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News Releases for Montefiore Medical Center are available online. Below is list of news releases sent out this calendar year. For previous years, select the year from the links below.
November 01, 2000: Montefiore to Open Major New Outpatient Cancer Center Expanded Services to be Offered in One State-o
NEW YORK CITY,NY (November 2000) -- Montefiore Medical Center has established a new, state-of-the- art ambulatory cancer center to house all its East Campus outpatient medical oncology services under one roof. It is also expanding the cancer care services available to people receiving outpatient treatment. ... [read more]
October 01, 2000: New Procedures Prevent Paralysis Save Lives in Complex Aortic Aneurysms
NEW YORK CITY,NY (October 2000) -- Surgeons at Montefiore Medical Center have recently introduced a combination of techniques to prevent paralysis and reduce mortality among patients who undergo complex operations to correct large aortic aneurysms in the chest and abdomen. ... [read more]
June 01, 2000: Montefiore Medical Center Opens Cardiology Suite with Highly Advanced Imaging Technology
NEW YORK CITY,NY (June 2000) -- Montefiore Medical Center's new Interventional Cardiology Suite, opening on Tuesday, June 13, 2000, is a showcase site for highly advanced 3-D imaging technology that allows physicians to rapidly and accurately diagnose and treat atherosclerosis and other peripheral blood vessel diseases that cause heart attacks, strokes and aneurysms. ... [read more]
June 01, 2000: Special Emergency Treatment Saves Lives Of Heart Attack Victims At Montefiore Medical Center
NEW YORK CITY,NY (June 2000) -- Most hospitals treat emergency heart attack victims with a clot-busting drug. At Montefiore Medical Center, however, specially trained physicians insert a balloon catheter to rapidly restore blood flow into the life-threatening, clogged artery. ... [read more]
May 01, 2000: Those Aching Feet! Simple Steps to Evaluate and Prevent Your Foot Problems
NEW YORK CITY,NY (May 2000) -- "Approximately 40 percent of Americans have foot problems, many of which can be evaluated through self examination and prevented by taking simple steps such as wearing appropriate shoes," said Cherise M. Dyal, M.D., chief, Foot and Ankle Service, Montefiore Medical Center, the Bronx, NY. ... [read more]
February 01, 2000: When It Comes To Matters Of The Heart Gender Makes A Difference
NEW YORK CITY,NY (February 2000)-- While men and women are created equal, as the expression goes, they are really not the same. Nowhere is this more apparent than in matters of the heart. ... [read more]
January 01, 2000: The Virtual Nose Makes Learning High-Risk Surgery Safer: Mannequin and Computerized Tools are so Rea
NEW YORK CITY,NY (January 2000)-- Learning how to perform high-risk sinus operations near the optic nerve and brain has become safer for patients because of virtual reality training techniques so lifelike that students can feel a scalpel cutting into nasal tissue. Otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat) residents at Montefiore Medical Center now practice on a software-driven mannequin and hand-held devices that maneuver an endoscope, scalpels and over a dozen other simulated surgical tools through the delicate interior anatomy of a virtual nose. ... [read more]
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We treat the most fragile patients in Montefiore’s medical, surgical, neurological and cardiothoracic intensive care units, but critical care at Montefiore also extends beyond those areas. Our unique "ICU Without Walls" service is a rapid response team of intensivists and respiratory therapists who are on call 24/7 to evaluate and treat patients in need of critical care in other areas of the hospital.
