SAINT LOUIS & NASHVILLE – December 18, 2017 – Karen Springer is taking on a new operations leadership role within the Healthcare Division of Ascension, the nation’s largest nonprofit and largest Catholic health system, effective Jan. 1, 2018. As President, Healthcare Operations, she will be accountable for the management oversight of Enterprise Excellence, which includes […]
Condition often proves fatal for half of victims within 48 hours FORT WORTH, Texas – December 18, 2017 — Many patients with an aortic dissection die before making it to a hospital. “Unfortunately, an aortic dissection is a dire, if not fatal, situation for most patients,” said Dr. Michael Nazarian, a cardiothoracic surgeon on the […]
Bustling Emergency Department cares for an average of 352 patients every day FORT WORTH, Texas – December 18, 2017 — Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth has received notification from the state that the hospital has earned a Level II Trauma Re-designation from the Texas Department of State Health Services and the American College […]
New aromatherapy program initiated to help patients heal FORT WORTH, Texas – December 13, 2017 — Patients in the Cardiac Rehabilitation program at Texas Health Fort Worth are not losing much sleep over their recovery — thanks to Brenda McDonnell, B.S.N., R.N., CCAP, PCCN-K. McDonnell, who has been a nurse at Texas Health Fort Worth […]
New space offers more rooms, is phase one of bigger expansion FORT WORTH, Texas – December 7, 2017 – Growth is everywhere you look in North Fort Worth, and to respond to the ever-expanding population of young families and new businesses, Texas Health Alliance is doing a little growing of its own. The hospital today […]
American Heart Association welcomes Chinese STEMI delegates to North Texas DALLAS, Texas – December 7, 2017 – According to the American Heart Association, each year in the United States, approximately 250,000 people have a STEMI, or ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, caused by a complete blockage of blood flow to the heart that requires time-sensitive treatment. […]
New York, NY, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 – Viviane Tabar, MD, has been named the new Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). Dr. Tabar has been a vital faculty member at MSK for more than 15 years and is currently the Theresa C. Feng Chair for Neurosurgical Oncology […]
Texas Health Fort Worth becomes first hospital in Tarrant County to offer innovative technology FORT WORTH, Texas – December 1, 2017 — Paul Johnson suffered from a widow-maker, one of the most common and most lethal kinds of heart attack, last November. He now has a Bluetooth loop recorder that constantly monitors his heart rhythm, […]
New York, NY, Wednesday, November 15, 2017 – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today the authorization of MSK-IMPACT™ (which stands for integrated mutation profiling of actionable cancer targets), a high throughput, targeted-DNA-sequencing panel for somatic mutations. Created by the Department of Pathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), MSK-IMPACT is a […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C., November 6, 2017 – Carolinas HealthCare System announced today a $1 million commitment from the Mattei Foundation to launch the Mattei Cardiovascular Innovation Fund. The fund will support the latest in innovative medicine, research, cutting-edge technology and healthcare delivery at Carolinas HealthCare System’s Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute. In recognition of the gift, […]