April 2025
See below for the latest news coverage and stories from April 2025.
Donate Life Month / Transplant
- KOMU-NBC: Hartsburg Neighbors Become Friends Through Shared Hardships and Racing – Dr. Jeffrey Crippin, a WashU gastroenterologist specializing in hepatology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- KTVI-FOX: April is Donate Life Month
Oncology
- Christian Broadcasting Network's 700 Club: Patient Beats Stage IV Lung Cancer – Dr. Mary Kate Malecek, medical oncologist and hematologist at Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Obstetrics and Gynecology
- KMOV (CBS): Living Well: Black Maternal Health – Dr. Margaret R. Gray-Swain, obstetrician-gynecologist with BJC Medical Group
Behavioral Health
- KFF health News: More Psych Hospital Beds Are Needed for Kids, but Neighbors Say Not Here – Dr. Cynthia Rogers, WashU psychiatrist-in-chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Fortune: More Psych Hospital Beds Are Needed for Kids, but Neighbors Say Not Here
- Health Leader’s: Fortune: More Psych Hospital Beds Are Needed for Kids, but Neighbors Say Not Here
- California Healthline: More Psych Hospital Beds Are Needed for Kids, but Neighbors Say Not Here
- Archyde: Kids Need More Psych Hospital Beds: NIMBYism Delays Care
Goldfarb School of Nursing
- KMOV-CBS: 66-Year-Old Grandfather Graduates From Nursing School – Dr. Kristen Hill, clinical nursing instructor at Goldfarb School of Nursing
St. Louis Children's Hospital
- KMOV-CBS: Teens Undergoing Treatment Celebrate Prom at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- KTVI-FOX: St. Louis Children’s Hospital Offers Affordable Bike Helmets as Part of Safety Program
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
- Cuba Free Press: MBSH to Host Kids on Track Program – Lisa Lochner, president of Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
- Sullivan Independent News: Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital to Host Kids on Track Program (Page 5) – Lisa Lochner, president of Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
- Sullivan Independent News: Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital Breaks Ground on Major Expansion (Page 10) – Lisa Lochner, president of Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Bariatrics
- KTUI: Dr. Yaroslaw Michalik, a Surgeon at MBSH, Discusses Bariatric Surgery Options – Dr. Jaroslaw Michalik, general and thoracic surgeon at Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
General
- KMOV: As National Public Health Week Begins, Physicians on the Frontlines During COVID Reflect on Experience, Lessons Learned – Dr. Tiffany Osborn, a WashU emergency medicine physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- St. Louis American – Healthcare Careers
- Jessica Sebree, neonatology nurse at St. Louis Children’s Hospital (Page 10)
- River Bender: Free Event In Shiloh For Growing Families Features Expert Healthcare Insights
- This Week Health: Leaders from BJC Healthcare, Ballad Share AI Success Stories – Dr. Philip Payne, chief health AI officer of BJC HealthCare
- Becker’s Hospital Review: The ROI on AI at 8 Health Systems – Dr. Philip Payne, chief health AI officer of BJC HealthCare
- River Bender: Our Daily Show Interview! Ribbons of Strength at Grip & Sip on April 26th – Shannon Fraley, manager for the Alton Memorial Health Services Foundation
Donate Life Month / Transplant
- KMBC: Donate Life Month: Heart and Kidney Recipient Shares His Story – Dr. Matthew Wilkinson, transplant surgeon at Saint Luke’s, and Dr. Taiyeb Khumri, heart failure and transplantation cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
- The Beacon: Long Waiting Lists and Kidneys Wasted: The State of Organ Transplants and How It Affects Missouri and Kansas – Dr. Jessica Heimes, surgical director of cardiac transplantation at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
- Flatland KC: Long Waiting Lists and Kidneys Wasted: The State of Organ Transplants and How It Affects Missouri and Kansas – Dr. Jessica Heimes, surgical director of cardiac transplantation at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
- Rural Messenger: Long waiting lists and kidneys wasted: The state of organ transplants and how it affects Missouri and Kansas – Dr. Jessica Heimes, surgical director of cardiac transplantation at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
- Health News You Can Use: Organ Donation and Transplant Coordinators – Dr. Matthew Wilkinson, transplant surgeon at Saint Luke’s, and Erica Sparks, transplant coordinator with Saint Luke's
- Patient Story: "Grateful and Humbled": The Back-to-Back Transplants at Saint Luke's that Saved One Man's Life – Dr. Taiyeb Khumri, heart failure and transplantation cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
- FOX4: Saint Luke's Cardiologist Shares Healthy Aging Tips To Improve Longevity – Dr. James O'Keefe, director of preventive cardiology at the Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
- KCTV: A Comprehensive Approach to Treating Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease – Melissa Magwire, program director of the Saint Luke’s Michael & Marlys Haverty Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence
- Health News You Can Use: Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Disease – Melissa Magwire, program director of the Saint Luke’s Michael & Marlys Haverty Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence
Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute
- KSHB: ‘My Life Changed’: Missouri Woman Learns To Walk Again After Doctors Remove Spinal Cord Tumor – Dr. Carlos A. Bagley, neurosurgeon and medical director of the Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute
Saint Luke's Cancer Institute
- KSHB: ‘Have Hope’: Study Shows Immunotherapy Continues To Change Future of Cancer Treatment – Dr. Marc Roth, medical director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at Saint Luke's, and Dr. Timothy Pluard, medical director at Saint Luke's Cancer Institute
- Kansas City Business Journal: Northland Sees Health Care Boom As Hospitals Expand – Dr. Timothy Pluard, Medical Director at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute
Maternity and Neonatal Services
Bariatrics
Critical Access Hospitals
- KTTN: Mock Accident in Chillicothe Educates Youth on Driving Consequences
- Senior Life Solutions: Healing Together: Why Group Therapy Works for Older Adults
General
- KCUR: Up To Date: Kansas City Physician Discusses Measles Outbreak, Vaccinations, and Potential Risk – Dr. Sarah Boyd, infectious disease physician at Saint Luke's
- FOX4: Doctor Shares Signs, Risk as Kansas Sees Rise in Measles Cases – Dr. Todd Fristo, family medicine physician at Saint Luke’s Primary Care–Independence
Awards and Recognitions
- Ingram’s: Jani Johnson Named to 2025 Class of Women Executives–Kansas City – Jani Johnson, president of Saint Luke’s Central Region
- Becker’s Hospital Review: The 168 Health Systems Deemed ‘Excellent’ for Transplants by Optum