Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that using lungs from donors who are considered high risk for certain infectious diseases compared to standard risk donors results in similar one-year survival for recipients. In addition, researchers saw no difference in rejection or graft (donor lung) survival after one year in patients receiving lungs from increased-risk donors. The … Read More
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Cleveland Clinic’s Community Benefit Topped $1B in 2018
As part of its continuing commitment to promote access to healthcare and healthy behaviors in our communities, Cleveland Clinic invested more than $1 billion in community benefit in 2018, the most in the health system’s history. Cleveland Clinic’s total community benefit increased 6% to $1.04 billion in 2018 from $981.4 million in 2017. The figures … Read More
National Cancer Institute Awards $2.8 Million to Cleveland Clinic to Study Balance of Ecological and Evolutionary Contributors to Cancer
Jacob Scott, M.D., Ph.D., a physician researcher from Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, recently received a $2.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study how ecological and evolutionary mechanisms contribute to lung cancer development and progression, and how the interplay between these … Read More
Researchers Find Common Measures of Immune Status, Inflammation Can Predict Mortality
A new collaborative study led by Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals has found that commonly used clinical indicators of immune status and inflammation can predict mortality in the general population. Published in JAMA Network Open, the study showed that lymphopenia (a condition characterized by low levels of a specific type of white blood cell, called … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Names Thomas Mroz, M.D., Chair of its Orthopaedic & Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic announced the appointment of Thomas E. Mroz, M.D., as chair of its Orthopaedic & Rheumatologic Institute, beginning Jan. 1, 2020. In this capacity, Dr. Mroz will oversee more than 478 caregivers and 125 staff physicians who comprise Cleveland Clinic’s Orthopaedic & Rheumatologic Institute. Dr. Mroz currently serves as the director of the Center … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Names James Merlino, M.D., Chief Clinical Transformation Officer
Cleveland Clinic has named James Merlino, M.D., to the newly created post of Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, effective Dec. 1, 2019. In this position, Dr. Merlino will oversee the Office of Patient Experience, Enterprise Quality & Safety and the Office of Continuous Improvement. He will report directly to Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Tom Mihaljevic, … Read More
NIH Awards Cleveland Clinic $12 Million to Study Link Between Gut Microbes, Heart Disease
The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $12 million to Cleveland Clinic researchers to study the critical link between gut microbial pathways and the development of cardiometabolic diseases. The team is led by Stanley Hazen, M.D., Ph.D, director of Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Microbiome & Human Health. Cardiometabolic diseases encompasses cardiovascular conditions like … Read More
VeloSano Raises More than $4.7 Million for Cancer Research at Cleveland Clinic
VeloSano raised more than $4.7 million in 2019, with 100% of the money raised supporting lifesaving cancer research at Cleveland Clinic. This brings the cumulative total to more than $21 million raised in six years. Latin for “swift cure,” VeloSano is a year-round, community-driven fundraising initiative. The money raised is a culmination of many efforts, … Read More
$261 Million Gift Largest in Cleveland Clinic History
Cleveland Clinic has received the largest gift in its nearly 100-year history with a $261 million distribution from the Lord Foundation of Ohio. The distribution was made possible by the sale of LORD Corporation, a privately-held manufacturing company. The sale has led to the distribution of more than $1 billion to four institutions nationwide to … Read More
Cleveland Clinic First in the World to Perform Robotic Single-Port Kidney Transplant
Cleveland Clinic is the first hospital in the world to successfully perform a robotic single-port kidney transplant, which enables all surgical instruments and the donor kidney to be placed through one small abdominal incision. The Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute surgical team included Jihad Kaouk, M.D., director of the Center for Robotic and Image Guided … Read More