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Angie Anania
Director of Marketing & Public Affairs
Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center &
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children

(Office) 303-869-2557

(Mobile) 303-210-0659

Angie.Anania@HealthONEcares.com

Denver Man Gives Gift of Life

As reported by Steve Saunders, KMGH 7News, November 25,2008

Denver (KMGH 7News) - A Denver man is showing the true spirit of Thanksgiving this week as he makes himself a stem cell donor for a woman he's never even met.  Sol Leftin spent Tuesday morning attached to a blood transfusion machine at Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital.

Read and watch the full story at: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/health/18147653/detail.html

New Surgery Involves No Incisions, No Stitching

As reported by Kathy Walsh, CBS4 Sept. 9, 2008

Denver (CBS4) - Imagine surgery without incisions. No cutting, no stitching -- all the work is done through the patient's mouth. A doctor at one local hospital says it can mean a quicker recovery with fewer complications.

Read and watch the full story at:
http://cbs4denver.com/health/Stomaphyx.gastric.bypass.2.813701.html

P/SL Reaches Cancer Treatment Milestone

As reported by Kathy Walsh, CBS4 Sept. 4, 2008

Denver (CBS4) - Historically bone marrow transplant is a difficult procedure and yet offers leukemia patients the best chances of survival. From 1991 to now, there have been a number of advances in this treatment that are making the 1,500th procedure at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center a little easier and hopefully more successful.

Read and watch the full story at:
http://cbs4denver.com/health/leukemia.bone.marrow.2.809980.html

Mother & Daughter Travel from Romania for Life Saving Surgery

As reported by Chris Vanderveen, 9News, June 2008

Denver (KUSA 9News) - She knew the word "thank." She knew that if she put that in front of the word "you" it would indicate a sense of gratitude. But other than that Gabi knew little else about the country she was about to enter.

Read and watch the full story at:
http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=95234

A First in Pediatric Brain Surgery

As reported by Kim Christiansen May, 2008

DENVER - It must be something significant to leave a 12-year-old girl "scared and speechless."  Although it is not surprising to hear that's exactly how Cassidy Schroeder felt after a weekend of double vision led to a visit with an eye doctor, an appointment with her doctor, and then a trip to Denver's Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital for neurosurgery.

Read and watch the full story at:
http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=94607

Ground Breaking on Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at P/SL

As reported by Kathy Walsh, CBS4 May 21, 2008

Denver (CBS4) A new hospital just for children is now under construction in Denver. Ground was broken on the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children Wednesday morning.

Read and watch the full story at:
http://cbs4denver.com/health/psl.childrens.hospital.2.729778.html

Fetal Surgery in Denver Saves Baby's Life

As reported by Kathy Walsh, CBS4 | Jan 15, 2008

A newborn boy is alive and doing well thanks to a series of lifesaving surgeries, some done while in his mother's womb, and then again days after he was born.

Six-day-old Connor is now breathing with the help of a machine as he recovers from lung surgery.

Read and watch the full story at:
http://cbs4denver.com/local/baby.lung.surgery.2.630643.html

P/SL - Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children offers a rare partnership with its team of obstetric and pediatric specialists, providing the region's only collaborative care for mothers, their fetus, newborns, children and teens ... all at HealthONE's P/SL.

Premature Babies: The Tiny Survivors

As reported by Karen Augé, Denver Post, August 2007

Michael Sierra - 4 weeks old, 2 1/2 pounds and swollen like an overstuffed sausage - needed attention. And he was getting it.  A defect was making his heart work overtime. Infection flowed through his blood, and a hole in his gut was spilling poison into his body.

Read and watch special video segments at:
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_6720897