Clinical Center News
July / August 2024
David Lunter talking to a family member

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

CCE Modular Terrace

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

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Diane Dowling, Dr. Harvey Alter, Dr. James Gilman, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli and Dr. Lawrence Tabak

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

Dr. Monica Bertagnolli and Dr. Stephanie Goff

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

Elyas Khandwalla

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

Clinical Center informed consent process goes digital
A new way to electronically sign consents is now available at the Clinical Center.
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iMedConsent™ is the new tool that will standardize the capture of electronic signature
NIH Clinical Center wins 2021 Grace award
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center will have to get a bigger awards shelf.
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Dr. James Gilman
Science, society and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
In addition to being a public health challenge, pandemics are also an economic and social challenge.
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Dr. Ashish Jha
NIH Clinical Center bids farewell to long-time staff and welcomes new ones
This year has been active on the personnel front with many people moving into new leadership positions at the NIH Clinical Center.
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the NIH Clinical Center
Obesity shown to be a significant factor in COVID-19 complications
People with obesity have an increased risk of catching the virus as well as intensified adverse effects - this topic was front and center...
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3D illustration of fat cells
Collins Steps Down as NIH Director
Dr. Francis S. Collins announced he would be stepping down as NIH Director by the end of 2021.
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Francis Collins playing piano in June 2020
Annual NIH Gingerbread House Decorating Contest delights viewers at the hospital, online
The 16th annual NIH Gingerbread House Decorating contest had another record year with 90 entries.
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NIH Social Media team livestreams the winners on Twitter
Clinical Center recognizes staff clinician, physician's assistant and two administrators of the year
In October, Dr. Stephanie Goff, with the National Cancer Institute, was named Staff Clinician of the Year, Theresa Jerussi, with the Clinical Center, was named Physician Assistant of the Year and...
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Stephanie Goff
Dr. Ellen Sidransky presents 23rd annual Astute Clinician lecture series
On Nov. 4, Dr. Ellen Sidransky, with the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), spoke on "Gaucher Disease: How a Rare Disease Provides a Window into Common Neurodegenerative...
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Dr. Ellen Sidransky
Laboratory Medicine staff celebrate four decades of service
In the 1960s, the nearly 10-year-old NIH Clinical Center welcomed three new employees – Vanessa Martinez, Paula Merryman and Cameron Spriggs.
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Vanessa Martinez
34 Clinical Center staff recognized with NIH Director's Awards in 2020
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the NIH, congratulated 660 winners during the 2020 NIH Director's Awards for their contributions to NIH in 2019.
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Broadus Queen
CFC's virtual Halloween charity fair and mask contest
A Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Halloween Charity Fair and Mask Contest was held virtually Oct. 29.
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