Nine years ago this week, a team of University of Michigan doctors gave a dying heart patient a second chance at life by implanting a high-tech pump in his chest.
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Small heart-assisting pumps help sustain those who have no other options...
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A new surgical technique offered by the University of Michigan Health
System is helping people with early stage lung cancer recover more quickly
with less pain.
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James Geiger has seen first-hand the impact clinical trials have made on pediatric cancer care. But not enough people appreciate that promise.
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The UMHS Bariatric Surgery
Program is a multidisciplinary approach aimed at helping
very overweight patients achieve substantial weight loss. The surgical program
offers minimally invasive gastric bypass, complemented by a full range of
psychological, nutritional, and specialty medical services to help patients
before and after surgery. more
Ronald B. Hirschl, M.D., has been appointed Head of the Section of
Pediatric Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School and
Surgeon-in-Chief at the U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. His appointment
was effective July 1. more
Everybody wants a safe hospital, with few potential patient-killing errors...But safety and basic quality aren't
enough for patients who need complicated surgery. They need the expertise available only at a handful of medical centers.
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In their latest quality-improvement program, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the University of Michigan are recruiting
hospitals and surgeons for the program to collect data on weight-loss, or bariatric, surgeries with the goal of identifying the
best practices and sharing them with each other.
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Each year, 200,000 Americans find out that the largest blood vessel in
their body, the aorta, may burst open at any time. About 20,000 die suddenly
from such a rupture. And another 36,000 have surgery to repair or replace
the swelling section of aorta before time runs out.
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Dr. Robert Bartlett, a surgeon who retired last week from clinical
practice at the University of Michigan Health System, can count success by
the number of lives he's saved and doctors he's trained. So far, they're
both in the many thousands.
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A new surgical technique offered at the University of Michigan
Comprehensive Cancer Center is helping people with early stage lung cancer
recover more quickly with less pain.
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Dr. Jeremiah Turcotte, Emeritus Professor, Department of Surgery at
the University of Michigan, was presented with the Roche Pioneer Award
at the American Transplant Congress in Seattle, Washington.
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The Department of Surgery celebrated the installation of Lisa M.
Colletti, MD as the C. Gardner Child Professor in Surgery.
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The Department of Surgery held its annual Moses Gunn Research
Conference at the Towsley Center.
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In a collaborative effort designed to appeal directly to young children,
AAA and the University of Michigan Program for Injury Research and Education
(UMPIRE) have authored a color storybook and a black-and-white coloring
book that promote booster seat use among child passengers from 4-8 years of
age.
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A major story in today's Detroit Free Press quotes Michael Deeb, MD, Cardiac Surgery, speaking about his patient, gospel singer Ron Winans.
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The Brian Morden Foundation and the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative
have joined forces to fund research on a vaccine to treat
recurrent/relapsed Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare cancer. The vaccine is being developed by a team of oncology specialists at the University of Michigan Health System led by Dr. James D. Geiger.
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This morning, media outlets across Michigan reported on a plan to expand the U-M Cardiovascular Center
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The first episode of a 10-part documentary on UMHS house officers and their patients is airing this Sunday, Jan. 9, at 10 p.m. on the Discovery Health Channel. The series name is The First Day.
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