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Category: In the News
Our surgeons and researchers are frequently featured in the media, both locally and nationally. Here are stories from around the web, featuring our expert faculty.
New Plaza West Tower expands WashU Medicine’s advanced, research-driven heart and vascular care (Links to an external site)
16-story tower at Barnes-Jewish Hospital increases access to life-saving care and state-of-the-art imaging across the region
Personalized prevention, population impact (Links to an external site)
Adetunji T. Toriola, MD, PhD, brings a public health science approach to one of medicine’s most pressing challenges: breast cancer.
A heart for the community (Links to an external site)
St. Louis Children’s Hospital Ranked No. 1 in Pediatrics in Missouri and St. Louis by U.S. News & World Report (Links to an external site)
Breast cancer startup founded by WashU Medicine researchers acquired by Lunit (Links to an external site)
Prognosia’s AI-based imaging tech could improve prevention, early detection of breast cancer
It’s never too late for those with cancer to quit smoking (Links to an external site)
Smoking cessation program developed by WashU Medicine researchers at Siteman Cancer Center is more effective at prolonging life than some chemotherapies.
Dr. Timothy Eberlein Is ACS President-Elect (Links to an external site)
Renowned surgical oncologist and former chair of surgery elected President-Elect of the ACS.
Audrey’s brave new chapter (Links to an external site)
Young patient thriving after heart transplant
Care with heart (Links to an external site)
Barnes-Jewish Hospital unveils state-of-the-art patient care tower (Links to an external site)
The newly completed Plaza West Tower at Barnes-Jewish Hospital will expand critical care capabilities and provide advanced imaging and the latest in surgical preparation and recovery.
Ohman named director of the Division of Vascular Surgery (Links to an external site)
Surgeon and researcher specializes in aortic disease, will be first director of new division
More young women are getting breast cancer — why? (Links to an external site)
WashU Medicine’s Adetunji Toriola explains some of the factors driving the increase in women’s breast cancer diagnoses among women under 50.
Is Going to the Bathroom ‘Just in Case’ Bad for You? (Links to an external site)
Odeny Selected for Global Health Leadership Program (Links to an external site)
Inspiring People: Danielle Shulte (Links to an external site)
As a grant specialist II, Danielle navigates the complex, ever-changing landscape of research funding.
When His Heart Stopped, a New Life Began (Links to an external site)
Analyzing multiple mammograms improves breast cancer risk prediction (Links to an external site)
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis describes an innovative method of analyzing mammograms that significantly improves the accuracy of predicting the risk of breast cancer development over the following five years. Using up to three years of previous mammograms, the new method identified individuals at high risk of developing breast cancer 2.3 times more accurately than the standard method, which is based on questionnaires assessing clinical risk factors alone, such as age, race and family history of breast cancer.
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer (Links to an external site)
A small clinical trial shows promising results for patients with triple-negative breast cancer who received an investigational vaccine designed to prevent recurrence of tumors. Conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis with a therapy designed by WashU Medicine researchers, the trial is the first to report results for this type of vaccine — known as a neoantigen DNA vaccine — for breast cancer patients.
Nerve Transfers Give Hope to People with Spinal Cord Injuries (Links to an external site)
Nerve transfer surgery is a newer procedure that can improve movement in the elbows, wrists and hands after a cervical spinal cord injury.
New home for world-class cancer care opens on Medical Campus (Links to an external site)
9-story Siteman Cancer Center building designed for patient comfort, convenience.
Riley’s Story (Links to an external site)
Riley needed multiple surgeries, including a successful operation from Kamlesh Patel, MD. Now she’s shadowing jaw surgeries during summer break.
Zayed to lead new Division of Surgical Sciences (Links to an external site)
Vascular surgeon to advance innovative patient care, research
Good 3-Year Outcomes With Aortic Valve-in-Valve Replacement for Failed SAVR (Links to an external site)
Early outcomes look favorable, but observers say a randomized trial against redo surgery is warranted.
Zayed Receives WashU Gap Fund Award (Links to an external site)
Vascular surgeon Mohamed Zayed, MD, PhD, MBA, received a WashU Gap Fund Award to perform translational researcḥ on technology that emerged in the CardioVascular Research Innovation in Surgery and Engineering (CVISE) Center.
Getting Injectables Now Could Complicate a Facelift Later (Links to an external site)
Plastic surgeons are finding a lot of unwelcome surprises under the skin. Facelifts were up 18% in 2022.
Drake appointed inaugural St. Louis Confluence Collaborative faculty director (Links to an external site)
Bettina Drake, professor of surgery in public health sciences at the School of Medicine, will be the inaugural faculty director of the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice
Rise for Health Study: Investigating Bladder Health and LUTS in Women Across Ages (Links to an external site)
Diane Newman interviews Siobhan Sutcliffe about her research on the Preventive Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Consortium
Accelerated aging linked to cancer risk in younger adults, research shows (Links to an external site)
Researchers from the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine looked for clues about why some types of cancer are on the rise in younger adults. They’ve found an interesting lead: a connection to accelerated biological aging.
Preventing early-onset colorectal cancers aim of $25 million award (Links to an external site)
School of Medicine leads international team funded by Cancer Grand Challenges
For Your Health – What to Know About Young Adult Colorectal Cancer (Links to an external site)
Graham Colditz and colorectal surgeon Will Chapman Jr. share important information about young adult colorectal cancer.
New cell-based immunotherapy offered for melanoma (Links to an external site)
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy has received approval from FDA for some patients with metastatic melanoma.
David DeNardo, PhD Explores How the Tumor Microenvironment Affects Immune Responses to Cancer (Links to an external site)
David DeNardo, PhD, alongside his research team in the Tumor Immunology Program at Washington University School of Medicine, is working to understand why responses to cancer immunotherapy vary among patients.
Local oncologist speaks about the type of cancer that led to Toby Keith’s death (Links to an external site)
Surgical oncologist Trang Nguyen, MD, joined KMOV to discuss the type of cancer that led to country superstar Toby Keith’s death.
First living liver donation in 10 years in St. Louis gives Florissant baby new life (Links to an external site)
Last year across the country, just 658 out of 10,660 — 6% — of liver transplants came from living donors, federal data shows. But the number of living liver donors has been growing steadily over the past 10 years as the safety of donation improves and the waiting list for transplants grows.
Breast cancer rates increasing among younger women (Links to an external site)
Analyzing rates by age, race, tumor characteristics could inform prevention strategies
Siteman research team receives grant for trial of immunotherapy against melanoma (Links to an external site)
A research team, including Ryan Fields, MD, has received $1.5 million from the Rising Tide Foundation for Cancer Research and the Melanoma Research Alliance, for a immunotherapy trial for melanoma.
Siteman Investment Program awards $1.5 million in cancer research grants (Links to an external site)
Research projects will benefit from $1.5 million in new grants announced by Siteman Cancer Center.
Epigenome’s role in cancer revealed in new study (Links to an external site)
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have analyzed the epigenomes of tumor cells across 11 cancer types and revealed important roles for this regulatory system of the genome in the way cancer forms, grows and spreads.
Pancreatic cancer research, clinical trials supported with $10.9 million NCI grant (Links to an external site)
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received an NCI grant that will provide about $10.9 million to research programs for the development of new therapies for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the deadliest form of pancreatic cancer.
Greg Patterson: Cancer Experience Sparks Mission to Educate (Links to an external site)
Prostate cancer was a wake-up call for Greg Patterson. Now he is working to encourage men to get checked—today. A morning argument may have saved Greg Patterson’s life. After pushing some health concerns aside for months, Greg finally took action after being scolded by his wife. The result was a diagnosis of stage 3 prostate cancer at age 55. Now Greg is on a mission to change the narrative about the disease.
Shaina Baldwin: Sharing Knowledge, Sparking Change (Links to an external site)
Most people visit an average of seven different doctors and face years of misdiagnoses before discovering they have thoracic outlet syndrome. Shana Baldwin lived that painful experience until finding Robert Thompson, MD, a nationally recognized Washington University vascular surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She is now dedicated to helping others find answers sooner.
Journey to the Top: The Incredible Evolution of the Heart and Vascular Center (Links to an external site)
One family’s visionary generosity to create the John M. Shoenberg Chair in Cardiovascular Disease nearly 40 years ago launched the evolution of one of the top-rated heart programs in the country
Lower Your Cancer Risk With Just Four Minutes of Exercise (Links to an external site)
Aft named inaugural Moley Professor of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery (Links to an external site)
Kidney tissue atlas serves as blueprint for understanding kidney injury, disease (Links to an external site)
Research collaboration details molecular knowledge, step toward personalized medicine
First robotic liver transplant in U.S. performed by Washington University surgeons (Links to an external site)
Groundbreaking surgery performed at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis
Hand Wound Nearly Costs One Patient his Limb (and his Life) (Links to an external site)
How Parkland Health Center and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Helped Save Him
Martin to lead pediatric surgery division (Links to an external site)
Surgeon-scientist also to be surgeon-in-chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Study reveals how treatment-resistant prostate cancer provides its own hormonal fuel (Links to an external site)
Findings, in mice, suggest potential treatment strategy