At the Sickle Cell Treatment Center, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine offer a dedicated and comfortable space for people with sickle cell disease (SCD) to get fast care focused on their specific needs. As the first designated infusion space for adult patients with SCD, the Center is staffed by providers who understand the complexities of the disease, know the patients, and can offer consistent and expert care.

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Brain tumors are rare—the chance that a person will develop a malignant brain tumor is less than 1%. But because they are so rare, they require personalized precision medicine from a multidisciplinary team of specialists. For patients with brain tumors, innovation from WashU Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Siteman Cancer Center, and Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children's Hospital is improving outcomes.

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When Kelly was pregnant with identical twins, she learned she had a rare condition called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). TTTS wasn’t unfamiliar to Kelly, who is an identical twin herself—her mother had been diagnosed with the same condition while pregnant with Kelly. WashU Medicine physicians at Barnes-Jewish Hospital were able to perform a minimally invasive laser surgery to help Kelly’s babies.

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When Rodney was just 35 years old, his primary care physician at another health system noticed he had a heart murmur and diagnosed Rodney with moderate mitral valve prolapse. Rodney’s condition—in which one of the heart’s valves doesn’t close properly and allows blood to back up into the heart—seemed manageable. He continued regular checkups and stayed active by hiking, interval training, and scuba diving. He was living life without major limitations or symptoms.  

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