Press Center

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6/30/09	St. Joseph's and Creighton University Announce New School of Medicine Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha and St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix recently announced an academic affiliation that will create a Creighton medical school presence in Phoenix.
6/25/09	St. Joseph’s Selected as Only Site To Provide New Genetic Test for Brain Cancer St. Joseph's has partnered with Castle Biosciences, Inc. to provide the nation's first genomics-based test for patients suffering from glioblastoma multiforme, the most deadly form of primary brain cancer. This new test is used to help doctors and patients consider various treatment options.
6/22/09	St. Joseph's President Linda Hunt Promoted St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center President Linda Hunt is being promoted to the role of service area president for Catholic Healthcare West Arizona, which includes Chandler Regional Medical Center, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center and St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. As the service area leader, Linda will work with the three hospitals to expand CHW's presence and programs across the Valley and state.
6/18/09	Collaborating to Save a Tiny Heart Madeline Mosqueda was born weighing one pound five ounces, the smallest baby ever delivered at Chandler Regional Medical Center. With an extremely low birth weight and an underdeveloped heart, Madeline's doctors collaborated with sister hospital St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center to save her life.
6/18/09	Barrow Named the State Lead for Treating Pediatric Brain Injuries Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has been named Arizona's lead center for diagnosing and treating pediatric brain injuries – the number one cause of death and disability in children. St. Joseph's received the designation by the Sarah Jane Brain Project.
5/15/09	Ride the Waves at Barrow's Day on the Lake People with physical and neurological disabilities can get their feet wet at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center’s Barrow Neurological Institute's 13th annual Day on the Lake. The sports and recreation event allows participants to take part in water sports such as water skiing, jet skiing, fishing, boat rides and kayaking – activities that people with spinal cord injuries are traditionally unable to enjoy. The event is set for Friday, May 29, and Saturday, May 30, at Bartlett Lake Marina from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
5/5/09	St. Joseph's Hires Pediatric Medical Geneticist Scottsdale resident Stephen Amato, MD, PhD, was recently hired by St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center as a medical geneticist in the hospital's Children's Health Center's Phoenix Genetics Program.
4/21/09	Danish Teen Travels to Arizona for the Treatment of a Rare Brain Disorder For 15-year-old Ilya Morch of Denmark, traveling to Arizona did not include the typical trip to the Grand Canyon. Instead, her visit to Arizona had a much more significant purpose – a life-changing brain surgery to treat a rare neurological disorder. Ilya successfully underwent treatment earlier this month at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center for a cavernous malformation, a condition in which abnormal clusters of blood vessels are embedded in normal brain tissue and can cause brain hemorrhaging.
4/15/09	St. Joseph's Named a Top 100 Hospital in the Nation St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has been selected one of the 2008 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks Award winners. The award recognizes the highest performing hospitals when compared to their national peers in nine areas: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, cash-to-debt ratio, patient satisfaction and adherence to clinical standards of care.
4/15/09	St. Joseph's First to Dedicate Groundbreaking 3-D Imagery to Open Heart Surgery St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has become the first hospital in Arizona to dedicate a groundbreaking type of image technology to open heart surgery. The Siemens technology is an echocardiography system that captures 3-D heart images in real time. Maneuvered by a cardiac anesthesiologist, the system is used to guide surgeons interoperatively by providing a detailed view of the heart and its function during surgery.

Date	Title
4/15/09	St. Joseph's Hires Pediatric Medical Geneticist Scottsdale resident Stephen Amato, MD, PhD, was recently hired by St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center as a medical geneticist in the hospital's Children's Health Center's Phoenix Genetics Program.
3/3/09	St. Joseph's Performs the Valley's First Pediatric Lung Transplant Seventeen-year-old Daniel Sloan of Mesa now has the opportunity to attend college and live into adulthood after receiving a lung transplant at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Daniel is the first pediatric patient to receive a lung transplant in the Valley. Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at three months of age, Daniel has spent his entire life undergoing treatments that included numerous surgeries and medications, respiratory therapy three times a day, and relied on oxygen to breathe. Before his surgery, Daniel’s lungs were at 25 percent capacity, he was given 18 months to live and weighed only 86 pounds. Now, Daniel is breathing on his own and is quickly gaining weight.
3/3/09	The Truth Behind Where’s Waldo? With assistance from the classic book character Where's Waldo?, researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have recently made a major advance in understanding how the brain searches for objects of interest.
2/26/09	St. Joseph's to Host "Bundle Your Baby" and Community Health and Wellness Event St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is partnering with Bashas' to host the fourth annual Bundle Your Baby – an event that brings car seat safety education to the community. Bundle Your Baby will take place on Saturday, March 7, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Food City located at 1940 W. Indian School Rd. (the northwest corner of Indian School Road and 19th Avenue).
2/26/09	St. Joseph's to Host Free Ovarian Cancer Survivors Course On Saturday, March 21 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Gynecological Cancer Foundation in partnership with the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center will host a free ovarian cancer survivors course.
2/26/09	St. Joseph's Hosting Alzheimer's Support Group and Family Forum for Caregivers Huger Mercy Living Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has created an Alzheimer's family forum and support group for caregivers. The two programs offer support and education about Alzheimer's disease and dementia for people who are caring for a loved one afflicted with the condition. Both programs are free and open to the public.
2/26/09	A Lifetime of Paying it Forward William Shapiro, MD, and Joan Rankin Shapiro, PhD, have collaborated for 20 years to help build a world-renowned brain tumor research center at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. After years of dedicated patient care and research, the Shapiros have established a $1.5 million endowed chair dedicated to neuro-oncology research.
2/26/09	New Mother Recovering from a Life-Threatening Heart Condition Christine Miller, 28, of Surprise is thankful to be alive after suffering a serious heart ailment days after delivering her second child. Diagnosed with congenital heart disease as an infant, Christine has faced many risks associated with her heart condition and has beaten the odds of surviving into adulthood and having healthy children.
2/26/09	Valley Teen Battling Cancer Captures Dream Opportunity Jennifer Marlowe's dream of becoming a photographer is about to come true despite her fight with cancer. The Valley teen will receive professional photography lessons in Colorado next week thanks in part to staff at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center and a photography company based in Littleton.