Hana Safah, MD, performed an autologous bone marrow transplant on Jan. 22, marking a milestone for Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute’s newest heme-malignancy cell therapy program.
Autologous transplants are used to treat common blood cancers, such as leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. This type of transplant involves the patient receiving their own stem cells after chemotherapy.
The groundbreaking for Walker’s Imaginarium at Children’s Hospital New Orleans will be held Jan. 28 at 11 a.m. The event will be held at the hospital, located at 200 Henry Clay Ave. in New Orleans.
On Jan. 10, Woman's Hospital hosted a press conference with U.S. Representative Julia Letlow to announce the launch of their Newborn Essential Support Toolkits. Woman’s is now the sixth recipient in Louisiana to distribute the kits which are supplied through a public-private partnership between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Baby2Baby, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides families across the country with diapers, clothing, and other basic necessities.
On January 15, Woman’s Hospital hosted a Breast & GYN Cancer Survivor Second Line followed by a special performance by Southern’s Human Jukebox and Fabulous Dancing Dolls.
Held at the hospital’s main campus in Baton Rouge, the event celebrated breast and GYN cancer survivors and served as a reminder for every woman to make their health a priority by scheduling their well-woman exam and mammogram with the OB-GYN every year.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center announced that Andy Dalovisio, MD, hematology oncologist, has joined Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center as the director of its myeloma, lymphoma, and cellular therapy program.
