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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 20, 2006: Innovative Health Coalition Forms in Bronx Creating System for Electronic Patient Records
New York City, NY (December 7, 2006) -- To help improve the quality and efficiency of care for the 1.4 million people in the Bronx, Montefiore Medical Center and other healthcare providers throughout the borough have agreed to work together to create a system for electronic patient records and ... ... [read more]
December 11, 2006: New Robotic Gynecological Surgery More Precise Effective
New York City, NY (December 11, 2006) The latest in robot-assisted technology is now being used to perform minimally invasive gynecological surgery for patients at Montefiore Medical Center. This new tool supplements current minimally invasive procedures for staging endometrial cancer, performing ... ... [read more]
December 07, 2006: Montefiore Pulls All Trans Fatty Acids From Patient Visitor Menus
New York City, NY (December 7, 2006) -- Diet and nutrition experts at Montefiore Medical Center have now eliminated all trans fatty acids from foods in more than 2.5 million patient and visitor meals prepared and served at the region s second largest academic medical center. ... [read more]
November 27, 2006: Aidan Fraser Leaves Montefore; Will Soon Walk On His Own
New York City NY(November 27, 2006) Just three weeks after undergoing two major surgeries at The Childrens Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) to prevent paralysis from a large tumor wrapped around his spine, six-year-old Aidan Fraser, accompanied by his mother, today left CHAM en route to a ... ... [read more]
November 20, 2006: Montefiore Medical Center Wins Grant for Diabetes Center
New York City, NY (November 20, 2006) Montefiore Medical Center has been designated a Diabetes Center of Excellence by the State of New York and awarded a prestigious five-year, $500,000 grant to develop and implement an innovative program to help women who are pregnant and have diabetes, a ... ... [read more]
November 20, 2006: Robot-Assisted Pharmacy At Montefiore Reduces Waiting Time and Medication Errors
New York, NY (November 20, 2006) Montefiores out-patient pharmacy is increasing patient safety and cutting down on waiting time -- with help from a robot. ... [read more]
November 16, 2006: Aidan Fraser Doing Well After Second Surgery
New York City, NY (November 16, 2006) -- Six-year-old Aidan Fraser continues to do "very well" after enduring a marathon surgery of almost seven hours at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). The team of pediatric surgical specialists recently completed the second part of a rare, high-risk ... ... [read more]
November 13, 2006: Montefiore's JoAnn Love MSNRN Recognized by ADVANCE in its Annual Leadership Awards
New York City, (November 13, 2006) - JoAnn Love, MSN, RN, Administrative Nurse Manager at Montefiore Medical Center, has been named by ADVANCE For Nurses as one of its 2006 Best Nurse Leaders. She was named the Best Nurse Leader in the "Courage Respect" category for the Greater New York/New Jersey ... ... [read more]
November 13, 2006: Aiden Fraser Feeling Good After Restful Weekend Following Rare Spinal Surgery
New York City, NY (November 13, 2006) -- After a successful eight-hour operation at The Childrens Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) last week to straighten and strengthen his tumor-ridden, painfully stretched cervical spine, six-year-old Aidan Fraser spent a quiet weekend playing with his Power Rangers ... ... [read more]
November 01, 2006: Montefiore Receives Federal Government Medal of Honor
New York City, NY, (November 1, 2006) - Montefiore Medical Center has been honored for showing breakthrough leadership in the arena of organ donation. Out of a total of 104 hospitals in the metro area, Montefiore is only one of seven that were honored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human ... ... [read more]
October 30, 2006: Montefiore Expands Advanced Radiology Imaging Services
Montefiore Medical Center has completely refurbished and expanded one of its main radiology centers, doubling the capacity of its very high-in-demand MRI services with an ultra modern 3-Tesla scanner that is used for very sophisticated MRI procedures, providing extremely high-resolution images that ... ... [read more]
October 19, 2006: Montefiore Named One of Best Hospitals in Nation
New York City, NY (October 19, 2006) -- Montefiore Medical Center has been named one of the top hospitals in the country by the prestigious Leapfrog Group, a national organization that surveys hospitals on quality and patient safety standards. ... [read more]
October 19, 2006: USDA Grant to Benefit Mt. Hope Community Food Project
New York City, NY (October 19, 2006) A quarter million dollar grant to promote healthy eating and assure access to affordable, farm-fresh fruits and vegetables for residents of the Mt. Hope community in the Bronx has been awarded by the USDA. City Harvest, the Montefiore School Health Program and ... ... [read more]
October 12, 2006: The Mosholu Preservation Corporation Celebrates 25 Years of Community Service
New York City, NY (October 5, 2006) The Mosholu Preservation Corporation (MPC), established by Montefiore Medical Center a quarter century ago, celebrated its 25 years of community-building with a gala at the recently refurbished Loew's Paradise Theatre on the evening of October 5. ... [read more]
September 18, 2006: The Spencer Foreman M.D. Pavilion Dedicated at Montefiore Medical Center
In honor of Spencer Foreman, MD, president of Montefiore Medical Center, The Spencer Foreman, M.D. Pavilion was dedicated on Sunday, September 17, 2006. The ceremony celebrated Dr. Foreman's 20 years of leadership in healthcare at Montefiore. This is an unprecedented honor since Dr. Foreman continues in his key role as president of the medical center. ... [read more]
September 14, 2006: Advanced 'Hybrid' PET/CT Scanner Improves Cancer Treatment
New York City, NY (September 14, 2006)A new-generation, highly advanced combination PET/CT scanning device now available at Montefiore Medical Center dramatically improves the diagnosis and treatment of cancers, while being more comfortable for patients than older equipment. ... [read more]
August 04, 2006: Carl and Clarence Celebrate Second Post-Surgery Anniversary
New York City, NY (August 4, 2006) Formerly conjoined Filipino twins Carl and Clarence Aguirre marked the second anniversary of their historic separation surgery with a party at their home. ... [read more]
July 06, 2006: Significant Advance in Treatment of Breast Cancer Reported
NEW YORK CITY, NY (July 6, 2006) In what may be a significant advance for the treatment of breast cancer, researchers at Montefiore Medical Center and the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute have ... ... [read more]
June 27, 2006: First in Region Portable Bedside CT Scanner in Operation for Neurosurgery Patients at Montefiore Med
New York City, NY (June 26, 2006) A new, state-of-the-art portable CT scanner that works right at a patient's bedside is now in operation at ... ... [read more]
June 20, 2006: Special Plastic Surgery Needed for Soaring Number of Formerly Obese Patients After Gastric By-Pass S
New York City, NY (June 20, 2006)The number of surgical body-contouring procedures performed on post-bariatric surgery patients after significant weight loss is soaring (up 22 percent from 2004 to 2005 alone) according to the ... ... [read more]
June 15, 2006: New Genetic Test for Personalized Treatment of Breast Cancer: A Clinical Trial
New York City, NY (May 23, 2006)Researchers at Montefiore Medical Center are leading a nationwide clinical trial to determine whether a new genetic test can be used to personalize treatment for early-stage breast cancer. ... [read more]
June 13, 2006: Montefiore Begins Test to Show Benefits of Care Guidance for Pre-Selected Medicare Recipients in the
New York City, NY (June 13, 2006) — A US government project designed to demonstrate how professional coordination of healthcare services can improve the quality of life for Medicare recipients is now underway at Montefiore Medical Center. ... [read more]
May 22, 2006: Director of Montefiore's School Health Program Honored
New York magazine has named David Appel, MD, director of Montefiore Medical Center's School Health Program, one of New York's "influentials." ... [read more]
April 21, 2006: Carl And Clarence Celebrate Turning Four Today
(New York City, NY) April 21, 2006 -- Carl and Clarence Aguirre today are celebrating their fourth birthdays with cake and presents and balloons in the living room of their temporary home in Scarsdale, NY, with their very happy mother, Arlene Aguirre. “All I ever wanted was a normal life with just my boys and me together, doing things like other families,” said Ms. Aguirre. “This is my dream.” ... [read more]
March 16, 2006: Let's Have Quiet in the Hospital: Patients Approve Loud and Clear
New York City, NY (March, 16, 2006)Under a new program called Silent Hospitals Help Healing (SHHH), Montefiore Medical Center is addressing one of the biggest complaints patients have about hospitals: they are too noisy. ... [read more]
February 16, 2006: How Do Vitamin C and Calcium Prevent Colon Cancer?
New York City, NY (February 16, 2006)Researchers at Montefiore Medical Center have launched a clinical trial to determine how elevated levels of vitamin D and calcium alter complex genetic and molecular events in the colon to help protect against... ... [read more]
January 31, 2006: Ultrafast CT Scans at Montefiore Medical Center Diagnose Heart Disease Without Uncomfortable Invasiv
Montefiore Medical Center is installing four new state-of-the-art CT scanners that offer unprecedented images of the heart for diagnosis of cardiac disease. ... [read more]
January 27, 2006: Widespread Depression in Elderly Is Underreported
An innovative, year-old program at Montefiore Medical Center may offer a model for identifying and treating the homebound elderly with depression. The program trains all of its home care agency staff — nurses, social workers and therapists — to identify patients with depression and refers them to a Montefiore psychiatrist who provides treatment in the patient's home. ... [read more]
January 20, 2006: No News Is Good News for Aguirre Twins
New York City, NY January 20, 2006 --"Nothing noteworthy is the news," says Robert Marion, MD, pediatrician of Carl and Clarence Aguirre. "Carl and Clarence are two wonderful, normal little boys." ... [read more]
January 04, 2006: 'Electronic Nurse' Helps Homebound Patients Stay Out of Hospital
Montefiore Medical Center's Home Health Agency is using a new hi-tech interactive disease management system, dubbed the "electronic nurse," to supplement regular nursing visits to the homes of congestive heart failure patients to help monitor their vital signs. ... [read more]
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Director, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery,
CHAM
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.
