Health Care Weekly Review has selected the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center as the winner of the 2010 Award of Excellence in the Specialty Hospitals Category.  Gerold Bepler, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of Karmanos accepted the award recently from MarkSpiess, publisher of Health Care Weekly Review.  “We’re extremely pleased to win this prestigious award from Health Care Weekly Review,”... 

The University of Michigan School of Nursing is honored to have been selected by Health Care Weekly Review to receive the 2010 Award of Excellence in Education.  Kathleen Potempa, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., dean and professor of the School of Nursing recently accepted the award from Mark Spiess, publisher of Health Care Weekly Review.  “We’re delighted to have won this prestigious award,”... 

The Michigan Area Health Education Center program established to recruit, train and retain a diverse health care workforce in the state has received a $750,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation in support of its efforts. The Wayne State University School of Medicine and College of Nursing received an initial federal grant in fall 2010 to establish the MI-AHEC program and are now partnering with community... 

Intensive care units (ICUs) in both large and small hospitals stopped central line-associated bloodstream infections for up to 2 years after using a targeted quality improvement initiative funded in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.  The initiative, known as the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, or CUSP, was implemented through the Keystone Intensive Care Unit Project... 

James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the Thursday, May 12, 2011 inauguration of the Terry J. Bergstrom Collegiate Professorship for Resident Education in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and the installation of Shahzad I. Mian, M.D., as the first Bergstrom Professor. The ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. in the Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium of the Kellogg... 

Robert Alan Frank, M.D., has been appointed chief medical officer of the Wayne State University Physician Group and vice dean for clinical affairs at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Frank, a cardiothoracic surgeon, will begin July 1, 2011. He has held several positions at the Ochsner Medical Center’s West Bank campus in New Orleans, including vice chairman of the advisory board,... 

The University of Michigan Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Thomas P. Shanley, M.D., as associate dean for clinical and translational research at the U-M Medical School, and director of the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research. The National Institutes of Health also approved Shanley as principal investigator for U-M’s Clinical & Translational Science Award. “Dr.... 

Nurse-driven, open-access colonoscopy programs are as effective and safe as colonoscopy following a consultation with a gastroenterologist, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. “Our results showed no significant differences in safety outcomes related to perforation rate, emergent surgery, post-polypectomy bleed, overall lower gastrointestinal bleed, or death,” says Gregory Olds,... 

The American College of Surgeons recently reverified the Level I trauma center at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. Level I-designated trauma centers provide the highest level of surgical care to trauma patients in the United States. “The ACS’s reverification is a tribute to the expertise, experience and dedication of our entire trauma team. As a Level I-designated trauma center, we’ve cared for... 

Heart care experts at Providence Park Hospital have enrolled their first patient in a national clinical trial of non-invasive heart tests. Known as PROMISE, (Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain) the study will compare two different types of testing, functional and anatomic, to determine which might be better at finding out who has heart disease and requires more testing... 

A new Sparrow Sports Medicine training program works to help transition young athletes back to the basketball court and playing field after suffering injuries to their anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL). ACL injuries are increasing among teen athletes, especially girls. National statistics have shown girls suffering ACL tears at at least three times the rate of boys as they compete at a high level at... 

Beaumont Hospital’s Ernst Cardiovascular Center has expanded its services with a new multidisciplinary clinic offering comprehensiveservices for patients with aortic aneurysms or dissections, including minimally invasive surgery and lifelong follow-up. The clinic, which opened Jan. 24 at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, also offers genetic testing and counseling for family members of patients with inherited...