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Forbes magazine has again named ChristianaCare to its list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity. Forbes ranked ChristianaCare among the top 20 Healthcare and Social Services employers on t...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/05/forbes-ranks-christianacare-as-a-best-employer-for-diversity-in-the-u-s/

Delaware Today magazine’s 2024 list of Top Nurses included more than 100 awardees from ChristianaCare, highlighted as among the best in their areas of nursing practice. Top Nurses are nominated...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/05/delawares-top-nurses-are-at-christianacare/

By Ric Cuming, Ed.D., MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Supporters of House Bill 350 say the proposed legislation will impact cost and accessibility of health care in Delaware. On that point, we agree. House...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/05/if-house-bill-350-passes-we-all-lose/

For her commitment to health and innovation in HIV/AIDS, AIDS Delaware has honored ChristianaCare physician-scholar Marshala Lee-McCall, M.D., MPH, with its 2024 Community Partnership Award. Lee-...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/05/aids-delaware-honors-marshala-lee-mccall-m-d-mph-with-2024-community-partnership-award/

ChristianaCare has launched an innovative electroencephalogram (EEG) brain monitoring program that represents a leap forward in the diagnosis and management of neurological conditions. The easy-t...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/05/new-eeg-brain-monitoring-program-reduces-seizure-diagnosis-from-hours-to-minutes/

How is climate change influencing our health? Why does climate change have a greater impact on vulnerable populations and low-income people? How does the U.S. health care system affect the climat...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/04/healthy-environment-healthy-people/

While the goal of bending the cost curve in health care may be well-intentioned, this bill will have horrific consequences for Delaware’s most vulnerable populations, including Black people, Hi...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/04/this-is-a-critical-moment-delaware-must-not-go-backward-in-health-equity/

ChristianaCare has been ranked by Newsweek as one of the World’s Best Hospitals (United States) for the sixth year in a row. The rankings are based on hospital quality metrics, patient-reported...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/04/christianacare-ranked-as-one-of-worlds-best-hospitals-by-newsweek-for-6th-consecutive-year/

Two ChristianaCare nurse leaders have been named fellows in the 2024-25 cohort of the prestigious Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship Program. The fellows are Danielle Weber, MSN, MSM, ...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/04/nurse-leaders-named-fellows-in-nursing-innovation/

Kelly Banas, Ph.D., principal investigator at ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute, will present her latest research discovery related to targeting the NRF2 gene in cancer cells at the first...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/04/kelly-banas-ph-d-to-present-her-latest-discovery-at-crispr-medicines-first-international-conference/

Today’s gonna be a great day. I know it. Go get it.  – Dylan Lewandowski One of Corrine Lanouette’s fondest memories of her brother, Dylan, were his “always uplifting” morning text mes...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/04/corinne-lanouette-and-colleagues-walk-the-walk-literally/

In recognition of Donate Life Month, the ChristianaCare Kidney Transplant Program and Gift of Life Donor Program hosted a flag raising ceremony honoring the generous people who provide hope and s...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/04/raising-a-flag-to-honor-organ-and-tissue-donors/

When a car accident on a busy North Wilmington road trapped Janet Belles inside her burning car last fall, ChristianaCare nurse Mark Maitland, RN, rushed out of his own vehicle and helped pull Be...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/04/a-most-delaware-reunion-made-possible-by-the-thank-you-project/

The ChristianaCare Hospital Care at Home program, a national leader in providing acute care in a place most familiar to patients – their own homes – has reached a new milestone with more than...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/just-the-best-thing-ever-hospital-care-at-home-program-celebrates-milestone/

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses awarded the silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence to ChristianaCare’s 4E, a cardiovascular step-down unit at Christiana Hospital in Newark, D...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/shining-example-of-critical-care-nursing-christiana-hospital-cardiovascular-unit-wins-beacon-award/

Eva Porter, a senior certified nursing assistant at Union Hospital, has received the ChristianaCare ROSE Award. ROSE stands for Raising Our Standard of Excellence, recognizing outstanding partner...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/eva-porter-honored-with-rose-award/

Melissa Morgan-Gouveia, M.D., director of Geriatric Education in the Department of Medicine, has been named the House Call Educator of the Year by the American Academy of Home Care Medicine (AAHC...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/melissa-morgan-gouveia-m-d-named-educator-of-the-year-by-american-academy-of-home-care/

Juliet Westermann, BSN, RN, CCRN, of Wilmington Hospital, has received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. ChristianaCare DAISY Award recipients are nurses recognized for meeting and exceed...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/juliet-westermann-honored-with-daisy-award-for-extraordinary-nurses/

Caitlin Moody, senior certified nursing assistant at Union Hospital, has received the Christiana Care ROSE Award. ROSE stands for Raising Our Standard of Excellence, recognizing outstanding partn...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/caitlin-moody-honored-with-rose-award/

Paige Reynolds, BSN, RN, of the Emergency Department at Union Hospital, has received the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses. ChristianaCare DAISY Award recipients are nurses recognized for meet...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/paige-reynolds-honored-with-daisy-award-for-extraordinary-nurses/

When Glenna Matthews was rushed to the hospital with severe gastrointestinal symptoms and abdominal pain, she never suspected to hear the word “cancer” in her diagnosis. Her tests confirmed a...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/glennas-story-cancer-free-with-expert-care-close-to-home/

Words matter. So, when Tom Truman started loosing his, he knew something was very wrong. “I was getting confused and mixing up what I wanted to say,” Truman recalled. The imaging tests his do...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/delaware-surfer-finds-brain-tumor-treatment-close-to-home/

For years, Erica Lingerman struggled without success to get her type 1 diabetes under control. She suffered through bouts of shakiness, exhaustion, excess water retention and an overall feeling o...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/ericas-story-from-a-coma-to-a-walk-on-the-beach/

On Monday mornings, Lutheran Community Services (LCS) food distribution coordinator Jennifer Williams works with a team of volunteers to pack a week’s produce, meat and other essentials for Del...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/farm-to-table-where-its-needed-most/

Emmanuel Mensah, M.D., MBA, has been appointed chief medical officer of ChristianaCare’s Wilmington Hospital, effective January 2024. In this role, Dr. Mensah serves as the senior physician exe...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/emmanuel-mensah-m-d-named-chief-medical-officer-wilmington-hospital/

Kim Solomon’s kitchen showed all the signs of a good lunch in the making – chopped veggies on the counter, a few dirty dishes in the sink and two people laughing as they cooked. “Don’t wo...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/food-as-medicine-its-not-just-about-food-its-about-friendship/

Arsalan Sheikh, D.O., MBA, FACE, has been named chief medical officer of ChristianaCare Union Hospital. In this role, Dr. Sheikh will serve as the senior physician executive of Union Hospital, re...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/arsalan-sheikh-named-chief-medical-officer-union-hospital/

Amanda Crowe, BSN, RN-BC, on 4N at Wilmington Hospital, has received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. ChristianaCare DAISY Award recipients are nurses recognized for meeting and exceedin...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/amanda-crowe-honored-with-daisy-award-for-extraordinary-nurses/

Denise Greene, senior medical assistant at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute, has received the ChristianaCare ROSE Award. ROSE stands for Raising Our Standard of Excellence, ...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/denise-greene-honored-with-rose-award/

Kelin Stanley, BSN, RN, GERO-BC, nurse on the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at Christiana Hospital has been honored with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for the second time. Christi...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/kelin-stanley-honored-with-daisy-award-for-extraordinary-nurses-2/

ChristianaCare has been ranked the No. 5 health system in the nation by Money Magazine in its 2024 hospital rankings. ChristianaCare received an overall grade of A, as well for an A for its commi...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/christianacare-ranked-no-5-best-health-system-in-u-s-by-money-magazine/

Leading school science supplier Carolina Biological Supply Company announced an exclusive partnership with the ChristianaCare Gene Editing Institute to manufacture and distribute an affordable CR...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/gene-editing-institute-partners-with-carolina-to-launch-crispr-in-a-box-for-high-schools/

ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute has achieved another first. On Feb. 15, the education team packed up supplies and drove to Roxborough High School in Philadelphia to teach students face-...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/gene-editing-institute-brings-crispr-in-a-box-to-philadelphia-high-school/

Nineteen physicians from the Medical-Dental Staff recently completed a physician leadership development course delivered by ChristianaCare’s Institute for Learning, Leadership and Development (...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/03/emerging-leadership-course-graduates-19-physicians/

Donna Antenucci, MHA, BSN, RN, has been appointed vice president of Population Health Operations for ChristianaCare. In this role, Antenucci implements Population Health strategy and programming,...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/02/donna-antenucci-named-vice-president-of-population-health-operations/

Imagine a hospital right in your neighborhood that provides exceptional care and patient experience, convenient access to a high-quality emergency department, and health care services tailored ju...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/02/christianacare-announces-partnership-with-emerus-holdings-inc-to-build-and-operate-three-neighborhood-hospitals-in-southeastern-pennsylvania/

ChristianaCare’s Center for Heart & Vascular Health has dramatically improved the clinical outcomes of Black patients living with heart failure and hypertension by using a digital hybrid platfo...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/02/christianacare-improves-care-for-black-patients-with-heart-failure-and-hypertension/

Steven Huege, M.D., MSEd, has been named The Swank Foundation Endowed Chair in Memory Care and Geriatrics at ChristianaCare. The chair is made possible by a $2.5 million gift from the Swank Found...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/02/steven-huege-m-d-msed-appointed-the-swank-foundation-endowed-chair-in-memory-care-and-geriatrics/

Angel Tejeda, MBA, CHFM, has been appointed senior vice president of Facilities and Support Services for ChristianaCare. In this role, he will lead all aspects of ChristianaCare’s non- clinical...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/02/angel-tejeda-named-senior-vice-president-facilities-and-support-services/

As an acute care virtual nurse, Melanie Ries, RN, MEDSURG-BC, is never out of touch with her patients – even if she is working miles away from their bedside. With a click of her mouse, she can ...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/02/christianacare-virtual-nursing-makes-an-innovative-connection/

To address health concerns when they are at their earliest, most preventable stages, ChristianaCare has opened three new school-based health centers in Delaware elementary schools: • Brookside ...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/02/christianacare-opens-three-more-school-based-health-centers-in-delaware/

ChristianaCare hosted college students for an Under-represented in Medicine Pre-Medical Student Symposium on Feb. 10 at the John H. Ammon Medical Education Center on the Newark campus. The event ...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/02/christianacare-hosts-under-represented-in-medicine-pre-med-symposium-for-undergraduate-students/

ChristianaCare’s Center for Rehabilitation at Wilmington Hospital has been named to Newsweek’s 2023 list of America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers. The award is presented by Newswee...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/02/newsweek-names-center-for-rehabilitation-at-wilmington-hospital-among-americas-best/

ChristianaCare’s Council of Advisors recently recognized longtime partners in serving our community with love and excellence with awards for their commitment to the health of our neighbors. Pen...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/02/christianacare-honors-two-difference-makers/

ChristianaCare has been honored as one of only 78 institutions out of 615 by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress for achieving “meritorious” outcomes in surgical patient ...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/02/christianacare-honored-for-meritorious-surgical-outcomes-for-10th-time/

In a major research discovery, scientists at ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute have uncovered a link between two main cellular pathways involved in the develop...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/02/christianacare-scientists-discover-new-link-to-colon-cancer-stem-cell-growth/

Colleen Mahoney, BSN, RNC-MNN, postpartum nurse on 6M/7M at Christiana Hospital, has received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. ChristianaCare DAISY Award recipients are nurses recognized...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/01/colleen-mahoney-honored-with-daisy-award-for-extraordinary-nurses/

Kyais Ondari has set his sights on a career in forensic pathology, but for now, the William Penn High School senior hopes to take the first steps in his health care career as an emergency medical...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/01/students-explore-health-care-careers-on-the-road-in-the-sky-and-beyond/

New members and leaders have been named to the ChristianaCare Health System and ChristianaCare Health Services boards, offering valuable expertise for the health system. Salvatore J. “Chip” R...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/01/christianacare-announces-new-board-leaders-and-members-2/

Allison Markowski, a behavioral health specialist on 7N at ChristianaCare’s Wilmington Hospital, has received the ChristianaCare ROSE Award. ROSE stands for Raising Our Standard of Excellence, ...

https://news.christianacare.org/2024/01/allison-markowski-honored-with-rose-award/