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Chen Liu, MD, PhD, Is Named Chair of Pathology
Chen Liu, MD, PhD, has been chosen to be the next chair of the Department of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine and chief of Pathology at Yale New Haven Hospital, effective March 1, 2020. He comes from Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences in New Jersey.
Gift supports work on a stubborn cancer
Ginny Grunley became a patient of Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, after being diagnosed with a form of lung cancer associated with the EGFR gene mutation, also known as non-smoker's lung cancer. Grunley and her husband Ken have given a million-dollar gift to support Herbst's research.
Clinical trials take innovative approach
Since their arrivals at Yale within the past six years, Joseph Paul Eder, MD, and Patricia LoRusso, DO, have overseen a sharp increase in the number of clinical trials conducted by the Phase I Program at Yale Cancer Center. Bench investigators and the clinicians who design and conduct early-phase trials interact regularly, each sharing knowledge with the other that both strengthens the basic science and brings new discoveries to patients more quickly and effectively.
Sanft named Chief Patient Experience Officer at Smilow Cancer Hospital
Tara Sanft, M.D., associate professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and Director of the Smilow Cancer Hospital (SCH) Survivorship Clinic, has been appointed the inaugural Chief Patient Experience Officer at Yale Cancer Center (YCC) and SCH at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Yale Radiologists are First in the State to Use Weight-bearing CT Scanner
Yale New Haven Hospital became the first facility in Connecticut to install a weight-bearing CT scanner for limb imaging in orthopedic patients.
Seltzer Honored With Outstanding Clinical Preceptor Award
Aaron Seltzer, LCSW, a clinical social worker who primarily works in the Behavioral Care Unit (BCU) in the Emergency Department at YNHH's St. Raphael's campus, was honored with the Outstanding Clinical Preceptor Award at the 2019 Yale Physician Associate Graduation Ceremony held December 12, 2019.
West Putnam Medical Center officially opens with ribbon-cutting ceremony
Yale New Haven Health hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday to officially open the newly renovated West Putnam Medical Center at 500 West Putnam Avenue in Greenwich, which offers patients easy access to cardiac, primary care, pediatric, endoscopy, laboratory, diagnostic imaging and rehabilitation services under one roof.
Smilow Cancer Hospital celebrates 10th anniversary
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven celebrates 10 years since it opened its doors to a new state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient 500,000-square-foot cancer care facility. Since that day in October 2009, Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center have risen to the top echelon as one of the nation's comprehensive cancer research and care facilities, providing advanced care to patients and families and pioneering cancer research.
Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center opens at Westerly Hospital
Westerly Hospital celebrated the opening of its new Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center Monday, the second new unit to open at the hospital in as many months.
Smilow Cancer Hospital Celebrates the Smilow Luminary Awards of Excellence
On October 17, Smilow Cancer Hospital leadership came together for the Smilow Luminary Awards of Excellence.
Billingsley Named Chief Medical Officer at Smilow Cancer Hospital
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin G. Billingsley, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer at Smilow Cancer Hospital (SCH) and Professor of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine.
Yale Launches Comprehensive DNA Sequencing Project, With Aim of Predicting, Preventing, and Treating Gene-related Diseases
Generations, a collaboration between Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Health System, is one of the largest DNA sequencing projects of its kind in the United States.
Venkatesh Selected as National Academy of Medicine Fellow
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has selected Yale School of Medicine's Dr. Arjun Venkatesh for its 2019 class of fellows. He has been specifically chosen to be an American Board of Emergency Medicine Fellow.
YNHH Impresses Russian Visitor in Ways Big and Small
From the skill of its MR technicians, to the colorful images brightening a pediatric imaging wall, Yale New Haven Hospital made a big impression on a visiting Russian radiologist this summer.
Smilow Cancer Hospital CAR T-Cell Therapy Program
The CAR T-Cell Therapy Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital brings an innovative new immunotherapy treatment option to patients with certain blood cancers.
Halene Named Interim Chief of Hematology at Yale Cancer Center
Stephanie Halene, M.D., Ph.D., has been named Interim Chief of Hematology at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital.
Emergency Radiology Celebrates 20 Years
Since 1999, Jamal Bokhari has worked 182-183 shifts every year, meticulously mapping his schedule to be on site for as many as three weeks in a row, without a break. Now, on the 20th anniversary of the attending-led coverage of emergency radiology at YSM, Bokhari has recognized that the section he built and helped sustain no longer needs him to be working quite as many overnight hours.
Yale Expert Delivers Talk at White House on Role of Addiction Specialists in Hospitals
On June 25, Yale School of Medicine's Dr. Jeanette Tetrault spoke at a convening of the President's Opioid Commission and the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the steps needed to build a national addiction medicine workforce and give Americans access to the care they need. Her talk, which focused on the role of addiction medicine specialists in emergency departments (EDs), was part of a congressional briefing sponsored by the American College of Academic Addiction Medicine.
Yale Pediatric Urology Ranked 16 in Nation by U.S. News & World Report
In today's release of the U.S. News and World Report rankings of the 2019 Best Children's Hospitals rankings, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital (YNHCH) ranked #16 in the nation for urology services. The ranking reflects Yale Urology's experience, safety, and advanced patient care for our pediatric patients.
Yale scores high in pediatric cancer care from U.S. News & World Report
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital has been ranked among the best children's hospitals in the nation for cancer in the 2019 Best Children's Hospitals rankings.
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