SUMC in the News (09/04/08)
Print media coverage
New York Times, 09/04/08
Skin deep/A face not even a plastic surgeon could love
This article discusses plastic surgeons who deal with unhappy patients. Richard Goode, professor of otolaryngology, provides comment in this piece, which also appears in the Gadsden Times (Gadsden, Ala.), Hendersonville Times (Hendersonville, N.C.), Lakeland Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.) and Wilmington Star (Wilmington, N.C.).
Chronicle of Higher Education, 09/04/08
On hiring: Conflict-of-interest policies are not a tough pill to swallow
A growing number of medical centers have adopted stringent policies aimed at preventing conflicts of interest. Stanford is mentioned in this brief item.
San Jose Mercury News, 09/04/08
El Camino tops state's hospital in percentage of breast-feeding mothers
Mountain View's El Camino Hospital ranks first in California when it comes to the percentage of mothers who exclusively breast-feed their children. The article mentions that Lucile Packard Children's Hospital came in second, at 85.6 percent.
Charleston Gazette (Charleston, W. Va.), 09/03/08
Home health test kits may be misleading (No online version available)
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, a senior research scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provides comment in this San Jose Mercury News article on home health kits, such as blood pressure monitor and HIV tests.
Broadcast media coverage
WINS-AM (New York), 09/04/08
Stanford researchers have found unidentified infections in the amniotic fluid may be a significant cause of premature births.
KDFW-TV (Dallas), 09/04/08
Hispanic Business magazine has come out with its list of the best medical schools for Hispanic students. The School of Medicine ranked second.
WCSH-TV (Portland), 09/03/08
This segment discussed the "hidden scar" procedure, which involves performing surgery through an incision in the belly button. Sanjeev Dutta, assistant professor of surgery and pediatrics at Packard Children's, was interviewed. The piece also aired on WLBZ-TV (Bangor, Maine) and WTWO-TV (Terre Haute, Ind.).
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