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Scripps in the News | July 10, 2018

Scripps Heart Transplant Patient Lauds Use of LVAD to Keep Him Alive

Thomas Heywood, MD, treating LVAD heart patient Scott Fitzgerald
Heart transplant patient Scott Fitzgerald was featured on 10News, Ivanhoe News, and San Diego Magazine explaining how the use of the LVAD helped save his life.
Scripps in the News | June 19, 2018

Spinoff Raises $2.4 Million for Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center

Scripps Health President and CEO Chris Van Gorder, Thomas Buchholz, medical director Scripps MD Anderson, and James LaBelle, Scripps Health chief medical officer posed together at the 2018 Spinoff event that raised $2.4 million for cancer care.
The 27th annual Spinoff Gala raised $2.4 million to benefit the new Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center.
News Releases | May 30, 2018

Scripps Invests $398 Million into Community Benefits in Region

A diabetes educator at Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute teaches patients how to help manage diabetes.
Scripps Health, a nonprofit health system, invested $398 million into community benefit programs in San Diego County during fiscal year 2017,
Health and Wellness | May 29, 2018

LVADs, Pacemakers and How One Woman Is Thriving After a Heart Transplant (podcast)

A heart failure patient holds an LVAD device that has been implanted to keep the patient's heart functioning while a new heart becomes available for a heart transplant.
Heart failure patient Darla Calvet and cardiologist Thomas Heywood discuss how the LVAD helped keep her heart working while she waited for a heart transplant.
News Releases | May 25, 2018

All Scripps Hospitals Recognized for Excellent Stroke Care

A female doctor explains the results of a CT scan with a stroke patient.
All five Scripps Health hospital campuses earned AHA/ASA Gold Plus Quality Achievement Awards for meeting high treatment standards for stroke treatment.
Health and Wellness | May 15, 2018

How Research at Scripps Could Revolutionize Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis (podcast)

Physicians and scientists at the Scripps Clinic Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education (SCORE) are researching new solutions for osteoarthritis.
Health and Wellness | May 8, 2018

Orthopedic Researchers Racing to Find Ways to Improve Knee Replacements (video)

Physicians and scientists at the Scripps Clinic Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education (SCORE) are working to improve joint replacement surgery.
Patient Stories | May 4, 2018

Spine Surgery Brought Suanne Back to the Dance Floor

San Diego resident Suanne Summers practices ballroom dancing with a partner after spine surgery at Scripps.
Discover how minimally invasive spine surgery in San Diego finally relieved 50-year-old Suanne's severe back pain from a ruptured disc.
Scripps in the News | April 18, 2018

Pet Therapy Teams Honored

Scripps honored its volunteer pet therapy teams during National Volunteer Week. A pet volunteer is featured in photo taken at Scripps La Jolla.
During National Volunteers Week, Scripps honored its pet therapy teams with an event at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.
Health and Wellness | April 17, 2018

When Is It Time to Get Hip Replacement Surgery? (podcast)

Christine Burke suffered hip pain for years until she was referred to Dr. Rina Jain, an orthopedic surgeon at Scripps La Jolla who performed a hip replacement.