Press Center | Media Relations
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Top Stories from St. Joseph's Hospital and Barrow Neurological Institute
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Catholic Healthcare West is Now Dignity Health
Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), the fifth largest health system in the nation, announced today that it has changed its name to Dignity Health as part of a governance restructure that will position the organization to succeed in a changing health care environment.
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St. Joseph’s Resolved in Saving Mother’s Life, Confident Following Bishop’s Announcement
World-renowned hospital will remain faithful to its 115 year tradition of care
The leadership of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix is saddened following Bishop Thomas Olmsted’s announcement that he has revoked his endorsement of the hospital as “Catholic.” At his direction, the hospital will remove the Blessed Sacrament from the chapel and will no longer celebrate Mass there.
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Readied For Life Support Removal, 21-Year-Old Emerges From Coma
(Reported by ABC News) Sam Schmid, an Arizona college student believed to be brain dead and poised to be an organ donor, miraculously recovered just hours before doctors were considering taking him off life support. Schmid, a junior and business major at the University of Arizona, was critically wounded in an Oct. 19 five-car accident in Tucson.
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University of Arizona Cancer Center Enters Affiliation Agreement with St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Two leading Arizona health care entities, The University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC), the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center headquartered in Arizona, and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center/CHW (St. Joseph’s), have entered into an agreement to form an innovative collaboration in Phoenix.
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Thousands of Christmas Toys Stolen from St. Joseph’s
Thousands of toys, valued at approximately $20,000, were recently stolen from the Children’s Rehabilitative Services (CRS) clinic at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. Many of the burglarized toys were intended to be Christmas gifts for children with chronic and disabling medical conditions.
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100th Lung Transplant at St. Joseph's
On the eve of Veterans Day, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center announced that a 62-year-old Vietnam War era veteran has become the hospital’s 100th lung transplant patient.
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St. Joseph’s, UA Create Valley Fever Center in Phoenix
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix today announced an agreement to create the Valley Fever Center based at the hospital. The center will be directed by John Galgiani, MD, who has more than 30 years of experience in treating and researching Valley Fever and founded the Valley Fever Center of Excellence in Tucson in 1996.
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Barrow Scientists to Write Column
Two neuroscientists from Barrow Neurological Institute, who are popularizing the oncegrim topic of brain research by connecting it to sensory illusions and stage magic, have been selected by Scientific American MIND magazine to co-author the publication’s popular column about illusions.
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Barrow, AIA and Cardinals Mandate Concussion Education
Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, The Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA), and the Arizona Cardinals today announced a major breakthrough in concussion prevention and research that will immediately affect more than 100,000 Arizona student athletes.
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