Saint Luke's Newsroom

Daniel Patterson had just about had it. For 11 years, the semi-retired cognitive engineer tried various hearing aids, but he struggled to find one that suited him just right.

Bill Zipf felt like he had the flu, he was so achy and weak. And winded—he could barely get a breath. But it was worse than flu.

Saint Luke’s cardiac transplant program – the only one of its kind in the region – set a new record in 2010 for transplants. On Dec. 27, Brenton Tiede, a 38-year-old father of three from the Wichita area, received the 43rd heart transplant in 2010 at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, the most ever performed in a single year at the center. This year, the program also celebrates its 25th anniversary of cardiac transplantation.

Oncologists at Saint Luke's Cancer Institute are experiencing great success treating lung cancer patients with an innovative treatment called Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT).

The new Women’s Center at Saint Luke’s Hospital opened in spring 2010 and recently received its finishing touch – a graceful new sculpture at the exterior entrance to welcome patients and visitors.

Kim Smolderen, M.D., a post-doctoral fellow at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute who is supported by the American Heart Association Pharmaceutical Roundtable/Spina Outcomes Research Center, has been awarded a Veni-grant.

Wherever Vicki Hay went, Charlie went, too. To the grocery store, out with her husband, in her car. Charlie was the name Hay's grandchildren assigned to the oxygen tank.

Hospitals in Saint Luke's Health System continue to rank high in patients' perspectives in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital – Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey of patients' hospital experiences.

Patients who are considered non-operable for conventional open heart valve surgery may have promising options using a new treatment available in the region only through Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute.