Abby Silverman Appointed to Scripps Health Board of Trustees

September 5th, 2008 - News Releases
SAN DIEGO – Abby Silverman of La Jolla has been appointed to the Scripps Health Board of Trustees. Silverman is returning to the board, having originally served from 2000 to 2007, including two terms as chairwoman. Silverman, a recently retired partner of Baker & McKenzie LLP, now serves as of counsel to firm’s North American region. Her assignments for the North American offices of the firm in... Read More

Scripps Health to be on Alert to Operate Mobile Field Hospitals for Hurricane Victims

September 2nd, 2008 - News Releases
SAN DIEGO – The state of California has notified Scripps Health administrators to be on alert and ready to deploy to the Gulf Coast region at any time to assist with the region’s health care needs in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. Scripps Health serves as the hospital administrative support unit (HASU) for the state’s three mobile field hospitals, which could potentially be deployed to trea... Read More

Homeless get second chance

August 28th, 2008 - Scripps in the News, Scripps Mercy Hospital
Scripps recently launched a collaborative pilot program with Catholic Charities to help homeless patients recover from their injuries or illnesses and get a fresh start. Read More

Scripps La Jolla Pain Doc Teams Up With Race Car Driver to Offer Hope to Chronic Pain Sufferers

August 27th, 2008 - News Releases, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
Scripps La Jolla pain specialist Christopher Chisholm, M.D., is teaming up with professional race car driver Michael Roman to offer help and healing for chronic pain sufferers. Roman will share his story about how he successfully receiving a spinal cord stimulator for a phantom pain caused by the amputation of his right leg after a severe knee infection. And Dr. Chisholm will address the practi... Read More

Scripps Translational Science Institute Contributes to Discovery of Cancer Gene

August 25th, 2008 - News Releases
SAN DIEGO – Researchers at Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) have contributed to a major genetic breakthrough – the discovery of a gene responsible for the majority of inherited cases of a common childhood cancer. The finding was reported online Aug. 24 in Nature. The finding promises to provide a springboard for developing new therapeutic strategies. Neuroblastoma — a cancer of th... Read More

Scripps Translational Science Institute's Cancer Gene Discovery on KFMB-TV

August 25th, 2008 - Scripps in the News
Local TV coverage of the announcement that researchers at Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) have contributed to a major genetic breakthrough – the discovery of a gene responsible for the majority of inherited cases of a common childhood cancer. The finding was reported online Aug. 24 in Nature, and promises to provide a springboard for developing new therapeutic strategies. Read More

Breaking Free of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

August 18th, 2008 - News Releases, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
by Martin Sodomsky, M.D., Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla It’s happened to most of us. We leave the house, then turn around and go back to make sure we’ve turned off the oven or unplugged the iron. For most of us, checking once is enough to reassure ourselves that all is well. For people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), however, once is not nearly enough. People with OCD are literal... Read More

A dose of experience

August 15th, 2008 - Scripps in the News
This summer, Scripps Health launched its High School Exploration Program which allowed 12 high school students to work for Scripps while exploring health care professions beyond medicine and nursing. Read More

Notice of Scripps Health to Bid on its Auction Rate Securities

August 12th, 2008 - News Releases
Post-Auction Disclosure of Scripps Health Bid on its Auction Rate Securities * * Read More

Scripps Cancer Center Earns Network Accreditation

August 11th, 2008 - News Releases, Cancer Care
Scripps Cancer Center Earns Network Accreditation from American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer SAN DIEGO – has become the first multi-hospital cancer program in California and one of only 28 nationally to earn network accreditation from the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer (CoC). Scripps Cancer Center, which provides comprehensive patient care and support services a... Read More

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