Press Releases|St. Joseph Medical Center(SJMC)|Towson, MD

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

1/27/2010 - Suburban orthodox synagogue delivers 15 carloads of donations for Haiti to St. Joseph medical center for relief and medical mission

1/27/2010 - St. Joseph Performs Its First Robotic Bariatric Surgery with Dr. David von Rueden, Most Experienced Baltimore area da Vinci Bariatric Surgeon

1/20/2010 - 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- “People” Announcements - New Staff Appointments at St. Joseph Medical Center

9-4-2009- St. Joseph Decreases Emergency Treatment Time by 25% Using “Lean Methods” from the Auto Industry Ambulance divert times reduced dramatically

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 - SOS Invites Breast Cancer Survivors to Mentor Newly-Diagnosed Patients

2-5-2009 - Understanding Insulin: Myths & Realities

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

11-17-2008 - St. Joseph Chosen One of the 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in U.S. for the Eighth Year

11-10-2008 St. Joseph Medical Center’s Powered by ME! Sponsors Free TU Basketball Clinic for Middle School Students on November 15

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

10-6-2008 - World-Famous Sculptor Michio Ihara Arrives To Install Vibrant Hanging Sculpture in St. Joseph’s New Heart Institute

10-1-2008 - St. Joseph’s Free HeartAware® Has Record Volumes

10/1/2008 - Team Travels to Disease-Stricken Tanzania

9/11/2008 - 7th Annual St. Joseph Medical Center 9/11 Run to Remember

9/10/2008 - St. Clare Medical Outreach Celebrates 10th Anniversary

10/19/2008 - St. Joseph Medical Center’s POWERED BY ME!

9/14/2008 - “Great Prostate Cancer Challenge” 5K & 1 Mile Walk

8/5/2008 - Solar Light Sensors to Help Deter Crime for Homes

7/22/2008-Hand Wipes Now Included in Meal Trays to Patients

7/1/2008 - Mike Gimbel Appointed Director of St. Joseph Medical Center’s ‘Powered By ME!’ Anti-Steroid Program

6/15/2008 - Second Annual Cancer Survivor Celebration

6/1/2008 - The Stroke Center Receives Recognition

6/1/2008 - Cancer Survivors and Staff to Sign National “Fight Back” Bus

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

3/27/2008 - 100,000 Cardiac Cath St Joseph

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

2/1/2008-Infant Massage Class or Baby Day Spa?

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 - The Cancer Institute Announces New Treatment for Commonly Diagnosed of Lung Cancer

12/17/2007 - St. Joseph is Top Performer on Hospital Compare Web Site For Heart Treatments

12/15/2007-New Chief Nursing Officer Appointed at St. Joseph Medical Center

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

12/1/2007- Assistant V.P. of Nursing Appointed at St. Joseph Medical Center

12/1/2007 - St. Joseph Medical Center’s Promise of Care

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

11/1/2007 - 7th Year that St. Joseph Makes the 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals List

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

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

7/2/2007 - The Cancer Institute at SJMC Chosen by NCI to Participate in Pilot Program

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

1/2/2007 - St. Joseph Medical Center’s Diabetes Program Receives ADA Certification

1/5/2007 - New Board Members Join St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation

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