Erlanger leads “history making” breakthrough in stroke treatment

Published on Feb 27, 2015 | Brain Health & Stroke, Erlanger News, Regain Health

Erlanger’s stroke team played a key role in a breakthrough treatment for acute stroke, following a series of successful clinical trials hailed as representing “a new era” and “sea change” in stroke treatment around the world. Dr. Tom Devlin, Chairman...

Medical trials affirm Erlanger’s place at ‘forefront of stroke treatment’

Published on Feb 26, 2015 | Brain Health & Stroke, Erlanger News, Regain Health

Stroke doctors at Erlanger Health System were all smiles as they stood before their colleagues in a conference room on Tuesday. (From the February 26, 2015 Chattanooga Times Free Press) “As you can see, we’re in a very celebratory mood,” said Dr....

The EROC Era

Published on Feb 25, 2015 | Brain Health & Stroke, Erlanger News, Heart Health, Regain Health, Stay Well

After 8 months of construction, our region has officially entered the “EROC Era.” EROC (Erlanger Regional Operations Center) is a new, high-tech control center that will greatly improve patient care, particularly in the emergency response and pre-hospital care...

Bringing a New Orthopedic Center to Chattanooga

Published on Feb 9, 2015 | Back, Bone & Joint Health, Erlanger News, Regain Health

Center for Orthopedic Surgery Fulfills Significant Community Need Every patient about to go to under the knife appreciates the expression “surgical precision.” Recently, the patient was Erlanger Hospital’s sixth floor, and the doctors had diagnosed the facility as...

Erlanger doctors, executives ‘tear down the wall’ for new orthopedic center

Published on Jan 27, 2015 | Back, Bone & Joint Health, Erlanger News, Regain Health

Physicians and executives at Erlanger hospital traded their scalpels and pens for sledgehammers Friday as they tore down a wall in a ceremony to begin construction of the new Center for Orthopedic Surgery.     Photo by Tim Barber/Times Free Press. The new...

Erlanger leaders and physicians “tear down the wall” for new orthopedic suites

Published on Jan 23, 2015 | Back, Bone & Joint Health, Erlanger News, Regain Health

Erlanger executives and physicians celebrated today by “tearing down the wall” with sledgehammers in hand at the future location of Erlanger’s new Orthopedic Services area. “Our orthopedic and sports medicine specialists were so anxious to see this construction begin,...