Englewood Hospital to Train Military Physicians in Bloodless Surgery Techniques

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center will receive almost $4.7 million in federal funding from the Department of Defense to train military and civilian physicians and other healthcare providers in bloodless medicine and surgery. Since its inception in 1994, the Medical Center’s Institute for Patient Blood Management & Bloodless Medicine and Surgery has treated more than 50,000 patients and trained about 100 physicians in the U.S. and internationally.

Accepting a check from Congressman Steve Rothman (pictured second from right) are (l to r) Wilbur Malloy, Program Manager, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) and U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Michael Pietrowicz, Senior Vice President at Englewood Hospital, Jay Nadel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Englewood Hospital, Aryeh Shander, M.D., Executive Medical Director of the Institute for Patient Blood Management & Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Englewood Hospital, and Douglas Duchak, President and CEO at Englewood Hospital.

Photo courtesy of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.