2009 News Releases

• Cedars-Sinai Researchers Awarded $5.5 Million from California Institute of Regenerative Medicine to Develop Novel Stem Cell Treatments for Heart Attack Patients (October 28, 2009)
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Group Ranked One of California's Best (October 9, 2009)
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis May Involve a Form of Sudden, Rapid Aging of the Immune System (October 8, 2009)
• Larry King to Moderate Panel of Leading Cardiologists and Cardiac Surgeons Discussing How Healthcare Reform Could Affect Cardiovascular Medical Advances (October 1, 2009)
• Calcium Scans May Be Effective Screening Tool for Heart Disease (September 29, 2009)
• Wildfire Tipsheet (Zab Mozenifar, MD, Medical Director, Women's Guild Lung Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) (September 3, 2009)
• Neurosurgeon Keith Black, MD, to Receive Research Award at Brain-Mapping Congress (August 28, 2009)
• After 11 Years of Back Pain Following an Auto Accident, Newport Beach Resident Finds Relief in Neurosurgery For the Spine (August 25, 2009)
• Stroke Tipsheet - Technology Can Reverse the Effects of Some Strokes, But Stroke Onset Needs to be Treated Like the Emergency Situation It Is (August 17, 2009)
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Offering Genetic Screening for the Persian Jewish Community First 1,000 participants will receive free screening for four common disorders (August 17, 2009)
• Stroke Survivor Talks Prevention to African-American Community and Anybody Who Will Listen (Greg Taylor hopes his eight-year struggle will provide motivation for others) (August 12, 2009)
• Minimially Invasive, Non-surgical Procedure Shrinks Uterine Fibroids (August 6, 2009)
• Rabbi Jason Weiner Appointed New Jewish Chaplain at Cedars-Sinai (July 23, 2009)
• Renowned Stroke Researcher to Chair Department of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (July 17, 2009)
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Recognized in 11 of 16 Specialty Lists in U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" List (July 16, 2009)
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Group and Cedars-Sinai Health Associates Receive Top Score From California's Leading Managed Care Organization (July 14, 2009)
• Study Identifies Biomarker That Safely Monitors Tumor Response to New Brain Cancer Treatment; Paves the Way to Phase 1 Clinical Trial (July 1, 2009)
• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute physicians have completed the world's first procedure in which a patient's own heart tissue was used to grow specialized heart stem cells that were then injected back into the patient's heart in an effort to repair and re-grow healthy muscle in a heart that had been injured by a heart attack. Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD Director of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, who developed the technique, recently spoke to CBS about the Institute's Phase 1 investigative study. Watch the CBS "Early Show" interview. (June 30, 2009)
• First Human Receives Cardiac Stem Cells in Clinical Trial to Heal Damage Caused by Heart Attacks Heart attack patients receives his own heart stem cells as part of medical study to determine safety of new technique to repair injured heart muscle (June 30, 2009)
• First-Degree Relatives of Patients With The Most Common Cardiac Birth Defect Should Be Screened for Larger-Than-Normal Aortas, New Study Shows (June 9, 2009)
• "Outsmarting Brain Tumors": Cedars-Sinai Researchers, Neurosurgeons and Other Experts Present Free Conference for Adult Brain Tumor Patients and Caregivers (June 1, 2009)
• "Loose Chains" Drummer Eddie Cleland Resumes Life After Brain Surgery (June 1, 2009)
• Stem Cell and Neurobiology Expert Clive Svendsen, PhD, Joins Cedars--Sinai to Head New Regenerative Medicine Institute (May 28, 2009)
• Cedars-Sinai's Women's Cancer Research Institute Recognized as One of the Nation's Top Centers for Gynecologic Oncology National Publication Releases List of Top 10 Programs (May 22, 2009)
• Cedars-Sinai Women's Heart Center Launches Advance Preventive Women's Clinic for Women with Menopause Symptoms Who Are At Risk for Heart Disease Customized approach focuses on each woman's heart risk factors and medical history to identify the most appropriate hormone and non-hormone treatment options) (May 19, 2009)
• Pauletta and Denzel Washington Scholarships Awarded May 20 to Three Young Neuroscientsts; Sixth annual presentation takes place at the Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Middle School in Los Angeles (May 18, 2009)
• Study Suggests Women with Difficult to Diagnose Chest Pain Symptoms are at Elevated Risk for Future Cardiovascular Events - First prospective study to examine implications of chest pain in the absence of coronary artery disease (May 11, 2009)
• Renowned Cedars-Sinai Cancer Specialist Awarded Inaugural Endowed Chair - Howard M. Sandler, MD, Receives First Ronald H. Bloom Family Chair in Cancer Therapeutics (May 8, 2009)
• Nationally Renowned Spine Surgeon Joins Cedars-Sinai Spine Center (April 27, 2009)
• With Endoscopic Surgery, Patient Has Large Pituitary Tumor Removed and Goes Home Two Days Later (April 21, 2009)
• American Heart Association Presents Award of Meritorious Achievement to Eduardo Marban, MD, Director of Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute (April 20, 2009)
• Ronald Victor, M.D. Named Associate Director of Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Director of the Cedars-Sinai Hypertension Center (April 6, 2009)
•  American College of Cardiology Presents Lifetime Achievement Award to Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute's James Forrester, MD (April 1, 2009)
• National Nursing Publication Ranks Cedars-Sinai Among Best Hospital Employers for Nurses (March 30, 2009)
• Even Young People Are Vulnerable to Stroke (March 25, 2009)
• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Physicians Present Findings at American College of Cardiology Scientific Meeting (March 18, 2009)
• Depression Leads to Higher Health Care Costs for Women Cardiovascular Patients, National Study Shows (March 10, 2009)
• Energetic and Influential Members of "The Brain Trust" Draw Attention and Funds to Brain Disease Research (March 10, 2009)
• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Cardiologist Sanjay Kaul, M.D., Co-Authors Statement on Safety of Diabetes Drugs (March 3, 2009)
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Stroke Program Receives American Stroke Association's Gold Performance Recognition (This is Cedars-Sinai's second consecutive award for "sustained" high performance) (February 23, 2009)
• Study in Mice Identifies Molecular Target for Treatment of West Nile Encephalitis (February 5, 2009)
• Is Rapid Transition Through Menopause Linked to Earlier Onset of Heart Disease? (January 28, 2009)
• Gene Therapy Eliminates Brain Tumors Through Selective Recruitment of Immune Cells (January 13, 2009)
• Contraceptive Use May Be Safe, But Information Gaps Remain (January 13, 2009)
• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Cardiologist Named Top U.S. Woman Cardiologist in Inaugural Award (January 9, 2009)