News Release Archive

While Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgeries (VATS) made its St. Louis debut in 2005 with Traves Crabtree, MD. cardiothoracic surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and assistant professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine, VATS at Barnes-Jewish will make its national debut on the Discovery Channel, which will feature Dr. Crabtree and the procedure, Saturday, March 6 at 7 a.m. on “Discovery Health CME.”

Nurses and staff from the Siteman Cancer Center infusion area showed their appreciation February 16 to a patient who came up with a creative way to help out friends who’ve helped him during a difficult cancer fight.

Often an uninsured woman in St. Louis experiences a delay in receiving care after discovering a change in her breast or being told she needs follow-up for an abnormal breast exam or mammogram.

Caleb Trent, MD, and Chet Schrader, MD, Barnes-Jewish emergency department residents talk about their aid trip to Haiti.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital has increased the volume of combined kidney-pancreas transplants performed by 80 percent in 2009.

The article, “Level 1 Trauma Center Designation” (page 12, Innovate, winter 2010, printed version) incorrectly stated that Barnes-Jewish Hospital was currently designated as a Level 1 trauma center for Illinois and Arkansas.

Gregorio Sicard, MD, chief of the vascular surgery section at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, is receiving the 2010 Hero with a Heart Award from the National Marfan Foundation (NMF) at Heartworks St. Louis, on March 6 at the Chase Park Plaza. 

Surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital hit a milestone in January with their 1,000^th robotic surgery case using the da Vinci surgical system.