Physician Newsletters

GUH Public Affairs and Marketing Department Wins Publication Awards

The Public Affairs and Marketing Department of Georgetown University Hospital was presented with two Merit Awards in the Tactics Division for newsletters at the 58th Annual Virginia Public Relations Awards.  The awards went to The Georgetown Star, GUH’s monthly publication for staff and physicians, and to Georgetown Physician Update, a bi-monthly newsletter sent to nearly 30,000 physicians in Washington, DC and the six surrounding states.


 

	Fall 2009- Volume 6, Issue 3 Four Days, Two Hospitals, 14 Surgeries: Georgetown Surgeon Spearheads Largest Domino Kidney Transplant of its Kind Georgetown Surgeon Performs First Total Ankle: Implant in the Nation Using Newly Approved Device Intestinal Transplantation Reviewed by Georgetown's Chief of Transplant in The New England Journal of Medicine
	Summer 2009 - Volume 6, Issue 2 Relieving Severe Spasticity with the Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Georgetown at Forefront of Orthopaedic Computer-assisted Surgery Georgetown Surgeon Uses Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty to Treat Patients with Complex Problems Division of Thoracic Surgery Charts New Territory
	Winter 2009  - Volume 6, Issue 1 Clinical Trial is Part of Multidisciplinary Care for Pancreatic Cancer Patients at Georgetown Georgetown Physicians Offer Unique Expertise in Endoscopic Ultrasound Radiation Therapy May Increase Options for Surgery in Pancreatic Cancer Opening Doors: Speeding Access to Specialty Care
	Fall 2008 - Volume 5, Issue 4 Breakthrough Surgery: Laparoscopic-Assisted Live Donor Liver Resection Incompatible Donor Protocol Expands Kidney Transplant Pool New Pediatric Transplant Unit Opens Preemptive Pancreatic Transplant Recommended for Certain Diabetics Transplant Surgeons, Medical Specialists Work Side by Side Nature Covers Early Research Findings Georgetown Awarded HRSA’s Organ Donation Medal of Honor Georgetown Researchers Improving Understanding, Outcomes
	Summer 2008 - Volume 5, Issue 3 Georgetown Uses CyberKnife® to Target Prostate Cancer A MATCH Made in Medical School: Program Brings Recent Grads and Alumni Together Georgetown Study Yields Information for Thyroid Therapy Georgetown Researchers Develop Ground-breaking Nanomedicine Technology for Cancer Treatment
	Spring 2008 - Volume 5, Issue 2 Georgetown Helps Develop World's First Anti-Cancer Vaccine Lung Cancer Program Grows to Meet New Needs Improving the Odds Against Breast Cancer Leukemia, Lymphomas: Changing the Standards of Care
	Winter 2008 - Volume 5, Issue 1 Georgetown Performs Rare Split- Liver Transplant Complex Procedure Saves Two Lives Georgetown’s Second CyberKnife® System: In Place and On Target for Area Cancer Patients Georgetown Researchers Solve the Stress-Fat Equation National Capital’s Department of Mental Health Selects Georgetown University as Academic Partner in Forensic Psychiatry Education New Minimally Invasive Approach May Reverse Barrett’s Esophagus

March/April 2007 - Volume 3, Issue 4 Georgetown Limb Salvage Team Increases Patient Longevity and Improves Quality of Life Double-Balloon Enteroscopy: Rewriting Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Bowel Disorders Peripheral Nerve Surgery: Patients Find Releif at Georgetown Georgetown Facial Reanimation Center Restores Smiles, Enhances Vision and More Georgetown Epilepsy Program Expands, Offers Comprehensive Services and Treatments Georgetown’s Parkinson’s Disease Patients Benefiting from New Interdisciplinary Clinic Georgetown Drug Study Targets Prevention of Total Colectomy in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

December 2006 - Volume 3, Issue 3 Georgetown Weapon Effective Against Bile Duct Cancer, Barrett’s Esophagus and More Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Provides Lasting Pain Relief Improved Methods of Tumor Marker Placement Help Physicians Zero in on Cancer New Applications of CyberKnife® Expand Treatment Options to Liver New Therapies Offered By Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic Reduce Complications and Restore Patients’ Independence

April/May 2006 - Volume 3, Issue 2 Resolving the Mystery of Headaches Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neuro-Protection Pregnant Women Benefit from GUH’s Instant Risk Assessment Breast Cancer Education Method Now Being Studied at GUH New Therapies Offered By Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic Reduce Complications and Restore Patients’ Independence

January/February 2006 - Volume 3, Issue 1 Infectious Disease Chief Reviews Avian Flu Azyxxi: New Clinical Information System Improves Practice of Medicine Joint Restoration Center Includes Uncommon Biologic Approach

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