Allina News

[North Metro TV, May 26, 2010] Mercy and Unity Hospitals recently received national recognition for their cancer programs. The program at Unity will be receiving a high boost in 2010 with the construction of a $14 million new Cancer Center. Dr. John Stoltenberg, who is serving as Unity’s interim president, says that at Unity, doctors [...]

[Minnesota Christian Chronicle, Mar. 10, 2010] Within two months of taking office last year, President Barack Obama lifted the ban on federal funding of new lines of embryonic stem cell research. It was a policy put in place in 2001 by former President George W. Bush. While the debate about the ethics of destroying an [...]

[Northland Press, Dec. 29, 2009] Riverwood Healthcare Center and Cuyuna Regional Medical Center (CRMC) are pleased to announce their plans to provide cancer care services in affiliation with the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute(tm) (VPCI). VPCI is the comprehensive cancer care program of Allina Hospitals & Clinics based in Minneapolis and is strategically aligned with Minnesota [...]

[Star Tribune, Dec. 27, 2009] A groundbreaking type of funding is giving a boost to the new Fridley Medical Center, where construction began this month. Under $17 million in new bonding authority it received through the federal stimulus package, Anoka County will in effect transfer some of its bonding, or borrowing, power to the companies [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Dec. 23, 2009] Allina Hospitals & Clinic’s Virginia Piper Cancer Institute (VPCI) Radiation Oncology Clinic at Abbott Northwestern Hospital has completed installation of the Trilogy Linear Accelerator with RapidArc™, a fast, precise form of radiation therapy treatment using advanced technology. This will be the second Trilogy Linear Accelerator at VPCI’s Abbott Northwestern Hospital [...]

[Star Tribune, Nov. 21, 2009] Mammograms are in the spotlight as the uproar continues over how often and at what age women should get them. In the 1990s, Christine Norton would show up at the annual Twin Cities Women’s Expo for three days in a row to hand out instruction cards on breast self-exams. She [...]

[WCCO-TV, Nov. 22, 2009] Dr. Deb Day, the medical director of Allina’s Piper Breast Center, on the WCCO 4 News Sunday Morning show today, said Allina will continue to recommend annual mammograms for women starting at age 40. Watch the interview on wcco.com or watch below.

[Allina Newsroom, Nov. 18, 2009] Dr. Timothy Sielaff, president of Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, released the following statement on the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendation on routine screening mammography in women aged 40 to 49 years. The USPSTF is one of several different groups offering screening mammography recommendations. Other [...]

[WCCO-TV, Oct. 12, 2009] When it comes to beating cancer, early detection is the key. And that’s especially true for breast cancer. Now, doctors at Allina’s Piper Breast Center in Minneapolis are using a new tool to help them narrow in on possible trouble spots that may be preventing early detection. Dr. Deborah Day, radiologist [...]

[Star Tribune, Oct. 8, 2009] When Dr. Todd Tuttle asks his female medical students at the University of Minnesota what they would do if they had breast cancer, he is always surprised by the large number who say they would choose to have both breasts removed, even if they didn’t have to. Surgeon Margit Bretzke, M.D., [...]

[KMSP-TV Fox 9 News, Sept. 15, 2009] Doctors and pancreatic cancer survivors in the Twin Cities are hoping the recent awareness will help in their quest for better early detection. The death of actor Patrick Swayze has put the disease in the spotlight. With pancreatic cancer, the symptoms are so vague. Dr. Timothy Sielaff of [...]

[WCCO 4 News, Aug. 20, 2009] Amid the sea of pink at the Twin Cities Breast Cancer 3-Day this weekend, there will be a splash of blue. That is because 1 percent of breast cancer patients are men. Radiologist Deborah Day, MD, is the medical director of Allina’s Piper Breast Center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital [...]

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, July 27, 2009] The Virginia Piper Cancer Institute’s Vision Campaign has raised $37.4 million from more than 12,000 donors since it was launched in 2005. The funding has helped pay for opening a central cancer clinic site at Allina’s Abbott Northwestern Hospital. It’s also funded more nurse coordinators, better equipment, increased [...]

Allina Hospitals & Clinics has appointed Roy Johnson, MBA, vice president of Virginia Piper Cancer Institute Clinical Service Line Operations.