News Releases
February 26, 2010
Richard G. Pestell, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, FRACP, Director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, was honored with the R. Douglas Wright Medallion and delivered the R. Douglas Wright Lecture at the University of Melbourne in Australia. The award is given in the areas of science, literature, economics and politics. Prior recipients include Sir James Tait, co-discoverer of aldosterone.
February 26, 2010
Adam Berger, M.D., a Cancer Liaison Physician (CLP) at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, recently received an Outstanding Performance Award for going above and beyond the scope of the normal duties of serving as a liaison between the hospital’s cancer program and the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC). As a Cancer Liaison, he is serving a three-year appointment and is among a national network of over 1,600 volunteer physicians who are responsible for providing leadership and direction to establish, maintain and support their facility’s cancer program. CLPs are an integral part of cancer programs accredited by the CoC. Dr. Berger is an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, and is a member of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson.
February 24, 2010
The new Jefferson Vascular Center (JVC) at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital offers an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis, management and treatment of vascular diseases (diseases of blood vessels) and thrombotic (blood-clotting) disorders all under one roof. Millions of adults in the United States develop thrombotic disorders every year so having a state-of-the-art center with all the clinical and diagnostic tools in one localized area provides the best possible treatment options for patients.
February 22, 2010
As hospitals across the United States strive to operate efficient and effective emergency departments (EDs) in the face of today’s increasingly strained health care environment, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) celebrates its early successes in Urgent Matters, a groundbreaking effort to reduce ED overcrowding, which involves just six hand-selected hospitals across the country, including TJUH.
February 18, 2010
As Healthcare Reform Approaches Many Questions Remain Unanswered
February 03, 2010
Researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have found a mechanism by which a hormone responsible for milk production blocks an oncogene that makes breast cancer more aggressive.
February 03, 2010
The levels of an inflammatory chemokine were significantly elevated in patients with pancreatic cancer who were extremely obese, according to research conducted by scientists at the Jefferson Pancreatic, Biliary and Related Cancers Center. They presented their data at the 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, held in San Antonio.
February 02, 2010
Jack Jallo, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., recently joined the Department of Neurological Surgery at Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, and was named a professor at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.