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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.
December 12, 2005: Robot-Assisted Prostate Surgery Now at Montefiore
Montefiore Medical Center is now performing minimally invasive prostate surgery using the latest in robot-assisted technology. Reza Ghavamian, MD, the director of Urologic Oncology at Montefiore is using a new robotic surgical system for the removal of cancerous prostate glands and says the new technique will mean less pain and quicker recoveries for patients. ... [read more]
December 05, 2005: Major Construction and Renovation Projects Underway to Benefit Montefiore Medical Center Patients
Montefiore Medical Center is investing in a major construction and renovation initiative that will create new patient rooms, private labor and delivery suites, specialized pediatric operating rooms and new facilities for treating cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other related illnesses by the time the project is completed in late 2006. Montefiore's investment in the new facilities and additional state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment is estimated at more than $250 million. ... [read more]
November 11, 2005: Montefiore Offers Best Technology for Diagnosing Breast Cancer
Women in the tri-state area can now receive state-of-the-art mammography services at Montefiore Medical Center, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the latest technology to fully evaluate cases of breast cancer. ... [read more]
October 19, 2005: Surgery, Radioactive Seeds: Promising Treatment for Lung Cancer
Lung cancer patients whose tumors are considered inoperable could benefit from limited surgery if it is combined with a procedure called brachytherapy, in which tiny radioactive seeds are implanted at the margins of the tumor, according to a study by researchers at Montefiore Medical Center. ... [read more]
October 17, 2005: Montefiore Selected to Participate in Program to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
Montefiore Medical Center has been selected as one of only 10 hospitals nationwide to participate in Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care, a new national program aimed at reducing racial and ethnic gaps in the delivery of cardiac care. ... [read more]
October 16, 2005: Growth of Prostate Cancer in Mice Blocked by New Antiangiogenic Agent and Radiation
Researchers at Montefiore Medical Center have discovered that a combination of gene therapy and radiation inhibits the growth of prostate and lung cancer tumors in mice, increasing their lifespan, it was reported today at the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Denver, CO. ... [read more]
September 26, 2005: Aguirre Twins Take First Solo Steps
Carl and Clarence Aguirre Take Their First Steps - After Specialists at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore Complete the First Successful Separation of Conjoined Twins in Medical History ... [read more]
September 26, 2005: ARLENE AGUIRRE AND TWINS CARL AND CLARENCE TO MEET THE MEDIA
Carl and Clarence Aguirre Take Their First Steps - After Specialists at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore Complete the First Successful Separation of Conjoined Twins in Medical History ... [read more]
September 19, 2005: Montefiore's Weiler Emergency Department Recognized with National Patient Satisfaction Award
New York City, NY, (September 19, 2005)--Montefiore Medical Centers Weiler Division Emergency Department has been awarded the prestigious 2005 Compass Award recognizing improvement in patient satisfaction. ... [read more]
September 07, 2005: The Children's Hospital at Montefiore Celebrates 'Backpack Donation Day' with Office Depot
Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) celebrated "Backpack Donation Day" recently. The hospital received 225 backpacks donated by the global provider of office products and services. ... [read more]
August 24, 2005: Montefiore Selected for Medicare Demonstration Project
Montefiore Medical Center has been selected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to operate a three-year demonstration project to help Medicare beneficiaries who have complex medical needs improve their quality of life and prevent complications of their illnesses. Montefiore is one of six organizations nationwide selected to participate in the Care Management for High Cost Beneficiaries (CMHCB) Project. ... [read more]
August 16, 2005: Diabetic Kids Can Enjoy Summer Camp Too
the sports and activities that other kids do at summer camp, all this week at the Diabetes Support Group's Summer Day Camp of The Children's Hospital at Montefiore. ... [read more]
August 09, 2005: 'Telescales' Monitor Montefiore Heart Patients at Home
New York, NY (August 9, 2005)-- Many Americans step on the scales every morning to see how they are doing in the battle of the bulge. But for approximately 100 patients with congestive heart failure being cared for by ... ... [read more]
July 21, 2005: Citibank Donates to Mosholu Preservation Corporation
The Citigroup Foundation recently presented a check for $50,000 to the Mosholu Preservation Corporation (MPC), for its Gun Hill Road Corridor Rhabilitation Program. Shown at the presentation are (from left): Dart Westphal, president of MPC; Nelson R. Gonzalez, community relations officer, Citibank; Spencer Foreman, MD, president of Montefiore; and Roberto S. Garcia, director of economic development for MPC. The Mosholu Preservation Corporation was created by Montefiore Medical Center in 1981 to preserve and revitalize the Norwood area of the Bronx. ... [read more]
July 20, 2005: Montefiore Applauds Improved Train Service Between Westchester and the Bronx
New York City, NY (July 20, 2005) -- Montefiore Medical Center today applauded MTA Metro-North Railroad for improving train service to the Bronx and for its contributions to the continuing economic development of the borough. ... [read more]
July 13, 2005: Aguirre Twins Visit CHAM For Check-Ups as First Anniversary of Their Surgical Separation Approaches
New York City, NY (July 13, 2005) Formerly conjoined Filipino twins Carl and Clarence Aguirre visited The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) today for regular check-ups just short of the first anniversary of their surgical separation, August 4, 2005. ... [read more]
June 28, 2005: Montefiore Opens New Facility for Women
Bronx, NY (June 28, 2005)--Montefiore Medical Center (MMC) celebrated the opening of a new facility June 24, 2005 for Project H.E.A.L., a program that provides women ages 18 and older with free HIV testing, supportive counseling and HIV prevention education in a supportive and nurturing environment.... ... [read more]
June 17, 2005: Montefiore's Third Annual 'Family Health Walk' June 18
Montefiore Medical Center will sponsor its Third Annual Family Health Walk, on Saturday June 18, starting at 10 AM from the 242nd Street Broadway Subway Station at Van Cortland Park, and ending four miles later at The Bronx Zoo. ... ... [read more]
June 14, 2005: Irish Boy Returns Home
Pearce Gilmore, a ten-year-old child from Derry, Northern Ireland, will leave for home at 3 PM on Tuesday, June 14 from an apartment at Montefiore Medical Center, following recent life-saving brain surgery at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore. ... [read more]
June 10, 2005: Ebel Polo Classic in Greenwich Benefits Montefiore
The highlight of Southern Connecticut?s spring social season is the Annual Ebel Polo Classic, sponsored by the Greenwich Committee for Montefiore Medical Center to benefit the CranioFacial Surgery Center of The Children's Hospital at Montefiore. ... [read more]
June 02, 2005: East Coast's Busiest Emergency Department Treats Patients Quickly and Politely
New York, NY (June 2, 2005)-- Montefiore Medical Centers three emergency departments (ED) are the busiest on the entire East Coast, according to a May 2, 2005 ... ... [read more]
May 25, 2005: Inhaled Drugs May Offer New Cancer Option
Pediatric cancer specialists at The Children?s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) are investigating a new type of inhalation chemotherapy with the potential to treat children with a deadly bone cancer that has spread to their lungs. ... [read more]
May 20, 2005: Nine Months After Separation Twins Doing 'Extremely Well Medically But Need A Haircut!'
New York City, NY (May 20, 2005) -- Nine months after their historic separation surgery at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM), three-year-old formerly conjoined twins Carl and Clarence Aguirre are doing "extremely well medically,? according to Robert Marion, MD, the boys pediatrician and ... ... [read more]
April 21, 2005: Carl and Clarence Devour Chocolate Cream-Filled Cake Celebrating Their Happy Third Birthdays With Fr
New York City, NY (April 21, 2005) ? Formerly conjoined twins Carl and Clarence Aguirre celebrated their third birthdays today, delighting in a very messy chocolate cream-filled Sesame Street cake that they shared with a small group of classmates and friends. It was the first birthday celebration ... ... [read more]
April 16, 2005: Keeping Kids Healthy Earns 2 Emmy Awards for Montefiore
Keeping Kids Healthy, a pioneering children's health television series, was awarded two Emmy Awards April 3rd at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 48th Annual New York Emmy Awards dinner, which took place at the Waldorf Astoria's Grand Ballroom. The show won the awards for Health/Science Programming - Single Program or Special and Health/Science Programming - Series. Produced by Montefiore Medical Center in association with Thirteen/WNET New York and now in its third season of national syndication, Keeping Kids Healthy is a weekly television show about better parenting, disease prevention and about keeping kids safe. ... [read more]
April 15, 2005: Montefiore Hosts Program to Increase Organ Donor Awareness
Montefiore Medical Center and The New York Organ Donor Network are inviting the public to attend a ?Gift of Life Program? on Wednesday, April 27, 2005, to increase awareness and promote organ and tissue donation. ... [read more]
April 14, 2005: Staff and Alumni Awards
Evia Nano, MD, right, received the Outstanding House Officer award from Peter A. Selwyn, MD, MPH, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center. The award, given to two graduating house officers, recognizes extraordinary clinical acumen and skill, compassion for ... ... [read more]
April 12, 2005: NY Region's Only Pediatric Sickle Cell Center Opens at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore
The Children?s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) has established the New York metropolitan region?s only comprehensive pediatric center for the treatment of sickle cell disease, a hereditary, often-fatal blood disorder that strikes most often in African-American communities. ... [read more]
April 06, 2005: Montefiore Physicians Drive Obesity Study on Key Role of 'Plain Talk' in Weight Management
Pediatricians at Montefiore Medical Center have been awarded a two-year, $150,000 grant by Pfizer to study how language used in labeling on food packaging may impact obesity in an inner-city community. ... [read more]
April 04, 2005: RobPioneering Heart Surgeon Robert E. Michler MD Appointed Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Robert E. Michler, MD, the internationally recognized cardiothoracic surgeon who first used minimally invasive and robotic surgery on heart patients, and who pioneered the safe use of human muscle cell injections to treat congestive heart failure, has been appointed professor and chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) in New York City, NY. ... [read more]
March 31, 2005: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Visits Montefiore to View 'Excellence' in Healthcare Techno
US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt today met with doctors, nurses, healthcare technology innovators and patients at Montefiore Medical Center to see first hand how a system-wide engagement of advanced technology can help improve medical outcomes for patients while increasing staff efficiency and controlling healthcare costs. Secretary Leavitt visited Montefiore because it is recognized as a national leader in its use and creative development of innovative technical support. It was his only hospital stop in New York on Thursday. ... [read more]
March 28, 2005: Carl And Clarence Undergo Check Ups Pronounced Fit at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
New York City, NY (March 28, 2005) ? Doctors at The Children?s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) are preparing to permanently remove head bandages on formerly conjoined Filipino twins Carl and Clarence Aguirre and replace them with ... ... [read more]
March 28, 2005: Children's Miracle Network Donates Major Grant for Pediatric Services at Montefiore Medical Center
The Children's Miracle Network (CMN) a major national fundraising organization dedicated to helping sick children, has donated a grant of $235,000 for pediatric services to Montefiore Medical Center. ... [read more]
March 16, 2005: New Clinical Diabetes Program Opens At Montefiore Medical Center
New York City, NY (March 16, 2005) - Montefiore Medical Center has expanded its renowned diabetes services to help address the dramatic impact ... ... [read more]
March 11, 2005: Carl and Clarence Now Riding Tricycles and Standing
New York City, NY (March 11, 2005)-Formerly conjoined twins Carl and Clarence Aguirre continue to do well on all fronts six months after making medical history at The Childrens Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) as the first craniopagus twins to be surgically separated in stages, without any apparent ... ... [read more]
March 07, 2005: Dr. Rick Abbott Joins Pediatric Neurosurgery Team At The Children's Hospital At Montefiore
Expands CHAMs World-Renowned Expertise in Treating Childrens Brain Tumors ... [read more]
February 28, 2005: Innovative Program To Combat Teenage Obesity Launched At The Children's Hospital At Montefiore
Bronx, NY (February 28, 2005) - BN Fit Arms Adolescents with Personal Tools to Lose Weight ... [read more]
February 11, 2005: NY Regions Only Pediatric Sickle Cell Center Opens At Children's Hospital At Montefiore
NEW YORK CITY,NY (February 11, 2005) - The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) has established the New York metropolitan region's only comprehensive pediatric center for the treatment of sickle cell disease, a hereditary, often-fatal blood disorder that strikes most often in African-American communities. ... [read more]
February 01, 2005: Montefiore Medical Center Receives Grant To Study Consequences Of Improving Literacy In Reducing Obe
NEW YORK CITY,NY (February 1, 2005) -- Montefiore Medical Center pediatricians have been awarded a two-year, $150,000 Pfizer Grant to study how the everyday language used in labeling on food packaging may have an important impact on obesity in an inner-city community. ... [read more]
January 26, 2005: Montefiore Researchers Conduct First U.S. Study to Map the Genetic Cause of Sweaty Palms ... [read more]
January 13, 2005: Carl and Clarence Sleeping Better at Night One Month After Tonsils and Adenoids Removed
New York City, NY, (January 13, 2005) -- Carl and Clarence Aguirre, the formerly conjoined Filipino twins, are sleeping better at night and much more active during the day, their Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) pediatrician Robert Marion, MD, reports. "The surgeries, last month at CHAM to ... ... [read more]
January 06, 2005: New Treatment For Cancer of The Larynx at Montefiore
NEW YORK CITY,NY (January 6, 2005) -- Surgeons at Montefiore Medical Center are using a new form of treatment for cancer of the larynx that allows for quicker recovery and shorter hospital stays, and saves the voice box so patients retain the ability to speak. ... [read more]
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We're known around the world for successfully separating Carl and Clarence Aguirre, born joined at the tops of their heads. Our specialists care daily for children with brain tumors, spinal cord injuries and craniofacial deformities.
