Clinical Center News
July / August 2024
A Roadmap to Improve Communication in the ICU
This is the third installment of Marcy Mager’s observations about the processes and procedures used in the NIH Clinical Center to provide care to patients who are severely ill. Full Story
Center for Cellular Engineering Unveils New Manufacturing Facility
The Center for Cellular Engineering (CCE) will soon unveil its new, roughly $20 million Modular Terrace Facility. Full Story
Clinical Center Honors Its Own Nobel Laureate
The Clinical Center recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the NIH History Center and Stetten Museum exhibit on Dr. Harvey Alter. Full Story
NIH Director Scrubs In at the Clinical Center
NIH Director, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli and NCI, Dr. Stephanie Goff operated on a woman with metastatic melanoma to remove a tumor from her thigh muscle, which is part of a clinical trial's protocol to test the effect of using combo immunotherapy drugs in a patient with metastatic melanoma. Full Story
How the NIH Clinical Center Cured Elyas Khandwalla
Participating in a clinical trial, a seventh-grader received a life-saving bone marrow transplant, shedding light on a promising new preoperative conditioning treatment. Full Story
Renovated Pharmacy begins phased opening
After five years of construction and operating out of temporary locations, the Clinical Center’s Pharmacy will be reopening in a renovated space on the first floor of the hospital.
Clinical Center program trains often-overlooked transfusion medicine professionals
Specialist in Blood Banking professionals are leaders and contributors to the field of transfusion medicine in the challenging environment caused by the pandemic.
Rehab Medicine tests new bodyweight support system
Following a serious illness or injury, getting back on your feet can be difficult for individuals of all ages.
Chaplain Michael Zoosman does a different type of research
Science perpetually builds on itself, working on the knowledge and discoveries of the past.
Doing their part – community blood donors support research and treatment
Much of the broad span of medical activity at the Clinical Center depends on an ample and safe blood supply.
Clinical Center's Blood Bank plays a vital role in treatment and research
Blood is essential to life and health.
Elementary school students raise $8,000 for CC patients, their families
This summer, the students of Carderock Springs Elementary school in Bethesda, M.D. presented a check for more than $8,400 to benefit patients and families participating...
Clinical Center employees honored for clinical excellence, compassionate care of patients
In October, Dr. Colleen Hadigan with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was named Staff Clinician of the Year, and Clinical Center colleagues...
Catalog of patient library resources now accessible online
The NIH Clinical Center patient library catalog recently went digital – NIH patients, their family members and caregivers can now go online...
Professor presents on "The Digital Doctor," patient safety
In January 2016, Dr. Robert Watcher visited the NIH and presented at a Contemporary Clinical Medicine: Great Teachers Lecture.
NIH clinical trials need you – HIV research study, brain injury study and others now recruiting
For more information on trials listed below, or to learn about other available opportunities to participate in research studies, call the NIH Clinical Center Office of Patient Recruitment...
NIH scientists discover genetic cause of rare allergy to vibration
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified a genetic mutation responsible for a rare form of inherited hives induced by vibration.
Hernandez honored as Distinguished Clinical Teacher
Dr. Jonathan Hernandez, a surgical oncologist with the Surgical Oncology Program in the National Cancer Institute, was presented the NIH 2021 Distinguish Clinical Teacher Award (DCTA).
Caring for the caregivers
The life of a healthcare professional can be difficult: working long hours in an often hectic environment.
Celebrating Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at NIH
In May, NIH celebrated Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.
From Texas to Antarctica
The Department of Transfusion Medicine and Center for Cellular Engineering has a new chief, but she's no stranger to the NIH Clinical Center.
Vaccine clinic for NIH staff hosted in Clinical Center B1 cafeteria
From December to June, the B-1 Cafeteria looked nothing like a cafeteria - it was transformed into the NIH COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic.
Emerging from the pandemic: leadership charts a way forward
With vaccines for coronavirus becoming widely available, we can see a light at the end of the tunnel.
