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In the News

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Pavilion Topping Off Ceremony

From WTMJ Channel 4 (December 2006) — The Cancer Pavilion held its topping off ceremony, hoisting a white steel beam signed by a thousand cancer patients to the top of the new structure.

Leg Pain Could be Peripheral Artery Disease

From The Journal Times (Racine) (December 2006) — Patient stories show the value of seeking out a vascular specialist for leg pain.

A Better Breast Reconstruction

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (December 2006) — The availability of a highly specialized breast reconstruction technique called the DIEP flap procedure has expanded the list of choices available to women after having surgery to treat cancer.

A Dose of Prevention

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (November 2006) — In 2005, Froedtert joined thousands of hospitals across the nation in one of the most ambitious campaigns in medical history to combat a persistent problem in American health care.

A Story of Faith

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (November 2006) — Froedtert Hospital chaplain and cancer survivor Anita Lorbiecki knows firsthand the power of faith.

Inspiring Others to Fight

From GreenfieldNow.com (November 2006) — Hope & Spirit award winner Jeff Popken inspires and encourages others.

Deep Brain Stimulation Eases
Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

From MyFoxMilwaukee.com (November 2006) — Fox 6 shows the dramatic results of deep brain stimulation.

First-Rate Trauma Care Keeps
Homicides From Spiraling Even Higher

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (November 2006) — The quiet success of the Trauma Center at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin masks the true effect of gun violence on the Milwaukee urban area. Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3.

Radiation Beads Being Tested for Liver Cancer

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (November 2006) — Physicians at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin are testing whether injecting radioactive beads directly into tumors destroys cells while decreasing damage to surrounding tissue.

Grounded in Community

From Hospitals & Health Networks Magazine (October 2006) — In a first-person account of our healthcare system, William Petasnick, the American Hospital Association's chairman-elect and Froedtert Hospital president and chief executive officer, discusses his passion for health care and the need for healthcare leaders to work within their communities to focus on care that is about the patient.

Transplant a Third Chance

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (October 2006) — Paul Knaust, 50, of New Berlin, has his brother-in-law to thank for his second kidney transplant.

Portraits of Courage

From M Magazine (October 2006) — Two young Milwaukee women show that breast cancer can strike anyone.
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UnitedHealthcare, Froedtert Renew Contract

From WITI-TV, Fox 6 (September 2006) — Fox 6's Julie Feldman shows just how important this agreement is.

Organ Donors Offer Gift of Life

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (July 2006) — Two families are forever connected by a lung donation and transplant.

Living Gifts

From The (Racine) Journal Times (July 2006) — Transplant technology is making the surgery easier, but organs are still hard to come by. New kidney recipient Mike Becker has a new view on donation.

Last Review Date: Jan. 5, 2007

Online Editor(s): Christopher Sadler