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Inova Loudoun Hospital Hosts Virtual Walk to Remember
Leesburg, VA – In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss and Awareness Month (October) and World Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (October 15), Inova Loudoun Hospital (ILH) is hosting its third annual Walk to Remember. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s walk will be a virtual event to ensure the health and…
Read MoreInova Fairfax Medical Campus Receives ELSO Award for Excellence in Life Support
The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) designated Inova Fairfax Medical Campus a Gold Level Center of Excellence for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation- a therapy that has been successful in treating some of Inova’s most critically ill patients, including those with COVID-19. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a life support machine that is used during life-threatening reversible…
Read MoreInova Partners with NIH’s NHLBI on New Clinical Trial for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Study enrollment complete with topline data expected in April 2021 Falls Church, VA – Inova Lung Services is part of a multicenter Phase 2 investigator-sponsored trial (IST) to evaluate the safety of fostamatinib, an oral spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitor, for the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The study is in collaboration with the National…
Read MoreTransforming Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Care with the ALTO Abdominal Stent Graft System
Dipankar Mukherjee, MD, the lead investigator for Inova’s clinical trial on the device, discusses how the recently FDA-approved ALTO™ device is transforming treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). With the commercial release of the ALTO™ Abdominal Stent Graft System, Inova’s vascular surgeons are helping to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients with abdominal aortic…
Read MoreInova Heart and Vascular Institute a Leading Contributor to National Care Guidelines During COVID-19 Pandemic
As COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S. in late February and early March, several physicians from Inova Heart and Vascular Institute (IHVI) were at the forefront of developing guidance that is now in use nationwide to direct cardiac care. “Our team’s dedication to assuring that cardiovascular patients receive timely and high quality care in a…
Read MoreElena’s Story: Tackling an Epilepsy Diagnosis During COVID-19
If you have a worsening epilepsy condition or suspect you have epilepsy, do not wait to get care. Even in the age of COVID-19, it is crucial for individuals with poorly controlled seizures to see an epilepsy specialist right away for medical evaluation. That’s the message that Elena Stoddard hopes other people take away from…
Read MoreBetty’s Life Is Saved with the Inova Stroke Team’s Quick, Coordinated Care
Editor’s note: Betty was treated at the start of the COVID-19 global health pandemic for a medical emergency – stroke. Today, she is recovered and back home. If you or someone you see is suffering with the signs and symptoms of a stroke, please call 911 or go to the nearest hospital. Fast care within…
Read MoreBladder Cancer Discovery: Immunotherapy as Maintenance Treatment
Bladder cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the United States. Bladder cancer is usually diagnosed at “superficial” or non-invasive stages, when it only involves the lining of the bladder and can be treated with removal of the cancerous tissue alone. However, some patients develop high-risk tumors that are likely to come back and…
Read MoreInova Schar Joins Worldwide Research Effort to Gather COVID-19 Data
Inova Schar has joined colleagues around the country and soon, around the world, as part of the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19), a group of over 100 cancer centers and other organizations who have come together to collect data with the common cause of understanding better the unique effects of COVID-19 on patients with cancer,…
Read MoreDr. Shawna Willey: Prioritizing Care for Breast Cancer Patients During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic presents clinicians with a unique set of challenges in managing breast cancer patients. As hospital resources and staff become more limited during the COVID-19 pandemic, it becomes critically important to define which breast cancer patients require more urgent care and which patients can wait for treatment until the pandemic is over. A…
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