News Release Archive

The Siteman Cancer Center is once again a finalist for a Community Impact Project grant from the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s LIVESTRONG program and needs online votes from the public as the final step in the grant process. Applications receiving the most votes from the public will receive a grant.

A new Barnes-Jewish Hospital facility opening on the Washington University Medical Center campus will provide an upgraded environment with improved access to services for thousands of St. Louisans who have difficulty affording or accessing healthcare.

Surgeons at the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Heart & Vascular Center are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the first Cox Maze procedure, a surgery invented there in 1987 that has become the gold standard surgical treatment for patients suffering from a common heart arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation (AFIB).

Pedal the Cause, the annual bike challenge raising money for cancer research at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine as well as St. Louis Children’s Hospital, will announce research 12 projects made possible by the 2011 event.

Award-winning vocalist and actress Minnie Driver will perform at The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s annual illumination gala benefiting the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, Saturday, April 14 at The Ritz-Carlton in Clayton.

The Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Heart & Vascular Center and the American Heart Association are offering a free cookbook to help St. Louisans lead a more heart healthy lifestyle.

Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have broken ground on the new Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center in south St. Louis County.

February is American Heart Month and doctors are spreading the word about lowering the risk of heart disease.

Peabody Opera House has announced that net proceeds totaling $100,000 from its grand re-opening gala have been donated to The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital to support research at the John L. Trotter Multiple Sclerosis Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.

A new program developed at Barnes-Jewish Hospital aims to alleviate “compassion fatigue” among nurses.