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  Van Gorder Receives MedAssets' Outstanding Humanitarian Award for Exceptional Community Service

  Chris Van Gorder, chief executive officer of Scripps Health in San Diego, Calif., received MedAssets’ 2007 Outstanding Humanitarian Award in recognition of his commitment to volunteerism on a local and national basis. The award, which was presented Thursday, April 12 during MedAssets’ ...

  • Friday, April 20th, 2007

• Health and Wellness

  Tuberculosis: Should You Be Concerned?

  By Linda Good, R.N., Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla Tuberculosis is a strange disease. In some people, it leads to serious health problems and may even be fatal; in fact, it was a leading cause of death in the United States during the early 1900s. In others, the tuberculosis bacteria ...

  • Thursday, April 19th, 2007

• News Releases

  Scripps La Jolla Breaks Ground on New Complex of Buildings

  Scripps Health officials, board members, physicians, local dignitaries, and friends broke ground on April 18 for a long-anticipated complex of buildings on the campus of Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on the site of the much anticipated 1,350-space parking ...

  • Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

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  Scripps CEO Chris Van Gorder, FACHE, Elected to American College of Healthcare Executives Board of G

  Scripps Executives Receive Fellow Credential Scripps Health President and CEO Chris Van Gorder was elected to serve on the Board of Governors of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives. Van Gorder took ...

  • Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

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  Scripps Cancer Center Receives State Grant for Breast & Cervical Cancer Services for Minorities

  The California Department of Health Services has awarded a $769,748 grant to the Scripps Cancer Center to encourage low-income and uninsured African-American, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian women in San Diego and Imperial counties to obtain free breast and cervical cancer screening ...

  • Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

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  Scripps Health Receives Grants Totaling $95,000 From Susan G. Komen

  The San Diego affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has awarded Scripps Health two grants totaling $95,000, which will be used to provide community-based breast cancer education and diagnostic services throughout San Diego County. Scripps Cancer Center received a grant of $65,000 to help fund ...

  • Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

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  Heat and Chemotherapy Offer New Treatment for Abdominal Cancer

  By Mark Sherman, M.D., & Cheryl Olson, M.D., Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla Two of cancer’s biggest foes-heat and chemotherapy-have joined forces to create a powerful weapon in the battle against abdominal cancer, a life-threatening form of cancer long considered virtually untreatable ...

  • Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

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  San Diego Leaders Dickinson, Stapleton & Tjosvold Join Scripps Health Board of Trustees

  Three prominent San Diego business and community leaders – Martin C. Dickinson, Maureen A. Stapleton and Robert Tjosvold – have joined the Board of Trustees of Scripps Health. Dickinson, a 40-year veteran of the San Diego commercial banking sector, currently serves on the board of ...

  • Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

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  Three Accomplished Genomic Scientists Join Scripps Genomic Medicine Program

  Schork, Frazer, Shaw Murray join Eric Topol’s new program Scripps Chief Academic Officer Eric J. Topol, M.D., has recruited three accomplished genomic scientists to join the newly created Scripps Genomic Medicine Program. Nicholas J. Schork, Ph.D., is director of research; Kelly A. Frazer, ...

  • Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

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  New Hip Replacement Technique

  Offers Promise to Young, Active Patients By Michael Kimball, M.D., Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla When you hear about someone needing hip replacement surgery, what image comes to mind? A woman in her 60s or 70s who has suffered a broken hip due to osteoporosis? An elderly man who has severe ...

  • Thursday, March 15th, 2007