Archive for July, 2010

The unexpected Mycle Brandy

bjh_blog | July 30, 2010 | Comments (0)

I wasn’t expecting Mycle Brandy, at least not the Mycle Brandy who showed up at Barnes-Jewish Hospital this morning. When the PR person from the American Heart Association told me that Brandy wanted to visit Barnes-Jewish Hospital to meet with stroke patients and nurses, I told her to bring him over. Brandy is a four-time [...]

Advice for breast cancer patients taking Avastin

bjh_blog | July 29, 2010 | Comments (0)

Recently an FDA advisory committee voted 12-1 to remove an indication for breast cancer use from the drug Avastin. Usually, the FDA follows the advisory committee’s recommendations, so there’s a good chance that moving forward Avastin will only be used predominantly for colon and lung cancer. So what does this mean for breast cancer patients taking Avastin? [...]

Congratulations to "Best Docs" and "Best Nurses" who make us a National Leader in Medicine

bjh_blog | July 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

St. Louis Magazine has their annual “Best Doctors” in St. Louis issue out this year. I did a quick scroll through and I counted 339 Washington University docs at Barnes-Jewish who made the list. (It’s a long list and these things take time to add up so while I could be off, that number is [...]

Umbilical cord blood donation at Barnes-Jewish saves lives worldwide

bjh_blog | July 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

Who knew that a procedure so simple, and relatively unknown, could have the potential to save a life? Well, I didn’t, but now that I do it’s something I’ll be mentioning to everyone I know who’s about to have a baby. Donating umbilical cord blood can have lifelong impact to someone who can benefit from [...]

Example of movement towards less invasive cardiac procedures

bjh_blog | July 27, 2010 | Comments (0)

When you think back ten years ago … shoot, even five years ago, most cardiac procedures were open surgeries. A major incision in the chest followed by a few days in the hospital and a bit of recovery. Times are a changin’. Cardiac surgery is still prevalent but there is a growing movement to perform [...]

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Burn Patient Honors Nurses Who Saved Her Life – 22 Years Later

bjh_blog | July 23, 2010 | Comments (1)

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, or SJS, is a life-threatening skin condition that is similar to a burn. Caused by a reaction to medication, the epidermis separates from the dermis, causing extreme pain to the patient and can lead to death. Katie Niemeyer developed SJS in 1988 and came to the Barnes-Jewish Hospital burn unit as a patient. [...]

There's more to Dr. Jason Wellen than just kidney transplantation – there's also Ted Drewes, Matisyahu, and the Mets.

bjh_blog | July 22, 2010 | Comments (2)

Jason Wellen, MD, is the Surgical Director of Kidney Transplant and Kidney/Pancreas Transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Wellen has been practicing at Barnes-Jewish Hospital since 2007, and has brought superior expertise to the transplant team. As a specialist performing both kidney and kidney/pancreas transplants, his expertise [...]

Stopping sports injuries before they happen is goal of national effort

bjh_blog | July 19, 2010 | Comments (0)

I don’t know how old you are, but when I was in school it seems like sports were more spaced out. You had football, but then a gap between baseball. For whatever reason, that line seems to have blurred. As a parent, my kids have athletic activities that seem to have no season’s end. Our [...]

Jacquie Crawford shares her story of going from Barnes-Jewish patient to beauty queen

bjh_blog | July 16, 2010 | Comments (1)

Jacquie Crawford is an amazing woman. We’ve featured this plucky gal in our Medical Breakthrough campaign, as she’s survived a lot – a brain aneurysm, atrial fibrillation for which she underwent the Cox Maze procedure, a pulmonary embolism, and two knee replacements to name a few. We caught up with her today here at Barnes-Jewish [...]

Barnes-Jewish President Rich Liekweg's letter to employees about US News rankings

bjh_blog | July 15, 2010 | Comments (0)

This email was sent to all Barnes-Jewish Hospital employees today from president Rich Liekweg: Dear Barnes-Jewish Team Members: Congratulations on once again being ranked on the 2010 Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report magazine. Together, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University physicians are being recognized as national leaders in medicine. While ranking [...]

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