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Scripps in the News | July 1, 2019

Scripps CEO Weighs In on Behavioral Health Reimbursement Gap

Scripps Health President and CEO Chris Van Gorder discussed the reimbursement funding gap for mental care in San Diego with The Union-Tribune.
KUSI featured Christopher Marsh, MD, Scripps Clinic transplant surgeon; John Tiefenbaum, kidney transplant recipient and Susan Tiefenbaum, living kidney donor. She received hero walk at Scripps Green.
Scripps in the News | June 27, 2019

Hero Walk for Local Living Kidney Donor

Scripps Green recently started a celebratory hero walk program for living organ donors. KUSI featured the story.
KUSI host Lauren Phinney, Dr. Thomas Buchholz, medical director of Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center and Craig Jacobsen, cancer patient.
Scripps in the News | June 18, 2019

Media Preview of Cancer Survivors Day Events In La Jolla, Chula Vista

Thomas Buchholz, MD, medical director of Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, and cancer survivor Craig Jacobson discuss Cancer Survivors Day on KUSI.
KUSI anchor Ginger Jeffries interviews Jessica Harned of the American Heart Association and Benjamin Kelley, MD, dermatologist at Scripps Clinic, about sun safety.
Scripps in the News | June 17, 2019

Scripps Dermatologists Offer Sun Safety Tips to Prevent Skin Cancer

Drs. Benjamin Kelley and Hugh Greenway, dermatologists at Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, discuss summer sun safety tips on local news programs.
Mike Frager, Ann Frager, Rob Hixson, Gina Hixson, James Frager, Devon Frager at Scripps Mercy Ball 2019.
Scripps in the News | June 13, 2019

Scripps Mercy Ball Raises $2.5 Million For Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center

The 47th Scripps Mercy Ball raised $2.5 million to support construction of the new Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego.
Back patient Sarah Swiss and Jamieson Glenn, MD, spine surgeon at Scripps Clinic, on KUSI
Scripps in the News | June 12, 2019

Marathoner Returns to Competing One Year After Spine Surgery

Sarah Swiss, a spine fusion patient, and Jamieson Glenn, MD, a spine surgeon, discussed the marathoner's recovery after minimally invasive spine surgery.
A doctor examines a mammogram checking for breast cancer.
Scripps in the News | June 10, 2019

Scripps Doctor Treats Patient With Rare Breast Implant-Related Cancer

A local woman and Salvatore Pacella, a plastic surgeon at Scripps, were recently featured on CBS 8, discussing her rare breast implant-related cancer condition.
Dr. Christopher March, Dr. Jonathan Fisher, Patient Haley Gibbons, and Dr. Randolph Schaffer at press conference discussing hero walk for living organ donors.
Scripps in the News | June 5, 2019

Media Coverage: Scripps Holds First Hero Walk For Living Organ Donors

Local media covered the first "hero walk" at Scripps for living organ donors. Dozens of medical staff and supporters cheered living donor Hayley Gibbons.
Surgical team performing heart surgery in operating room.
Scripps in the News | June 3, 2019

Scripps Heart Patient Gets Rare Life-Saving Valve Surgery

A Del Mar resident whose health improved after undergoing a rare heart valve replacement surgery is featured in the Del Mar Times.
Dr. Athena Philis-Tsimikas, an endocrinologist, discusses a decline in diabetes cases on KUSI.
Scripps in the News | May 30, 2019

Scripps Expert Discusses Decline in New Diabetes Cases Despite Rise in Obesity

Athena Philis-Tsimika, an endocrinologist, recently discussed a federal study showing a decline in new diabetes cases despite a rise in obesity rates.