University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview was ranked among the nation's best hospitals in nine specialty areas

U.S. News & World Report cites hospital's treatments in eight specialties.

Monday, May 16, Washington Avenue, between Pleasant and Oak streets, on the East Bank will close for road construction to make way for the future Washington Avenue Light Rail Transit Mall.

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, recognized as the Best Hospital in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Area.

Steven Santilli, MD, was interviewed for a piece that aired on WCCO-TV. The story was about a new repair for a silent killer, aortic aneurysm. Dr. Santilli is chief of vascular surgery at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview.

The Laboratory Accreditation Board of ABRET (American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists)granted the EEG Laboratory at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview accreditation.

A longtime patient of University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview is now helping patients.

University of Minnesota Physicians neurosurgeons recently surpassed a significant surgical benchmark, performing more than 1,000 surgeries using Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (iMRI). This technology at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Faiview assists in the removal of brain tumors and treatment of other conditions.

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview is honoring more than 50 Top Doctors listed in Mpls. St. Paul Magazine's annual survey.

2010 FPA small grant recipients announced.

Rankings in six specialties in U.S. News & World Report survey

Starting June 1, the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview will be one of four coordinated care delivery systems (CCDS) in the state. A CCDS is for people covered by the General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) program who choose to receive their care through the coordinate structure

New research from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health and Masonic Cancer Center definitively links the use of indoor tanning devices to increased risk of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.

Please join us for a FREE community health talk on treatment options for uterine fibroids on Tuesday, May 25th.

Masonic Cancer Center researchers have found a clear demonstration that exposure to secondhand smoke coupled with genetic traits increases the risk of bladder cancer for nonsmokers.

The University of Minnesota will host its fifth annual survivorship conference, “Survivorship Series: Moving Beyond Cancer,” from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., April 10 at the McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak St. S.E. in Minneapolis. The free conference, which features speakers, break-out sessions and the opportunity to learn about cancer-survivor services, focuses on questions and issues survivors and their families may face after cancer treatment or following stem cell transplantation.

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview is one of only 17 major medical centers and cancer centers in the United States, and the only one in the greater Twin Cities region, selected to offer the innovative I-SPY 2 clinical trial for breast cancer.

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview is pleased to honor 56 Top Doctors from University of Minnesota Physicians, Fairview Physician Associates and community physicians in 34 different specialties.

More than 110 physicians from University of Minnesota Medical Center were recently named to the Best Doctors in America® 2009-2010 database. The list honors the top 5 percent of doctors in the nation, selected by their peers.

The Sickle Cell Clinic, now open at University of Minnesota Medical Center, is the only clinic in the Twin Cities to focus exclusively on the needs of adults with sickle cell disease, an inherited and life-long illness that can only be cured through bone-marrow transplant.

The Advanced Inpatient Diabetes Program at University of Minnesota Medical Center is now the first program in Minnesota and the first academic medical center in the nation to receive The Joint Commission’s disease-specific care certification for advanced inpatient diabetes care.

As manufacturers work to produce both the novel H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccines, they have run into shipment delays of seasonal influenza doses. As a result, the seasonal influenza vaccine clinic planned for October 12-23, 2009 in the Primary Care Center is temporarily postponed.

University of Minnesota Medical Center is making it easier to request an appointment - online!

A free evening of education-presented by University of Minnesota Physicians

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (July 13, 2009) - Research from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota indicates that a baby born to an older mother may have a slightly increased risk for many of the cancers that occur during childhood.

University of Minnesota Medical School Associate Professor Jordan Dunitz, M.D., was awarded the 2008 Medical Staff Recognition Award for Excellence in Clinical Care.

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (June 15, 2009) -- The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota's designation as a comprehensive cancer center for another five years, the longest term possible.

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (April 20, 2009) - Researchers at the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota have discovered a direct link between a cancer-causing compound in tobacco and the development of lung cancer in some smokers. This is the first time a direct link between smoking and lung cancer in humans has been identified.

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (April 8, 2009) - A new drug, which was studied in clinical trials at the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota and has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, may help some patients with advanced kidney cancer live longer.

The Fibroid Clinic in the Women's Health Center at University of Minnesota Medical Center is a new collaboration between interventional radiology and ob/gyn so you can understand both surgical and non-surgical options for treating uterine fibroids.

Six annual screenings for prostate cancer led to more diagnoses of the disease, but not fewer prostate cancer deaths, according to a new major report from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. U of M is the largest site for this national prostate cancer screening trial.

Scientists used unique identification method developed at the University to identify new genes linked to colorectal and liver cancer

Age alone should not determine whether a patient receives a blood and marrow stem cell transplantation for treatment of acute leukemia and diseases that can lead to the blood cancer, according to a large-scale study from the University of Minnesota's Medical School and Masonic Cancer Center.

The University of Minnesota has received a $40 million pledge for diabetes research from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation. Goals for the funding, to be paid over five years, are to capitalize on the University's strength in diabetes research and to accelerate the timeline to translate it into a viable cure for people with type 1 diabetes.

Our researchers have teamed up with Columbia University and National Taiwan University for a clinical trial examining the effectiveness of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RNY) as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes.

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview has earned the Gold Seal of Approval™ from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers

New research by the Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Research Center at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Three physicians were recently honored by their colleagues at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview and University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview for their extraordinary work to benefit patients.

University of Minnesota Physicians and Edina-based Minnesota Heart Clinic announced plans to merge their cardiology programs and, together with Fairview, will create a new, integrated cardiovascular program