Emergency Injuries Soar as Scooter Riders Take Over Sidewalks

Motorized scooters are making quite the splash in pedestrian-heavy cities from Santa Monica, California, to Washington, D.C. They’re ubiquitous, inexpensive to rent, easy to unload and fun.They’re also dangerous, leaving behind a trail of...
16-Jul-2018 5:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Cedars-Sinai Affiliate Breaks Ground on New Cancer Center

Torrance Memorial Medical Center, a Cedars-Sinai affiliate, recently broke ground on the new Hunt Cancer Center. The center, a collaboration with Cedars-Sinai, will provide its patients with access to subspecialists who treat more than 60 types of...
13-Jul-2018 6:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New Statewide Study: Which Childbirth Services Do Women Want?

Nearly four million women give birth in the U.S. each year, and it is the number one reason for all hospital admissions. But hospital satisfaction surveys generally don't include specific questions about women's experiences with their care in labor...
12-Jul-2018 6:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Startups in Cedars-Sinai Accelerator Seek to Speed Solutions to Healthcare Marketplace

Nine health-tech companies have joined the newest class of the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator as they look to develop and refine solutions to some of healthcare's most pressing challenges, particularly those affecting the experience of patients. The...
10-Jul-2018 6:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Accomplished Physician-Leader Appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Cedars-Sinai has appointed Jeffrey A. Smith, MD, JD, MMM, as executive vice president of Hospital Operations and chief operating officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Smith, who will assume his new position in August, succeeds Mark Gavens, who...
9-Jul-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Smidt Heart Institute Patient is First in U.S. to Receive New Heart Valve Device

A Smidt Heart Institute patient is the first in the country to receive a new device to fix a leaky heart valve. The patient, Sheldon Kardener, MD, received the device July 1 during a 30-minute minimally invasive procedure in Cedars-Sinai’s Cardiac...
3-Jul-2018 3:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

American College of Surgeons Honors Cancer Institute

The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer recently presented an Outstanding Achievement Award to the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai.
2-Jul-2018 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New Program Advances Technologies and Treatments of Gastrointestinal, Metabolic Ailments

Cedars-Sinai has launched an initiative to accelerate the development of novel drugs, devices and therapies aimed at improving treatments for patients with gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases. Physician-scientists and others in the Medically...
25-Jun-2018 6:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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