As a leading health care provider in the Kansas City and surrounding region, and with some of the area's most respected health experts on staff, Saint Luke's Health System is often in the news. Here are links to a few recent news items from print, television, and radio coverage.

• Metro Man, Doctor Part of Heart-Related Gene Therapy Research
  8/3/09 Fox 4
• Ride of a lifetime for stroke survivor
  6/12/2009 WDAF TV 4
• High hopes to hear again / Midwest Ear Institute implants first-of-its-kind hybrid cochlear implant
  5/5/2009 St. Joseph News Press
• Heart Transplant Patient's Second Chance at Life
  4/23/09 KC Hispanic News
• Problem Solvers help give gift of hearing to young girl
  4/20/09 Fox 4 News
• Finding resources for frequent ER visitors
  4/7/09 / Fox 4 News / Saint Luke's works to reduce ER repeat visits
• Discharge planning helps avoid re-hospitalization
  4/3/09 / Fox 4 News / Saint Luke's discharge planning helps reduce Medicare re-hospitalizations
• Heart Disease Insights and Advances
  3/21/09 / KCMO 710-AM radio Join Tracy Stevens, M.D., and James O'Keefe, M., two of Kansas City's most dynamic cardiologists, for insights on the latest in heart disease advances and treatment on KCMO radio's "The Health Insurance Advocate" show.
• Heart Disease Awareness
  February is American Heart Month and a great time to increase public awareness of cardiovascular disease. Michael Main, MD, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, comments on the latest in treatment and research trends. "Up to Date" on KCUR 89.3 FM radio 2/11/09
• Cord Blood Donation
  Saint Luke's Hospital opened the area's first public cord blood bank in December. One of the first mothers to donate shares her experience. Fox 4 News 2/16/09