2008 News Releases

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• 2008 Medical Monday Topics

• December 19, 2008 ~ Baptist Medical Center, Wolfson Children's Hospital to Celebrate Eight Nights of Hanukkah
• December 17, 2008 ~ Edward Sim Named As Incoming Administrator of Baptist Medical Center Beaches
• December 5, 2008 ~ Baptist Health Adds Newest Model of da Vinci® Robot Technology
• November 28, 2008 ~ Child Safety Seats Are a Must for Holiday Travel
• November 20, 2008 ~ Recalls Make Toy Shopping More Stressful; Most Deaths Caused by Choking
• November 19, 2008 ~ Northeast Florida Area Hospitals Go Smoke-Free on November 20
• November 18, 2008 ~ Baptist Medical Center Opens New Inpatient Behavioral Health Facility on the St. Johns River
• October 23, 2008 ~ Patrons of the Hearts Hosts Artscapade Party on Thursday, October 30, 2008, at the Jane Gray Gallery
• October 20, 2008 ~ National Research Corporation Once Again Names Baptist Health Among Top Healthcare Providers
• October 13, 2008 ~ Local Cancer Patient Shares Greeting Cards to Help Others with Cancer
• October 12, 2008 ~ Kohl's Cares for Kids® Offers $5 Curious George Books and Plush Toys to Benefit Wolfson
• October 13, 2008 ~ Local Cancer Patient Shares Greeting Cards to Help Others with Cancer
• October 8, 2008 ~ Second Lecture in 17th Annual Florida Forum to Feature Dennis Miller on November 6
• September 22, 2008 ~ Baptist Health Named One of the "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare" by Modern Healthcare Magazine
• September 20, 2008 ~ September is Baby Safety Month
• September 16, 2008 ~ Interactive Jaguars Den Opens at Wolfson Children's Hospital
• September 16, 2008 ~ Baptist Health Offers Free Prostate Cancer Screenings
• September 16, 2008 ~ Free Luncheon in Fernandina Beach Focuses on Women's Health
• September 10, 2008 ~ Red Wagon Parade Benefiting Wolfson Children's Hospital to be Held on September 13
• August 26, 2008 ~ Baptist Health Orthopaedic Surgeon, Neurosurgeons, Among First in City to Use New Artificial Disc
• August 20, 2008 ~ Baptist Medical Center Nassau Receives Chest Pain Center Accreditation
• August 11, 2008 ~ Baptist Health Chief Information Officer Competes in International Judo Competition
• August 4, 2008 ~ "Pink Links" Golf Initiative for Breast Cancer Survivors Kicks Off Third Session in September
• August 1, 2008 ~ Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program Offers Free Screenings to 2,000 Local Student-Athletes
• August 1, 2008 ~ 2008 World Breastfeeding Week Begins August 1
• July 30, 2008 ~ Jacksonville University Signs Contract for Student Health Clinic at Baptist Urgent Care in Arlington
• July 22, 2008 ~ Safe Kids Warns, A Trampoline Is Not a Toy
• July 22, 2008 ~ Wolfson Children's Hospital Launches New Web Site
• July 8, 2008 ~ Jacksonville Area Hospitals Join Together In Going Tobacco-Free
• July 3, 2008 ~ Speaking of Women's Health Lunch and Learn to Be Held on Tuesday, July 29
• July 1, 2008 ~ 17th Annual Florida Forum Features Seven Nationally Known Speakers
• July 1, 2008 ~ New Open Bore MRI Technology Now Available at Baptist Medical Center Beaches
• June 10, 2008 ~ Baptist Nassau Building to Be Named for Berkmans
• June 6, 2008 ~ Baptist Nassau MRI Accredited
• June 3, 2008 ~ The Women's Board of Wolfson Children's Hospital Announces Largest Gift Ever
• May 27, 2008 ~ Wolfson Children's Hospital Has More VeinViewers in Use than Any Other Hospital in the State
• May 22, 2008 ~ Speaking of Women's Health to Be Held on Saturday, August 16, 2008, at Hyatt Regency Riverfront
• May 21, 2008 ~ Japanese Urologists Come to Jacksonville to Observe Prostate Cancer Treatment by Baptist Health Physicians
• May 15, 2008 ~ First Coast Stroke Centers and Northeast Florida AANN Partner to Host Advanced Stroke Life Support Course
• May 14, 2008 ~ Baptist Beaches Increases Safe Sitter Classes Offered
• May 10, 2008 ~ Celebrating Mother's Day nothing new for these doctors (My Nassau Sun, The Florida Times Union)
• May 5, 2008 ~ "Bike-Ability Blast" for Special-Needs Children to Be Held on May 10 at Wolfson Rehab in Aetna Building
• May 1, 2008 ~ Baptist South Hosts Educational Program on Stroke Risk Factors, Prevention and Treatment on May 12
• April 28, 2008 ~ Safe Kids Northeast Florida, Wolfson Children's Hospital and Kohl's to Celebrate Safe Kids Week
• April 25, 2008 ~ Job training was a real lifesaver (Fernandina Beach News Leader)
• April 23, 2008 ~ Baptist Health Foundation Announces New Board Members and Officers
• April 16, 2008 ~ Baptist Medical Center South to Place Last Steel Beam in New Patient Tower on April 21 at 4 pm
• April 15, 2008 ~ Noted Businessman J. Malcolm Jones, Jr., Joins Wolfson Children's Hospital's Board of Directors
• April 14, 2008 ~ Howard C. Serkin Joins Baptist Medical Center Beaches' Board of Directors
• April 14, 2008 ~ Kristi Bageant-Epperson, Richard Myers, MD, Join Baptist Medical Center South Board of Directors
• April 09, 2008 ~ Safe Kids Northeast Florida, Wolfson Children's Hospital and Kohl's Host Safety Fair This Saturday, April 12
• April 09, 2008 ~ Sylvia Coma Joins Baptist Health Foundation Board of Trustees
• March 26, 2008 ~ Gear Up and Warm Up for Spring Sports Safety
• March 25, 2008 ~ South Korean Man Returns to Jacksonville 21 Years after Local Heart Surgeons Saved His Life
• March 13, 2008 ~ Baptist Beaches Gives HOPE to Homeless
• March 7, 2008 ~ EDITORIAL -- A hospital we can be proud of (Fernandina Beach News Leader)
• March 5, 2008 ~ Two Babies from Grenada Travel to Jacksonville for Life-Saving Heart Treatment
• February 26, 2008 ~ Safe Kids Northeast Florida and Wolfson Children's Hospital Offer Guidelines to Prevent Furniture Tip-Overs and Entrapment
• February 25, 2008 ~ Nemours Pediatric Ophthalmologist Invents Disposable Kit for Examining Premature Infants for Eye Disease
• February 12, 2008 ~ Remaining 16th Annual Florida Forum Season to Feature P.J. O'Rourke and Tiki Barber
• February 6, 2008 ~ Parents Cautioned: It Doesn't Take a Fire to Burn a Child
• January 30, 2008 ~ Girl from Cambodia with Rare Brain Tumor Receives Surgery at Wolfson Children's Hospital