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Last week Subaru of America, Inc. and The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - Oklahoma Chapter visited OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at Norman Regional Health System for their Subaru Loves to Care program to hand-deliver blankets and messages of hope to our patients!

Join us for OU Health's inaugural Spine Symposium on July 26 and 27, 2024. Neurosurgeon Dr. John Burke, M.D., Ph.D shares: "This event is designed to give the physicians who perform complex procedures a platform to share techniques and experiences. Our goal is to be a launching point for new ideas, connections, and networks to enhance spine care in our state." Friday's networking event at Vast will feature the keynote speakers and topics below: Dr. Aaron Clark, M.D., Ph.D Modern Techniques to Minimize Risk in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery Dr. Michael Safaee, M.D. Is Age Just a Number? Understanding the Role of Biological Age in Spine Surgery Register today: https://lnkd.in/gPkBzyDb

Last month we celebrated a significant construction milestone with our academic partner, the University of Oklahoma, Norman Regional Health System and Manhattan Construction Company. This facility is set to open in the summer of 2025, and patients like Karalisa Duncan are already benefiting from the partnership between OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center and Norman Regional that began in January of 2023. The new space will double capacity for infusion services, ensuring timely and efficient patient care, and it will house dedicated spaces for research coordinators and nurses to engage with patients about clinical trials, assessing eligibility and offering innovative treatment options. Join us in celebrating the expansion of research-driven, multidisciplinary, patient-centered cancer care.

OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center and Norman Regional Health System celebrated a Topping Out Ceremony for the new cancer care facility on the Norman Regional HealthPlex campus, marking a significant milestone in the construction project and offering the community a first look at the new building.     Manhattan Construction Company, along with leaders from OU Health, the University of Oklahoma and Norman Regional, gathered to mark the completion of the exterior structure.  The center’s opening in summer 2025 will bring the highest level of cancer care to Norman and south-central Oklahoma. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gqcD8YvR

Yuri Lansinger, M.D., is a skilled OU Health orthopedic hand surgeon and an associate professor with the OU College of Medicine. Dr. Lansinger has been selected for Fulbright U.S. Scholar award for the upcoming academic year of 2024-2025. During her 10-month stay in South Korea, Dr. Lansinger will conduct research on the differences in healthcare systems between the U.S. and Korea, particularly focusing on the impact of access to specialized care on patient outcomes for complex nerve injuries in the upper extremities. Joining the ranks of past Fulbright scholars, which include Nobel Laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners and world leaders, Dr. Lansinger's work promises to contribute valuable insights to the field of orthopedic surgery and healthcare on a global scale. Learn more about this prestigious honor: https://lnkd.in/gr4Dz74i

Launched by Oklahoma Football Head Coach Brent Venables, the S.O.U.L. (Serving Our Uncommon Legacy) Mission provides layers of support and development for football student-athletes off the field. As part of this initiative, student-athletes have a week-long paid micro-internship opportunity to explore various industries, including business, education, and healthcare. Through partnerships with programs like OU SOUL, OU Health aims to create career pathways for future healthcare leaders from non-traditional backgrounds, ensuring a pipeline of future leaders in healthcare. As the employer of choice for top talent, OU Health is providing real-world healthcare insights and skill development targeting non-traditional student populations. During the micro-internship, student-athletes shadowed nurses and learned from Air Kids One transport crews. They toured operating rooms with the Level I trauma team and met top executives to gain insights into different healthcare professions that support patients. Throughout the week, participants witnessed firsthand the impact of our academic healthcare system on the community. Our focus on education, clinical care, and research sets us apart, and they even joined our employees for a block party celebrating OU Health Week.

OU Health is collaborating with Hillcrest HealthCare System to bring the highest level of research-driven cancer care to Tulsa and the surrounding region. The collaboration combines the expertise of the state’s only National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center (NCI) with the strength of the Hillcrest HealthCare System to deliver advanced cancer therapies and clinical trials to the residents of northeast Oklahoma.

In a groundbreaking achievement, Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health has performed the first Stealth Auto Guide robotic Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) procedure in a pediatric patient, resulting in the immediate improvement in motor function of 8-year-old patient, Karleigh Fry. After her surgery at Oklahoma Children's Hospital, Karleigh's postoperative care was seamlessly continued at Bethany Children's Health Center.

Join OU Health for the Inaugural Oklahoma Spine Symposium, a conference geared toward healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with spine-related conditions, and is designed to foster improvements in physician knowledge, competence and performance through care and treatments. Friday, July 26 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Evening Reception at Vast Saturday, July 27 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Education Session at Samis Family Education Center in Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health Register at the link below: https://lnkd.in/g4h73UGt

Experts at OU Health completed the state’s first liver transplant for a particularly challenging and oftentimes deadly form of a bile duct cancer known as cholangiocarcinoma. This achievement not only places OU Health among the few elite programs in the country that treat bile duct cancers with transplantation but also brings immense relief to Oklahomans who no longer must leave the state to receive this life-saving treatment. Before this first transplant at OU Health, patients traveled to centers several hundred miles away for a transplant to address hilar cholangiocarcinoma.