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Presbyterian Women’s Center Partners with Baby Bundles to Provide Infant Items to New Moms in Financial Need
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 (116 reads)

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Presbyterian Women’s Center is partnering with Baby Bundles, a new nonprofit organization created to provide infant clothing and essentials to moms in financial need before they leave the hospital. Started by three local moms and close friends who have each experienced the heartache of infant loss and the joy of having healthy babies, they wanted to do something to give back in memory and honor of their children.

North Carolina Stroke Association Names Presbyterian Healthcare Leader to Board of Directors
Friday, January 14, 2011 (113 reads)

Friday, January 14, 2011

The N.C. Stroke Association (NCSA) has named Regina Hartung of Charlotte to its board of directors. Hartung is senior director of service lines for Presbyterian Healthcare, including neurosciences and pulmonary/critical care. She oversees strategic direction of the Presbyterian Stroke Center - the first stroke program in North Carolina to achieve system-wide Primary Stroke Center accreditation by The Joint Commission. A long-time advocate for stroke education and prevention, Hartung promotes quality clinical care, community collaboration and healthy lifestyles as the key to lowering the occurrence of stroke in North Carolina. She also serves as Presbyterian’s executive lead for Charlotte’s annual Walk from Obesity and as a trustee for Girls on the Run Charlotte.

Presbyterian Hospital Launches International Training Center for Incisionless Bariatric Surgery
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 (113 reads)

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Presbyterian Hospital, located in Charlotte, N.C., has become one of the first International Training Centers for Incisionless Surgery, the next advance in minimally invasive surgery. As an International Training Center for Incisionless Surgery, surgeons will travel to Presbyterian Hospital to observe David C. Voellinger, MD, FACS, FASMBS and Donald Balder, MD, FACS perform ROSE (Repair of Surgery, Endolumenal), a completely incision-free procedure used to repair previous surgeries on the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Incisionless surgery offers a number of potential benefits over traditional open or laparoscopic approaches including faster recoveries, less pain during recovery, reduced chance of infection and no visible scarring.

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