRAND CANYON RUNNING IN BETWEEN SO WATER FLOWS INTO LAKE MEAD FROM LAKE POWER THEN WATER FLOWING OUT GOES TO PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, SOUTHERN NEVADA, MEXICO.

AND SO THE PARTICULARLY ARIZONA, BUT TO SOME EXTENT, NEVADA, MEXICO HAVE FIGURED OUT WAYS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO CONSERVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WATER IN LAKE MEAD BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

THE STEPS WE HAVE TAKEN ARE NOT ENOUGH.

TED: IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

AGAIN, IF LAKE POWELL UPSTREAM IS NOT HOLDING UP ITS END OF THE BARGAIN HERE, MEAN, THAT AFFECTS THE WHOLE KIT & KABOODLE.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

THERE ARE RESERVOIRS UPSTREAM, AGAIN, FROM WHICH WATER COULD BE, HYPOTHETICALLY, RELEASED TO HELP SHORE UP LAKE POWELL, BUT THEN YOU JUST MOVED THE PRON UPSTREAM.

THE REALITY WE ARE FACING IS SUFFICIENT WATER TO MEET EXPECTATIONS OF THE WATER USERS THEN SYSTEM.

TED: THAT IS THE FORECAST WE ARE HEARING FROM DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.

ALSO DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, YOU GOT TO GET A COMPACT GOING.

YOU GOT TO GET THE STATES TOGETHER WITH SOME SORT OF PLAN TO ALLOCATE, ADMINISTER COLORADO RIVER WATER AM HOW DO THOSE TWO THINGS MIX AND MINGLE HERE.

THAT IS QUITE AN EQUATION?

>> SO ONE WORD, AND THAT IS UNCERTAINTY.

WE ARE IN A VERY DICEY, I WOULD SAY, WE ARE ALMOST, WE ARE AT THE 11th AND A HALF HOUR IN TERMS OF AGREEMENT AMONG THE SEVEN STATES.

THEY HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING, TRULY FOR YEARS, FOR YEARS, TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT, WHICH REALLY HAS TO BE ABOUT WHO TAKES CUTS IN WATER, BECAUSE THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY THE PROBLEM THAT WE ARE FACING AS A SEVEN STATE, TWO-NATION, 29-TRIBE GROUP OF WATER USERS.

AND IN JUNE, THE DIRECTOR OF WATER RESOURCES IN ARIZONA SHARED AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN ARIZONA, THAT ARIZONA HAS PROPOSED A NEW WAY OF OPERATING THE SYSTEM THAT IS A DIFFERENT WAY AND I THINK A LOT OF US FELT HOPEFUL THAT THIS NEW APPROACH, WHICH WOULD BE BASED ON AVERAGE FLOWS IN THE COLORADO RIVER, THAT THAT IS A SMART APPROACH.

YOU KNOW?

LET'S BASE WATER ALLOCATIONS ON THE AMOUNT THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE RIVER, UM, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY POINTS OF DISAGREEMENT AND THUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE HEARING IS THAT THESE, THEY ARE STILL FAR APART IN AGREEMENT, SO THAT, THAT IS UNCERTAINTY.

WE DON'T HAVE THE OUTLINES OF THE AGREEMENT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT.

TED: SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A SLIDING SCALE IS WHAT ARIZONA WAS PROPOSING?

YEAH THE PROPOSAL WAS TO TAKE THE THREE-YEAR ESTIMATED AVERAGE FLOW.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE WATER IS IMPOUNDED UPSTREAM.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ESTIMATION, AND THEN, FIGURE OUT A PERCENTAGE THAT ALL OF THE SUDDEN STATES WAS AGREE ON, THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED TO THE LOWER BASIN STATES, THEN THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS TO WORK ON, HOW MUCH OF THAT PERCENTAGE GOES TO EACH OF THE LOWER BASIN USERS , THAT KIND OF A THING, BUT IT SEEMED PROMISING AND NOW, IT IS NOT SO CLEAR IF THAT IS GOING TO WIND UP BEING WHERE WE WIND UP.

TED: SARAH, IT SEEMS RELATIVELY DIRE HERE.

I MEAN 11th HOUR AND PAST THE 11th HOUR, WE ALL, WE ALL FEEL THE WEATHER.

WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE.

WE ARE NOT GETTING THE RAIN.

WE ARE NOT GETTING THE SNOW.

WE GOT TO HAVE IT BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

IS THE FACT IT IS SO DIRE, WILL IT PUSH PEOPLE TO GET THE COMPACT DONE IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN THEY WOULD HAVE IF THE RESERVOIRS WERE MORE FULL?

>> OH, I SHOULD THINK SO.

IT IS EASIER TO COME TO AGREEMENT WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF WATER TO AGREE ON AND TO SHARE.

BUT IT CLEARLY, EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE UNDERSTANDS THAT THEY TAKE ENORMOUS RISKS IF THEY COME TO A AN AGREEMENT.

I WILL ADD THAT THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR HAS MADE IT CLEAR, THAT HE IS PREPARED TO TAKE UNILATERAL ACTION IN THE ABSENCE OF AN AGREEMENT AND THAT IS ALSO THAT ELEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY, THAT HOW DOES, HOW DOES ANY STATE KNOW WHAT THE SECRETARY WOULD DO?

TED: THAT WAS MY QUESTION, SARAH.

>> YEAH.

TED: WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR ARIZONA ?

DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA?

>> WE DON'T KNOW.

WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.

AND SO, BUT THAT IS THE CASE FOR EVERY SINGLE STATE.

I THINK IN SOME, YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK, THAT MAKING SURE THAT SOME WATER GETS TO THE CITIES OF PHOENIX AND TUCSON, AND THE SURROUNDING, YOU KNOW, THE CITIES IN CENTRAL ARIZONA AS THIS RELY ON COLORADO RIVER WATER WOULD LIKELY BE A PRIORITY, UM, BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF THAT.

IN IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS GREAT RISKS, THIS GREAT UNCERTAINTY, THAT WE ARE FACING, MEANS THAT THE CITIES IN CENTRAL ARIZONA HAVE BEEN TAKING THE STEPS AND GETTING PREPARED FOR WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO MEET DEMAND IF THE SHORTAGES ARE VERY DEEP.

THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES TAKING STEPS.

THE STATE, THE NEGOTIATORS, EVERYONE IS TAKING STEPS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE, THE CITIES HAVE MADE BIG INVESTMENTS IN MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE ARE SEVERE CUTS THEY HAVE WATER SUPPLIES THEY CAN DELIVER WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED.

TED: ALL RIGHT.

SARAH PORTER, ASU'S MORRISON INSTITUTE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

TED: THERE'S ENCOURAGING NEWS REGARDING THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, WHICH INCLUDES A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT.JOINING US NOW IS DR. WILLIAM FAUBION, A GASTRO-ENTEROLOGIST AT MAYO CLINIC - ARIZONA.

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, THAT IS MORE THAN WINDY THESE?

RIGHT.

IT IS PROBABLY MANY DISEASES DEPENDING ON THE GENETICS, BUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A BASKET OF TWO DISEASES.

CROHN'S DISEASE AND ULCERATIVE COLITIS.

SO CROHN'S DISEASE CAN INVOLVE TRILLION THE MOUTH TO THE ANUS WHERE ULCERATIVE COLITIS ONLY INVOLVES THE COLON.

TED: SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT CANNOT BE CURED OR WHAT?

>> THE WAY WE TELL PATIENTS NOW.

THE WAY I TALK TO MY FAMILIES, THAT AS OF TODAY, IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTROL THE DISEASE, NOT JUST THE SYMPTOMS, BUT ACTUALLY, ALL OF THE LESIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE ON ENDOSCOPY MOST PEOPLE REQUIRE THERAPIES FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

THAT WAIT IS INCURABLE.

HOWEVER MOST PATIENTS WILL LIVE A LONG HEALTHY LIFETIME WITH THE DISEASE MORE LIKE BLOOD PRESSURE PROBLEMS THAN IT WOULD BE.

>> HOW IS IT DIAGNOSED.

MANY AM AS TO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT SIM TOLL!

TOMS.

PATIENTS MAY HAVE THE RIGHT BLOOD WORK AND COME SEE AND GET REFERRED TO AS GASTROENTEROLOGIST AND MOST ARE MADE BY TWO THINGS SO PASSING A LIGHTED TUBE THROUGH THE MOUTH OR BOTTOM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENTIRETY OF THE GI TRACT.

THERE WE CAN SEE THROUGH THE SCOPE THEN TAKE A LOOK AT IT ON BIOPSY AND SOME X-RAY FINDINGS TED: YEAH.

OK.

THE TREATMENT FOR THIS IS, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, WASN'T IT SOMETHING WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO IN, GET SOME INFUSION EVERY FEW WEEKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> RIGHT.

A LOT OF THE MODERN THERAPIES RESERVED BY THE BIOLOGICS WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR ALMOST 80 YEARS AND TREATMENTS HAVE GONE ANYWHERE FROM ORAL WHICH ARE THE OLDEST THERAPIES THROUGH A VARIETY OF OTHER PILL BASED THERAPIES THEN MUCH MORE RECENTLY SINCE REALLY UNTIL NOW.

WE TALK ABOUT THE FAMILY OF MEDICATIONS CALLED BIOLOGIC THERAPIES SO-CALLED BIOLOGIC BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE A LIVING PLATFORM TO PRODUCE THEM.

>> I WAS READING ABOUT THE THING CALLED THE LIVING PHARMACY WITHIN THE BODY.

WHAT IS THAT?

RIGHT.

SO THIS ACTUALLY, THIS WAS THE CONCEPT FOR THIS CAME OUT OF ONE OF THE COLLABORATORS IN MAYO RAW CHESTER WHO WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING AN AWARD CALLED THE H GRANT.

THE LIVING PHARMACY IS THIS CONCEPT THAT WE CAN ENCAPSULATE CERTAIN CELL, LITTLE BY OH ROW ACTORS.

WE CAN ENCAPSULATE CELLS IN THE MEMBRANE SO THE BODY DOESN'T ATTACK IT.

PLACE IT NOT A PATIENT AND THE CELLS WILL PRODUCE A BIOLOGIC THERAPEUTIC OVER TIME UNTIL YOU HAVE IT EXCHANGED SO THE LIVING PHARMACY WOULD BE IMPLANTING THE CELLS THAT MAKE, IN THIS CASE, IT IS ANTIBODY, IT IS A THERAPY.

T WOULD MAKE THAT THERAPY EVERY MINUTE OF EVERYDAY.

EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR UNTIL IT IS REMOVED OR WE EXCHANGE THEM.

SOP THAT IS LIKE A 24-7 INFUSION THEN.

>> CORRECT.

STILL VERY EARLY IN THE PHASES BUT A GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED.

IT GENERATES ANTIBODIES TO IN THIS CASE, FIGHT INFLAMMATORY DISEASE.

CORRECT.

THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR WOULD BIND ANOTHER PROTEIN CALLED A CYTO KIND WHICH ARE TEXT MESSAGE AS TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THEY CORD MATE THE IMMUNE RESPONSE.

>> OK. >> AND WHAT IS THAT?

>> FACTOR.

>> OK. >> IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST BIOLOGIC THERAPIES TARGETING TNF AND WE FEEL THAT IS A FOOD TARGET TO GO AFTER.

TED: SO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A TREATMENT INSTEAD OF GOING EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS OR EVERY MONTH, THIS WOULD GO IN THE ARM AND STAY THERE FOR HOW LONG?

>> WELL, I MEAN, YEARS?

>> REALLY.

>> RIGHT.

NOW WE ARE STILL IN THE EARLY PHASES.

TED: HOW EARLY ARE WE TALKING SNEER.

>> SO, WELL, THE CELLS EXIST.

WE HAVE GOTTEN THE FUNDING.

IT HAS BEEN CONTRACTED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.

THE TEAMS ARE AT WORK ACROSS THE ROCHESTER CAMPUS AS WELL AS THE ARIZONA CAMPUS BUT THE CONTRACT FOR FOUR YEARS SO WE DON'T MAKE MEASURABLE PROGRESS IN TWO TO FOUR YEARS SO THAT'S THE TIMESCALE.

TED: THAT IS AWARD FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CORRECT?

>> FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

>> SO ARE YOU SURE IT IS STILL THERE WHEN YOU WAKE UP TOMORROW AMONG THE CONTRACT STILL EXISTS.

TED: YOU NEVER KNOW ABOUT THIS THING.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AND CROHN'S DISEASE ESPECIALLY.

BUT ALL ARE ULCERATIVE COLITIS.

ARE YOU ENCOURAGED THIS KIND OF THING AND WHAT YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, ARE THESE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LEAVES?

>> FOR SURE.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT WHAT WE WOULD CALL NATURALLY HISTORY EXPERIMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE OVER A PERIOD OF DECADES WOULD DEMONSTRATE THERE THERE IS FEWER PATIENTS HAVING SURGERY.

THERE IS MUCH BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR POPULATIONS OF PATIENTS THAT HAVE DISEASES SORB SO I DO THINK WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

AND I THINK REALLY THE, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES ARE GOING TO BE MADE WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISMS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL PATIENT THAT HAS DISEASE.

TED: LAST QUESTION REGARDING THE CELL FACTORY.

DID YOU PUT IN THE ARM?

CAN THAT BE USED FOR OTHER CONDITIONS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, ANY DISEASE THAT RESPONDS TO A BLOCKING ANTI-ED ABOUT BODY OR A THERAPY OR OTHER TYPES OF BIOLOGIC THERAPEUTICS THAT ARE PRODUCED ON CELLULAR PLATFORM.

TED: CANCERS?

>> UM, PROBABLY.

YES.

I MEAN, A LOT OF OUR-- WELL, ABSOLUTELY.

SO SOME ANTIBODY THERAPIES ARE THAT ARE TARGETING THE SO-CALLED CHECK POINT INHIBITOR THERAPIES, SO THEORETICALLY THAT CAN GO ON THE PLATFORM.

TED: WOW, THIS IS PRETTY FAD STUFF.

>> THE CONCEPT IS REALLY COOL.

TED: YEAH.

>> THE CONCEPT OF HAVING A LIVING PLATFORM, THAT IS ENCAPSULATED FROM THE IMMUNE RESPONSE THAT CAN TREAT A PATIENT CONSISTLY OVER TIME IS SUPER COOL.

TED: WE WILL SEE WHERE THEY GO.

>> ALL RIGHT DOCTOR, GOOD TO YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ETTE TED: PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS EXPANDING ITS ARROWHEAD CAMPUS IN GLENDALE.

THE EXPANSION COMES JUST A YEAR AFTER THE HOSPITAL FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS.

NOAH WHITE IS THE MANAGER OF NURSING SERVICES AT THE PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL'S ARROWHEAD CAMPUS.

JOINS US NOW.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

TED: YEAH.

>> DID I GET THAT TIMEFRAME?

IT OPENED LAST YEAR.

WHEN DID THE EXPANSION HAPPEN?

>> A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS YEAR.

SO LIKE YOU SAID, WE OPENED AUGUST7th OF 2024, AND THEN, THIS YEAR MARK MARCH12th, WE EXPANDED THE IN PATIENT UNIT.

WE STARTED WITH 20 BEDS.

IN MARCH WE ADDED ANOTHER 20 BEDS FOR A TOTAL OF 48 IN PATIENT BEDS.

TED: WHERE WAS THE EXPANSION NEEDED?

>> WE WANTED TO BRING CARE TO THE PEOPLE OF GLENDALE.

WE WANTED TO OPERATE AS SYSTEM, AND SO OUR BIGGEST GOAL IS REALLY TO BRING CARE TO WHERE FAMILIES NEED IT.

WHERE KIDS NEED IT.

AND SO, KNOWING THAT, LOOKING AT OUR POPULATION, AND WE KNOW THE GLENDALE AREA, CAN USE THE GREAT SERVICES OF PHOENIX CHILDRENS AND WE WANTED TO EXPAND THAT AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CARE.

TED: THE EXPANSION WILL INCLUDE WHAT?

I MEAN, MAKING ROOM FOR WHAT?

>> ULTIMATELY, MORE IN PATIENT BEDS SO IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS EX ARE A CARE, THEY COME TOLL OUR HOSPITAL.

THEY COME TO THE ED AND NEED TO BE ADMITTED.

THEY NOW HAVE-- THERE IS 24 MORE ADDITIONAL ROOMS THIS.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT ARROWHEAD IS THAT OUR ROOMS, WE CAN TAKE VERY KIND OF EASIER, I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY KNOW IF EASY IS THE RIGHT TERM, BUT LOW LEVEL CARE TO HIGH ACUITY CARE WE CAN TAKE.

TED: REALLY THAT IS HELPED?

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

YEAH.

TED: LIKE EMERGENCY ROOMS?

TREATMENT ROOMS?

THESE THINGS AS WELL?

>> THOSE WERE PART OF THE INITIAL BUILDOUT.

SO ON AUGUST7th WE OPENED WITH THREE FLOORS THAT WAS THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

THE SECOND FLOOR HAS OUR AREA SO WE VERY PREOP, OBVIOUSLY THE OR OR THE OPERATING ROOMS, THEN THE RECOVERY AREA.

THEN THE THIRD FLOOR IS MY UNIT.

THE IN PATIENT UNIT, AGAIN, WITH 48 BEDS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE KIND OF COMPREHENSIVE CARE TO THE KIDS.

TED: THEN INCREASE IN LABS AND INCREASE IN IMAGING, JUST KIND OF INCREASE IN EVERYTHING, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

WITH EXPANDING IT, IT MEANS LOOK YOU SAID, MORE OF EVERYTHING.

SO WE CAN DO MORE SURGERIES.

WE CAN TO MORE STUDIES.

SO THE EXPANSION HAS HAPPENED.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE GOOD STUFF HERE.

THERE IS MORE EXPANSION ON THE WAY?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK IN GENERAL, AS, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, IN PHOENIX, PHOENIX CHILDREN'S IS EXPANDING.

WE HAVE AN ED OR AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN THE SOUTHWEST VALLEY AVONDALE.

DON'T QUOTE ME IN HOW MANY BEDS WE HAVE.

WE HAVE EXPANDED THERE.

I KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING TO THE EAST VALLEY, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE EXPANDED WITH ARROWHEAD AND EVEN AT ARROWHEAD.

WE EXPANDED AT ARROWHEAD SO WE ARE GROWING AND OUR BIGGEST GOAL IS REALLY TO BRING CARE TO FAMILIES TO BRING CARE TO THE COMMUNITIES.

TED: YEAH.

LIKE ACUTE CARE FACILITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE EAST VALLEY OR CLOSE TO IT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

YEAH.

THE EAST VALLEY, THERE IS FACILITY THAT WILL LOOK LIKE ARROWHEAD.

ARROWHEAD WE LIKE TO REFER TO IT AS THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT IS.

MULTIPLE LEVELS OF CARE.

TED: DOES THAT DIFFER FROM PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL?

>> YEAH.

WE ARE STILL PHOENIX CHILDREN.

WE ARE AT THE CAMPUS.

BUT WE THOMAS IS A LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER WITH VERY HIGH LEVEL CARE, ONLY IN THE VALLEY, AND SO, WE STILL OFFER THAT GREAT KIND OF PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE, BUT AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL.

AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO EXPAND, PROVIDE SERVICES ALL ACROSS THE VALLEY.

TED: WHEN IT COMES TO PEDIATRIC SERVICES OR PEDIATRIC CARE, WHAT IS THE MOST NEEDED RIGHT NOW?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK ULTIMATELY ACCESS TO CARE WITH COVID AND KIND OF CURRENT THINGS GOING AROUND IN THE WORLD, MENTAL HEALTH IS A BIG THING, SO THOSE ARE FOREFRONTS FOR WHAT IS NEEDED FOR PEDIATRIC CARE.

EVEN THE KIDS.

EVEN THE KIDS.

SADLY EVEN THE KIDS.

TED: YEAH.

AND THE CHALLENGE I WOULD IMAGINE AS WELL FOR PHOENIX CHILDREN IS AND WE ARE SEEING FROM IN GLENDALE.

MEETING THE GROWING POPULATION.

>> YEAH.

IT IS JUST HUGE.

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS INTENTIONALITY BEHIND A ROWEHEAD.

PHOENIX CHILDREN REALLY LOOKED AND ACCESSED COMMUNITIES.

GLENDALE IS A BOOMING COMMUNITY AND RAPIDLY GROWING SO THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO SUPPORT THOSE FAMILIES OUT THERE AND WANTED TO BRING THAT CARE.

I AM A DAD.

I HAVE THREE KIDS ONE ON THE WAY.

SO IT IS NICE KNOWING THAT ARROWHEAD IS KIND OF NEXT DOOR FOR ME.

YEAH.

YEAH.

I WOULD IMAGINE.

IT IS THE PHOENIX CHILDREN THE COMPLEX, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS HERE.

THIS IS A MODEL FOR OTHER AREAS AND OTHER HOSPITALS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY?

DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT?

I THINK YOU ARE ASKING SOMETHING ABOVE MY PAY GRADE.

NO.

I THINK A SYSTEM'S APPROACH IS PRETTY TYPICAL IN THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A PHOENIX CHILDREN'S FAN, BOY, I WOULD SAY IT IS A GOOD MODEL, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTABLE FREESTANDING HOSPITAL, THEN, KIND OF SMALLER HOSPITALS, THAT CAN PROVIDE AGAINST THE SAME GREAT CARE IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS WHERE THEY NEED.

TED: YEAH.

OK. WHERE IS THIS LOCATED?

>> YEAH.

WE ARE IN GLENDALE ARROWHEAD, TECHNICALLY OF NORTH 67th AVENUE AVENUE.

>> 6 AVENUE AND, WHAT IS IT?

>> I THINK LET'S SEE, LIKE UNION HILL.

OK. UNION HILL.

THAT WHOLE AREA UP THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD.

CONGRATULATION ON THIS.

YOU SOUND EXCITED TO WORK THERE.

SHOULD BE.

YOU DID GREAT WORK.

WE APPRECIATE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TED: AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I AM TED SIMONS.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.