Symposium, Patient Reunion Will Help Mark 40 Years of Pioneering Work in Heart Transplantation at Stanford

Business Wire, Oct 15, 2008

* "Mechanisms of cardiac allograft coronary artery disease," Hannah Valantine, MD, professor of cardiology, Stanford.

* "Future treatment strategies for antibody-mediated cardiac rejection," Adriana Zeevi, PhD, professor of immunology, University of Pittsburgh.

Stanford University Medical Center integrates research, medical education and patient care at its three institutions -- Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. For more information, please visit the Web site of the medical center's Office of Communication & Public Affairs at http://mednews.stanford.edu.

Stanford Hospital & Clinics is known worldwide for advanced treatment of complex disorders in areas such as cardiac care, cancer treatment, neurosciences, surgery, and organ transplants. Ranked #16 on the U.S. News and World Report annual list of "America's Best Hospitals," Stanford Hospital & Clinics is internationally recognized for translating medical breakthroughs into the care of patients. The hospital is part of the Stanford University Medical Center, along with the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. For more information, visit www.stanfordhospital.com.

Ranked as one of the best pediatric hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford is a 272-bed hospital devoted to the care of children and expectant mothers. Providing pediatric and obstetric medical and surgical services and associated with the Stanford University School of Medicine, Packard Children's offers patients locally, regionally and nationally the full range of health-care programs and services -- from preventive and routine care to the diagnosis and treatment of serious illness and injury. For more information, visit http://www.lpch.org.

(NOTE TO REPORTERS: If you are interested in covering either the heart transplant symposium the morning of Oct. 24 or the transplant patient reunion that afternoon, please contact one of the media representatives listed above so that they can add your name to the guest list.)