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Beating breast cancer with a team approach
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 1:05pm

Last March Pam Biberston received a phone call that changed her life.

Just days before, she was sent by her family physician to the Marjorie E. Radin Breast Care Center at Clovis Community Medical Center for a routine mammogram. 

“Once I went in, they called me a few days later to let me know that there was something suspicious on the film that they wanted to check out,” Biberston said.

It turned out to be cancer – in both breasts. Nurse coordinator Beverly Anthony gave Biberston the news and prepared her for the next steps.

CyberKnife used for new heart research
Friday, February 15, 2008 - 1:09pm

CyberKnife, the robotic surgery system most often used to treat cancer and inoperable tumors, could one day be used to correct abnormal heart rhythms – replacing the current invasive surgery with painless laser zaps.
 
Community Regional Medical Center doctors have just completed the initial phase of groundbreaking, original research and development of the CyberHeart project.

More distinctions for Community Regional's total joint program
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 1:19pm

Community Regional Medical Center’s total joint replacement program received its latest vote of confidence with the designation by UnitedHealth as a “Premium Total Joint Replacement Specialty Center.”

To earn the specialty center designation from UnitedHealth, Community had to exceed a rigorous set of criteria based on nationally recognized medical standards developed by a scientific advisory board of orthopedic surgeons.

Bank of America awards grant to Terry’s House
Monday, January 7, 2008 - 1:27pm

Bank of America Charitable Foundation became the first corporate donor-investor to Terry’s House with a $250,000 gift to Community Medical Foundation just before Christmas. The money will be used to help build a hotel-like facility where burn and trauma patients’ families can stay while their loved ones receive critical care at Community Regional Medical Center.

Natural orifice surgery used for GERD, gastric bypass
Friday, January 4, 2008 - 1:27pm

Dr. Kelvin Higa, known for his expertise in minimally invasive and bariatric weight-loss surgery, has begun performing natural orifice or “scarless” abdominal operations.

Dr. Higa, a UCSF Fresno clinical professor of surgery, practices at Fresno Heart & Surgical Hospital and at Clovis Community Medical Center, rated for the second year in a row as the best place in California for bariatric surgery. He explains that Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery, or NOTES, is the next phase of minimally invasive surgery.