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

Diet, supplements and AI: how can we prevent blindness?
In December 2019, Dr. Emily Chew, Deputy Clinical Director of the National Eye Institute took the stage at the Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS) Astute Clinician Lecture, delivering a talk...
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Dr. Francis Collins, Dr. Emily Chew and Dr. Jim Gilman
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...
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Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic, Mihaljevic is Laura Lee, and Dr. James K. Gilman
Patients, parents and advocates join forces at NIH Rare Disease Day
With more than 700 in-person attendees and over 1,000 livestream viewers, NIH held its 10th annual Rare Disease Day event in the Natcher Building on Feb. 28.
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Noah Victoria speaking
Clinical Center CEO delivers "Strategic Thinking" presentation
What does cooking a Thanksgiving meal have to do with leading a healthcare organization?
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Jim Gilman, CC CEO
Radiology's Dr. Michael Do honored as early career investigator
Dr. Huy (Michael) Do, a post-doctoral fellow with Radiology and Imaging Sciences, was recognized in February 2020 as a prominent early career investigator by the Academy for Radiology...
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Dr. Huy Michael
Resource for surgical services available online for NIH staff
The NIH surgery webpages now available for staff on the Clinical Center's intranet are a "one-stop shop" with easy access to key material about surgical services at the hospital.
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NIH Clinical Center staff member
New hospice suites provide home-like environment
According to the NIH National Institute on Aging, people who are at the end of life need care in the areas of physical comfort, mental and emotional needs, spiritual issues, and practical tasks.
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Senior leaders at NIH cut a ribbon opening two hospice suites at the Clinical Center
Staff honored for improving patient care and the workplace environment
In December, Dr. Jim Gilman, CEO of the Clinical Center, proudly presented awards to more than 400 NIH employees for their leadership in helping advance the Clinical Center's priorities...
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Men on stage at the awards
15th Annual NIH Gingerbread House Decorating Contest drew 77 entries
The 15th annual NIH Gingerbread House Decorating contest had a record year – with 77 entries and entertainment for all.
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A young boy voting on gingerbread houses
Hitting the mark with a new magnet
On Saturday Aug. 25, a 38,000 lb. magnet was delivered to the NIH Bethesda campus and hoisted into a newly renovated room at the NIH Clinical Center Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center.
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Two men up close to the MRI magnet, outside
NIH fights the Flu
The NIH Office of Research Services and the Clinical Center provided free flu shots from Oct. 1 through Nov. 9 to staff who had a valid NIH identification badge.
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A nurse provides Dr. Anthony Fauci a flu shot
Retired Navy Capt. and Clinical Center COO speaks at 2018 NIH Veterans day celebration
Pius A. Aiyelawo, the NIH Clinical Center's chief operating officer, was the keynote speaker for the Nov. 7 NIH Veterans Day Celebration.
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Retired Navy Capt. Pius A. Aiyelawo speaking at the NIH Veterans Day Celebration Nov. 7

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