Scripps Event to Celebrate Transplant Recipients and Donors

November 3, 2009 - News Releases, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Clinic, Organ and Cell Transplantation
La Jolla – Scripps Center for Organ & Cell Transplantation will host its annual “Thanks-for-Giving” party for transplant recipients and living donors on Friday, November 6 at the La Jolla Marriott, located at 4240 La Jolla Village Drive. More than 350 former patients, living donors, and family members of deceased donors will attend the celebration from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Special recognition for li... Read More

Dr. A. Brent Eastman Elected Chair of Board of Regents of American College of Surgeons

November 2, 2009 - News Releases, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla , Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego – Dr. A. Brent Eastman, FACS, was elected chairman of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) during the college’s annual Clinical Congress in Chicago Oct. 11-15. A general, vascular, and trauma surgeon, Eastman is chief medical officer of Scripps Health and the N. Paul Whittier endowed chair of trauma at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. He is also a clinical... Read More

Candlelight Ball to Celebrate 80th Anniversary

October 30, 2009 - News Releases, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
San Diego – For the 80th Anniversary Ruby Jubilee Candlelight Ball, Betty Knight Scripps, philanthropist and newspaper heiress, is planning a night to remember. Mrs. Scripps, who serves as General Chairman of the Candlelight Ball for the seventh consecutive year, invites guests to celebrate the event milestone on Saturday, December 5, at the Grand Del Mar. All proceeds from the evening will ben... Read More

12th Annual Scripps Whittier Golf Tournament Recognizes Leaders in Diabetes Care

October 28, 2009 - News Releases, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla , Diabetes
San Diego – More than 150 golfers and guests helped raise $125,000 at the 12th Annual Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute Invitational Dinner and Golf Tournament on Oct. 4 and 5, 2009. The golf outing benefited Scripps Whittier’s clinical research center and Project Dulce, a diabetes care and education program that addresses the specific needs of underserved, ethnically diverse populations. Scr... Read More

“Consumer Choice” Award Goes to Scripps La Jolla for 7th Consecutive Year

October 15, 2009 - News Releases, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla has won the National Research Corporation’s (NRC) Consumer Choice Award for the seventh consecutive year. The award honors hospitals which healthcare consumers have rated as having the highest quality and image in over 2 Read More

Scripps' Dr. Eastman Reveals New Data Showing Cracks in U.S. Trauma Care

October 13, 2009 - News Releases, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla , Scripps Mercy Hospital, Emergency and Trauma, Emergency and Trauma
CHICAGO – Trauma care in the United States is so fragmented, overwhelmed and underfunded that the survival and recovery of those who suffer major trauma often depends on where they happen to be when they are injured. That was the conclusion voiced today during a signature speech delivered by Scripps Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brent Eastman, FACS at the 2009 Clinical Congress of the Americ... Read More

Scripps Becomes First in U.S. to Offer Genetic Tests to Stent Patients

October 7, 2009 - News Releases, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Clinic
San Diego – In what is believed to be a first for a health system in the United States, Scripps Health is now offering genetic testing as part of its care for cardiovascular patients planning to undergo elective stent procedures. The tests will determine if patients have one or more of the common gene variants linked to an inability to metabolize the anti-clotting drug Plavix (clopidrogel). Pla... Read More

Samuel Levy Joins Scripps Health As Director of Genomic Sciences

October 5, 2009 - News Releases
San Diego – Noted genomic researcher Samuel Levy, Ph.D., has joined Scripps Health’s genomic medicine program as director of genomic sciences. Levy has extensive knowledge of the sequencing and analysis of human genomes. He was the leading scientist on the first published diploid genome sequence of a human, that of J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. This groundbreaking work identified an extensive class of... Read More

Scripps Wellness Day Set for Oct. 17; Events Planned in Six Locations Countywide

October 5, 2009 - News Releases, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla , Scripps Clinic Rancho Bernardo, Scripps Coastal Medical Center, Scripps Mercy Hospital, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Clinic, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
San Diego – San Diegans can learn new ways to improve their health and well-being at the inaugural Scripps Wellness Day Saturday, Oct. 17 from 8 a.m. to noon. Scripps Health will host six events simultaneously in La Jolla, Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad, Chula Vista and Hillcrest at various Scripps Health locations. Attendees can receive health screenings, meet physicians, hear presentations on impo... Read More

Circle of Life 100 Raises $100,000 to Benefit Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

September 28, 2009 - News Releases, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas – Pairing fabulous designer shoes with lush wines, the Fifth Annual Circle of Life 100 Celebration: Wine, Women and Shoes event on Sept. 10, 2009, raised $100,000 to benefit women’s diagnostic imaging equipment and technology at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. During the event, Circle of Life 100 honored LaVerne Briggs, supporter of Scripps Encinitas, with the 2009 Distinguished ... Read More

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