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Vivienne Stearns-Elliott, Media Relations, 410-337-1536; cell: 410-733-6681

 

8/10/2010 - St. Joseph Heartburn & Digestive Disease Booth Aims to Calm the Burn
6/13/2010 - Cancer Survivors to Throw First Ball of Orioles’ Game
5-19-2010 - St. Joseph first Baltimore Area Hospital to Offer Consumers ER Wait Times - www.ShorterERWait.com
4-21-2010 - St. Joseph Medical Center’s Cancer Institute Awarded More Than $2.9 Million in Stimulus Funding
3/2/2010 - St. Joseph Medical Center Designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement
3/2/2010 - Blankets Of Courage Event
2/17/2010 - 'Powered By Me!' Teams Up With Goucher College Athletes
2/15/2010 - Community Coalition for Haiti Pick Up 10 Pallets of Supplies and Two Anesthesia Machines
1/27/2010 - St. Joseph Performs Its First Robotic Bariatric Surgery with Dr. David von Rueden, Most Experienced Baltimore area da Vinci Bariatric Surgeon
1/27/2010 - Suburban orthodox synagogue delivers 15 carloads of donations for Haiti to St. Joseph medical center for relief and medical mission
1/20/2010 - Haitian-Born St. Joseph Anesthesiologist Goes with Surgical Team to Haiti to Provide Care
1/12/2010 - St. Joseph Medical Center Lifts Age-Restricted Visitor Policy
12/29/2009 - Pregnancy Loss Support Line Begins January 1, 2010
12/28/2009 - Toy Donation to Pediatric Outpatient Care Clinic
12/17/2009 - St. Joseph Becomes First Area Hospital with Patient Kiosk Registration
12/1/2009 - Chief of Spinal Surgery at St. Joseph Receives Award
11-11-2009 - Groundbreaking for the Hackerman-Patz House
10-27-2009 - Lymphedema Treatment at St. Joseph
10-27-2009 - St. Joseph's Top Docs
10-20-2009 St. Joseph Medical Center Names Jeffrey K. Norman New President and CEO
10-15-09 - Lean Team Named the Daily Record’s Top Winner, 2009 Maryland Innovator of the Year Award
9-4-2009- St. Joseph Decreases Emergency Treatment Time by 25% Using “Lean Methods” from the Auto Industry Ambulance divert times reduced dramatically
9-4-2009- “People” Announcements - New Staff Appointments at St. Joseph Medical Center
8-10-2009- Spyglass Technology – Voyage to the Digestive Tract
8-10-2009- Third Annual Great Prostate Cancer Challenge 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk
6-30-2009 - TLC’s Little Couple Visit St. Joseph Medical Center
6-23-2009 - St. Joseph Performs First Radiosurgery at Cancer Institute
6-5-2009 - Male Breast Cancer Survivor Will Throw First Ball of Orioles’ Game Annual St. Joseph Cancer Survivors Party at Camden Yards, 6/14
5-28-2009 - LOCAL RESPONDERS ATTEND HOMELAND SECURITY TRAINING
5-22-2009 - Blankets of Courage
5-13-2009 - Celebrating Nurses Week at St. Joseph Medical Center
4-23-2009 - Record Number of Robotic da Vinci Surgeries Performed at St. Joseph
4-13-2009 - Powered by ME! Third Annual ‘Playing Safe, Fair and Sober’ Conference for Teen Athletes 4/23
4-1-2009 - Balloon Sinuplasty: New Minimally Invasive Surgery to Open Sinuses Available in Time for Baltimore’s Spring Sinusitis Season
4-1-2009 - New Staff Appointments at St. Joseph Medical Center
3-19-2009 - Announcing the New Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
2-6-2009 - St. Joseph’s Free HeartAware® Online Risk Assessment Receives #1 Excellence in Prevention Award
2-5-2009 - Understanding Insulin: Myths & Realities
2-5-2009 - SOS Invites Breast Cancer Survivors to Mentor Newly-Diagnosed Patients
1-29-2009 - Debbie Phelps Joins St. Joseph’s POWERED BY ME! Program
1-16-2009 - Ravens Fever at St. Joseph Medical Center
1/13/2009 - House Of Ruth Maryland “A Line In The Sand” – Powerful, Traveling Photo Exhibit On View at St. Joseph Medical Center’s New Expansion during February
1-6-2009 - American Heart Association Gives St. Joseph Medical Center Gold Level Fit-Friendly Company Award
1-5-2009 - Winter Advisory Safety Tips to Prevent Accidents and Stay Healthy During Icy, Snowy Weather
12-22-2008 - St. Joseph Gives Record Number of Free Community Flu Shots
12-12-2008 St. Joseph Medical Center’s Cancer Institute to Participate in the National Institutes of Health Cancer Gene-Mapping Project
11-10-2008 St. Joseph Medical Center’s Powered by ME! Sponsors Free TU Basketball Clinic for Middle School Students on November 15
10/19/2008 - St. Joseph Medical Center’s POWERED BY ME!
10-13-2008 - Lynn Redgrave and daughter Annabel Clark present their book Journal – A Mother and Daughter’s Recovery from Breast Cancer
10-6-2008 - St. Joseph Nurses and Staff Collect 460 Pounds of TLC Donations for Health Care Military Staff Serving in Iraq
10-1-2008 - St. Joseph’s Free HeartAware® Has Record Volumes
10/1/2008 - Team Travels to Disease-Stricken Tanzania
9/14/2008 - “Great Prostate Cancer Challenge” 5K & 1 Mile Walk
9/11/2008 - 7th Annual St. Joseph Medical Center 9/11 Run to Remember
8/5/2008 - Solar Light Sensors to Help Deter Crime for Homes
7/1/2008 - Mike Gimbel Appointed Director of St. Joseph Medical Center’s ‘Powered By ME!’ Anti-Steroid Program
7/22/2008-Hand Wipes Now Included in Meal Trays to Patients
6/15/2008 - Second Annual Cancer Survivor Celebration
6/1/2008 - Cancer Survivors and Staff to Sign National “Fight Back” Bus
6/1/2008 - The Stroke Center Receives Recognition
5/15/2008 - Lawn Mower Safety
5/1/2008 - Nurse Appointments to The Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center
4/13/2008 - Cancer Institute Official Dedication
4/10/2008 - 40th Anniversary of the St. Joseph ED
4/1/2008 - One Hour MRSA Test
3/27/08 - 100,000th Cardiac Catheterization Performed at St. Joseph
2/1/2008-Infant Massage Class or Baby Day Spa?
12/15/2007-New Chief Nursing Officer Appointed at St. Joseph Medical Center
12/1/2007- Assistant V.P. of Nursing Appointed at St. Joseph Medical Center
3/12/2008-Cancer Survivor Art Exhibit: April 3-May 11, 2008 Celebrates
3/1/2008-Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month – March
2/7/2008 - Governor O'Malley announces plans to alleviate nurse shortage
2/1/2008 - St. Joseph's Joint Venture with Advanced Radiology
1/28/2008 - Body Contouring After Weight Loss Surgery is Fastest Growing Plastic Surgery Specialty
1/2/2008 - Custom-built Infusion Chairs
12/17/2007 - St. Joseph is Top Performer on Hospital Compare Web Site For Heart Treatments
12/17/2007 - The Cancer Institute Announces New Treatment for Commonly Diagnosed of Lung Cancer
12/14/2007 - Youth Impacted By Recent “Mitchell Report” On Major League Baseball Steroid Abuse
12/1/2007 - Nurse-midwives Expand Prenatal Care Hours to Saturdays
11/19/2007 - St. Joseph Medical Center Redesignated Level IIIB Perinatal Referral Center & Noted for Idealized Design of Perinatal Care
11/15/2007 - The new Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center is pleased to announce that these physicians have joined its staff
11/13/2007 - Journeys Through Cancer: Art of Healing and Hope
10/25/2007 - St. Joseph Medical Center Redesignated Level IIIB
10/10/2007 - More than 1,100 Runners & Walkers and $70,000 Raised for Great Strides Against Prostate Cancer” 5K & 1 Mile Walk
9/21/2007 - Cornblatt Joins Oncology Research at The Cancer Institute
8/15/2007 A Cure for Extreme Sweating
8/14/2007 - Catholic Health Initiatives Awards $450,000 Grant to Powered by ME!™ Steroid Awareness Campaign
8/10/2007 - St. Joseph Medical Center 9/11 Run to Remember
8/9/2007 - The First “Great Strides Against Prostate Cancer” 5K Run & 1 Mile Walk/Run
8/6/2007 - Lawn Mower Safety – Tips from a St. Joseph Emergency Doctor
8/3/2007 - St. Joseph Occupational Therapy Offers Safe Driver Assessment
7/16/2007 - St. Joseph Volunteers Recognized for Thousands of Hours of Service
7/2/2007 - The Cancer Institute at SJMC Chosen by NCI to Participate in Pilot Program
6/18/2007 - The Cancer Institute at St. Joseph’s Survivor Celebration at Camden Yards
6/1/2007 - New K-9 German Sheppard “Sabian” Joins Baltimore City Police
5/1/2007 - St. Joseph Medical Center Announces $2.4 Million Raised for The Cancer Institute
4/15/2007 - The Breast Center at St Joseph Cancer Institute Offers MammoSite Internal Radiation Therapy System
4/1/2007 - The St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation presents the “All-Star Gala” 2007 to benefit The Cancer Institute at St. Joseph
3/15/2007 - Janet Streit appointed Director of Volunteer Development
1/19/2007 - Mission Health Partners
1/14/2007 - St. Joseph’s Heart Institute Launches Low-Cost Calcium Scoring & Free HeartAware® Online Campaign
1/13/2007 - The Color Purple at St. Joseph Medical Center
1/12/2007 - St. Joseph Medical Center Announces New Board Members
1/5/2007 - New Board Members Join St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation
1/2/2007 - St. Joseph Medical Center’s Diabetes Program Receives ADA Certification