Clinical Center News
May / June 2024
Dr. Saly Gabriel to lead NIH Clinical Center Pharmacy Department
Saly Gabriel, PharmD, MBA has joined the NIH Clinical Center as its new chief of the Pharmacy Department. Full Story
President Joe Biden visits the Clinical Center to Highlight Prescription Drug Prices
On Dec. 14, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden visited the NIH Clinical Center to deliver remarks on efforts to reduce the price of prescription drugs and highlighting how a signature piece of legislation is capping prescription drug costs. Full Story
Clinical Center celebrates staff accomplishments
The hospital at the heart of the NIH campus presented CEO awards to 752 staff for accomplishments in in 2023. 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
Connecting musicians with patients
The hospital makes it easier for local musicians to perform in the Clinical Center's Music in the Atrium series.
Scientists searching for treatments for severe aplastic anemia
NIH researchers want to work with patients with severe aplastic anemia to explore new treatments and medications.
Transfusion medicine symposium shares practical knowledge
Symposium focused on recent developments, current practices and management issues relevant to transfusion medicine.
Profile: Hospital Epidemiologist Dr. Alison Han
Han oversees a team focused on understanding and preventing the causes of disease outbreaks.
Men in Nursing discussion addresses rewards and challenges
The Clinical Center's Nursing DEI Council sponsored a Men in Nursing event, focused on male nurses who work in a profession that remains 88 percent female.
U.S. & Australia collaborate on cancer research
The U.S. and Australia have strong research ties - Australian researchers are the United States' second largest international recipients of National Cancer Institute research grants.
Clinical Center dials into telehealth
The Clinical Center transitioned to a new telehealth platform on March 1, 2023, to help care teams and researchers improve communication with patients.
Bond detailed to support CC leaders on SRLM
A staggering degree of thought went into designing blueprints for the Surgery Radiology, and Lab Medicine (SRLM) tower that will soon begin to rise from the northwest side of the Clinical Center.
Management Intern program unlocks new career paths
Have you heard of the NIH Management Intern (MI) Program?
Diagnosis to treatment: three siblings from Sweden return to the Clinical Center
A family travels from Europe to the Clinical Center for an experimental treatment for their children.
Hospital and NIH Blood Bank thankful for dedicated blood donors
Dedicated blood donors help ensure there are enough blood products to support patients receiving treatments at the hospital.
"I felt like someone was looking out for me"
Often, it's the parents of children with rare and poorly understood conditions who become prime movers in helping advance research and treatments for their kids.
U.S. & Australia collaborate on cancer research
The U.S. and Australia have strong research ties - Australian researchers are the United States' second largest international recipients of National Cancer Institute research grants.
Clinical Center dedicates Bernstein sculpture
On Oct. 6, the Clinical Center held a dedication event for the Lionel Bernstein sculptures outside the Clinical Center Chapel.
Daniel Chertow promoted to tenured investigator
Dr. Daniel S. Chertow, an NIH physician-scientist specializing in critical care medicine and infectious diseases, was recently promoted to tenured investigator.
Clinical Center welcomes new CFO
Sunil Vasudevan assumed the role of Clinical Center chief financial officer in June.
The NSO returns to the Clinical Center in full force
The National Symphony Orchestra returned to the NIH Clinical Center atrium on Sept. 13 with a spectacular performance.
The Year of the Nurse 2020
Since 1953 the NIH Clinical Center has been through a lot of change – building size, clinical trial designs, therapeutic approaches – but one aspect of clinical research that has remained constant...
The Lunch and Learn series returns to the NIH Clinical Center in 2020
Launching in January 2020, and open to all Clinical Center staff, the Leadership Lunch and Learn series will help staff tackle important, work-related issues by tapping into strategies and tips...
Taking the "jobs no one else wants"
From his beginnings as a medical student, Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic always looked for new opportunity and experiences in unlikely places - a habit that eventually led him to capture the CEO role...
2019 Staff Clinician of the Year - Dr. Douglas Rosing
Dr. Douglas Rosing, head of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) Cardiac Consultation Service, was honored this past fall as the 2019 Staff Clinician of the Year.
Clinical Center CEO delivers "Strategic Thinking" presentation
What does cooking a Thanksgiving meal have to do with leading a healthcare organization?
Sixth cohort of nursing trainees graduate from the residency program
On Oct. 3, the Clinical Center Nursing Department celebrated the accomplishments and hard work of Cohort 6 of the Clinical Research Nursing Residency Program.
Clinical trials at NIH Clinical Center in need of participants
Latest information on research studies looking for volunteers.
Research, industry and advocacy join on NIH Rare Disease Day
Two years of virtual NIH Rare Disease Day didn’t diminish the energy and level of interest for this year's event.
Learn more about Rare Disease Day at NIH
The NIH Clinical Center, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and other partners will host a hybrid Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2023.
Clinical Center welcomes Ukrainian Minister of Health
Ukraine's Minister of Health, Dr. Viktor Liashko, visited the NIH Clinical Center in mid-December to discuss his country's health needs.
Winter updates from the Patient Recruitment Office
Latest information on research studies looking for volunteers.
From 'First in Human' Studies to Enduring Advances
Stem cell study based at the Clinical Center shows progress in treating blood cancers.
