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In celebration of national Donate Life Month, Allegheny General Hospital's Transplant Program brought families of organ donors, living donors and transplant recipients together for a beautiful ceremony recognizing all of those who have bestowed the gift of life to another human being through organ donation. KDKA's David Crawley was there and put together a wonderful tribute these heroic individuals. Watch it here!
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Medical Frontiers Archives
Medical Frontiers is an informational program sponsored and produced by the West Penn Allegheny Health System. The information featured on Medical Frontiers is intended solely to further the public’s general knowledge of current developments in the field of medicine and should not be relied upon as offering advice, diagnoses or opinions about any individual medical issue or treatment. Nothing should replace the relationship that you maintain with your personal physician.
| May 2013 | |
| 5/6 | Breast Cancer Thomas Julian, MD, WPAHS surgical oncologist, Associate Director, AGH Breast Care Center, William Poller, MD, WPAHS diagnostic radiologist, Director, Breast Imaging for WPAHS, Mark Trombetta, MD and WPAHS radiation oncologist, Breast and Brachytherapy Program Leader for WPAHS Radiation Oncology Network |
| April 2013 | |
| 4/29 |
Sports Medicine/Running Injuries
Moira Davenport, MD, AGH Sports Medicine/Emergency Medicine, marathon runner |
| 4/22 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Joseph Cillo, DMD, AGH Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon |
| 4/15 | Pain Medicine Eugene Bonaroti, MD, WPAHS Neurosurgeon and Jack Kabazie, MD, WPAHS Anesthesiologist, Medical Director, WPAHS Division of Pain Medicine |
| 4/8 | Orthopaedic Surgery: Focus on Arthroscopic Hip and Shoulder John Christoforetti, MD, West Penn Hospital Orthopaedic Surgeon who specializes in joint preservation therapies |
| 4/1 | Vascular Surgery Carlos Rosales, MD, West Penn Allegheny Health System Vascular Surgeon |
| March 2013 | |
| 3/25 |
Epilepsy
James Valeriano, MD, Chair, AGH Department of Neurology and Jack Wilberger, MD, Chair, AGH Department of Neurosurgery
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| 3/18 | Colorectal Cancer Elie Aoun, MD, WPAHS Gastroenterologist and James McCormick, DO, WPAHS Colorectal Surgeon |
| 3/11 | Thoracic and Esophageal Disease Blair Jobe, MD, Director of the WPAHS Institute for the Treatment of Esophageal and Thoracic Disease and Matthew VanDeusen, MD, AGH Thoracic Surgeon |
| 3/4 |
Gynecologic Oncology and Surgery
Fredric Price, MD, Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, West Penn Allegheny Health System Please download the latest Flash player from Adobe here.
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| February 2013 | |
| 2/25 |
Skin Cancer
Howard Edington, MD, Chair, Department of Surgery for WPAHS and Director of the West Penn Allegheny Cutaneous Oncology Center |
| 2/18 |
Preventive Heart Care
George Gabriel, MD, and Travis Wilson, MD – West Penn Allegheny Health System cardiologists. |
| 2/11 |
Upper Extremity Orthopaedic Surgery
Brad Palmer, MD, WPAHS, Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 2/4 |
Heart Failure
George Sokos, DO, AGH Cardiologist, Heart Failure Specialist and Nonnie Toth, dietician from AGH’s Cardiovascular Institute |
| January 2013 | |
| 1/28 |
Heart Disease – Interventional Cardiology
Venkatraman Srinivasan, MD and Rajiv Swamy, MD, West Penn Allegheny Health System Interventional Cardiologists |
| 1/21 |
Neurosurgery – Spine Injury and Movement Disorders
Nestor Tomycz, MD, West Penn Allegheny Health System Neurosurgeon |
| 1/14 |
Sports Medicine
DJ Phillips, MD, Allegheny General Hospital Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 1/7 |
Psychiatric Illness
Mike Fanzen, Ph.D, and Glen Getz, Ph.D., West Penn Allegheny Health System psychologists |
Joseph Cillo, DMD, AGH Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
