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Saint Louis University Hospital “In the News”

As an academic medical center, Saint Louis University Hospital experts are frequently featured in local, regional and national media. Here are highlights of recent stories:

 

Regrowing Severed Fingers

A powder made from pig bladder cells is being used to literally regrow severed fingers at Saint Louis University Hospital. FOX2's Tom O'Neal interviewed a local man and his physician, SLUCare plastic surgeon Bruce Kraemer, MD.

Watch the story here.

 

Women and Heart Disease

National Wear Red Day is the annual effort to raise awareness of a woman’s risk of heart disease. Saint Louis University Hospital cardiology chief Michael Lim, MD, talked about a woman’s risk of heart disease with KTRS Radio’s McGraw Milhaven.  

Watch the interview here.

 

Emergency Department Expansion

Saint Louis University Hospital is expanding their emergency department.

More from:

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The St. Louis Business Journal

KMOX Radio

The St. Louis American

 

Laser Lead Extraction

Cardiac surgeons and electrophysiologists at the Center for Comprehensive Cardiovascular Care at Saint Louis University Hospital are using lasers to remove device leads from some patients.

More from:

FOX2

KMOX Radio