Cleveland Clinic has named Semih Sen, a healthcare entrepreneur with more than two decades-worth of international healthcare investment and development experience, to its newly created position of Chief Business Development Officer, effective July 1. In this role, Sen, a native of Turkey, will identify, assess, and realize new business opportunities; create and implement key strategies … Read More
News Releases
Using Artificial Intelligence to Deliver Personalized Radiation Therapy
New Cleveland Clinic-led research shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can use medical scans and health records to personalize the dose of radiation therapy used to treat cancer patients. Published today in The Lancet Digital Health, the research team developed an AI framework based on patient computerized tomography (CT) scans and electronic health records. This new … Read More
Adding Clinical Variables Improves Accuracy of Lung Allocation Score
Implemented back in 2005, the lung allocation score is used to prioritize patients awaiting lung transplants in the United States. Sicker transplant candidates have a higher calculated score and are placed at the top of the list. But a recent study led by Maryam Valapour, M.D., MPP, director of Lung Transplant Outcomes in Cleveland Clinic’s … Read More
Research Finds Seniors’ Hearts Can Benefit from High-Intensity Exercise
Seniors who participate in high-intensity exercise are may see an improvement in their heart function, according to research led by a Cleveland Clinic cardiologist and presented at the 30th Annual American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions in Portland, Oregon. While at the University of California San Francisco, lead author Chete Eze-Nliam, M.D. – now a … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Names New President of Euclid Hospital
Cleveland Clinic announced the promotion of Teresa E. Dews, M.D., as president of Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital, beginning July 15. Euclid Hospital is a 371-bed hospital offering a complete continuum of care including one of the region’s leading outpatient rehabilitation and orthopaedic centers. Other specialties include emergency services, neuro-rehabilitation, cardiology, geriatric assessment and additional inpatient … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Performs Its First In Utero Fetal Surgery
Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed its first in utero fetal surgery to repair a spina bifida birth defect in a nearly 23-week-old fetus. A multispecialty team of clinicians performed the surgery in February, and the baby, a girl, was later delivered by caesarean section near full term June 3, making it northern Ohio’s first surgery … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Children’s 2019-20 U.S. News Rankings: Innovations, Patient Stories and Experts
For the 12th consecutive year, Cleveland Clinic Children’s is ranked among the nation’s top 50 hospitals. As an integral part of Cleveland Clinic, which was ranked the nation’s No. 2 hospital in 2018 by U.S. News, Cleveland Clinic Children’s earned national recognition in 9 out of 10 specialties. Cleveland Clinic has cared for infants, children, … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Ranked Among the Nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report
Cleveland Clinic Children’s has been ranked as a national leader in clinical care by U.S. News & World Report in its 2019 – 2020 edition of “Best Children’s Hospitals.” Cleveland Clinic Children’s – an integral part of Cleveland Clinic, which was ranked the nation’s No. 2 hospital in 2019 by U.S. News – earned national … Read More
Cleveland Clinic to Host International Lewy Body Dementia Conference
Cleveland Clinic will host the International Lewy Body Dementia Conference, June 24-26, bringing together the world’s experts on the neurological disorder along with affected individuals, care partners and family members. The International Lewy Body Dementia Conference, to be held at the Caesars Palace Conference Center in Las Vegas, is a forum for research scientists, clinicians … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Expands Resident Education Program
AKRON: Cleveland Clinic Akron General is expanding its resident education program and will be welcoming 56 new residents into its program on July 1, eight more than in previous years. “We are pleased to be growing our already-robust graduate medical education program,” said Titus Sheers, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P., chairman of medical education and research at … Read More