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• Diabetes and Risk of Stroke, an Inside Look at the Dangers and Warning Signs - 2/27/2014

• Take Action: Heart Disease - 2/24/2014

• Heart Disease: The Symptoms Many Might Not Recognize - 2/20/2014

• Maryland Physician Magazine – Jeffrey Banker is featured in an article and photo about atrial fibrillation and the new method of treating it called cryo-ablation. - 2/17/2014

• Electrophysiologist Jeffrey Banker, M.D., was interviewed for a segment on the public affairs show, On Time, about cryo-ablation, a new technique to cure an irregular heartbeat. - 2/17/2014

SINAI HOSPITAL NEWS

Rubin Institute Surgeons Perform First Surgery in North America Using the PRECICE™ Second Generation Leg Lengthening Implant 2/17/2014

LifeBridge Health and Potomac Physicians Announce Partnership 1/24/2014

LifeBridge Health Announces Laura B. Black and Brian J. Gibbons as Chairs of 2014 Magic of Life Gala 1/20/2014
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singer Jackson Browne to Headline

Sinai Hospital Earns Redesignation as Magnet®-Recognized Hospital for Nursing Excellence 11/27/2013

Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research Releases Results Evaluating Antiplatelet Effects of CSL112, A Novel Apolipoprotein A-I Infusion Therapy 11/19/2013
Findings of Phase 2a Trial Sponsored by CSL Limited Presented at American Heart Association 2013 Scientific Sessions

Sinai Hospital’s Ali Tabrizchi, D.O. is Only Harford County Cardiologist Named a 2013 Top Doctor in Baltimore Magazine 11/8/2013

Sinai Hospital's Joseph Wiley, M.D., Awarded Pediatrician of the Year 11/4/2013

Roslyn and Leonard Stoler Donate Multi-Million Dollar Gift to Sinai Hospital of Baltimore 10/21/2013
South Tower in Main Hospital Named to Honor Stolers

LifeBridge Health and ExpressCare Form Strategic Partnership 10/17/2013

Sinai Hospital's Leon Reinstein, M.D., Awarded Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s Highest Honor 10/7/2013
Reinstein Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Specialty

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Recognized as One of the Greenest Hospitals in the Country 9/27/2013

Sinai Surgeon Performs 100th Single-Site Gallbladder Removal with the da Vinci® Robot 9/23/2013

Sinai Hospital Announces Decade of Cancer Care Advancements as Baltimore’s First CyberKnife Program 8/22/2013
Sinai Hospital’s Stereotactic radiosurgery program treats nearly 2,000 patients using cutting-edge technology

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore’s Chief of Surgery Named a 2013 Innovator of the Year 8/20/2013
Mark Katlic, M.D., Honored for His Role in Launching the First Center Solely for Geriatric Surgery

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Receives National Accreditation for Excellence in Echocardiography 7/30/2013

Sinai Hospital’s Sally Pinkstaff, M.D., Honored as One of 2012’s Compassionate Doctors 6/7/2013

The Diabetes Resource Center at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Is Recognized for Continued Excellence by the American Diabetes Association 5/21/2013

Sinai’s Institute for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Receives Accreditation for Fetal Heart Imaging Test 4/29/2013

LifeBridge Health Recognized for Commitment to Environment 4/26/2013

Sinai Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology Appoints Engstrom as New Chief 4/18/2013

Sinai Hospital President Appointed to Second Term on National Health Care Workforce Commission 1/31/2013

Paul A. Gurbel, M.D. Named to 2013 Best Doctors in America® List 1/23/2013
Recognized for Being in the Top Five Percent of Physicians Nationwide

New President Appointed at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore 1/8/2013

Sinai Hospital Surgeon Performs Scarless Gallbladder Surgery 12/11/2012

Launch of Sinai Center for Geriatric Surgery Marks New Era in Specialized Treatment of Elderly Patients 12/6/2012
Led by Mark R. Katlic, M.D., Nation’s First Surgical Center Devoted to Specific Needs of Older Patients Aims to Improve Outcomes, Educate Medical Community

Sinai Hospital Awarded Elite Distinction as a 2012 Leapfrog Top Hospital 12/4/2012

Sinai Hospital Opens New Inpatient Neurological Rehabilitation Center 10/10/2012

LifeBridge Health Launches Center for Memory & Behavioral Disorders 9/24/2012

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Joins National Pilot Study Aimed to Improve Care for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients 8/16/2012

Sinai Hospital Awarded Grant to Help Investigate Effects of Spaceflight on Astronauts 7/26/2012

New Blood Flow Restoration Device at Sinai Hospital Makes Life-Saving Difference for Acute Stroke Patients 6/21/2012

Sinai Hospital Opens Human Milk Bank 5/31/2012
Becomes First Hospital in Maryland to Offer NICU Babies a Diet of 100 Percent Human Breast Milk

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Employee Wins Social Work Heroes Award 3/21/2012

Sinai Hospital Dedicates New Herman & Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital 2/21/2012

Sinai Hospital Surgeons Codevelop First Remote-Control Leg Lengthening Implant Cleared by the FDA 2/6/2012
Surgeons Perform First Tibial Implant in North America Using New Technology

Ravens Lose, but Baby Wins 1/23/2012
Sinai Hospital Awards $3,000 Savings Bond to Baby Girl

Sinai Hospital to Honor First Baby Born during the AFC Championship Game 1/19/2012

Sinai Hospital to Honor First Baby Born during Ravens Playoff Games 1/12/2012

Oscar Taube, M.D., Receives Special Achievement Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics 9/15/2011

Sinai Hospital Receives $1 Million Gift to Support Community Outreach Programs 9/13/2011

LifeBridge Health Alvin & Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute Receives Accreditation from Commission on Cancer 8/30/2011

Sinai Hospital’s ER-7 Honored with a Lantern Award Recognizing Safe Practice, Safe Care 8/1/2011

Sinai Hospital is the first to offer Faster and More Precise Radiotherapy for Cancer Patients 7/13/2011

Mark Katlic, M.D., Joins Sinai Hospital as New Chief of Surgery 7/7/2011

Sinai Hospital’s Krieger Eye Institute Opens New Retina Center 11/17/2010

Sinai Hospital Physician Receives National Honor 10/18/2010

Sinai Hospital Urologist Utilizes New Test To Help Predict Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer 9/28/2010

New Study to Examine Genotyping and Platelet Function Testing at Point-of-Care to Personalize Anti-Platelet Therapy and Improve Patient Outcomes Paul A. Gurbel, M.D. of the Center for Thrombosis Research at Sinai Hospital Will be first in the U.S. to Use 8/11/2010

New Hematology/Oncology Center Opens at Sinai 8/3/2010

NORTHWEST HOSPITAL NEWS

LifeBridge Health and Potomac Physicians Announce Partnership 1/24/2014

LifeBridge Health Announces Laura B. Black and Brian J. Gibbons as Chairs of 2014 Magic of Life Gala 1/20/2014
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singer Jackson Browne to Headline

LifeBridge Health Selects New Chief Operating Officer for its Post-Acute Care Division 1/14/2014

LifeBridge Health and ExpressCare Form Strategic Partnership 10/17/2013

Corbi Named Vice President of Operations at Northwest Hospital 9/16/2013

Northwest Hospital Earns National Recognition as 2013 Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality 8/6/2013

The LifeBridge Health Krieger Eye Institute Opens New Office at Northwest Hospital 6/18/2013

Taber Named Medical Director of Northwest Hospital’s Women’s Wellness Center 5/28/2013

LifeBridge Health Recognized for Commitment to Environment 4/26/2013

Northwest Hospital’s Domestic Violence Program Earns Award from U.S. Department of Justice 4/24/2013

Northwest Hospital Opens Expanded Behavioral Health Unit 2/5/2013

Northwest Hospital Sleep Disorders Center Hires Physicians, Appoints New Medical Director 1/8/2013

Northwest Hospital Receives National Gold Level Award for Stroke Care 7/16/2012

Northwest Hospital Becomes an Accredited Chest Pain Center 4/23/2012

Northwest Hospital’s Cardiology Department Receives National Accreditation 12/29/2011

Northwest Hospital Earns American Diabetes Association Recognition 11/1/2011

Northwest Hospital’s Samuelson Breast Care Center Receives National Accreditation 10/11/2011

Brian White Named President of Northwest Hospital 10/4/2011

LifeBridge Health Alvin & Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute Receives Accreditation from Commission on Cancer 8/30/2011

Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Northwest Hospital Earns National Certification 11/19/2010

Northwest Hospital Doctor Performs First Da Vinci Robot Hand Surgery in America 7/27/2010

Surgeons Now Offer Robotic Surgery at Northwest Hospital 6/21/2010

Women's Wellness Center Opens at Northwest Hospital 6/1/2010

Northwest Hospital Sleep Disorders Center Earns American Academy of Sleep Medicine Accreditation 4/23/2010

Northwest Hospital Opens New SurgiCenter 4/19/2010

LIFEBRIDGE HEALTH NEWS

Rubin Institute Surgeons Perform First Surgery in North America Using the PRECICE™ Second Generation Leg Lengthening Implant 2/17/2014

LifeBridge Health and Potomac Physicians Announce Partnership 1/24/2014

LifeBridge Health Announces Laura B. Black and Brian J. Gibbons as Chairs of 2014 Magic of Life Gala 1/20/2014
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singer Jackson Browne to Headline

LifeBridge Health Selects New Chief Operating Officer for its Post-Acute Care Division 1/14/2014

ExpressCare, a LifeBridge Health Partner, Celebrates 10th Urgent Care Center in Maryland with Ribbon-Cutting 10/29/2013

Stephen Witman Named LifeBridge Health Vice President of Business Development/Financial & Capital Planning 10/18/2013

LifeBridge Health and ExpressCare Form Strategic Partnership 10/17/2013

Sinai Hospital Announces Decade of Cancer Care Advancements as Baltimore’s First CyberKnife Program 8/22/2013
Sinai Hospital’s Stereotactic radiosurgery program treats nearly 2,000 patients using cutting-edge technology

Deborah Hollenstein Named New LifeBridge Health VP, Strategic Marketing and Communications 7/9/2013

New President and CEO of LifeBridge Health Assumes Leadership Role 7/2/2013
Neil Meltzer to Usher in New Era at Premier Baltimore Health Care Organization

The LifeBridge Health Krieger Eye Institute Opens New Office at Northwest Hospital 6/18/2013

LifeBridge Health Berman Brain & Spine Institute Recognized for Excellence in Stroke Treatment 5/23/2013

The LifeBridge Health Alvin & Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute Announces the Development of the Comprehensive Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Center at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore 5/1/2013

LifeBridge Health Recognized for Commitment to Environment 4/26/2013

David Krajewski Named New LifeBridge Health Chief Financial Officer 4/1/2013

LifeBridge Health Offers In Case of Emergency (ICE) Smart Phone App and Physician Locator to the Baltimore Community 2/11/2013

Sinai Hospital President Appointed to Second Term on National Health Care Workforce Commission 1/31/2013

New President Appointed at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore 1/8/2013

LifeBridge Health Names Tressa Springmann Chief Information Officer 1/7/2013

LifeBridge Health CEO Honored with ACHE Regent’s Lifetime Service Award 12/27/2012

LifeBridge Health Neurologist Michael A. Williams, M.D., Editor of New Book on Neurology Ethics 12/20/2012

Michael A. Williams, M.D., Named President of International Society for Hydrocephalus and CSF Disorders 11/26/2012

LifeBridge Health’s Julie Cox Receives Health Care Fellow Designation 11/6/2012

LifeBridge Health’s Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics Expands Services into the Community 9/10/2012

Seventh Annual Save-A-Limb Ride, Walk and Festival Returns to Oregon Ridge Park on October 20 9/5/2012

LifeBridge Health Names Cheryl Boyer Vice President of Human Resources 5/16/2012

LifeBridge Health Honored for Dedication to Environmental Responsibility 5/9/2012

LifeBridge Health’s Magic of Life Gala Raises Millions 4/10/2012
Proceeds Benefit Programs and Services Provided by LifeBridge Health

Jeanette A.F. Linder, M.D. Named to 2012 List of Maryland’s Top 100 Women 4/5/2012

LifeBridge Health and HomeCare Maryland Form Partnership to Enhance Care for Homebound Patients 2/2/2012

LifeBridge Health Launches “LifeLines” e-Newsletter 1/10/2012

LifeBridge Health Brain Injury Programs First in Maryland to Achieve Prestigious Alliance Designation 12/29/2011

More Research Needed before Experimental Intervention for Multiple Sclerosis Should Be Considered as Standard of Patient Care 12/12/2011

Healthy Holiday Eating Tips 12/9/2011

LifeBridge Health Announces New Board Members 11/21/2011

LifeBridge Health Neurologist Michael A. Williams, M.D., Testifies before Congressional Hydrocephalus Caucus in Washington, D.C. 9/22/2011
Doctor Gives Expert Insight into Importance of Hydrocephalus Treatment and Research

New Device at LifeBridge Health Centers Makes Drawing Blood, Administering IVs Less of an Ordeal for Patients 9/7/2011

LifeBridge Health Alvin & Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute Receives Accreditation from Commission on Cancer 8/30/2011

LifeBridge Health Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Associates Acquire Henning & Cole Therapy Associates 7/26/2011
Acquisition Includes Five Baltimore-Area Clinic Locations

Maryland Youth Concussion Legislation Signed into Law by Governor Martin O’Malley 5/19/2011

LifeBridge Health Recognized for Commitment to Environmental Responsibility 4/8/2011

LifeBridge Health Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Associates Open New Physical Therapy Clinic in Reisterstown 4/6/2011

LifeBridge Health Expands Bariatrics Services with Centers at Sinai and Northwest Hospitals 3/8/2011
LifeBridge Health Expands Bariatrics Services

LifeBridge Health Installs LED Lights in Innovative Project 9/16/2010

LifeBridge Health launches mobile recruitment website 8/19/2010

LifeBridge Health Earns Excellence in Diversity Award 6/23/2010

Barbara Epke Named AHA "Grassroots Champion" 4/26/2010

Surveyed Neurologists Agree That Sedation for the Immediately Dying Differs From Euthanasia 4/13/2010

LIFEBRIDGE HEALTH AND FITNESS

LifeBridge Health & Fitness Introduces Unique Approach to Nutrition Counseling 12/26/2013
Program Combines Medically Based Nutrition Advice with Personalized Culinary Advice

Innovative Metabolic Weight Loss Program Perfect Way to Shed Holiday Pounds 11/29/2011

LEVINDALE NEWS

LifeBridge Health and Potomac Physicians Announce Partnership 1/24/2014

LifeBridge Health Announces Laura B. Black and Brian J. Gibbons as Chairs of 2014 Magic of Life Gala 1/20/2014
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singer Jackson Browne to Headline

LifeBridge Health Selects New Chief Operating Officer for its Post-Acute Care Division 1/14/2014

LifeBridge Health and ExpressCare Form Strategic Partnership 10/17/2013

LifeBridge Health Recognized for Commitment to Environment 4/26/2013

LifeBridge Health Launches Center for Memory & Behavioral Disorders 9/24/2012

Levindale Changes Elder Care with New $31 million Wing and New Staff Training 12/9/2011

Levindale Changes the Face of Elder Care with New $31 million Wing 11/22/2011

The Levindale Auxiliary Holds a “New Day in the Neighborhood” Event 5/24/2011

Levindale Receives High Rankings in U.S. News Media Group's 2011 Best Nursing Homes 2/10/2011

Levindale Celebrates Start of a Multi-Million Dollar Project for Baltimore's Elderly 9/22/2010

COURTLAND GARDENS

LifeBridge Health and Potomac Physicians Announce Partnership 1/24/2014

LifeBridge Health Announces Laura B. Black and Brian J. Gibbons as Chairs of 2014 Magic of Life Gala 1/20/2014

LifeBridge Health Selects New Chief Operating Officer for its Post-Acute Care Division 1/14/2014

LifeBridge Health and ExpressCare Form Strategic Partnership 10/17/2013