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Leading Researcher and Clinician to Drive Strategic Goals for World-Renowned Children's Hospital at Montefiore NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University today named Judy Aschner, M.D., chair of the pediatrics department at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore and professor and university chair of pediatrics at Einstein. Aschner joins from Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at...
Beginning this week, Wall Street Journal ads and social media will drive 'tangible donation experience' PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for Autism Research at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is among The Children's Miracle Network's (CMN) "Ultimate Gift" beneficiaries for its social media-based holiday fundraising program, Give Miracles. In addition to its social media presence, ads announcing the campaign for CHOP will run...
Houston Volunteer Lawyers and Walmart support launch of program HOUSTON, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Texas Children's Hospital and the Houston Bar Association's Houston Volunteer Lawyers today announced the formation of a medical-legal partnership (MLP) that will provide Texas Children's low-income patients and patient-families with critical legal assistance. This is the first partnership of its kind to be offered in the Houston area. (Photo:...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KRZZ-FM "93.3FM La Raza", the Spanish radio station owned and operated by Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) (Nasdaq: SBSA) in the San Francisco Bay area, conducted its 4(th) annual fundraising Radiothon benefiting the Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland this past weekend resulting in $424,000 raised in donations and pledges. The Radiothon was produced live from the hospital and began with a broadcast on Friday morning and...
-- CHOP Scientists Use Versatile Gene Discovery Chip to Detect Gene Variants Involved in Biology of Obesity -- PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A large international study has identified three new gene variants associated with body mass index (BMI) levels in adults. The scientific consortium, numbering approximately 200 researchers, performed a meta-analysis of 46 studies, covering gene data from nearly 109,000 adults, spanning four ethnic groups. In...
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the $397-million Nemours Children's Hospital opening today, families in Florida and the southeast have a new place to go for highly specialized medical care designed to meet the needs of their child's condition. The new children's hospital offers access to specialized pediatric care not previously provided in the area. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121022/FL97714 ) Nemours Children's Hospital has focused on hiring...
CLEVELAND, Oct. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Combating obesity in minorities, looking at improvements in perinatal health in Ohio, and treating rare testicular cancer in adolescents are among the presentations physicians from University Hospitals (UH) Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital will give at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2012 National Conference in New Orleans Oct. 20 to 23. Susannah Briskin, MD, pediatric sports medicine physician at UH Rainbow Babies &...
Children's Omaha is the only Level IV NICU serving multi-state region OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New standards published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) establish Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., as the only Level IV Regional Newborn Intensive Care Unit serving Nebraska, western Iowa and South Dakota. Level IV is the highest level of care as defined by the AAP. Children's meets a number of strict criteria including:...
DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On average six children are killed and nearly 800 are injured in traffic crashes each day. In fact, the number one killer of children in the U.S is motor vehicle crashes. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110321/CL67889LOGO ) That's why AAA Michigan partnered with DMC Children's Hospital of Michigan and Kohl's Injury Prevention Program for a free child safety seat inspection event today (Sept. 22) at the AAA Michigan...
James Hammel, M.D., shares expertise with surgeons from U.S., Europe OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congenital heart surgeon James Hammel, M.D., on Thursday presented a video demonstration of a novel infant cardiac surgical technique at the joint meeting of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society and the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association in Chicago. The technique allows many complex heart defect repairs, including the Norwood operation for...
