Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Receives Top Honor from American College of Surgeons
(Published 2-3-2006) Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia has received a three-year approval with commendation for its cancer program from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, its highest possible recognition.

Are You at Risk for Breast Cancer?
(Published 2-6-2006) Learn what your risk is for breast cancer. Attend a free seminar at Thomas Jefferson University sponsored by the division of Genetic and Preventive Medicine.

Jefferson Radiation Oncologist Rated Top in Nation by Industry Magazine
(Published 2-10-2006) Walter J. Curran Jr., M.D., professor and chair of radiation oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, was rated first in the nation in a survey by Medical Imaging, a leading national magazine.

Jefferson Heart Failure Specialist Offers Hope Against a Once Intractable Disease
(Published 2-10-2006) Heart failure is the only cardiac related disease that is actually growing in the United States. Yet even though it is striking more and more patients at younger ages, there is reason for hope according to Sharon Rubin, M.D., a heart failure specialist at the Jefferson Heart Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

Jefferson recruits experts in Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders to head new center
(Published 2-13-2006) Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia has inaugurated a Movement Disorders Program directed by recently recruited specialists, Tsao-Wei Liang, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, and Daniel Erik Kremens, M.D., J.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology.

New Infectious Agents Pose New Risks for People with Bleeding Disorders, Jefferson Hematologist Says
(Published 2-13-2006) An international team of scientists, including a hematologist from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, has concluded that people with bleeding disorders such as hemophilia remain at risk from emerging infectious agents in plasma and blood transfusions. For this reason, recombinant therapies, that is, those produced in the laboratory, must always be an option.

Jefferson Vascular Surgeon Creating a New Blood Vessel Bypass
(Published 2-13-2006) Vascular surgeons at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia are developing a novel vascular bypass graft that has the potential of helping thousands of patients, including those suffering with atherosclerosis, a common condition known as “hardening of the arteries.”

Jefferson Liver Specialist in New England Journal of Medicine: New, expensive, widely-used drugs continue to cause liver problems
(Published 2-17-2006) In an article published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, lead author Victor J. Navarro, M.D., clinical associate professor of medicine at Jefferson Medical College, writes that liver injuries continue to plague the nation’s drug development system, proving very costly to pharmaceutical companies that spend millions of dollars on development. The federal Food and Drug Administration now wants better ways to detect these problem drugs before they reach the market and injure users.

Family Doctor Devoted to Improving Care in Rural America Named Garber Professor at Thomas Jefferson University
(Published 2-20-2006) Howard K. Rabinowitz, M.D., a family doctor who has been a member of the Jefferson Family Medicine faculty for 30 years, has been named the Ellen M. and Dale W. Garber Professor of Family Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

Improved detection, better therapies mean higher survival rates for patients with pancreatic cancer
(Published 2-23-2006) On Friday, February 24, 2006, pancreatic cancer experts from around the country will gather at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson to discuss the latest in surgery, animal models, clinical trials, treatments and immunotherapy at this year’s Scientific and Clinical Update on Pancreatic Cancer.

Jefferson Obstetrician Writes New Guide for Mothers-to-Be: The Birth That’s Right for You
(Published 2-28-2006) In an ideal situation, happiness overwhelms the senses when a woman learns the news that she is pregnant. With that discovery, she finds herself looking at baby clothes, wondering if it’s a boy or a girl. As the due date grows near, she thinks more and more about how the baby will actually be born and wonders “Is there a right way to give birth?”