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Archive for May, 2010
Results from National Clinical Trial Offered at Baptist Released in New England Journal of Medicine
Thursday, May 27th, 2010Baptist Reunites with NICU Patients
Thursday, May 27th, 2010Baptist for Women hosted the annual Neonatal Intensive Care reunion May 15, 2010. Approximately 150 people attend to visit with the nurses and physicians who cared for premature babies. Everybody celebrated the victory of life! Baptist Medical Center has the staff and facilities to provide care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The NICU [...]
Baptist Approved for New PET CT Cardiac Imaging System Helping in the Fight Against Heart Disease
Monday, May 24th, 2010Baptist Medical Center is the only hospital in Mississippi approved by the Mississippi Department of Health to install the PET/CT cardiac imaging system, which is the most advanced technology for detecting disease in the coronary arteries. This particular imaging system fuses Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Computerized Tomography (CT) into a single unit revealing proper [...]
Baptist Pays Tribute to Former Executive Director, Paul J. Pryor
Thursday, May 20th, 2010Baptist Medical Center will hold a memorial service for its former administrator, Paul J. Pryor, today at 2:00 pm in the Private Dining Rooms. Mr. Pryor served as the executive director of Baptist from 1955 until his retirement in 1988. He was born in 1918 and went to be with our Lord and Savior on [...]
Baptist Pays Tribute to Former Executive Director, Paul J. Pryor
Thursday, May 20th, 2010Baptist Medical Center will hold a memorial service for its former administrator, Paul J. Pryor, today at 2:00 pm in the Private Dining Rooms. Mr. Pryor served as the executive director of Baptist from 1955 until his retirement in 1988. He was born in 1918 and went to be with our Lord and Savior on [...]
Radiologist Represents Baptist Capturing Second Place in New Orleans Ironman
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010Radiologist Larkin Carter, MD, represented Baptist Breast Health Center, at the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans on April 18, 2010. Dr. Carter grabbed second place out of 215 participants in the male 45-49 year old age group. He had a really good result time of 4:33. His best for the half ironman distance. This is [...]
Baptist Receives Award from American Heart and American Stroke Association
Monday, May 17th, 2010Recently, Baptist Cardiovascular Services was recognized for performance in the “Get With The Guidelines (SM)” quality improvement program. Baptist was awarded the Gold Performance Achievement Award for the “Get with the Guidelines – Heart Failure.” The recognition awarded to Baptist is the result of work with the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association to [...]
2010 Strong Women Announced
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Baptist Honors Nominees, Recipients of its 10th Annual Celebration of Strong Women For 10 years, Baptist has celebrated strong women. These women are individuals who have persevered, defended, mentored, led and depicted promise for the future. Each story is unique. Yet, while some stories bring tear drops, these women are strong, and their stories are [...]
Save Your Skin Webcast
Monday, May 3rd, 2010With the weather heating up and people spending more time in the sun, it’s important to be informed about skin cancer. Join us on May 4 for our free webcast featuring plastic surgeon David Steckler, MD, as he discusses the prevalence of skin cancer and how dangerous it can be. He’ll talk about the best [...]
