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1/29/2015
Wake Forest Baptist January Awards and Recognitions

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center faculty, staff, programs and departments that have received awards or been recognized in the past month.

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1/28/2015
Wake Forest Baptist Telestroke Network Celebrates Five Years
Five years ago the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center launched its Telestroke Network to help patients in rural communities receive timely state-of-the-art stroke therapies.

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1/28/2015
Free Heart Health Screenings to be Offered Feb. 14 at Clemmons YMCA
Three different screenings will be available to the public free of charge on Saturday, Feb. 14 when Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s Heart & Vascular Center conducts its annual Heart Health Screening Day.

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1/21/2015
New Valve Procedure Offers Hope to Older Heart Disease Patients

What a difference a year makes. Patricia Lytton recalls how much better her health is today compared to a year ago thanks to a new valve procedure offered at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

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1/20/2015
Scientists Invent System to Improve Effectiveness of Cancer Surgery

Scientists Invent System to Improve Effectiveness of Cancer Surgery   Winston-Salem, N.C. – Jan. 20, 2015 – With the goal of making it easier for surgeons to detect malignant tissue during surgery and hopefully reduce the rate of cancer recurrence, scientists have invented a new imagi

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1/15/2015
New Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Joins Wake Forest Baptist
Rahn Bailey, M.D., a national leader whose community-based programs focus on providing care for the traditionally underserved and those with complex medical/psychiatric conditions, joined Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center this week as Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.

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1/13/2015
Wake Forest Baptist Performs 3,000th Kidney Transplant
The Abdominal Organ Transplant Program at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center performed its 3,000th kidney transplant on Jan. 5. The total includes more than 2,800 kidney and nearly 200 kidney-pancreas transplants.

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1/13/2015
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust Gives Nearly $1 Million Grant to Provide Integrated Behavioral Health Services at Downtown Health Plaza
Thanks to an $876,000 grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, patients at the Downtown Health Plaza (DHP) of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will have access to expanded integrated mental health services.

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1/12/2015
Wake Forest Baptist Donates AEDs to Local High Schools
The Heart and Vascular Center at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centerdonated an automated external defibrillator (AED) to West Forsyth High School and Reagan High School during the schools’ basketball game on Friday night at West Forsyth. West Forsyth principal Charles McAninch and Reagan principal Frank Martin accepted on each school’s behalf.

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1/8/2015
Nasal Spray with Insulin Equivalent Shows Promise as Treatment for Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Dementia
A man-made form of insulin delivered by nasal spray may improve working memory and other mental capabilities in adults with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease dementia, according to a pilot study led by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

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1/6/2015
Share the Health Fair to Offer Free Screenings and Other Services
Free screenings and other health-related services will be available to the public on Saturday, Jan. 10, at the 16th annual Share the Health Fair.

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1/5/2015
Wake Forest Baptist Doctors First in State to Perform Less-Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement Procedure

 Physicians at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have successfully performed a rare cardiac procedure with a technique that creates a new pathway to the heart for valve replacement.

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