Allegheny Health Network Transplant Team Participates in Nation's Largest Multi-State Paired Kidney Exchange
April 15, 2015 09:09 ET | Allegheny Health Network
PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 15, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - As participants in the nation's largest multi-state paired kidney exchange to date, 34 people with advanced renal disease, including two...
New App Supplements Therapy for Traumatized Kids, Teens
April 07, 2015 10:11 ET | Allegheny Health Network
PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 7, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - A new mobile game app created by Allegheny Health Network mental health professionals and students at the Entertainment Technology...
Allegheny Health Network Offers Innovative Minimally-Invasive Surgical Procedure for Patients with Common, Yet Difficult to Diagnose, Form of Recurring Back Pain
March 19, 2015 08:04 ET | Allegheny Health Network
PITTSBURGH, March 19, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Allegheny Health Network is among the first medical centers in the nation to offer a new, minimally invasive surgical alternative for one of...
Western Pennsylvania's First Robotic-Assisted Hip and Knee Surgeries Performed at Allegheny Health Network's West Penn Hospital
March 16, 2015 11:35 ET | Allegheny Health Network
PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Orthopaedic surgeons at Allegheny Health Network have performed the region's first robotic-assisted total-hip and partial-knee...
Nationally-Recognized Cleveland Clinic Foot and Ankle Surgeon, James J. Sferra, MD, to Lead Allegheny Health Network Program
February 13, 2015 08:01 ET | Allegheny Health Network
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - James J. Sferra, MD, a nationally recognized orthopaedic surgeon, has been named Director of the Division of Foot and Ankle Surgery for...
CMU, Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network Announce Second Round of Funding for Disruptive Health Technology Institute Projects
February 12, 2015 08:04 ET | Allegheny Health Network
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network today announced a second round of funded CMU projects...
Allegheny Health Network Physician Research Points to Possible New Paradigm in Ovarian Cancer Treatment
February 10, 2015 15:03 ET | Allegheny Health Network
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Aggressive surgery to remove all visible disease in ovarian cancer patients may have little benefit for some patients whose cancer is...
Allegheny Health Network Introduces Innovative Technology That Provides Direct Visualization of the Heart Following Surgery
January 27, 2015 10:11 ET | Allegheny Health Network
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Allegheny Health Network is the first hospital network in Pittsburgh and among an elite group of innovative medical centers across the...
Clinical Trail Finds Kids' Growth Impacted by Intranasal Corticosteroids
January 26, 2015 11:03 ET | Allegheny Health Network
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 26, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - An Allegheny Health Network clinical trial examining whether intranasal corticosteroids stunt children's growth – the first such...
Allegheny Health Network, Highmark Health and Johns Hopkins Medicine Announce Collaboration
December 22, 2014 14:05 ET | Allegheny Health Network
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 22, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Officials at Highmark Health, Allegheny Health Network, Highmark Inc. and Johns Hopkins Medicine today announced the signing of a new...