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Find out what makes Barnes-Jewish Hospital a national leader in medicine.

  • Find out what makes Barnes-Jewish Hospital a national leader in medicine.
  • 22-year-old Lauren Wisdom knows firsthand the dangers of texting and driving. Watch her story.
  • On August 15th, representatives from 14 different regional law enforcement agencies and trauma centers, including Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children s Hospital, came together for a press conference to talk about a shared goal -- reducing the number of gun-related accidents in the area.
  • Erica Griffin, patient of Dr. Julie Margenthaler, shares her story of the healing and hope she found at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center and the importance of giving to find cures.
  • In honor of Nurses Week 2012, Barnes-Jewish nurses show off their skills. <br />
  • In a March 8, 2012 news conference, representatives from Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay unveiled the new 12-story Barnes-Jewish Center for Outpatient Health. The new center provides an upgraded environment with improved access to services for thousands of St. Louisans who have difficulty affording or accessing healthcare. <br /> <br />
  • A procedure called translaminar fixation -- invented by Washington University neurosurgeon Neill Wright, MD -- is an example of what sets Barnes-Jewish Hospital apart for <a href= /neurosciences/spinal-injury-spine-disorders class= ApplyClass >spine and spinal cord surgery</a>. Find out more in this video.
  • A technology some think will revolutionize radiation therapy for some cancer patients has arrived to our Siteman Cancer Center and the Kling Center for Proton Therapy.
  • Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), <a href= http://www.barnesjewish.org/heart-vascular/percutaneous-valve-repair title= Learn more about aortic valve replacement class= ApplyClass >transcatheter aortic valve replacement</a> is a procedure deemed game changing by physicians, now allows cardiac specialists at Barnes-Jewish to perform open-heart surgery without the “open” for patients previously unable to have surgery.
  • On October 19th, we interviewed Albert Kim, MD, a Washington University neuro-oncologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital about brain tumor treatment as part of our Wednesday Webinar series. View the segment here.
  • Lorie McDavid was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, and wasn t given much time to live. She then met with Dr. William Chapman, a Washington University surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, who performed a liver transplant. Today, Lorie is healthy and her cancer is gone.
  • Each year, Barnes-Jewish provides 35,000 free flu shots to the St. Louis community through a grant from the Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Find out how easy it is to stay healthy and get vaccinated.
  • Erin Kelley was diagnosed with Cushing s Syndrome and was treated with a simple endonasal, skull-base surgery.
  • Atrial fibrillation is the most common of heart arrhythmias and a procedure developed at Barnes-Jewish to eliminate it called Cox-Maze is performed on over 10,000 patients a year.
  • Barnes-Jewish team members celebrate their commitment to ICARE values -- integrity, compassion, accountability, respect, excellence -- at our first ICARE celebration August 24-25, 2011.
  • A highly specialized approach to open heart surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University allows those with mitral heart valve problems to recover faster with less pain and smaller scars through a minimally invasive procedure called a mini-thoracotomy. Find out more in this video.
  • Barnes-Jewish has the most advanced operating room imaging technology in the world at its disposal with the installation of a multi-room iMRI surgical imaging suite, enabling neurosurgeons to perform important MRI tests while surgery is in progress. Find out more in this video.
  • Gamma Knife radiosurgery is surgery without a knife. It s a technology using gamma rays to precisely target and destroy abnormalities within the brain. Find out more in this video.
  • A combined heart liver transplant offers hope to patients with limited options. Find out how it helped Trish Hatley in a procedure performed by Washington University surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital for the first time April 8.
  • A genetic condition called Marfan Syndrome can lead to aortic dissection if untreated. Find out how the diagnosis changed the life of a woman from Indiana, who came to Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for treatment weeks before the birth of her child. <br />
  • A telemedicine robot lets the Washington University stroke specialists at Barnes-Jewish hospital be remotely present in the Parkland Health Center emergency room.
  • Washington University surgeons at Barnes-Jewish are using robotically-assisted surgery in new areas of medicine, including lung tumors. Find out more in this video. <br />
  • Washington University neurosurgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital have a new tool for the treatment of brain tumors -- an MRI-guided high-intensity laser probe that “cooks” cancer cells deep within the brain, while leaving surrounding brain tissue undamaged.
  • An overview of liver transplant services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • Overview of heart transplant services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • Overview of lung transplant services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Upcoming Community Events:

• 8IGHT Ways to Prevent Cancer

   Wednesday, November 14th at 6:30pm

• Take Steps to Prevent Diabetes

   Tuesday, December 4th at 10am