Winter 2018

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From the Clinical Center to a disaster zone: Public Health Service professionals help after hurricanes hit in 2017
Holiday spirit in the hospital: Gingerbread houses, Santa and festive decorations delight patients and staff

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Clinical Center News

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Building 10, Room 6-2551

Bethesda, MD 20892

Tel: 301-594-5789

Fax: 301-402-0244

New pediatric observation unit enhances patient safety, care

The NIH Clinical Center leadership, staff and patients gathered to celebrate the opening of the new special pediatric observation unit in late 2017. The Pediatric Observation Unit is located in 1 NW and will provide additional support for patient safety in pediatric research.

CEO honors dedicated staff for 2017 accomplishments

Dr. James Gilman hosted the 2017 CEO awards for the Clinical Center Dec. 15 to recognize employees and contractors who by their leadership, achievements and high reliability mindset served as a beacon to their colleagues and brought the hospital closer to achieving its organizational mission and goals.

C.A.R.E. Channel provides relaxing imagery, music

Being a world class research hospital means continuously enhancing our world class environment of care. That now extends to offering specially designed, relaxing television programming called The C.A.R.E. Channel.

Life without a stomach: a patient’s perspective on preventative surgery, advancing stomach cancer research

A Maryland patient talks about his participation in an clinical trial at the NIH Clinical Center studying the effects of stomach removal for those who have an inherited risk of stomach cancer.