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News Archive from October 2008

News Releases

October 29, 2008

Jefferson Department of Surgery Announces New Pancreas Tumor Registry

JPTR to Study Familial, Environmental and Occupational Links to Pancreatic Cancer

October 28, 2008

Newly Formed Institute to Transform How Research Becomes Patient-Relevant Practice

Four notable medical and educational institutions have formed a landmark consortium that is expected to streamline the way bench science is translated into bedside practice that could benefit millions of people. Christiana Care Health System, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Delaware will pool their talents and expertise as the Delaware Valley Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (DVICTS).

October 27, 2008

Jefferson Professor Receives ‘Tree of Life’ Award

Local Nonprofit Organization Honors Professionals Committed to Making a Difference in Community Health

October 22, 2008

Jefferson Doctor Named Transplant Surgeon of the Year

The Delaware Valley Chapter of the American Liver Foundation Honors Cataldo Doria, M.D., Ph.D., for his Outstanding Service to the Medical Community and to Patients with Liver Disease

October 13, 2008

David M. Cognetti, M.D., Joins the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Jefferson

David M. Cognetti, M. D., recently joined the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH), and was named an assistant professor at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

October 10, 2008

Harish Lavu, M.D., Joins the Department of Surgery at Jefferson

Harish Lavu, M.D., recently joined the Department of Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and was named an assistant professor at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. He specializes in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery.

October 10, 2008

Gregory J. Artz, M.D., Joins the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Jefferson

Gregory J. Artz, M.D., recently joined the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and was named an assistant professor at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

October 07, 2008

Jefferson Scientists Develop New Prostate Cancer Cell Line for Laboratory Research To Advance Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have established a laboratory prostate cancer cell line they believe will become a valuable research tool in both understanding and treating prostate cancer.

October 01, 2008

Jefferson Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Grant from National Eye Institute for New Clinical Trial

Researchers to Study Depression and Disability in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients