Loyola Medicine Performs its 1,000th Lung Transplant

Loyola Medicine’s groundbreaking lung transplant program has reached a major new milestone by performing its 1,000th lung transplant. Loyola has performed more than twice as many lung transplants as all other transplant centers in the state...
16-May-2019 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Groundbreaking Study Could Lead to Fast, Simple Test for Ebola Virus

In a breakthrough that could lead to a simple and inexpensive test for Ebola virus disease, researchers have generated two antibodies to the deadly virus. The antibodies, which are inexpensive to produce, potentially could be used in a simple...
7-May-2019 12:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Vivian Gahtan, MD, Named Chair of Loyola's Department of Surgery

Vivian Gahtan, MD, a nationally known vascular surgeon, has been named professor and chair of the Department of Surgery of Loyola Medicine and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, effective Aug. 1.
2-May-2019 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Burn Surgeon Offers Safety Tips for Teen Bonfires

Building a bonfire has become a popular activity among teenagers, but a big fire can result in serious burn injuries, cautions Loyola Medicine burn surgeon Arthur Sanford, MD.
25-Apr-2019 12:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Organ Transplant Patients Thank Their Donors in Emotional Candle Lighting Ceremony

Grateful organ transplant patients and donor families spoke during Loyola Medicine's 28th annual Candle-Lighting Ceremony, an emotional event held during National Donate Life Month that honors organ donors.
8-Apr-2019 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy Shortens Treatment, Reduces Side Effects

Loyola Medicine and Palos Health are offering a new breast cancer radiation therapy that shortens the treatment time by three weeks, while reducing side effects. It's called MRI-guided accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI).
8-Apr-2019 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Following Heart Transplant, Bowling President Eager to Return to the Lanes

Joe Janusz, president of the Peoria-area River City Bowling Association, is looking forward to bowling again following his heart transplant at Loyola University Medical Center. "When I throw that first ball, I will know I've completed my recovery,"...
13-Mar-2019 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Two Loyola Doctors are Team Physicians at World University Games

Loyola Medicine sports medicine physicians Douglas Evans, MD, and Haemi Choi, MD, will serve as official team physicians for American hockey teams competing in the 2019 Winter World University Games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia March 2-12.
27-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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