November 2024
See below for the latest news coverage and stories from November 2024.
St. Louis Children’s Hospital & Pediatric Behavioral Health
- KMOV: St. Louis Area Baby Born in Cancun Discharged from Hospital in Time for Thanksgiving – Dr. Carla Schuetz, a Washington University neonatologist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Webster-Kirkwood Times: Plan Commission Gives Nod to KVC Proposal
- KTVI: Standing Room Only for Webster Groves Behavioral Health Hospital Vote
- KMOV: My Mom Club: Election Talk with Kids – Beverly Hopgood, clinical supervisor for BJC Behavioral Health
- KMOV: My Mom Club: Thanksgiving, Food & Body Image – Dr. Callie Bishop, a Washington University pediatric psychiatrist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- KSDK: Louie Celebrates His Birthday at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Adult Behavioral Health
- KTVI: New Grant to Pair Police, Health Workers to Enhance Mental Health Responses – Margo Pigg, director of clinical services at BJC Behavioral Health
- Spectrum News: New Initiative Brings Clinicians, Law Enforcement Together in St. Louis and St. Charles Counties – Margo Pigg, director of clinical services at BJC Behavioral Health
- KMOV: Hospitals, Police Teaming Up to Provide Crisis Help in St. Louis, St. Charles Counties
- KSDK: Mental Health Resources to be Available to First Responders During Calls in St. Louis, St. Charles Counties
Goldfarb School of Nursing
- FOX News: Nursing Students Use Virtual Reality to Enhance Their Skills: 'Brings Fun to Learning' – Dr. Katie Jett, program director at Goldfarb School of Nursing
- KTVI: Careers in Nursing – Dr. Angela Clark, president of Goldfarb School of Nursing
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch: As Fontbonne University Winds Down, Its Students Leave to Finish Their Studies – Emily Mack, nursing student at Goldfarb School of Nursing
Other Media Coverage
- KSDK: Never Give Up
- KMOV: Gateway to Wellness: Epilepsy – Dr. Stuart Tomko, a Washington University pediatric neurologist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
- KSHB: Saint Luke's Leads Groundbreaking AFib Treatment – Dr. Sanjaya Gupta, cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
- Ingram’s: Saint Luke’s Physician Named in Top Doctors 2024 – Dr. Anna Grodzinsky, cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
- Health News You Can Use: Saint Luke’s Muriel I. Kauffman Institute for Women’s Cardiovascular Research – Dr. Tracy Stevens, medical director of Saint Luke’s Muriel I. Kauffman Women’s Heart Center
- Healio: Potassium Binder Helps Optimize Spironolactone Use in Patients with HF, Hyperkalemia Risk – Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod, vice president of research at Saint Luke’s
- TCTMD: REALIZE-K: Potassium Binder Boosts MRA Use in Hyperkalemic HFrEF Patients – Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod, vice president of research at Saint Luke’s
- Medpage Today: Potassium Binder Cuts Hyperkalemia Risk in HF Patients on Spironolactone – Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod, vice president of research at Saint Luke’s
- Pharmacy Times: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Show Promise in Treating Obesity-Related Heart Failure – Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod, vice president of research at Saint Luke’s
- Medical Xpress: Bystander CPR up to 10 Minutes After Cardiac Arrest May Protect Brain Function – Dr. Evan O’Keefe, cardiovascular fellow at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
- Medical Xpress: Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement Aids Tricuspid Regurgitation – Dr. Suzanne Arnold, cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
- Healio: Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement Effective Treatment for Severe Regurgitation – Dr. Suzanne Arnold, cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
- Cardiac Interventions Today: Edwards’ Evoque System Evaluated in TRISCEND II for Clinical and QoL Benefits in Severe TR – Dr. Suzanne Arnold, cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
Saint Luke's Cancer Institute
- FOX4: Saint Luke's Patient Living with Rare Cancer Starts Foundation to Help Others – Dr. Dhruv Bansal, medical director of thoracic and precision oncology at Saint Luke's Cancer Institute
Prematurity Awareness Month
- KSHB: Family Thanks Saint Luke’s NICU for Lifesaving Care of Premature Baby – Mindy Smith, NICU clinical resource nurse at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- KMBC: Saint Luke’s OBGYN Shares Her Story for Prematurity Awareness – Dr. Cicy Li, OBGYN at Saint Luke’s North Hospital
- KCTV: Saint Luke’s ELGAN Program Helps Premature Babies – Karla Torain, director of obstetrical and neonatal services at Saint Luke’s
Saint Luke's Hospital Crittenton Children's Center
- KSHB: Saint Luke's Crittenton Children's Center Program Helps Children, Families Cope After Inpatient Care Stay – Susan Pinne, director of community based programs at Saint Luke’s Hospital Crittenton Children’s Center
Other
- Health News You Can Use: Prostate and Testicular Cancer – Dr. Ryan Miller, urologist at Advanced Urologic Associates at Saint Luke’s East Hospital
- Saint Luke’s Story: Producing Real Results—Patients Benefit from Saint Luke’s and Kanbe’s Markets Collaboration – Dr. Marsha Weaver, vice president and chief population health officer at Saint Luke’s
- FOX4: Patients Vote from the Hospital on Election Day – Mary Dorion-Blankenship, patient experience coordinator at Saint Luke’s North Hospital
- Ingram’s: Newsweek Ranks KC Metro Hospitals ‘Best-In-State’
- Kansas City Business Journal: KC-Area Hospitals See More than a Dozen C-Suite Changes in 2024 – Julie Quirin, President of BJC Health System’s West Region; Chuck Robb, Chief Financial Officer of BJC Health System; Rebecca Sesler, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of BJC Health System
Critical Access Hospitals
- Wright Memorial Physician Clinics and NCMC Athletic Department to Host 3rd Annual Toy Drive – Shane Lynch, practice manager at Wright Memorial Physicians’ Group and Saint Luke’s Mercer County Clinic