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News Archive from September 2010

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September 27, 2010

Doylestown Hospital Joins the Jefferson Neuroscience Network

By joining this network, Doylestown Hospital patients will have access to the latest clinical protocols and trials available; Jefferson Expert Teleconsulting (JET), the region's first university-based, high-tech mobile robotic system for neuroscience; and more.

September 22, 2010

Five Jefferson Students Awarded Albert Schweitzer Fellowships

Five students from Thomas Jefferson University have recently been named as 2010-11 Schweitzer Fellows, joining approximately 200 other exceptional emerging professionals across the country in conceptualizing and carrying out 200-hour service projects that address the unmet health-related needs of underserved individuals and communities. The students are Stephanie Wroten from Jefferson School of Population Health; Melissa Warriner from Jefferson School of Health Professions; Ravi Pujara from Jefferson Medical College; and Kenny Aristide and Stephanie Do, both from Jefferson School of Pharmacy.

September 15, 2010

Molecule Involved in Heart Failure Now Implicated in Heart Attack Damage, say Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University

A molecule known to be involved in progressive heart failure has now been shown to also lead to permanent damage after a heart attack, according to researchers at Thomas Jefferson University.

September 14, 2010

Researchers Nationwide Ask for New Focus on "Sudden Death" Heart Disorder

An abrupt, fatal heart attack in a young athlete on the playing field is a tragedy destined to repeat itself over and over until more is understood about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disorder that is the most common cause of sudden death in young people but which affects people of all ages. So says a task force of cardiologists and cardiac biologists, headed by Thomas L. Force, M.D., James C. Wilson Professor of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University, in the September 14th online edition of the journal Circulation.

September 08, 2010

Jefferson Establishes Neuroscience Network to Promote Collaboration Among Hospitals to Advance Care Throughout Region

Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience (JHN) is launching the Jefferson Neuroscience Network (JNN) to promote collaboration among area hospitals to advance neuroscience care throughout the region. Chestnut Hill Hospital is the first hospital to join JNN.

September 02, 2010

Jefferson Cardiologists Write the Book on Heart Care

Doctors from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University have written and published a new, comprehensive guide on heart care titled: Jefferson Heart Institute Handbook of Cardiology. The medical textbook is geared toward medical students, residents and fellows, internists and cardiologists, offering a concise guide of cardiac disorders and how to treat them. The book will be available in September, 2010.

Featured in the Media

Featured September 29, 2010

Jefferson Pancreatic Cancer Center Surgeon on Mystery Diagnosis

Dr. Eugene Kennedy, assistant professor of surgery, will be featured in the October 4 episode of "Mystery Diagnosis" on the Discovery Health Channel.