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Jan. 15 marked the fifth anniversary of adult kidney transplants being performed in Delaware. To date, Christiana Care has performed 104 transplants, with the number of procedures increasing every year of the program.
A transplant program close to home is now a fact of life throughout Delaware. A second transplant clinic in Lewes allows patients from the central and southern counties in Delaware to be seen more easily by members of the team.
During the program’s… read more »
Teresa Alvarez is a pioneer Promotora, a promoter of health education and a founding member of the volunteers trained at Christiana Care to reach out to other women in the Latina community to advocate for cancer screenings.
It is a cause close to her heart. Her daughter, Sharon Gomez, was a Community Health Outreach and Education coordinator at Christiana Care, and recruited her mom to help with the Promotoras initiative.
“One of the things we talk about to the Latinas is the importance of doing a monthly self breast exam,” says Alvarez, a native of Puerto Rico who lives in Wilmington.
She followed… read more »
At the Medical Group of Christiana Care, doctors have different specialties and varying levels of experience, but a single cohesive culture. Owned by Christiana Care Health System, the Medical Group is part of a sweeping, dynamic vision for care that is excellent, consistent, convenient and cost effective.
“We work together as a multispecialty group that utilizes best practices and measurable results to deliver safe, accessible, quality, health care to patients,” says Alan Greenglass, M.D., senior… read more »
Stephen Grubbs, M.D., elected to American Society of Clinical Oncology board
Christiana Care medical oncologist Stephen S. Grubbs, M.D., has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology... read more »
Local Organization Recognized With Support from National Program The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program has awarded a $55,000 one-year grant to Christiana Care Health System to increase... read more »
Christiana Care nurses publish cover story in Nursing2012
The February issue of Nursing2012 Journal features a cover story by two Christiana Care nurses about blood clotting and the use of blood thinners. In “Using Anticoagulants... read more »
$152,000 AstraZeneca grant funds innovative Christiana Care cardiovascular outreach program
The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation awarded a grant of more than $152,000 to Christiana Care Health System’s Cardiovascular Outreach Prevention Program. Christiana Care’s program is targeted towards underserved,... read more »
John Otto, O.D., Delaware’s first ABO certified optometrist
John Otto, O.D., is the first ever board-certified optometrist in Delaware.
Multidisciplinary approach fosters effective treatment of pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension—abnormally high blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs—is a rare but serious disease. The pulmonary hypertension program at Christiana Care takes a multidisciplinary... read more »
HipFIT seeks to reduce hip fractures in Delaware
Content Delaware profiled Christiana Care’s Hip FIT (Fracture Intervention Team), a multi-disciplinary team led by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. The team seeks to increase awareness of... read more »
