News Release Archive

Barnes-Jewish Hospital welcomes two new leaders to its executive team—Ian Barrett and Maggie Johnson-Glover.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital has been designated an “LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leader” by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the largest national LGBTQ civil rights organization. The designation was announced in the 12th edition of HRC’s Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).

Washington University neurosurgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital recently performed the first robot-assisted minimally-invasive spine surgery in Missouri.

New technologies and innovative patient care are at the center of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s latest addition to its Neuro-Critical Care service. With a new total of 44 beds, Barnes-Jewish will now offer one of the largest Neuro-ICUs in the country.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital, in partnership with Nine Network of Public Media, will present BrainWorks, a live theatrical performance in four one-act plays July 19-21 at the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts on the Campus of Webster University.

The Women & Infants Center, a collaborative partnership between Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University Physicians is commemorating the one year anniversary since its grand opening in 2018 on the Washington University Medical Campus.

The Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Transplant Center’s surgical and medical teams performed their 10,000th adult organ transplant last month.

Following a national search, Sam Darweesh, MBA, was named chief operating officer at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and vice president of the Women & Infants Center, a partnership between Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University Physicians.

For the 15th consecutive year, Barnes-Jewish Hospital will provide free seasonal flu shots to the St. Louis community beginning Oct. 1.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital has once again achieved the highest acknowledgment of nursing excellence – Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).