Kiva Elliott, PHR, has been promoted to executive director of talent management for Cone Health. GREENSBORO, NC August 03, 2017 – Talent management works with employees from recruitment and selection, to development, performance management, and compensation. In this role, she will ensure that Cone Health has the skilled workforce to meet current and future needs. […]
The two-year fellowship program is designed to prepare tomorrow’s health care leaders. GREENSBORO, NC – August 01, 2017 – Kaitlyn Hunsberger of Dixon, Illinois, is Cone Health’s newest administrative fellow. The purpose of the two-year fellowship is to develop health care leaders of the future. Hunsberger credits a mentor and an internship at her hometown […]
The North Carolina Hospital Association recognizes Dr. Mary Jo Cagle’s commitment to quality and innovation. GREENSBORO, NC July 21, 2017 – Cone Health Chief Clinical Officer Mary Jo Cagle, MD, has been awarded the Clinical Leadership Award from the North Carolina Hospital Association (NCHA). She received the award July 20 at the NCHA summer meeting […]
The institutional review board governs research at Cone Health. GREENSBORO, NC July 21, 2017 – Nita Johnston, PharmD, MS, has been named Chair of the Cone Health Institutional Review Board (IRB). The Cone Health IRB has jurisdiction over research involving people and is the IRB of record for all research involving patients who are recruited, […]
GREENSBORO, NC July 14, 2017 – Dave Jenkins, MA, MBA, has been named director of bariatrics and wellness services for Cone Health. Jenkins was previously an assistant director leading Cone Health Regional Center for Infectious Disease and Cone Health Sickle Cell Medical Center. In his new role, Jenkins will have responsibility for bariatrics, inpatient clinical […]
ERIE, Pa., May 24, 2017 – Governor Tom Wolf today was joined by UPMC leadership to announce that Pittsburgh-based UPMC and UPMC Health Plan will continue to invest in Erie by opening a new business operations center this fall in Erie that will initially create nearly 200 new full-time jobs, with expectations for future expansion. […]
PITTSBURGH, May 22, 2017 – The first known identification of two genes responsible for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a severe congenital heart defect, has been reported by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The findings are published today in the journal Nature Genetics. Congenital heart disease, or structural abnormalities in the […]
PITTSBURGH, May 21, 2017 – Following the tragic and widely publicized death of Rory Staunton, 12, from undiagnosed sepsis in 2012, New York became the first state to require that hospitals follow a protocol to quickly identify and treat the condition. The mandate led to widespread controversy in the medical community as to whether such […]
PITTSBURGH – May 18, 2017 – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has been designated a Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence™ (DICOE) by the American College of Radiology (ACR). In addition to the main campus, Children’s three ambulatory care centers: Children’s North in Wexford, Children’s East in Monroeville and Children’s South in South Fayette have […]
New York, NY, Thursday, May 11, 2017 – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) executives, including longtime board member David Koch, along with construction workers and physicians will all gather today for a “topping off” ceremony to mark completion of the steel construction phase of the David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care. The 750,000-square-foot, […]