We are pleased to share that Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, based in California, plan to create a new, nonprofit Catholic health system focused on creating healthier communities.
01/09/18
CHI Memoria, Chattanooga, TN, and Rob Headrick, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon, announced the opening of the Chest and Lung Cancer Center at the Rees Skillern Cancer Institute. “Lung cancer affects so many in our community,” said Helen Kuroki, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer for CHI Memorial. “Dr. Headrick’s focus on early detection and identifying those at risk will help improve the survival rate for those diagnosed with lung cancer.”
Headrick and the Chest and Lung Cancer Center work in close coordination with CHI Memorial’s Buz Standefer Lung Center to ensure a seamless experience for patients diagnosed with lung cancer.
Headrick serves as chief of thoracic surgery and medical dyad leader of oncology services at CHI Memorial. Beginning in 2018, he will serve a three-year term on The Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ (STS) Workforce on Health Policy, Reform and Advocacy.
Lung cancer affects so many in our community. Dr. Headrick’s focus on early detection and identifying those at risk will help improve the survival rate for those diagnosed with lung cancer.
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We are pleased to share that Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, based in California, plan to create a new, nonprofit Catholic health system focused on creating healthier communities.
Catholic Health initiatives helped spearhead an 18-month-long effort to create a diagnostic code that will allow medical professionals to identify victims of human trafficking when they arrive at facilities seeking health care.
Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems, has awarded new grants totaling $5.2 million this year to innovative programs designed to build healthy communities. In addition, CHI’s Mission and Ministry Fund will provide $4.1 million this year to earlier grantees supported through multi-year funding, including a
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