The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has approved a neurology residency training program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Recruitment of the first group of three residents is under way through the 2012 “match,” a process in which an independent organization pairs applicants with programs to meet the preferences of each.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $1.4 million grant to Cedars-Sinai’s Department of Neurology to study an unexpected recent discovery: After ischemic stroke – the type caused by a clogged artery but with no bleeding into the brain – a normal protein that plays a positive role in blood clotting escapes intact arteries and damages healthy brain cells.
It must have been nearly 15 years ago that James Babiak’s wife, Beverly, saw neurosurgeon Keith Black, MD, interviewed on the evening news and nonchalantly said, “Boy, if I ever need brain surgery, that’s the man I’m going to.” She’s fine. No surgery needed. But in the first week of February 2010, doctors detected a colloid cyst deep inside James’ brain, and when the neurologist asked the Lancaster couple if they had a preferred neurosurgeon, they did.
Among the most commonly used treatments for irritable bowel syndrome – which affects as many as 20 percent of the United States population – a targeted antibiotic was shown to be the safest in a new study by Cedars-Sinai researchers, based on an analysis of 26 large-scale clinical trials.
Veronica Cappalonga, of Los Angeles, was diagnosed at age 6 with leukemia. She wanted to become a spokesperson for children with cancer, but six years ago, she developed a malignant brain tumor. Because of the tumor and aggressive treatment, Veronica has right-side weakness and difficulty speaking, but her family is working to help her achieve everything she can – and that’s more than some people expect. Now 28, Veronica will walk in the Nov. 6 Heroes of Hope Race for Brain Tumor Research – not only to help raise funds, but also to show that survivors can fight these diseases with dignity.
Patients with major depression do better by learning to create a more positive outlook about the future, rather than by focusing on negative thoughts about their past experiences, researchers at Cedars-Sinai say after developing a new treatment that helps patients do this.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is seeking “Sleepwalkers” in all 50 states to be part of its seventh annual run for her® 5K Run and Friendship Walk on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. This event raises awareness about ovarian cancer and supports the Cedars-Sinai Women’s Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute.
Cedars-Sinai has combined efforts with the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) in Arizona so researchers may offer joint clinical trials and collaborate to develop personalized therapies that could lead to more effective cancer treatments.
Edward M. Wolin, MD, co-director of the carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumor program at Samuel Oschin Cancer Center, is available today to discuss Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Cancer. He has one of the nation’s largest practices specializing in pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer. He did not treat nor see Jobs but can authoritatively discuss the disease and newly available treatments for patients fighting it.
The world’s largest interdisciplinary stem cell meeting, featuring more than 170 scientists, physicians, medical ethicists, legal scholars and technology transfer experts, will be held in Pasadena, CA, Oct. 3-5, 2011. Co-sponsored by the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, the World Stem Cell Summit is the flagship event for the global stem cell and regenerative medicine community.
One of the world’s leading breast cancer organizations has bestowed its highest honors on Armando E. Giuliano, MD, a renowned breast cancer surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, whose 30-year research career has resulted in major advances in the compassionate care for and quality of life of women with breast cancer.
Michael J. Alexander, MD, professor and vice-chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, has been named president-elect of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery. The Society is a 600-member organization of doctors who treat brain aneurysms, strokes, carotid artery blockages, other brain artery disorders and spinal abnormalities through minimally invasive procedures.
Regenerative Medicine Institute’s Stem Cell Core Facility to Produce Cells for Research Supported by National Institutes of Health and California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Treatment with a telaprevir-based combination regimen for hepatitis C – heretofore a chronic, destructive and difficult to manage disease – effectively can be shortened to six months in about two-thirds of patients, finds a new study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
An article appearing in the Sept. 7 New England Journal of Medicine, reporting on NIH research on brain stents, says aggressive medical treatment without stenting is better for high-risk stroke patients. But experts at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center who were involved in the study believe this procedure is appropriate for some patients. They say this study is a helpful start but not likely to be the final word on understanding when stenting may be appropriate, and raise concerns about several study limitations and exclusions.
Mahul B. Amin, MD, chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, will offer his perspectives and expertise on personalized medicine and digital pathology at the 2011 Pathology Visions Conference. He will discuss the link between meeting the individualized needs of patients and the ever-evolving field of digital pathology.
As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center terrorist assault approaches, Anand Pandya, MD, a psychiatrist who worked with families and first responders in New York City immediately after the attack, is available to discuss the psychological effects on Ground Zero survivors, first responders and Americans in general.
James K. Min, MD, an expert in non-invasive cardiac imaging, has joined the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute as Director of Cardiac Imaging Research and Co-Director of Cardiac Imaging.
Cedars-Sinai’s Orthopaedic Center is one of only 60 hospitals nationwide to be named as one of the “Hospitals with Great Orthopaedic Programs,” a distinction awarded by Becker’s Hospital Review, a national magazine focused on healthcare services and management.
Six years ago, Nurgul Djantelieva was a 26-year-old recent immigrant from Kyrgyzstan suffering from terrible headaches and double vision caused by a brain tumor the size of a baseball. The tumor was successfully removed by Drs. Keith Black and Ray Chu at Cedars-Sinai, but that is only part of the story. Because of the size and location of the tumor, it had changed Nurgul’s personality and communication skills. Things that once had been second nature seemed foreign and confusing.
While deep brain stimulation has gained recognition by referring physicians as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, just half of the patients they recommend are appropriate candidates to begin this relatively new therapy immediately, researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York say.
Type 2 diabetes patients, who face higher risk of cardiovascular disease, often take a combination of medications designed to lower their LDL or “bad” cholesterol and triglyceride levels while raising their HDL or “good” cholesterol because doctors long have thought that taken together, the drugs offer protection from heart attacks and improve survival.
Cedars-Sinai’s COACH for Kids and Their Families®, a mobile medical program, has been selected as one of 20 school-based programs nationwide to receive a grant from the National Assembly on School-based Health Care (NASBHC) to increase oral health services to students in underserved communities.
A new study shows that removing lymph nodes due to the presence of occult, or microscopic, cancer cells found in the sentinel lymph node – the one closest to the tumor -- has no impact on survival outcomes of women with early-stage breast cancer. The principal investigator of the study is Armando E. Giuliano, MD, of Cedars-Sinai, who already is renowned for his clinical expertise and for his seminal research on lymph node removal in women with early-stage breast cancer.
Renowned neurosurgeon Keith L. Black, MD, will receive the National Urban League’s highest honor on July 30 during the organization’s annual conference in Boston.
Kenneth G. Massey has been named Vice President for Development at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. A seasoned development leader, Massey joins Cedars-Sinai from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center where he served as president of the medical center’s foundation.
Neurologist Michele Tagliati, MD, director of the Movement Disorders Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, served on an elite international task force commissioned by the Movement Disorder Society to provide insights and guidance on deep brain stimulation for dystonia, an uncommon condition that causes sustained, sometimes crippling muscle contractions.
A surgeon’s behavior in the operating room affects patient outcomes, healthcare costs, medical errors and patient- and staff-satisfaction, says a commentary in the July issue of Archives of Surgery. In an increasingly rude society where it is rare for a stranger to give up a bus seat to a senior citizen and expletives have become all-too common in daily conversation, the lack of civility has degraded all aspects of life, even the surgical suite, says the article’s primary author, Andrew S. Klein, MD, MBA, a prominent liver surgeon and the director of the Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center.
A Cedars-Sinai psychiatrist who specializes in helping patients cope with stress advises Southern California drivers to protect themselves from becoming victims of road rage during the 405 freeway closure, scheduled July 15-17, and dubbed “Carmageddon.”
George Berci, MD, FACS, has received the highest honor bestowed by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), with the largest, most prestigious surgical organization in the nation recognizing him as a pioneer who developed the endoscopic and laparoscopic techniques that provide the basis of all minimally invasive surgeries performed today.
A study by a global consortium of physician-scientists has identified a genetic variation that may predispose people to double the risk of having a sudden cardiac arrest, a disorder that gives little warning and is fatal in about 95 percent of cases. Although previous, smaller studies have identified some genes with a potential association with sudden cardiac arrest, this is the first study large enough to enable scientists to apply results to the general population.
A simple item found in almost every medicine cabinet – a cotton swab -- may be a key tool in the fight against post-surgical wound infections.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center rose for the third year in a row in a national ranking of best places for technology specialists to work, becoming one of the country’s top 25 IT employment spots and winning continued recognition for how it values diversity among its employees.
Julie Flores will celebrate her 39th birthday on June 26 standing upright, something she has been unable to do most of her life because she suffered from severe scoliosis that bent and twisted her body nearly in half. (June is National Scoliosis Awareness Month)
Richard Nathan Bergman, PhD, an internationally renowned expert in diabetes and obesity research, has been named director of the Cedars-Sinai Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute. Bergman will also join Cedars-Sinai’s Department of Biomedical Sciences and its Department of Medicine as a distinguished research scientist.
An experimental vaccine developed by researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute targets overactive antigens in highly aggressive brain tumors and improves length of survival in newly diagnosed patients, according to new data that was presented in a poster session at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Cedars-Sinai stem cell researchers investigating ways to prevent eye problems in diabetic patients have been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Eye Institute to develop gene therapy in corneal stem cells to alleviate damage to corneas that can cause vision loss.
Patrick D. Lyden, MD, chairman of the Department of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a world-renowned expert in stroke research and intervention, has been named associate editor of the International Journal of Stroke, one of the top peer-reviewed publications on the subject.
When two adjacent discs in the low back wear out, become compressed and cause unmanageable pain, numbness or other symptoms, replacement with artificial discs can be a viable alternative to standard fusion surgery, based on two-year post-surgery data from a randomized, multicenter trial recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
When Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion opens in 2013, its lobby will be named after businessman George W. Schaeffer, whose recent gift signifies major philanthropic support for the new building.
Cedars-Sinai researchers have reported two advances in the understanding of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the most common gastrointestinal disorder in the United States, affecting an estimated 30 million people.
A common, tiny tropical fish plays a key role in a new model for Cushing disease, giving researchers a powerful tool to conduct extensive searches for effective treatments for this serious hormonal disorder, testing up to 300 drugs weekly.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has received a $500,000 grant from the California Community Foundation (CCF) that will help support the hospital’s COACH for Kids and Their Families® program.
He could have chosen any current or historical author for the March 15 assignment. But dressed in scrubs and wearing a blue surgical cap, beaming Jesse Waldman stood before his third-grade class with a homemade poster bearing pictures of his career role model - the neurosurgeon who had saved his mother's life 9 years earlier. . .
Neurosurgeon Keith L. Black and other treatment and research leaders will present information for free for patients, families on Saturday, May 14 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have discovered how a molecular receptor on the surface of white blood cells identifies when invading fungi have established direct contact with the cell surface and pose an infectious threat.
Experts from stem cell programs at respected research centers around the country will present information at an April 30 conference on stem cell therapy for neurological disorders at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Business Journal has honored two Cedars-Sinai executives in its inaugural Healthcare Leadership Awards. The journal awarded its top honor to Thomas M. Priselac, president and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, naming him the 2011 Healthcare Icon. Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN, vice president and chief nursing officer of Cedars-Sinai Health System, received the journal’s Healthcare Leadership Award in the category of healthcare executive.
Edward Phillips, MD, executive vice chair of Cedars-Sinai’s Department of Surgery, has been elected as a fellow in the American Surgical Association, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious surgical organization.
Edwin Posadas, M.D., a noted clinician and researcher with expertise in treating advanced prostate cancer and the biology of cancer’s spread, has joined Cedars-Sinai Medical Center as the clinical director of the Genitourinary Medical Oncology Program in the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute.
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