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Current Press Releases

• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Awarded Joint Commission's Certification as a Primary Stroke Center (July 23, 2010)
• Dr. Stanley Vogel Enrolls 1,000th Patient in Clinical Research Treatment Trial (July 14, 2010)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Achieves New Status as Accredited Chest Pain Center (July 13, 2010)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Receives Heart Failure Accreditation (July 13, 2010)
• Additional Internal Medicine Physician Joins Cotton-O'Neil Clinic (June 15, 2010)
• Stormont-Vail Honored For Quality, Excellence Through Blue Distinction Program (May 28, 2010)
• "Casino Time" Theme of Annual Cancer Survivors' Day Event (May 27, 2010)
• Stormont-Vail Cardiovascular Echocardiography Lab Exceeds Guidelines Leading to Accreditation for Highest Quality Diagnostic Testing (May 25, 2010)
• Cotton-O'Neil Heart Center Nurse Receives Accreditation from American Nurses Credentialing Center (April 28, 2010)
• Vernon Long, Stormont-Vail HealthCare Vice President and CFO, to Retire (April 21, 2010)
• Cotton-O'Neil Clinic Recruits Second Pediatric Endocrinologist to Area (April 13, 2010)
• Local Diabetes Education Program Merits Recognition from American Diabetes Association (April 8, 2010)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Neonatal Nurse Practitioner wins Ingram’s Heroes in Healthcare Award (April 6, 2010)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare joins Midwest Cancer Alliance
  Partners Advisory Board (March 29, 2010)
• Stormont-Vail Foundation supports nursing education (March 4, 2010)
• Cotton-O’Neil Cancer Center Showcased in Trade Publication (March 3, 2010)
• Cotton-O’Neil Cancer Center Offers Free Skin Screening Clinic (March 3, 2010)
• Cotton-O’Neil Heart Center Cardiologists Expand Into New Area of Treatment for Vascular Disease (Feb. 26, 2010)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare in Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks in Nation (Feb. 18, 2010)
• Cotton-O’Neil Digestive Health Center Recognized for Excellence in Endoscopic Safety and Quality (Feb. 16, 2010)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare employees donate $290,124.23 to United Way (Feb. 4, 2010)
• Cotton-O'Neil Clinic Recruits Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist to Area (Jan. 27, 2010)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Excellence in Nursing Awards to be Jan. 14 (Jan. 14, 2010)
• HealthWise 55 Senior Supper cancelled due to inclement weather (Jan. 8, 2010)
• Vicky McGrath Named Director of Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center (Dec. 17, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Marketing Efforts Honored in Statewide Competition (Dec. 16, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Earns AABB Accreditation (Dec. 8, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Announces Seasonal and H1N1 Vaccine Walk-in Clinics for Cotton-O'Neil and PediatricCare Patients (Nov. 24, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Announces Seasonal and H1N1 Vaccine Clinic for Cotton-O'Neil and PediatricCare Patients (Nov. 16, 2009)
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons Ranks Stormont-Vail HealthCare Cardiac Surgery Program Among Nation’s Top 10 percent for Third Consecutive Time (Nov. 16, 2009)
• Family Medicine Physician Joins Cotton-O'Nei Clinic (Nov. 12, 2009)
• Families with Babies in Intensive Care Benefit from New Project–March of Dimes partners with Stormont-Vail to implement support program(Nov. 3, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare – Cotton-O’Neil Heart Center receives American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry- GWTG™ Gold Performance Achievement Award (Oct. 27, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Auxiliary recipient of the Stormont-Vail Foundation 2009 Bal Jeffrey award (Oct. 26, 2009)
• Free Screenings Raise Awareness on Depression
  and Other Mental Health Disorders (Oct. 1, 2009)
• Cotton-O'Neil Clinic Announces Cancellation of Seasonal Flu Vaccine Walk-in Clinic (Sept. 29, 2009)
• Adult Hospitalist Joins Cotton-O’Neil Clinic for Inpatient Care (Sept. 14, 2009)
• Cotton-O'Neil Clinic Announces Dates for Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic (Sept. 14, 2009)
• Pediatric Hospitalist Joins Cotton-O’Neil Clinic for Inpatient Care (Sept. 14, 2009)
• Dermatology Sub-Specialist Joins Cotton-O'Neil Clinic (Sept. 3, 2009)
• Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center and Local Urology Physicians Offer Free Prostate Screening Clinic (Aug. 31, 2009)
• Additional Emergency Physician Joins Cotton-O’Neil Clinic Medical Staff (July 13, 2009)
• Successfully Healing Chronic Wounds at WoundCare Center (July 7, 2009)
• Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist Joins Cotton-O’Neil Clinic (June 29, 2009)
• Cotton-O’Neil Clinic Adds General Surgeon and Hematologist-Oncologist Husband and Wife Physicians (July 28, 2009)
• Family Medicine Physician Joins Cotton-O’Neil Clinic in Wamego (july 28, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Moves its New Emergency and Trauma Center (June 22, 2009)
• Cotton-O’Neil Clinic Opens Immediate Care Clinic in Osage City (June 19, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Opens its New Emergency and Trauma Center–Public Open House Will be 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2009 (June 15, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare becomes a Level II Verified Trauma Center (May 28, 2009)
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons Ranks Stormont-Vail HealthCare Cardiac Surgery Program Among the Highest Tier for Excellence for a Second Time (May 28, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Earns Respiratory Care Recognition in National Program (April 21, 2009)
• Cotton-O’Neil Cancer Center Receives American Cancer Society’s Society Award; Accreditation by Commission on Cancer as Comprehensive Cancer Program (April 16, 2009)

• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Earns National Recognition for Patient Care Excellence (March 18, 2009)
• Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center Offers Free Skin Screening Clinic (March 13, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare honors nursing staff for leadership, compassion and skill (Feb. 18, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail Partners with Public Library for "Big Read" (Feb. 4, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail Library Wins HSLNKC Award (Jan. 21, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail Sponsors Roses on the Rose Bowl Parade Organ Donor Float (Jan. 1, 2009)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare employees donate $267,170 to United Way (Dec. 8, 2008)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare Partners with Yale University Researchers to Launch Landmark Study of Young Women with Heart Disease (Dec. 3, 2008)
• Shingles Vaccination Available in November (Oct. 21, 2008)
• 25th annual Stormont-Vail HealthCare's Healthy Woman Series (Oct. 21, 2008)
• Cotton-O'Neil Clinic Adds Two Additional General Surgeons to Medical Staff (Oct. 20, 2008)
• Cotton-O'Neil Clinic Announces Dates for Annual Flu Shot Clinic (Sept. 23, 2008)
• BIG HEARTS for little hearts Golf Tournament benefits Stormont-Vail children (Sept. 8, 1008)
• Stormont-Vails Fall Issue of Healthy Times: New Medical Intensivist Program; Health Literary (Aug. 28, 2008)
• Additional Emergency Physician Joins Cotton-O'Neil Clinic Medical Staff (Aug. 22, 2008)
• Mark Davis named Stormont-Vail director for two clinics (Aug. 21, 2008)
• Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center and Local Urology Physicians Offer Free Prostate Screening Clinic (Aug. 20, 2008)
• Medical Arts Clinic -- Emporia Increases Obstetric and Gynecology Services (July 30, 2008)
• Latest Coronary Stent Technology Available at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center for Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease (July 7, 2008)
• Cotton-O'Neil Clinic Adds Additional Family Medicine Physician (July 17, 2008)
• Cotton-O'Neil Clinic Now Offering Mammography Services in Oskaloosa (June 6, 2008)
• Cotton-O'Neil Clinic Now Offering Mammography Services in Osage City (June 6, 2008)
• "Wild, Wild West" Theme of Annual Cancer Survivors Day Picnic (May 2, 2008)
• HealthWise 55 plans week of celebration activities to highlight Older Americans Month (May 2, 2008)
• Pulmonary Disease Specialist Joins Cotton-O'Neil Clinic (April 28, 2008)
• Stormont-Vail HealthCare announces new Senior Vice President-Hospital Operations (March 28, 2008)
• Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center Offers Free Skin Screening Clinic (March 14, 2008)
• Internal Medicine Physician Returns to Topeka and Joins Cotton-O'Neil Clinic (Feb. 27, 2008)
• Joint Venture Between Topeka Ear, Nose and Throat and Stormont-Vail HealthCare Provides Community Improved Access to Care (Feb. 12, 2008)
• Psychiatrist Specializing in Senior Care Joins Behavioral Health Services at Stormont-Vail-West (Jan. 23, 2008)
• Additional Pediatrician Joins PediatricCare in Topeka (Jan. 8, 2008)