News Releases
April 30, 2008
For only the third time ever, the National Baseball Hall of Fame has dedicated an exhibit to the collection of one person—and that person is Philadelphia native and Methodist Hospital radiologist Mark Cooper, M.D., M.B.A.
April 30, 2008
Traditionally, many physicians have had some difficulties advocating the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in treating cancer for a variety of reasons, including a lack of scientific evidence. But a specialist in the field at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia contends that doctors could be missing out on a potential opportunity.
April 23, 2008
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital has been designated a Live Donor Liver Transplant Center by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the organization that administers the nation’s policies on organ transplantation and procurement. The designation makes Jefferson’s one of only three adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) programs in the Delaware Valley.
April 14, 2008
Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia are inching closer to understanding how common blood pressure medications might help prevent the spread of pancreatic cancer.
April 13, 2008
If lung cancer and heart disease aren’t bad enough, cigarette smokers are also at higher risk for developing, among other things, pancreatic cancer. Now, researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia have preliminary evidence indicating one possible reason why.
April 11, 2008
Bone marrow transplant expert Neal Flomenberg, M.D., has been named the new chair of the Department of Medical Oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia.
April 11, 2008
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) have signed an agreement to develop an academic partnership.