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Susan V. Juris named President of University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 (1067 reads)

CLEVELAND – Susan V. Juris has been named President of University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center effective Jan. 2, 2012.

As President, Juris will lead the strategic direction, growth and overall performance of the full-service, 144-bed hospital which opened in Beachwood, Ohio, early this year.

“Ms. Juris is an enthusiastic leader with proven strengths in health care operations, service integration and marketing,” said Richard A. Hanson, President of UH’s Community Hospitals and Ambulatory Network. “Throughout her impressive career, she has built high-performing teams and achieved success through strong relationships with employees and physicians.”

Premier Healthcare Alliance Names Three Hospitals in University Hospitals System among 2011 Top Performing Hospitals; UH Geauga, UH Geneva, and UH Richmond medical centers recognized for delivery of care
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 (1534 reads)

CLEVELAND – Three hospitals in the University Hospitals (UH) system, Cleveland, OH, are among the 2011 Top Performing Hospitals in the Premier healthcare alliance’s national QUEST® collaborative. They are UH Geauga, UH Geneva, and UH Richmond medical centers.

Based on year three of the QUEST: High Performing Hospitals collaborative, these hospitals have:

• Increased delivery of recommended evidence-based care to every patient, every time. For example, providing flu vaccinations to all pneumonia patients, or prescribing a high blood pressure or chest pain medication to all heart attack patients prior to discharge.
• Saved lives by reducing avoidable hospital mortalities.
• Safely reduced the cost of care for each patient's hospitalization.

UH Seidman Cancer Center researchers present findings at American Society of Hematology annual meeting
Sunday, December 11, 2011 (1768 reads)

CLEVELAND – Researchers from Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine presented new research findings in 25 presentations this weekend at the 53^rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) at the San Diego Convention Center.

“The breadth and depth of this innovative cancer research presented at ASH is truly outstanding,” says Stan Gerson, MD, Director of the Seidman Cancer Center at UH Case Medical Center and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University. “Our faculty members are making tremendous advances in hematology and oncology which is reflected in their being chosen for oral and poster presentations.”

Speaking at the ASH “Scientific Symposium on Lymphoid Neoplasia” in a session titled “Autophagy and Metabolism in Lymphoid Malignancies,” Clark Distelhorst, MD, provides a synthesis of the latest research indicating that autophagy occurs in lymphoid malignancies and may be a novel therapeutic target for lymphoma and other lymphoid neoplasia. His research suggests that targeting autophagy (a process through which cells eat parts of themselves to generate sufficient energy to stay alive) may be a useful adjunct to the longstanding use of glucocorticoids, such as prednisone, to kill cancer cells.

University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center tests novel drug that makes brain tumors glow hot pink
Tuesday, December 06, 2011 (1146 reads)

CLEVELAND – Just 24 hours after Lisa Rek sang at her niece’s wedding, her husband Brad was driving her to a local hospital.

“The pain got worse. When we got to the emergency room, I said to Brad ‘something is just not right,’” Rek remembers.

After an MRI showed a suspected tumor, Rek was immediately flown to Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center, where Andrew Sloan, MD, diagnosed her with Stage 4 glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer and the most difficult to treat.

“The tumors are comprised of the brain itself. It looks like brain tissue, it sort of feels like brain tissue. It’s hard to figure out necessarily where tumor ends and swollen brain tissue begins,” says Dr. Sloan, Director of the Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center and Peter D. Cristal Chair in Neurosurgery at UH Case Medical Center and Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

University Hospitals is world winner for Digital Radiological Imaging Storage, Recovery Solutions
Monday, December 05, 2011 (956 reads)

CLEVELAND – In a world-wide competition, University Hospitals (UH) received the Mission-Critical Innovation Award - Humanitarian/Environmental Impact category presented by the multinational information technology companies Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Intel. The award recognizes UH’s leadership in information technology for groundbreaking work in developing solutions for mission-critical computing.

The award was presented Nov. 28 in Vienna, Austria. Accepting it for UH were Jeffrey Sunshine, M.D., Ph.D., Vice Chairman, Department of Radiology, and Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer; Himanshu Pandya, Vice President, Radiology Services, and Karen Erhard, UH Radiology PACS manager.

The Humanitarian/Environmental Impact Award looks at organizations using advanced Itanium-based systems to make a positive impact on society or the environment. (Itanium refers to Intel microprocessors used in enterprise servers and high-performance computing systems.)