Barnes-Jewish Hospital

In the new century, Barnes-Jewish continues to lead the way in medicine. Some examples:

• - The opening of the Center for Advanced Medicine and the Siteman Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center.
• - The thoracic surgery program continues to be the leading center in the country, performing lung volume reduction surgery, lung-sparing cancer surgeries and running a clinic to manage pulmonary nodules.
• - The orthopedic department, nationally-recognized for joint replacement and spinal surgeries, is charged with caring for the elite athletes on St. Louis's professional football and hockey teams -- the Rams and Blues.
• - Barnes-Jewish Hospital made news worldwide with a procedure in which Dr. Randall Paniello restored a young woman's voice by building a new larynx from skin taken from her arm.
• - Barnes-Jewish is one of only a handful of hospitals in the world offering dorsal rhizotomy surgery to improve the gait of adults with cerebral palsy.

These examples illustrate why Barnes-Jewish Hospital and its Washington University physicians are consistently ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.