Uniondale, NY, Thursday, October 19, 2017 – Memorial Sloan Kettering, one of the nation’s top cancer treatment and research institutions, is expanding its reach on Long Island with a new 114,000-square-foot freestanding cancer treatment center in Nassau County. Once complete, MSK Nassau will house the area’s most comprehensive cancer care program, centrally located and staffed […]
Norwalk, Connecticut, Monday, October 16, 2017 – Norwalk Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced MSK Physicians at Norwalk Hospital, a new cancer care collaboration that will integrate MSK medical and radiation oncologists and care practices with the existing cancer program at the C. Anthony and Jean Whittingham Cancer Center at Norwalk […]
New York, NY, Thursday, October 5, 2017 – Cancer immunologist Andrea Schietinger, PhD, of the Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) has been honored with the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award. Dr. Schietinger was selected as a winner for her groundbreaking work in immune responses to cancer, […]
LONDON, UK – September, 27 2017 – GSK announced today that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Benlysta (belimumab) for the treatment of adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who are inadequate responders to existing therapies. Benlysta is for use as an add-on therapy in autoantibody positive SLE patients. […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Sept. 11, 2017 – While most fourth-year medical students just recently learned where they will be completing their residencies, Tommy Kelsey has already spent five weeks training for his post-graduation destination – the U.S. Navy. Kelsey, a member of the Wake Forest School of Medicine Class of 2017, will serve as a […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Sept. 11, 2017 – Wake Forest School of Medicine students will offer free screenings and health information at the second annual Boomer Share the Health Fair, which served more than 50 people last year. The event will be held this Saturday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Thankful […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Sept. 7, 2017 – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s internationally accredited Nurse Anesthesia program is celebrating 75 years of educating students to become certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). Founded in 1942, the program at Wake Forest School of Medicine is the longest continually running nurse anesthesia program in North Carolina and has […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Sept. 6, 2017 – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center today announced one of its long-time financial leaders, Bradley A. Clark, M.B.A., C.T.P., as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Clark will also continue as Treasurer, a role he has held since August 2015. The promotion is effective immediately. Clark will […]
Carolinas HealthCare System and UNC Health Care Announce Plan to Form New Organization and Provide Solutions for Healthcare’s Most Pressing Challenges in North Carolina and Beyond New organization will provide greater access to world-class care for North Carolinians CHARLOTTE, N.C. & CHAPEL HILL, N.C., August 31, 2017 – In order to elevate health for North […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Aug. 31, 2017 – There are 136 of them. Their average age is 24 and their experiences include professional mountain biking, missionary work, bartending, military service and oyster farming. They’re the members of Wake Forest School of Medicine’s Class of 2021, the largest in the school’s history. The 69 women and 67 […]