We’re right here to change the future of cancer in our region. Welcome to the St. Elizabeth Cancer Center, we’re excited to have you on this tour. As you hopefully know by now, this isn’t just about a building. We’re here to change the future of cancer in our region. Not just treating the cancers but treating the patients themselves. …
Listen to Jacob Bast, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of St. Elizabeth Physicians, on Becker’s Healthcare Podcast. He discusses his top priorities in the coming months, his best advice for emerging leaders, and more.
For Northern Kentucky resident Scott Bonta, May 28 will forever mark a new anniversary in his life: it’s the day he returned home after battling COVID-19 for more than two months in the hospital. Surrounded by cheering St. Elizabeth Healthcare nurses, doctors, therapists and aides, Scott slowly stood up from his wheelchair and carefully walked into his family’s embrace. They …
St. Elizabeth is the first in Kentucky and the only health system in the region to offer a new wearable, non-invasive treatment for mesothelioma. Optune Lua is a portable device that delivers low-grade electrical fields to the tumors to slow the growth of cancer cells. “Optune Lua is a new treatment that slows progression and improves the quality of life …
The Rotator Cuff-Sparing Shoulder Replacement is a new, less invasive option for shoulder surgery. It’s an innovative approach developed by Dr. R. Michael Greiwe, an affiliated orthopaedic surgeon with OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine practicing at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, that allows for faster healing and less pain.
First-time parents Patti and Aaron Talbert were excited to enroll in a St. Elizabeth Healthcare childbirth class to prepare for their son’s arrival. Then the COVID-19 pandemic began, and their getting-ready-for-baby plans came to a halt. St. Elizabeth Healthcare quickly decided to move childbirth classes online to allow parents-to-be to take classes in the safety and comfort of their own …
On Friday, Sept. 11, Dr. Mohamad Sinno performed the first implantation in the U.S. of a Bluetooth-enabled biventricular implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) at St. Elizabeth Edgewood. The new device, the Abbott Gallant, recently received FDA approval for a new technology assessment and is available in only a few centers in the U.S. during this assessment phase. Internal defibrillators are implantable …
Edgewood, KY – St. Elizabeth Healthcare is honored to announce a partnership with MacKenzie’s Marvelous Adventures, LLC, to offer support and encouragement to our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) families. MacKenzie’s Marvelous Adventures bloomed in memory of Caitlin Graham and Andrew Louden’s daughter, MacKenzie, who lived only 20 days after being born prematurely. Caitlin and Andrew created a beautiful legacy …
Water enhancers have been around for decades. You probably had them in your cupboard as a child—Kool-Aid and Tang. But water enhancers got a facelift in 2012 when the beverage aisle started filling up with squeeze bottles of concentrated liquid flavor, all to get Americans to drink more water. Rachel Wagner, a dietitian with St. Elizabeth Physicians Weight Management Center, …
