Featured in the Media
Featured November 29, 2011
Dr. Charles Yeo, chair of the Department of Surgery at Jefferson, is interviewed by the Jewish Exponent about the fourth deadliest form of cancer in the United States.
Featured November 28, 2011
Dr. Mani Kavuru discusses Jefferson's Lung Cancer Screening Program and new research showing greater success in early detection of lung cancer using CT scans.
Featured November 25, 2011
Dr. Rita Axelrod comments on annual chest radiographic screening and lung cancer mortality rates.
Featured November 25, 2011
Dr. David Cognetti, co-director of the Jefferson Center for Head and Neck Surgery, comments on routine HPV vaccinations for 11- to 12-year-old boys.
Featured November 25, 2011
Dr. James Harrop comments on a recent neuroscience research funding initiative in a Philadelphia Inquirer story.
Featured November 25, 2011
Dr. Thomas Willcox talks about a recent study on the number of American teens and adults suffering from hearing loss.
Featured November 21, 2011
A new study found that young adults taking oral antibiotics for acne may be more likely to get sore throats.
Featured November 20, 2011
Dr. Walter Kraft explains his recent clinical trial to test buprenorphine as a treatment for babies to help wean them off mothers' painkillers and shorten hospital stays.
Featured November 17, 2011
Dr. Matthew Austin, director of Joint Replacement at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson, is interviewed about joint replacement for aging adults.
Featured November 17, 2011
Dr. Bonita Falkner participated in a live web chat on Philly.com about the new NIH guidelines for cholesterol screening and high cholesterol diagnosis in children.
Featured November 16, 2011
Dr. Thomas Willcox, director of the Jefferson Hearing and Balance Center, is interviewed about auditory stimulation.
Featured November 15, 2011
Featured November 14, 2011
Dr. Walter Kraft, director of the Clinical Research Unit at Jefferson, is interviewed by ABCNews.com about newborns going through withdrawal from their mothers' painkillers.
Featured November 14, 2011
Dr. William Young, director of the Inpatient Program at Jefferson Headache Center, explains the four main steps he uses to determine how to control the pain when his patients first come in for a visit.
Featured November 12, 2011
Dr. Leonard Gomella, chair of the Department of Urology, discusses the new light cystoscopy offered at Jefferson that better detects bladder cancer.
Featured November 11, 2011
Dr. Jonathan Brody talks about his collaboration with composer Anthony Holland to investigate a novel pancreatic cancer treatment, killing cancer cells with sound waves.
Featured November 11, 2011
Dr. Karl Doghramji, director of the Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center, shares some do's and don'ts for feeling well rested.
Featured November 11, 2011
Dr. Salman Akhtar talks about Governor Rick Perry's recent memory lapse during a recent televised presidential debate.
Featured November 10, 2011
Dr. Dicker is interviewed about his research on Wikipedia as a source for cancer information.
Featured November 09, 2011
Jefferson anesthesiologist Eugene Viscusi discusses Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's physician, and his use of propofol.
Featured November 09, 2011
Former Jefferson patient Rebecca Levenberg and her trauma surgeon Dr. Niels Martin are featured in a 6ABC story about Rebecca's inspiring journey to walk 1,000 miles on her prosthetic leg.
Featured November 09, 2011
GenomeWeb article features Dr. Stephen Peiper and Jefferson as the first academic medical center to offer the newly FDA-approved BRAF mutation test for melanoma patients.
Featured November 08, 2011
Dr. Vijay Rao comments on doctors utilizing high-end images more often when they own the equipment.
Featured November 07, 2011
Integrative pediatrician Christina DiNicola, MD, FAAP, comments about the use of visualization and guided imagery as coping tools for children battling cancer.
Featured November 04, 2011
A new study concludes that antibiotics may change the bacterial environment of the digestive tract and contribute to obesity.
Featured November 01, 2011
Jefferson patient Melvin McKeiver is now cancer free after receiving a half-match bone marrow transplant under the direction of Dr. Neal Flomenberg and nurse practitioner Dolores Grosso.