Press Releases

2023

• Jan. 26ChristianaCare Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute Earns Reaccreditation From the Commission on Cancer
• Jan. 25Media Advisory: ChristianaCare Brings New Access to Primary Care to Sussex County
• Jan. 17For Third Consecutive Year, ChristianaCare Named One of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for 2023 by Healthgrades
• Jan. 12Delaware Cancer Specialists Co-Author First-of-its-Kind Statewide Consensus Statement on How to Treat a Deadly Metastatic Colon Cancer
• Jan. 11ChristianaCare-GoHealth Urgent Care in Glasgow, Delaware Reopens in More Visible, Accessible Location
• Jan. 5ChristianaCare Earns Transformational Leadership Award from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and American Hospital Association
• Jan. 4ChristianaCare Named a Most Wired Health Care Technology Leader for 7th Consecutive Year

2022

• Dec. 28ChristianaCare Awarded $2.4 Million Grant through the American Rescue Plan to Strengthen Health Care Workforce in Delaware
• Dec. 8ChristianaCare Earns IABC Silver Quill Award for Innovative Use of Technology to Connect Journalists and News Producers with Health Care Experts
• Dec. 7ChristianaCare Rated a High Performing Hospital for Maternity by U.S. News & World Report
• Dec. 7ChristianaCare West Grove Campus Awarded $2.5M Grant from Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
• Dec. 1ChristianaCare Names Its Breast Center The Tatiana Copeland Breast Center
• Nov. 23ChristianaCare Recommends Delaware Smokers and Former Smokers Who Qualify To Receive Low-Dose Computed Tomography (CT) Scan to Detect Lung Cancer
• Nov. 23ChristianaCare Recommends Maryland Smokers and Former Smokers Who Qualify To Receive Low-Dose Computed Tomography (CT) Scan to Detect Lung Cancer
• Nov. 14ChristianaCare Joins White House/HHS Health Sector Climate Pledge to Ensure Good Stewardship of the Environment
• Nov. 10ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute Travels to Salem for ‘Innovation Days’ Workshop
• Nov. 9Hims & Hers and ChristianaCare Partner to Expand In-Person Healthcare Access in Four States
• Nov. 2ChristianaCare Creates Business Health Solutions to Offer Its Award-Winning Health Care Services to Employers Regionally and Nationally
• Oct. 27ChristianaCare West Grove Campus Awarded $2.5M Grant from Chester County for Capital Improvement Projects
• Oct. 25ChristianaCare, One of America’s 50 Best Hospitals, Further Recognized by Healthgrades as One of America’s Best in Numerous Specialties
• Oct. 17ChristianaCare Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute’s Onsite Primary Care Practice Earns 2022 Innovator Award from Association of Community Cancer Centers
• Oct. 11ChristianaCare Spins Out First Commercial Gene Editing Biotechnology Start-Up Company, CorriXR Therapeutics
• Oct. 5ChristianaCare Opens Pediatric Care Center on Newark Campus, Offering 24/7 Pediatric Services in a New 14-Bed Unit
• Sep. 19ChristianaCare Shares Updates on West Grove Campus Planning
• Sep. 6Primary Care Medical Practice in Hockessin, Delaware Joins ChristianaCare’s Network of Practices
• Sep. 1eBrightHealth ACO Improves Care for Medicare Beneficiaries, Reduces Health Care Spending by $7 Million
• Aug. 18ChristianaCare and Prospect Medical Holdings Announce Crozer Health Deal Will Not Go Forward
• Jul. 26ChristianaCare Rated a Best Hospital by U.S. News & World Report
• Jul. 13ChristianaCare Completes Purchase of Former Jennersville Hospital Location from Tower Health
• Jun. 29ChristianaCare Announces Leadership Changes to Support Strategic Goals
• Jun. 27ChristianaCare Partners with PursueCare and SimpleTherapy to Bring Virtual Health Care to Higher Education Institutions
• Jun. 22ChristianaCare’s Future of Health Scholarship Program Honors 10 HBCU-Bound Students
• Jun. 21ChristianaCare Launches Gender Wellness Program for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals
• Jun. 15ChristianaCare Signs Agreement to Purchase Former Jennersville Hospital Location from Tower Health
• Jun. 9ChristianaCare Community Investment Fund addresses food insecurity and housing in Delaware and Maryland
• May. 27ChristianaCare Announces New Patient Visitation Guidelines due to Increased Spread of COVID-19
• May. 24Meet ‘Moxi’ – ChristianaCare Introduces Innovative Collaborative Robot to Give Nurses More Time to Deliver Care and Patient Education
• May. 23ChristianaCare-GoHealth Urgent Care Opens New Center in Greenville, Delaware
• May. 16ChristianaCare to Open Milford, Del. Medical Practice, Offering Primary and Specialty Care Services and Innovative Care Model for Patients 65 and Older
• May. 13ChristianaCare Expands Community Care Through New Mobile Health Services Vans Supported by Barclays
• May. 6ChristianaCare Opens School-Based Health Center at Kuumba Academy Charter School in partnership with Community Education Building
• May. 3Media Advisory: Kuumba Academy Charter School and Community Education Building Opens New School-Based Health Center Operated by ChristianaCare
• Apr. 27ChristianaCare to Open New Pediatric Care Center in September Offering 24/7 Pediatric Services in a New 14-Bed Unit on Newark Campus
• Apr. 27Forbes Ranks ChristianaCare as one of the Best Employers for Diversity and Inclusion in the United States for Second Consecutive Year
• Apr. 26ChristianaCare Scientists Show for the First Time That Tumor Cells Can Manipulate the Body’s Natural Antibody Response to Triple Negative Breast Cancer
• Apr. 25ChristianaCare’s Christiana and Wilmington Hospitals Earn Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Healthcare Equality Index
• Apr. 22ChristianaCare Rated among the World’s Best Hospitals by Newsweek for Fourth Consecutive Year
• Apr. 20ChristianaCare to Host Inaugural 5K Run/Walk for the Lung to Support New Technology to Fight Lung Cancer in Delaware
• Apr. 8Dr. Matthew Hoffman co-authors New England Journal of Medicine study that shows treating preexisting high blood pressure in pregnancy improves maternal and fetal outcomes
• Apr. 5Pediatric Medical Practice in Dover Joins ChristianaCare’s Network of Pediatric Services
• Mar. 23ChristianaCare Medical Intensive Care Unit Earns First-in-the-Nation Honor for Nursing Excellence From the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
• Mar. 22Scientists Put CRISPR on Safer Path to Patient Treatments with New Process for Evaluating Impacts of Gene Edits that Alter Rather than “Knock Out” DNA Code
• Mar. 21ChristianaCare Adds Primary Care Practices in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Communities of Jennersville and West Grove
• Mar. 17Dr. Janice Nevin named among Modern Healthcare’s 2022 ‘Top 25 Women in Health Care’
• Mar. 16ChristianaCare and The Wistar Institute advance partnership with new cancer research strategies
• Mar. 14ChristianaCare Announces New Board Leaders and Members
• Mar. 14For Second Consecutive Year, Forbes Ranks ChristianaCare as one of the Best Large Health Systems to Work for in the United States
• Mar. 11Introducing ChristianaCare Hospital Care at Home – Hospital-Level Care in the Privacy of Your Own Home
• Feb. 24ChristianaCare’s Center for Heart & Vascular Health earns 3-star rating for heart bypass surgery from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• Feb. 11ChristianaCare Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Crozer Health from Prospect Medical Holdings
• Feb. 8For Second Consecutive Year, ChristianaCare Named One of America’s 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades
• Feb. 4ChristianaCare Chief Wellness Officer and National Experts Announce ‘Rescue Package’ to Address Health Care Worker Burnout Due to the Pandemic
• Jan. 14ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute brings all-female team of scientists from Delaware to teach gene editing with CRISPR in a Box™ at all-girls high school in North Carolina
• Jan. 10ChristianaCare Implements Crisis Standards of Care

2021

• Dec. 31ChristianaCare Announces New Patient Visitation Guidelines
• Dec. 17ChristianaCare announces $500,000 in scholarships for students pursuing health fields, in partnership with HBCU Week Foundation
• Dec. 16ChristianaCare Researchers Use Data to Understand How Retail Tobacco Disproportionally Impacts Health in Communities of Color
• Dec. 14Delcastle students bake 10,000+ cookies for ChristianaCare caregivers to show appreciation for work during pandemic
• Dec. 9ChristianaCare establishes first translational cancer research post-doctoral fellowship at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Dec. 8Media Advisory: Delcastle students showing appreciation for ChristianaCare caregivers by delivering 10,000+ cookies after baking the night away
• Nov. 10ChristianaCare hospitals earn multiple Get With the Guidelines achievement awards for stroke care
• Nov. 9ChristianaCare Announces Leadership Changes to Support Strategic Goals
• Nov. 8Ray Blackwell, M.D., ChristianaCare Cardiac Surgery Chief Honored with 2021 Tilton Award for Medical Excellence and Commitment to Community
• Oct. 29ChristianaCare Named a Most Wired Health Care Technology Leader for 6th Consecutive Year
• Oct. 7ChristianaCare recognized by American Medical Association with 2021 Joy in Medicine distinction
• Sep. 29ChristianaCare to open new location in Rehoboth Beach, Del. that offers primary and specialty care services, including an innovative care model for patients 65 and older
• Sep. 22ChristianaCare Patients Can Now Securely Share Apple Health App Data with Providers
• Sep. 21Trailblazing treatment by ChristianaCare physical therapists catches attention of NFL
• Sep. 21Dr. Janice Tildon-Burton’s medical practice in Glasgow joins ChristianaCare’s network of women’s health practices
• Sep. 9MEDIA ADVISORY: Health experts now accessible at a click of a button: ChristianaCare’s ‘Our Experts’ website is latest resource to help journalists reach sources – fast
• Aug. 30eBrightHealth ACO improves care for Medicare beneficiaries, reduces health care spending by $19.4 million
• Aug. 23ChristianaCare Statement on FDA’s Full Approval of First COVID-19 Vaccine
• Aug. 23ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute and DETV produce video series to engage high school students in the latest biomedical technologies and encourage them to pursue scientific careers
• Aug. 20ChristianaCare Announces Temporary New Patient Visitation Guidelines
• Aug. 7Statement from ChristianaCare Chief Physician Executive Dr. Ken Silverstein on COVID-19 vaccination
• Jul. 29ChristianaCare Will Require All Employees to Be Vaccinated for COVID-19
• Jul. 27Connected World selects ChristianaCare Chief Virtual Health Officer Sharon Anderson, RN, MS, FACHE, as a 2021 Women of Technology winner
• Jul. 20ChristianaCare, Bayhealth and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware announce intention to offer Medicare Advantage products in 2022 through an innovative collaboration
• Jul. 19Delaware 211 Joins Unite Delaware Platform to Expand Resources to Meet Social Care Needs in Delaware
• Jul. 14Media Advisory: ChristianaCare Sign Unveiling at Union Hospital Marks Integration Milestone
• Jul. 7ChristianaCare and Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care of Delaware form joint venture to expand in-home hospice care in Delaware
• Jun. 29Lisa Maxwell, M.D., MHCDS, appointed President of ChristianaCare Medical Group
• Jun. 25ChristianaCare president and CEO Dr. Janice Nevin again recognized as one of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives
• Jun. 16ChristianaCare-GoHealth Urgent Care Expands in Delaware and into Maryland, Bringing New Access to On-Demand Care for Local Communities
• Jun. 10New Access to Health Care Comes to Kingswood Community Center: ChristianaCare Virtual Health at The Coker Family Resource Center
• May. 24ChristianaCare Earns Prestigious American Hospital Association Award for Equity of Care
• May. 12MEDIA ADVISORY: DETV to air live panel discussion on Building Trust: Eliminating Disparities in Clinical Trials
• May. 11ChristianaCare Partners with Lutheran Community Services to Use Food as Good Medicine Through the Delaware Food Farmacy
• May. 10Primary care practice inside a cancer center creates an extraordinary new model to improve access to care
• May. 3ChristianaCare Offers Neurology Services at New Medical Practice Site in the Town of Whitehall to Serve Communities in Middletown Area
• Apr. 22Forbes Ranks ChristianaCare as one of the best employers for diversity and inclusion in the United States
• Apr. 21ChristianaCare and Highmark Health Announce Landmark Collaboration Between Provider and Payor to Transform Health Care
• Apr. 15ChristianaCare’s innovative Center for Hope and Healing opens new location in Wilmington, incorporates primary care practice
• Apr. 14ChristianaCare is the Only Delaware Health Provider Offering Prostate Embolization
• Apr. 14ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute launches Young Adult Survivorship Transition Program
• Apr. 12ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute Ranks as a National Leader for Patient Participation in Cancer Clinical Trials
• Apr. 2ChristianaCare Earns 2nd Consecutive Apex Recognition Award for Excellence in Respiratory Care
• Apr. 1St. Georges Technical High School is first high school in the U.S. to use the Gene Editing Institute’s CRISPR in a Box Educational Toolkit™
• Mar. 3ChristianaCare researchers first to quantify increase in alcohol withdrawal among patients hospitalized during COVID-19 pandemic
• Mar. 3ChristianaCare researchers first to quantify increase in alcohol withdrawal among patients hospitalized during COVID-19 pandemic
• Mar. 3ChristianaCare Rated among the World’s Best Hospitals by Newsweek
• Feb. 25ChristianaCare and Delaware Neurosurgical Group, PA, Announce Joint Venture Partnership for Comprehensive Spine Surgery Center
• Feb. 24Forbes ranks ChristianaCare as 5th best health system to work for in the United States
• Feb. 16ChristianaCare Primary Care at Claymont Reopens in New Location as Primary Care at Darley Green
• Feb. 11Affordable CRISPR app reveals unintended mutations at site of CRISPR gene repair
• Feb. 9ChristianaCare named one of Healthgrades’ America’s 50 Best Hospitals
• Jan. 14Delaware Clinical & Laboratory Physicians joins ChristianaCare
• Jan. 13ChristianaCare CareVio earns accreditation in Case Management and Population Health from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
• Jan. 12Sharon Kurfuerst appointed President of ChristianaCare, Union Hospital

2020

• Dec. 11Statement from ChristianaCare President & CEO on the Expected Approval of the First COVID-19 Vaccine
• Nov. 24American College of Surgeons Recognizes ChristianaCare for ‘Meritorious’ Surgical Outcomes for 9th Consecutive Year
• Nov. 19Researchers tackle sickle cell disease with CRISPR-based gene editing
• Nov. 19ChristianaCare opens new practice to offer exceptional primary care and women’s health services to families in Kennett Square, PA
• Nov. 12ChristianaCare Teams with Pear Therapeutics to Bring Patients Access to New Therapeutic Class of FDA-Authorized Prescription Digital Therapeutics for Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
• Oct. 28Scientists discover second key pathway in colon cancer stem cell growth
• Oct. 21ChristianaCare Builds One of the First Alexa Skills in the U.S. Exclusively for Home Health Patients
• Oct. 15ChristianaCare’s Center for Heart & Vascular Health receives top recognition for excellence from American College of Cardiology
• Oct. 6ChristianaCare Named a “Most Wired” Health Care Technology Leader for Fifth Consecutive Year
• Sep. 28North Bay Medical Associates joins ChristianaCare’s network of primary care practices
• Sep. 24ChristianaCare to launch Delaware Medicaid Quality Partners ACO to provide innovative, high quality care to low-income population
• Sep. 15ChristianaCare-GoHealth Urgent Care plans new urgent care centers in North Wilmington and Pike Creek
• Sep. 15eBrightHealth ACO reduces costs by $5.1 million and achieves high quality health care for Medicare beneficiaries in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland
• Sep. 14ChristianaCare Addresses Blackbaud Data Security Incident
• Sep. 14ChristianaCare, Union Hospital earns Gold Award from Healthiest Maryland Businesses Collaborative for fourth consecutive year
• Sep. 9Unique scientific-academic partnership advances revolutionary CRISPR in a Box™ educational gene editing kit
• Sep. 2Forbes ranks ChristianaCare No. 1 employer in Delaware
• Sep. 1Connected World selects ChristianaCare president and CEO Janice Nevin, M.D., MPH, as a 2020 Women of Technology winner
• Aug. 31ChristianaCare Hospitals Earn Top Honors in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Index
• Aug. 28Highmark Delaware and ChristianaCare Partner in Special Event to Provide Expert COVID-19 Health Advice for Teachers and School Administrators
• Aug. 21New Castle County Partners with ChristianaCare for Behavioral Health Unit
• Aug. 20ChristianaCare’s Wilmington Hospital earns Accreditation as Center of Excellence in Hernia Surgery
• Aug. 6ChristianaCare’s Newark Campus Ranked as one of the Nation’s Best Maternity Hospitals by Newsweek and Leapfrog
• Aug. 6ChristianaCare’s New Pregnancy Care Coach App Gives Moms Instant Access to Expert Health Care Resources
• Aug. 5ChristianaCare’s Center for Heart & Vascular Health Receives ACC Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation Accreditation
• Jul. 28Fifth Year in a Row, ChristianaCare Rated a Best Hospital by U.S. News & World Report
• Jul. 9ValueHealth and ChristianaCare Announce High-Performance Surgical Joint Venture in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
• Jun. 25ChristianaCare Rated among the World’s Best Hospitals by Newsweek
• Jun. 15ChristianaCare president and CEO Dr. Janice Nevin Recognized as One of Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives
• Jun. 15New CRISPR Advance May Solve Key Quandary: How to Safely Disable Gene that Helps Cancer Tumors Evade Treatment — But Also Keeps Normal Cells Healthy
• Jun. 8ChristianaCare develops telehealth Employee COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring and Testing Program for businesses and employers
• May. 26ChristianaCare’s New Center for Women’s & Children’s Health Brings Transformative New Model of Care to the Delaware Valley
• Apr. 30ChristianaCare expands COVID-19 testing for communities in City of Wilmington
• Apr. 27ChristianaCare awarded $714,000 FCC grant to expand its COVID-19 telemedicine program
• Apr. 24ChristianaCare provides COVID-19 testing for City of Wilmington and Georgetown area residents
• Apr. 23ChristianaCare joins the Food and Drug Administration’s national Expanded Access Program for Convalescent Plasma
• Apr. 10Delaware Couple Pledges to Match $100,000 in Donations for ChristianaCare’s Caregiver Relief Fund
• Mar. 27New Supplies Donation Center opening at Westown Movies in Middletown through the help of business and community leaders
• Mar. 24MEDIA ADVISORY: New Collection Site for Donations of Medical Supplies for Delaware Hospitals
• Mar. 19ChristianaCare Announces Temporary New Patient Visitation Guidelines
• Mar. 18ChristianaCare Supports Community Need for Coronavirus Testing
• Mar. 15ChristianaCare Announces Temporary New Patient Visitation Guidelines
• Mar. 13As Delaware Responds to Its First Coronavirus Cases, ChristianaCare Provides Free Coronavirus Tests at Unique Drive-Through Testing Event
• Mar. 12Community Advisory: ChristianaCare to Offer Public Drive-Through for Coronavirus Testing at Wilmington Riverfront
• Mar. 12Coronavirus Visitor Restrictions
• Mar. 11To Safeguard From Coronavirus, ChristianaCare Cancels Community Events
• Mar. 3ChristianaCare Designated as National ‘Age-Friendly Health System’ from The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Feb. 26Eight Local Programs that Address Social Determinants of Health awarded Major Grants by ChristianaCare
• Feb. 24Study: Inflammation Caused by Radiation Can Drive Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
• Feb. 14ChristianaCare Among Top 2% of U.S. Hospitals for Clinical Outcomes According to Healthgrades
• Feb. 14Federal guidelines will speed bench-to-bedside research and advance clinical trials using gene editing technology
• Feb. 3Public Service Announcement: Flu Season Visitor Restriction
• Jan. 30First CAR-T Cell Cancer Therapy Patient in Delaware: ‘This is the beginning of my new life’
• Jan. 24ChristianaCare Visiting Nurse Association Changes Name to ChristianaCare HomeHealth
• Jan. 15ChristianaCare Named a “Most Wired” Health Care Technology Leader for Fourth Consecutive Year
• Jan. 13ChristianaCare announces partnership with Cedar to transform the patient financial and billing experience
• Jan. 10ChristianaCare and GoHealth Urgent Care announce new partnership to develop largest urgent care network in Delaware
• Jan. 8New Technology Connecting Health and Social Service Providers Will Help Delaware’s Underserved
• Jan. 2Union Hospital Joins ChristianaCare

2019

• Dec. 18iPad App Designed for Life-Saving Hospital Emergencies Recognized with FutureEdge 50 Award
• Dec. 16Medtronic and ChristianaCare Collaborate to Improve Patient Outcomes and Reduce Cost of Care in Delaware
• Dec. 1232 Community Organizations Receive Nearly $2 Million in Support for Community Health Improvement Initiatives
• Dec. 10New Tool for Rapidly Analyzing CRISPR Gene Edits Reveals Frequent Production of Unintended Edits Near Site of DNA Repairs
• Dec. 5$650,000 grant will advance triple negative breast cancer research at ChristianaCare’s Cawley Center for Translational Cancer Research
• Nov. 21ChristianaCare Earns National Award for Leveraging Machine Learning to Improve Population Health
• Nov. 18American College of Surgeons Recognizes ChristianaCare for ‘Meritorious’ Surgical Outcomes for 8th Consecutive Year
• Nov. 8Nicholas Petrelli, Medical Director of ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute, receives Tilton Award from Medical Society of Delaware
• Nov. 5ChristianaCare’s Care Management Program Unveils New Name: CareVio
• Oct. 24ChristianaCare Named America’s 100 Best for Joint Replacement, Spine Surgery, Gastrointestinal Care and General Surgery
• Oct. 23ChristianaCare Vaccinates 8,035 Employees in 4 States in 100 Locations from the Flu through #HitMeWithYourFluShot
• Oct. 9#HitMeWithYourFluShot Campaign Aims to Vaccinate 12,000 Employees in 100 Locations in 4 States in 1 Day
• Oct. 2Delaware’s Largest Health System Unveils New Brand Identity
• Oct. 1eBrightHealth ACO Achieves High Quality of Health Care While Reducing Costs by $11.3 Million for Medicare Beneficiaries in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland
• Sep. 25Christiana Care ranked among the nation’s Best Places to Work in IT
• Sep. 25$10.56 million NCORP Award Boosts Cancer Research at Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Sep. 18Christiana Care Announces Paid Parental Leave Benefit for Employees
• Sep. 16Christiana Care Hospitals Top Honors in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Index
• Aug. 12Christiana Care Health System Leadership Appointments
• Jul. 30Christiana Care Among Top 1% in U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Rankings
• Jul. 15Christiana Care’s Middletown Emergency Department Earns Advanced Certification for Acute Stroke Care
• Jul. 1Christiana Care offers Fast Breast MRI to Women with Dense Breast Tissue or Intermediate Risk of Breast Cancer
• Jun. 28Christiana Care and Highmark Health Options Partner on Value-Based Payment to Improve Health of Medicaid Patients
• Jun. 27Through Value-Based Payment, Christiana Care and AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware Partner to Improve Health of Medicaid Patients
• Jun. 27Christiana Care Health System’s Pink Ribbon Program Receives Susan G. Komen Philadelphia Awards Grant
• Jun. 24Experts at Heart, Christiana Care Opens New Hybrid Operating Room
• Jun. 21Christiana Care’s new Hybrid Operating Room Available for Media Tours Monday
• Jun. 20Christiana Care Health System and Union Hospital Announce Letter of Intent
• Jun. 17Forbes Magazine Ranks Christiana Care # 1 Employer in Delaware
• Jun. 5Delaware Subaru Supports Healthy Beginnings for Babies with Gift to Christiana Care Health System
• May. 30Project Engage Earns National Recognition for Innovative Solution to the Addiction Crisis
• May. 23First of its Kind in Delaware, Comprehensive Pain Center provides complete options for non-opioid treatment of acute and chronic pain
• May. 17New clinical pathway for cancer patients at Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute leads to better outcomes, lower health care costs
• May. 13Christiana Care Rated among the World’s Best Hospitals by Newsweek
• May. 10Christiana Care Health System Joins American Hospital Association Pledge to Ensure Good Stewardship of 340B Drug Pricing Program
• May. 9First in Delaware: Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute Earns APEx Accreditation for Radiation Oncology
• May. 3Pinpoint Your Pain with Dry Needling
• May. 1Christiana Care Health System’s Gene Editing Institute takes the next step toward its first investigational drug application for FDA approval to treat lung cancer with CRISPR
• Apr. 18Researchers Confirm New CRISPR Tool Executes Multiple Edits Simultaneously, Leading to Unique Partnership to Deliver More Precise Cancer Treatments
• Apr. 15Christiana Care Health System earns Level 3 Epilepsy Center designation
• Apr. 9Christiana Care Hosts Flag Raising Ceremony to Celebrate Organ Donors
• Apr. 3Three Years in a Row: Christiana Care Recognized as a National Leader in Health Care Technology
• Apr. 3Public Invited to Autism Awareness Event
• Apr. 2As Spring Arrives, Free Education to Protect Your Hips, Knees, Back and Bones
• Mar. 26Byung-Chun Yoo, Ph.D., Appointed Associate Director of the Gene Editing Institute of Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Mar. 22Rotary Supports Memory Care with Gift to Christiana Care Health System
• Mar. 18With $1 Million Gift to Riverside Area Revitalization, Christiana Care Makes an Impact on Community Health
• Mar. 1Christiana Care Joins Civica Rx to Help Stabilize Supply of Essential Generic Drugs
• Feb. 25Health Records on iPhone Now Available to Christiana Care Health System Patients
• Feb. 22Christiana Care Embarks on First Pay-for-Performance Contract for Medicaid Patients
• Feb. 12Christiana Care Health System Named One of Healthgrades 2019 America’s 100 Best Hospitals
• Feb. 7$150K grant will expand breast cancer genetic testing at Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Feb. 4$900K grant will advance stem cell research at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Jan. 30New Treatment ‘a Game Changer’ for Cancer Patients With Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Jan. 21Christiana Care Health System Provides Its Workforce with Paid Time Off for Community Service
• Jan. 10Scientists Report CRISPR Restores Effectiveness of Lung Cancer Treatment by Deleting Gene in Tumors Linked to Chemo Drug Resistance

2018

• Dec. 19Christiana Care Health System’s Eugene du Pont Preventive Medicine & Rehabilitation Institute Reopens with More Services to Impact Community Health
• Dec. 16Christiana Care Health System Announces Harrington Value Institute Community Partnership Fund
• Dec. 10Christiana Care Health System, Delaware’s Largest Private Employer, Raises Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour
• Dec. 10Christiana Care Renews Portfolio Program to Assist Physicians with Maintenance of Board Certifications
• Dec. 6Renewal of $25 million CTR-ACCEL Grant Helps Christiana Care to Continue Advancement of Community Research
• Nov. 20Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute celebrates 15 years of transformative cancer care
• Nov. 19Christiana Care honored for “Meritorious” Surgical Outcomes among Sickest Patients
• Nov. 15New Behavioral Health Unit in Wilmington Hospital provides state-of-the-art care
• Nov. 15Christiana Care Adds Psychiatry Residency Program to help meet behavioral health needs in our community
• Nov. 12Delaware’s Limen House Honors Christiana Care Health System President and CEO Dr. Janice Nevin for Exceptional Efforts to Combat Addiction
• Oct. 30Christiana Care Launches In-Hospital Concert Series
• Oct. 12Discovery of pathway leading to growth of colon cancer stem cells could lead to new possibilities in colorectal cancer treatment
• Oct. 10With #HitMeWithYourFluShot Campaign, Christiana Care Aims to Vaccinate More Than 11,000 Employees in One Day
• Aug. 21Christiana Care Health System’s new opioid prescribing guidelines removing fuel for addiction
• Aug. 16Topping Out Marks Milestone for New Center for Women & Children’s Health
• Aug. 15Christiana Care Rated among Nation’s Best Hospitals in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
• Aug. 14New Center for Women & Children’s Health at Christiana Care Celebrates a Big Step Toward Its 2020 Due Date
• Aug. 3New Moms Aim to Break Global Breastfeeding Record at Christiana Care Health System’s Big Latch On and Family Fair
• Jun. 20Christiana Care Health System opens the first epilepsy monitoring unit in Delaware serving neurologic needs of adults
• Jun. 15Christiana Care Health System’s Pink Ribbon Program Earns Grant from Susan G. Komen Philadelphia
• Jun. 13Experts Address Ethical, Legal and Insurance Issues Surrounding CRISPR Gene Editing Technology
• Jun. 7Delaware Subaru Supports Healthy Beginnings for Babies with Gift to Christiana Care Health System
• May. 23The Gene Editing Institute of Christiana Care Health System Receives First-Ever Life Sciences and Bio Innovation Award from Philadelphia-Israeli Chamber of Commerce
• Apr. 19Researchers Use CRISPR to Edit DNA Outside of the Cell for the First Time
• Apr. 18The Junior Board of Christiana Care Hosts 2018 Medicine Ball to Benefit Dental Care at Wilmington Hospital
• Apr. 11Christiana Care Health System Hosts Inaugural Lung Cancer Symposium
• Mar. 30Delaware State Legislature Recognizes Christiana Care for its Care Coordination Service
• Mar. 30Christiana Care Health System’s hospitals earn ‘Leader’ status in LGBTQ health care from Human Rights Campaign Foundation
• Mar. 30Christiana Care Hosts Annual Injury Prevention Trauma 5K
• Mar. 26Delawareans Get Into the Groove at Christiana Care for “Dance Your Heart Out”
• Mar. 20Christiana Care Recognized as one of “America’s 100 Best Hospitals” from Healthgrades®
• Mar. 14Christiana Care and New Castle County Announce Innovative Partnership to Combat the Opioid Overdose Epidemic
• Feb. 23Christiana Care hosts workshop to spread what works in addiction care
• Feb. 23Breast Health and Mammography talk for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community
• Feb. 22Christiana Care Health System Honors Extraordinary Nurses with DAISY Award
• Feb. 2West Virginia Hospital Leaders Visit Christiana Care to Learn How to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
• Feb. 2Christiana Care Health System and Local Restaurants to Celebrate Wear Red Day
• Jan. 16Christiana Care Earns Top 5-Star Ranking from Hospital Compare
• Jan. 12Dr. Kirk N. Garratt Named Medical Director of Christiana Care’s Center for Heart & Vascular Health

2017

• Dec. 15Christiana Care’s Trauma Leaders Will Host “Mocktail” Event to Encourage Safe Choices during the Holiday Season
• Dec. 7Tennis Great and Equality Pioneer Billie Jean King Visits Christiana Care to Speak about the Value of Inclusion
• Dec. 7Christiana Care Health System Provides Free Knee Replacement as Part of Operation Walk USA 2017
• Oct. 26NASA Research Scientist Highlights 10th Annual Delaware Orthopaedic Symposium
• Oct. 23Dr. Ray Blackwell Named Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Christiana Care Health System
• Oct. 17American College of Surgeons Recognizes Christiana Care for ‘Meritorious’ Surgical Outcomes
• Oct. 12Christiana Care Health System Announces Harrington Value Institute Community Partnership Fund
• Sep. 27Christiana Care Health System presents Every Woman Matters
• Sep. 25Christiana Care Health System’s Inaugural Gastrointestinal Symposium Focuses on Advances in the Treatment of Constipation, Celiac Disease and Crohn’s Disease
• Sep. 25$1 Million NSF grant to Christiana Care’s Gene Editing Institute and Delaware Technical Community College ushers Delaware to the forefront of gene editing education and research
• Sep. 12The Gene Editing Institute of Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute signs agreement with ABS to modify cell lines to accelerate cancer therapies
• Sep. 7Christiana Care Health System Hosts Inaugural Robert J. Laskowski, M.D. Lectureship
• Aug. 29Christiana Care Health System Hosts 5th Annual Addiction Medicine Symposium
• Aug. 18Christiana Care Earns Place Among Nation’s Most Wired Hospitals
• Aug. 8U.S. News & World Report Ranks Christiana Care Health System One of Nation’s “Best Hospitals”
• Jul. 24Christiana Care Health System Designated a Center for Comprehensive Care for Multiple Sclerosis
• Jun. 21Christiana Care Health System’s Pink Ribbon Program Earns Grant from Susan G. Komen Philadelphia
• May. 25Dr. Terry Horton Testifies before U.S. Senate on Opioid Epidemic
• May. 12Christiana Care Earns Leadership Status in LBGTQ Health Care
• Apr. 12Christiana Care Health System offers Free Skin Cancer Education Awareness and Screenings for Qualified Participants
• Apr. 4Christiana Care Health System Earns John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award
• Mar. 22Christiana Care Health System Partners with Thomas Jefferson University in New Genetic Counseling Master’s Degree Program
• Feb. 24Christiana Care Health System Receives $50,000 Grant from Avon Breast Health Outreach Program
• Feb. 1Christiana Care Health System Receives $1 Million Gift to Propel Head and Neck Cancer Care and Research
• Jan. 30Christiana Care Health System’s Gene Editing Institute Awarded Grant from BIRD Foundation for Genomic Cancer Research
• Jan. 9Christiana Care Health System Announces Doneene Keemer Damon as Chair of Board of Directors and Penelope T. Saridakis as Chair of Trustees
• Jan. 4Researchers at the Gene Editing Institute at Christiana Care Health System develop new system to perform precise ‘surgery’ on the human genome
• Jan. 4Christiana Care Names Karen Y. Browne as Vice President of Communications and Gordon Brownlee as Vice President of Development

2016

• Dec. 15Christiana Care Health System President and CEO Dr. Janice Nevin Receives National Recognition as Physician Leader
• Dec. 12Richard G. Cuming, Ed.D., MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nurse Executive at Christiana Care Health System, Named Fellow at American Academy of Nursing
• Dec. 12Generous Donation by Artesian Water Company to Middletown Emergency Department Means Patients Get Treatment Sooner
• Dec. 5Elena Delle Donne to Participate at First State School Camp
• Nov. 21Christiana Care Health System Announces Harrington Value Institute Community Partnership Fund
• Nov. 9Christiana Care Partners with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to Educate Hospitals on Project Engage
• Nov. 9
• Oct. 26Christiana Care Violence Prevention Coordinator Chaz Molins Recognized as Peacemaker Among Us
• Oct. 19American College of Surgeons Recognizes Christiana Care for ‘Meritorious’ Surgical Outcomes
• Sep. 9Research at Christiana Care’s Gene Editing Institute Shows that Oligonucleotides Promote Successful Gene Editing and Mutation Repair
• Aug. 10Christiana Care Health System Begins Construction on Four-Story Garage at Christiana Hospital
• Aug. 10Christiana Care Health System Appoints Matthew Hoffman, M.D., MPH, as Marie E. Pinizzotto, M.D., Endowed Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Aug. 8Christiana Care Study Finds City Neighborhoods with Minorities Have Less Access to Doctors
• Aug. 8Christiana Care Hosts Symposium Focused on Improving Care of Post-Incarcerated Patients
• Aug. 2U.S. News & World Report Ranks Christiana Care Health System One of Nation’s “Best Hospitals”
• Jul. 27Christiana Care Named one of the Nation’s 2016 Most Wired Hospitals
• Jul. 13Christiana Care Health System Receives Gift from BNY Mellon Mid-Atlantic Charitable Trust To Champion Healthy Blood Pressure
• Jul. 11Christiana Care Health System Names Richard G. Cuming, Ed.D., MSN, RN, NEA-BC as Chief Nurse Executive
• Jul. 11
• Jun. 28Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute and The Wistar Institute Partner to Expand Research in Gene Editing
• Jun. 28Free bone health screenings available at Christiana Care July 9
• Jun. 24Dr. Patricia Curtin honored with national Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service
• Jun. 3Christiana Hospital Earns Stroke Gold Plus with Honor Roll Elite Plus
• Jun. 2Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute again earns full accreditation from ACS Commission on Cancer
• May. 23Delaware Subaru presents “Share the Love” gift to Christiana Care Health System
• May. 18Christiana Care Health System and the Cindy Foundation Provide a Financial Safety Net for Cancer Patients
• Apr. 27Christiana Care Health System’s Pink Ribbon Program Receives Grant from Susan G. Komen Philadelphia
• Apr. 15Christiana Care Health System Analysis Encourages Team-based Rounds to focus on Patient Outcomes
• Mar. 3Christiana Care Health System’s Dr. Brian J. Galinat Appointed to Board of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Mar. 3Christiana Care Named One of Nation’s 100 Top Hospitals and Winner of Everest Award for Second Consecutive Year
• Feb. 29Christiana Care Health System Boosts Access to Mental Health Care by Integrating Mental Health Experts in Primary Care
• Feb. 29Christiana Care Health System Receives Gift from Delaware Ovarian Cancer Foundation for New Research Program
• Feb. 29Christiana Care Health System Hosts “A Matter of Balance” to Help Older Adults Reduce their Risk of Falls
• Feb. 19Christiana Care Health System Announces Leadership Changes to Advance Strategic Goals
• Feb. 19Cancer Center’s Collaboration Accelerates Research to Aid in the Development of Blood-based Biomarkers
• Jan. 25Christiana Care Health System Hosts Premiere of “Say Something” at Theatre N
• Jan. 19Christiana Care Health System and Local Restaurants to Celebrate Wear Red Day
• Jan. 18Christiana Care Health System Hosts February WomenHeart Support Group
• Jan. 11New hospitals and health care providers join successful, cutting-edge federal initiative that cuts costs and puts patients at the center of their care

2015

• Dec. 10Christiana Care Health System Offers Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Support Group
• Dec. 8Christiana Care Health System Provides Free Knee Replacements as Part of Operation Walk USA 2015
• Dec. 8Christiana Care Health System Partners with the Sunday Breakfast Mission to Help Homeless get back on their Feet
• Dec. 1Christiana Care Health System to Transform Women and Children’s Health Services
• Nov. 17Cheers for Cancer Care at Christiana Care Health System
• Nov. 9Christiana Care Health System Announces New Leadership Appointments in External Affairs and the Learning Institute
• Nov. 4Christiana Care Health System Chief Information Officer Randy Gaboriault receives Founders Award from Tech Impact
• Oct. 7American College of Surgeons Recognizes Christiana Care for ‘Meritorious’ Surgical Outcomes
• Sep. 21Christiana Care Health System Nurse Kathy Boyer Honored with Delaware Office of Highway Safety Award
• Sep. 16Christiana Care Health System Announces Leadership Changes to Support Strategic Goals
• Sep. 14James M. Ellison, M.D., MPH, as First Swank Foundation Endowed Chair in Memory Care and Geriatrics
• Jul. 27Christiana Care Earns Prestigious Magnet® Health System Designation for Second Consecutive Time
• Jul. 21U.S. News & World Report Ranks Christiana Care Health System One of Nation’s “Best Hospitals”
• Jul. 8Christopher Mitchell, M.D., joins Brandywine Urology Consultants and is named Director of Robotic Surgery at the Christiana Care Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Jun. 25Elena Delle Donne to Serve as Christiana Care Wellness Spokesperson
• Jun. 5Christiana Care Study finds C. diff Patients Open to Unorthodox Treatment Options
• May. 19Christiana Care Health System’s Value Institute Focuses on the Elimination of Health Care Disparities in Spring Symposium
• Apr. 23Nicholas Petrelli, M.D., receives Delaware Bio Science Service Award
• Mar. 20Christiana Care Health System Receives $50,000 Grant from Avon Breast Health Outreach Program for Breast Cancer Awareness Program
• Mar. 20Christiana Care Health System Receives $50,000 Grant from Avon Breast Health Outreach Program for Breast Cancer Awareness Program
• Mar. 9Christiana Care Health System and University of Delaware Researchers Show Health Benefits of “Holding the Salt”
• Mar. 9Christiana Care and Middletown High School Mark 30th Anniversary of First School-Based Health Center in Delaware
• Mar. 9Christiana Care Health System Named One of 17 Everest Award Winners
• Feb. 25Christiana Care Health System’s Pink Ribbon Program receives Grant from Susan G. Komen Philadelphia
• Feb. 20Christiana Care Hosts a Matter of Balance to Help Older Adults Reduce their Risk of Falls
• Jan. 14Christiana Care-led Study Shows Grafting Surgery Provides Better Value than Angioplasty

2014

• Dec. 18Christiana Care Health System’s External Affairs Web Services and Social Media Team Wins Two Awards from the Interactive Media Association
• Dec. 4Christiana Care Health System Provides Free Knee Replacements as Part of Operations Walk USA 2014
• Nov. 25Christiana Care Health System Partners with the Sunday Breakfast Mission to Help Homeless get back on their Feet
• Nov. 25Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute names Charles Mulligan, Jr., M.D., Chief of Thoracic Surgery
• Nov. 21Nicholas J. Petrelli, M.D., receives 2014 Clinical Research Award from the Association of Community Cancer Centers for clinical research leadership
• Nov. 13Christiana Care Nurses Recognized for Excellence in Patient Care
• Nov. 4Christiana Care Health System Recognized for Excellence in Patient and Family Centered Care at Christiana Hospital’s NICU
• Oct. 27Christiana Care Health System Nurse Josie Robinson, RN, Wins Inaugural DAISY Award for Excellence
• Oct. 22Dr. Robert J. Laskowski, President and CEO of Christiana Care Health System, Named to Delaware Business Leaders Hall of Fame
• Oct. 20Christiana Care Health System Comforts Patients Through Launch of WXPN Musicians On Call
• Oct. 16Christiana Care Health System Delivers Peace of Mind with NICU “Babycams”
• Oct. 10Christiana Care Health System Opens Au Bon Pain at the Blue Granite Café at Wilmington Hospital
• Sep. 22$1 Million Gift from Trustee Rocco A. Abessinio and The Abessinio Family Foundation Supports Christiana Care’s Wilmington Hospital Transformation Project
• Sep. 20Christiana Care Health System Enhances Value and Reduces Costs through More Effective Use of Cardiac Telemetry
• Sep. 9Dr. Janice E. Nevin appointed President and CEO of Christiana Care Health System
• Sep. 5Christiana Care Health System to Host Free Bariatric (Weight Loss) Surgery Information Seminar at Concord Health Center
• Sep. 4Christiana Care Health System Presents Project Engage to The White House
• Aug. 18Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute Awarded National Cancer Institute Research Grant to Transform Community Cancer Care
• Aug. 7Christiana Care Health System Medical Residents Receive National Honors
• Jul. 21$1 Million Gift from AstraZeneca Supports Christiana Care’s Wilmington Hospital Transformation Project
• Jul. 16Christiana Hospital Earns Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification
• Jul. 16U.S. News & World Report Ranks Christiana Care Health System Among America’s “Best Hospitals”
• May. 8New Castle County Chamber of Commerce Recognizes Christiana Cre President and CEO Robert J. Laskowski, M.D., for Lifetime of Service
• Apr. 28Christiana Care Health System’s leaders selected for Press Ganey Institute for Innovation
• Apr. 4Christiana Care Health System’s Pink Ribbon Program receives Grant from Susan G. Komen Philadelphia
• Mar. 27Christiana Care Health System pioneers U.S. trial of absorbable scaffold for heart patients
• Mar. 24Emerging Multi-Drug Resistant Infections Lack Standard Definition and Treatment
• Mar. 20Gerard J. Fulda, M.D., Named Chair of Department of Surgery at Christiana Care Health System
• Mar. 14City of Wilmington Council Honors Christiana Care Health System for Commitment to Wilmington
• Mar. 11Christiana Care CEO Robert J. Laskowski, M.D., Announces Retirement
• Feb. 19Christiana Care Health System Launches Patient Navigator Program to Keep Patients Healthy after They Leave Hospital
• Jan. 29Sherry A. Monson, Vice President of Christiana Care Health System’s Women’s and Children’s Services, Named President-Elect of C-WISH
• Jan. 23Christiana Care Health System Hosts Premiere of The Ripple Effect at Penn Cinema Riverfront

2013

• Dec. 20Christiana Care Health System Cuts Ribbon on Concord Health Center
• Dec. 18Christiana Care Health System Named Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology
• Nov. 27Christiana Care Health System Partners with the Sunday Breakfast Mission to Help Homeless get back on their Feet
• Nov. 27With $28.3 Million in Funding, Christiana Care Health System and Partners Focus on Clinical and Translational Research
• Nov. 22Christiana Care Health System Earns “Exemplar” status for elder care
• Nov. 13Standard and Poor’s Affirms AA rating for Christiana Care Health Services
• Nov. 4Christiana Care Health System Free Women’s Health Lecture – Get the Word on GERD
• Oct. 30Christiana Care Health System Reminds Fans to Make Healthy Decisions during Spectator Sports Seasons
• Oct. 4Friends of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center Mark 10 Year Anniversary with “Celebration of Hope” Gala
• Oct. 1Affordable Care Act Opens Health Insurance Marketplace: Christiana Care Marketplace Guides Help Patients Access Health Care Services
• Aug. 27Christiana Care Health System’s Center for Advanced Joint Replacement at Wilmington Hospital Celebrates Expansion
• Jul. 25Christiana Care Health System recognized with two Kimberly Clark HAI Watchdog Awards
• Jul. 9Christiana Care Health System’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center earns reaccreditation, commendation
• Jun. 18Christiana Care recognized as nationally top-ranked hospital for providing community value
• Jun. 18Radiation Oncologists, P.A. at Christiana Care Health System’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center receives national clinical trials award
• Apr. 2Christiana Care Health System joins the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Registry
• Apr. 1Christiana Care joins pioneering gene replacement therapy-heart failure clinical trial
• Mar. 29Christiana Care Health System’s eSignout recognized as a 2013 Computerworld Honors
• Mar. 12Christiana Care Health System’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center wins American Psychological Association’s Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award
• Feb. 28Christiana Care Health System named one of nation’s 100 Top Hospitals
• Feb. 6Avon Breast Health Outreach Program awards grant for breast cancer awareness program to Christiana Care Health System

2012

• Aug. 22Christiana Care Health System’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center installs latest technology for breast cancer screening and diagnosis
• Jun. 8Christiana Care wins Beacon Award for excellence in Critical Care
• May. 2Christiana Care Health System receives American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Gold Quality Achievement Award for the third consecutive year
• Mar. 26Christiana Care Health System’s Mark Garcia, M.D. identifies successful treatments for chronic deep vein thrombosis
• Mar. 21Christiana Care Health System’s William Weintraub, M.D. is lead author in study published in the latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine
• Mar. 10Christiana Care Health System achieves accreditation by FACT
• Jan. 18Dr. Thomas Bauer of Christiana Care named President of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery

2011

• Aug. 19Christiana Care Health System and Wistar Institute form cancer research partnership
• Jul. 12Christiana Care Health System’s Center for Advanced Joint Replacement awarded certification from the Joint Commission
• Jun. 11Christiana Care Health System technologists certified in interventional radiology
• Jun. 10Christiana Care Health System receives American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Gold Quality Achievement Award for Heart Failure
• May. 19Christiana Care Health System earns Joint Commission Heart Failure Certification
• Mar. 23Christiana Care leads national colorectal cancer clinical trial
• Mar. 15Christiana Care physician receives grant for study of platelet transfusions in trauma patients

2010

• Jun. 13Christiana Care Nurse Named Editor-in-Chief of Nursing 2009
• Feb. 22Christiana Care Health System Achieves Magnet® Recognition

2009

• Dec. 8Christiana Care Health System to purchase wind power
• Nov. 23Christiana Care shares $4 million cardiac comparative effectiveness research grant
• Nov. 23EPA Presents Christiana Care with Trailblazer Award
• Sep. 29Christiana Care Purchases Middletown Site
• Sep. 26Helen F. Graham Cancer Center Marks First Year as National Cancer Institute Pilot Site
• Aug. 10Dr. Laskowski named DPPI board chair
• Aug. 10Dr. Bob Laskowski Named Delaware Public Policy Institute Chair

2008

• Nov. 6U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Awards Christiana Care for Outstanding Organ Donation Rates
• Sep. 24Coronary angioplasty isn’t cost effective in patients with chronic artery disease
• Aug. 18Christiana Care Wins Thomson Reuters Award
• May. 10Helen F. Graham Cancer Center Marks First Year as National Cancer Institute Pilot Site

2007

• Oct. 18A Book Bonanza: Wilmington Hospital’s Pediatric Practice Program Receives A Year’s Worth of Children’s Books as Part of 6th Annual Cheerios® Spoonfuls of Stories® Program
• Oct. 15Study Finds Patient Care at Christiana Care Health System Rates Highly
• Aug. 8Christiana Care wins national award
• Jul. 13U.S. News & World Report Ranks Christiana Care tops in 4 specialties
• Mar. 19Christiana Care Launches New Center for Integrative Health
• Jan. 22Christiana Care performs Delaware’s first adult kidney transplant

2006

• Dec. 11Christiana Care to open in new Smyrna Health and Wellness Center
• Dec. 7Christiana Care earns Consumer Choice Award as the top hospital in the Delaware region
• Nov. 15Christiana Care Increases Access to Dental Care in Southern Delaware
• Oct. 25Christiana Care participates in landmark research study that reveals lung cancer 10-year survival dramatically improves with annual CT screening and prompt treatment
• Oct. 16HealthGrades ranks Christiana Care Health System among best in nation
• Jul. 3Christiana Care’s air medical transport receives full accreditation
• Apr. 7Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., renowed heart surgeon and author, discusses women’s heart health April 22
• Mar. 10Christiana Care’s Rapid Response Teams save precious minutes in delivering critical care
• Mar. 9Visiting Nurse Association launches Telemonitoring program to improve patient care

2004

• Jul. 21Christiana Care’s EP lab explores new devices to “jump-start” tired hearts
• Jul. 21Center for Heart & Vascular Health introduces advanced cardiac procedures
• Jul. 20Free abdominal aortic aneurysm screening
• Jul. 16Magdy I. Boulos, M.D., Teresa Kitko, PA, receive national recognition
• Jul. 6Two dietitians receive prestigious recognition
• Mar. 10Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center recognized as national leader in cancer clinical trial participation
• Feb. 24New procedure helps eliminate varicose veins
• Feb. 12Christiana Care ranked among top 5% of hospitals in the country
• Jan. 26The real Patch Adams comes to Delaware
• Jan. 22ACE inhibitors considered primary therapy for congestive heart failure at Christiana Care
• Jan. 22New, high-tech PET scanner open at Christiana Care allows daily testing
• Jan. 21Couples committed to cancer prevention Husband & wife teams hope to help future generations
• Jan. 21Christiana Care cardiologists begin using new device to correct heart defects in adults
• Jan. 21Couples committed to cancer prevention Husband & wife teams hope to help future generations
• Jan. 16Christiana Care’s Heart Alert program treats patients 36 percent faster
• Jan. 13Christiana Care Health System receives accreditation in nuclear medicine One of the first labs in the United States to receive accreditation

2003

• Sep. 23Granite appointed chair of new Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Hospital Dentistry
• Sep. 23Christiana Care chosen for new clinical study to benefit trauma patients
• Sep. 8Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Beebe Medical Center’s Tunnell Cancer Center affiliate to improve cancer care statewide
• Sep. 8Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Beebe Medical Center’s Tunnell Cancer Center affiliate to improve cancer care statewide
• Sep. 3Christiana Care takes steps to improve survival rate from lung cancer
• Aug. 20Bridging the Gaps program trains students
• Jul. 22Christiana Care one of 20 providing advanced treatment
• Jul. 6Express Admissions Unit reduces length of stay