SUMC in the News (12/08/05)

Print media coverage

San Francisco Chronicle, 12/08/05
Tracy teenager helps pioneer weight-loss surgery for minors
A 17-year-old girl is undergoing gastric bypass surgery today at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Craig Albanese, professor of surgery and surgical director for the Center for Healthy Weight at Packard, and John Morton, assistant professor of surgery and director of Stanford's bariatric program, will perform the surgery and are quoted here. The Oakland Tribune also prepared an article and quotes Todd Kleinheinz, hospital spokesperson.

Stanford Daily, 12/08/05
One last chance
This article discusses the SEIU's labor disputes with the university and hospitals. Employees from Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Packard have announced they would strike on Dec. 12 unless their union contract demands are met. Martha Marsh, CEO and president of SHC, and Sarah Staley, hospital spokesperson, are quoted here.

San Jose Mercury News, 12/07/05
Monkeys show sex differences (registration required)
This article references a Stanford study that found gender affects the way a person's brain responds to humor. Allan Reiss, the Howard C. Robbins Professor, is quoted in this story, which also appears in the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.).

Setting the record straight (registration required)
This correction pertains to a recent article on an adjunct clinical faculty member's lice treatment study. The correction clarifies Dale Pearlman's position at Stanford and emphasizes that the research was not done here.

San Diego Union-Tribune, 12/07/05
Rights to stem cell discoveries may be retained by scientists (registration required)
Under an interim policy approved by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's oversight committee, scientists who make a patentable discovery with grant money from the institute will be able to retain ownership of that discovery. Although Stanford isn't referenced, this article may be of interest to readers.

Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), 12/06/05
Consider gifts for a holly, jolly and healthy holiday and beyond
Shirley Archer, with the Stanford Prevention Research Center, is quoted in this article on fitness-oriented gifts.

Broadcast media coverage

KTVU-TV, 12/08/05
This segment discussed the possible strike at the university and the two hospitals. Similar segments aired on KRON-TV and KGO-TV.

KGO-TV, 12/07/05
This segment discussed the bariatric surgery at Packard. The story also aired on KPIX-TV and WSIL-TV (Paducah, Ky.). John Morton and Craig Albanese were interviewed on KGO-TV. Albanese was also featured on KRON-TV.

KLAS-TV (Las Vegas), 12/07/05
Stanford surgeons have developed a safe and efficient way to use a surgical robot to perform gastric bypass operations. Myriam Curet, associate professor of surgery, was featured in this segment, which also aired on KFDM-TV (Beaumont, Texas) and WLS-TV (Chicago).