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An educational conference focusing on treating children with spinal disorders will be presented by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute and by the Cedars-Sinai Department of Pediatrics on Saturday, June 8, 2002. The all-day conference is open to pediatricians, as well as pediatric neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons and radiologists, and to registered nurses in these specialties.

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To commemorate National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, April 21 through 28, Cedars-Sinai's Multi-Organ Transplant Program is sponsoring its first annual Donor Appreciation Picnic on Saturday, April 27 at West Hollywood Park.

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Neurosurgeon Keith Black, M.D., and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute are presenting an innovative and unique hands-on program that aims to interest 7th- and 8th-grade students in science and medicine as career choices.

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Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and at the Centro Investigacion Rehabilitacion de Ataxia, in Holguin, Cuba have identified a gene that affects the severity and onset of a rare brain disease. The condition, called spinocerebellar ataxia, is a disease caused by a gene mutation and characterized by a loss of balance and coordination.

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Cedars-Sinai's Department of Surgery has transformed its weekly Morbidity and Mortality Conferences into an innovative educational study curriculum -- the M & M Matrix. This progressive approach for reviewing surgical errors provides a forum where complications are discussed, analyzed, summarized into teaching points, and disseminated via e-mail to residents and participating attending staff, who are subsequently tested on the material.

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A combination of targeted therapies may be needed to keep prostate cancer at bay. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that a potent new drug inhibits the growth of prostate cancer in mice early in the treatment process, but can stop working after several courses of therapy.

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After recruiting several additional world-renowned specialists to its transplant surgery programs, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has refined and restructured its abdominal organ transplant services. The resulting Multi-Organ Transplant Program brings a multi-disciplinary perspective that will improve efficiency and timeliness of transplants.

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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was one of 10 hospitals in the state to record better than expected outcomes among heart attack patients in the last three reports compiled by the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.

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At age 32, an anorexia-bulimia patient made the decision to take control of her eating disorder after finding out she was 2 months pregnant. With the help and care of her registered dietitian, primary care physician and ob/gyn at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, she gave birth to a healthy baby girl.

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Cardiac researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, working in collaboration with Swedish investigators, have developed a novel vaccine to prevent plaque buildup in genetically engineered mice with high cholesterol levels.

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Aggressive ovarian cancer may be linked to the presence of a blood disorder characterized by high platelet cell counts. The findings may lead to the development of more targeted therapies and help physicians offer their patients more effective treatment options.

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Studies show that subspecialists can provide better quality care than primary care physicians when working within their subspecialty for patients with some medical conditions. Recent studies have suggested there may be a surplus of subspecialists and a greater need for general internists.

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Working through small incisions on the sides of the chest, pediatric surgeons at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are now able to correct in a minimally invasive procedure, a congenital chest wall deformity in which a child's sternum sinks inward to create a concave, funnel-shaped chest.

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Physicians and researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, will be presenting information on a wide variety of topics at the American College of Cardiologists' (ACC) 51st Annual Scientific Session and the ACC Interventional Symposium in Atlanta from March 17 through 20. Topics include acute coronary syndromes, atrial fibrillation, imaging protocols, pregnancy and heart disease, urgent vascular conditions, and clinical trials.

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Patients who suffer from advanced congestive heart failure and heart rhythm abnormalities may qualify to participate in one of two research trials now underway at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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This month's medical tip sheet from Cedars-Sinai includes brain tumors, trigeminal neuralgia, women and heart disease and more.

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Asha Das, M.D., has been recruited to direct the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute's neuro-oncology program. With credentials from several highly respected programs for medical training and cancer care, she brings extensive experience in both patient treatment and research.

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Treatment for trigeminal neuralgia, an often-misdiagnosed disorder that is universally considered to be the most painful affliction known to adult men and women, has historically been only moderately effective, but a new type of minimally invasive and highly specialized skull base brain surgery called Endoscopic Vascular Decompression can eliminate pain immediately and give patients back their lives.

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A few weeks before Christmas, 22-year-old Walter Canady of Kansas City, MO, underwent surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute in Los Angeles to remove an aggressive type of malignant brain tumor. Today he is back home in Kansas City, feeling optimistic about the future and grateful to his neurosurgeon.

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Discovering at age 18 that he had a malignant brain tumor was "pretty crazy, pretty scary," says Tommy Phillips of Upland, CA. But thanks to advanced brain mapping and diagnostic techniques, combined with the specialized expertise of a team of neurosurgeons at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, the future today looks bright for this young man two years after his surgery.

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In an effort to help women learn more about the symptoms and treatment of heart disease and heart attacks, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has teamed with the Voluntary Hospital Association and hospitals nationwide in a program known as the "Women's HeartAdvantage Campaign."

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Heart disease and heart attacks claim the lives of more American women than men each year, and pose a greater threat to American women than all forms of cancer combined. Unfortunately, many women do not know that the symptoms of a woman having a heart attack can be significantly different from those of a man.

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Topics this month include: 1) Interleukin 12 research; 2) Alternative therapies to treat common cold may help avoid antibiotic resistance; 3) Kick-start the New Year with tips for kicking bad habits; 4) Chavez sisters' living liver transplant; 5) Tips for the flu season; 6) Endoscopic brain surgery for acoustic neuroma; 7) Pediatric orthopedic surgery

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Physicians and scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute describe an approach that "significantly prolonged" survival in mice with glioma -- an extremely deadly type of brain cancer that is highly resistant to treatment.

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The daughters and nieces of the co-founders of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO (UFW), are on a mission -- to increase understanding and awareness of living donor organ transplants, especially in Latino communities.

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After undergoing two highly specialized types of minimally invasive skull base brain surgery in less than a year -- one for an acoustic neuroma that was accidentally discovered and one for relief of the debilitating facial pain known as trigeminal neuralgia -- 69-year-old Rodney Blauer says he is feeling great this holiday season.

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1) Diabetes and the holidays; 2) Weight management during the holidays; 3) Depression and stress during the holidays; 4)Loneliness and grief during the holidays; 5) Coping with alcohol dependency during the holidays; 6) New experimental drug shown to slow growth of prostate cancer tumors in mice; 7) "Camera in a Capsule:" New imaging tests offers non-invasive alternative for patients with gastrointestinal bleeding.

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Rich, sugary holiday foods offer a special challenge for people with diabetes. The Director of the Comprehensive Diabetes Outpatient Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center offers tips that help people with diabetes make healthful choices during the holidays.

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"Even if you're working to manage your weight, you can enjoy the wonderful foods of the holiday season as long as you do so in moderation," says a Cedars-Sinai Medical Center dietitian. Following are her "baker's dozen" holiday weight management tips.

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A new experimental drug has been found to slow the growth of prostate cancer tumors in laboratory studies conducted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The findings, presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference may lead to a new way to treat prostate cancer, a disease that strikes about 198,000 men each year.

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Topics included this month are: 1) White Muslim woman donates kidney to African American man; 2) 29-year-old woman with Long QT Syndrome receives lifesaving defibrillator; 3) New AHA Guidelines; 4) Possible precursor to optical biopsies in brain surgery; 5) Irradiated balloons.

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Thanks to the combined efforts of the Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, The Larry King Cardiac Foundation and Guidant Corporation, a 29-year-old Hesperia, CA, woman whose family suffers from Long QT Syndrome was able to receive a life-saving medical device.

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Even though recent events have in some cases focused on differences among religious and ethnic groups, here's a wonderful story about a White American Muslim woman who donated one of her kidneys to an African American Christian man whom she had not previously known. The transplant took place at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles -- a Jewish hospital.

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C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, is available to discuss the new AHA Guidelines. A board-certified specialist in cardiovascular diseases, she has served since 1991 as Director of the Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiac Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She currently serves as Chair of the American College of Cardiology's Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases Committee.

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Cardiologists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles are participating in a randomized clinical trial studying the use of irradiated balloons to help prevent blocked arteries from developing recurring blockages.

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The Sept. Tip Sheet from Cedars-Sinai focuses on experts, services and programs that may be helpful in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 events. Included are: 1) Teen Hotline Helps Young People Cope With Recent Tragedy; 2) Psychological Trauma Center Offers "Tips for Parents" to Help Children Cope; Loss and Grief Support Programs Open to Those Who have Lost Loved Ones; 4) Expert on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Available for Interviews; 5) Blood Donations.

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1) Father's Day Living Liver Transplant; 2) Palm Pilots, Wireless Modems & Cutomized Software Enable Physicians to Access Patient Updates from Anywhere, 24/7; 3) Summer Safety for Kids; 4) Research Detects Mechanism that Appears to Enable Deadly Brain Tumors to Progress.

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Using a technique called "gene array" that allows them to analyze thousands of genes in one experiment, scientists at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have identified a new mechanism that may be a critical step in the development of a type of malignant brain tumor (glioblastoma multiforme or GBM) that has historically been virtually impervious to treatment.

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For most kids, a new necktie, a good book, or even a favorite music album are considered typical Father's Day gifts. But this year, Angel Molina, a 21-year-old from Albuquerque, NM, gave her dad a new liver.

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A growing number of physicians at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are consulting their Palm Pilots these days in order to access a patient's medical information from anywhere -- 24 hours a day. What they learn enables them to make time-sensitive medical decisions affecting their patients' care.

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Even though summer is the season for sun and fun for kids, it's also the time for death and injury. According to the Medical Director of the Children's Health Clinic at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

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1.) A new experimental artificial disc (spine); 2.) A "Baker's Dozen" Weight Management Tips; 3.) New Diagnostic Tool Improves Detection of Lung Cancer That has Spread; 4.) Hope n the Horizon for Allergy Sufferers - Anti-IgE Drugs; 5.) Expert on Medical Aspects of Organ Transplantation Receives Award.

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A new diagnostic imaging agent has been found to improve detection of lung cancer that has spread, enabling physicians to provide better treatment options for patients with lung cancer, according to the Director of Nuclear Medicine and Co-Chairman of Imaging at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The new agent may also reduce the overall costs of patient care by eliminating unnecessary surgeries.

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It's no secret that obesity is one of the top health problems facing Americans. Half of us are overweight and a third are obese -- contributing to more than 300,000 deaths each year. A registered dietitian at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's outpatient Nutrition Counseling Center offers a "baker's dozen" tips on successful weight management.

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Director of the Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, offers tips for coping with allergies this summer and also provides information on the new anti-IgE drugs, which are expected to revolutionize allergy treatment.

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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Stanley C. Jordan, M.D., was recognized for more than two decades of research when the American Society of Transplantation presented him with its Novartis Established Investigator Clinical Science Award on May 14.

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For patients with back problems, a new, experimental artificial disc currently being tested at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and nine other centers nationwide, may prove a viable alternative to disc fusion surgery, especially for young, active patients.

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Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have identified a new protein in brain cells that may help to regulate muscle control and movement. The protein, called torsinB, is closely related to torsinA -- a protein that in its defective form -- has been linked to the development of early-onset dystonia.

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For 68-year-old Rodney Blauer, Marina del Rey, CA, trigeminal neuralgia turned out to be a good thing. The debilitating facial pain in his left jaw, universally acknowledged as the most painful affliction known to adults, led to the accidental discovery of an unrelated tumor on the opposite side of his brain. That acoustic neuroma was completely removed in an endoscopic at the Cedars-Sinai Skull Base Institute in Los Angeles.

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With staffing shortages affecting hospitals nationwide, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the largest not-for-profit hospital in the western United States, is launching a concerted, sustained marketing campaign designed to draw new talent and distinguish Cedars-Sinai from other hospitals in the region. The campaign focuses on the medical center's ongoing effort to increase diversity of ethnicity and gender, and also targets the underlying reason many people decide to pursue a healthcare career in the first place.