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2009

• H1N1 Pregnancy Vaccination Day (Oct. 19)
• Community Breast Cancer Screening at Pilgrim Congregational UCC (Oct. 19)
• Mardi Gras Masquerade Fundraiserto Benefit St. John’s Mercy Medical Center (Oct. 12)
• St. John’s Mercy Heart and Vascular Announces New Physician (Oct. 9)
• St. John’s Mercy Children’s Hospital Welcomes New Doctors (Oct. 6)
• Final Beam Placed on New St. John’s Mercy Outpatient Facility (Oct. 6)
• Modern Healthcare Names St. John’s Mercy Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare for Second Year (Sept. 11)
• Leading Cardiologist and Research Specialist Joins
  St. John’s Mercy Heart and Vascular Hospital (Sept. 3)
• St. John's Mercy Children's Hospital Collaborating with Fort Zumwalt and Parkway to Provide Seasonal Flu Vaccinations (Sept. 1)
• St. John's Mercy Betters National Average for Heart Attack Mortality (August 26)
• St. John's Mercy Medical Center to Implement Integrated Electronic Health Record System August 30 (August 24)
• St. John's Mercy Heart and Vascular Physicians Receive National Quality Recognition for Cardiovascular and Stroke Care (August 14)
• “Time Critical Diagnosis” Goal to Save Lives of Heart Attack Patients in Missouri (June 30)
• St. John’s Mercy Breast Center First in Missouri to Receive NAPBC Accreditation (June 23)
• New Breast MRI Table Increases Patients’ Comfort at St. John’s Mercy Breast Center (June 23)
• St. John’s Mercy Hosts Blood Drives (June 4)
• Community Breast Cancer Screening at St. John the Baptist Church (June 3)
• St. John’s Mercy Neighborhood Ministry Helps the Low-income and Homeless Send Mother’s Day Cards (April 15)
• Embracing Wholeness Health Fair Offered by St. John’s Mercy (April 7)
• St. John’s Mercy Health Care Announces Leadership Changes (April 7)
• St. John’s Mercy Foundation Presents Benefit 4 the Kids Dinner Auction and Golf Tournament (March 16)
• BLOOM: A Health and Lifestyle Event for Women of All Ages (March 24)
• David C. Pratt Cancer Center Offers Free Head and Neck
  Cancer Screening (March 26)
• Petito Earns Fellow in Hospital Medicine Designation
• St. John’s Mercy Offers Free Colon Cancer Screening Tests (February 19)
• Mardi Gras Masquerade Fundraiser to Benefit St. John’s Mercy Medical Center (January 8)
• St. John’s Mercy Hyperbaric and Wound Treatment Center Director Receives Subspecialty Board Certification (January 8)

2008

• St. John’s Mercy Children’s Hospital Offers Skills Courses (December 30)
• Build-A-Bear Associates Donate 170 Bears to St. John’s Mercy Children’s Hospital (December 16)
• Fall Prevention Tips From St. John’s Mercy Medical Center (December 11)
• Living Successfully with Heart Failure Education Series (December 8)
• Mardi Gras Masquerade Fundraiser to Benefit St. John’s Mercy Medical Center (December 4)
• Letters From Santa Offered by NICU Parents Group (December 4)
• Final Steel Beam Placed on New Patient Tower (November 20)
• St. John’s Mercy Hosts Blood Drives (November 18)
• St. Louis Cancer & Breast Institute Joining St. John’s Mercy (October 16)
• Living Successfully with Heart Failure Education Series Hosted
  by St. John’s Mercy Heart and Vascular Hospital (October 3)
• St. John’s Mercy Hosts Blood Drives in October (September 29)
• St. John’s Mercy Hosts Blood Drive in Clayton (September 24)
• Firefighters and Paramedics Present $26,000 Donation to
  St. John’s Mercy Burn Center (September 24)
• Modern Healthcare Names St. John’s Mercy Top 100
  Best Places to Work in Healthcare (September 10)
• St. John’s Mercy Mobile Mammography Van September Locations (September 8)
• St. John’s Mercy Heart and Vascular Hospital’s Nuclear Cardiology Laboratories Receive Accreditation (September 5)
• St. John’s Mercy Medical Center Names Executive
  Director of Pharmacy (August 28)
• St. John’s Mercy Children’s Hospital Offers Skills Course (August 20)
• Photo Advisory: St. John’s Mercy Medical Center Named Distinguished Hospital by J.D. Power and Associates (August 5)
• J.D. Power and Associates Reports: St. John’s Mercy Medical Center Recognized for Providing an Outstanding Maternity Experience (August 5)
• Meacham Park Health Fair by St. John’s Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Cancer Care (August 5)
• St. John’s Mercy Foundation Presents ‘Benefit 4 the Kids’ Week (July 25)
• St. John’s Mercy Health Care Names Vice President of Mission Services (July 10)
• St. John’s Mercy Medical Group Welcomes Pediatrician (July 3)
• Two Mercy Affiliated Physicians Practices Merge (June 17)
• Annual Cancer Survivors Day Celebration at Grant’s Farm Hosted St. John’s Mercy David C. Pratt Cancer Center (June 17)
• Advance Directive Materials Available at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center (June 10)
• St. John’s Mercy Children’s Hospital Moves First Patients to Newly-Renovated Private Rooms
  (June 9)
• St. John’s Mercy David C. Pratt Cancer Center Hosts Annual Cancer Survivors Day Celebration at Grant’s Farm (May 23)
• Top Baby Names from St. Louis’ Childbirth Leader (May 23)
• St. John’s Mercy Blood Donor Services Hosts Blood Drives (May 21)
• St. John’s Mercy David C. Pratt Cancer Center Named Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare Cancers SM (May 20)
• St. John’s Mercy Offers Bike Helmet Fitting and Safety Check in Fenton (May 20)
• Treatment of Common Breast Problems, Hosted by The Women’s Center of St. John’s Mercy (May 15)
• Fabulous Fridays: Cultivating Joy, Hosted by The Women’s Center of St. John’s Mercy (May 15)
• Career Development Program for Nurses Implemented at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center (May 12)
• St. John’s Mercy Foundation Presents Benefit 4 the Kids
  Dinner Auction and Golf Tournament (April 18)
• St. John’s Mercy Volunteer Department Is Recruiting Volunteer Nurses (April 21)
• St. John’s Mercy Mobile Mammography Van May Schedule (April 23)
• Free Skin Cancer Screening at the David C. Pratt Cancer Center (April 29)
• Free Hearing Testing at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center (April 29)
• Thirty Days to Thrive! Hosted by The Women’s Center of St. John’s Mercy (March 27)
• Fabulous Fridays: Organizing Basics 101 Hosted by The Women’s Center of St. John’s Mercy (March 27)
• Kirkwood Mayor Michael Swoboda Released from St. John’s Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital This Afternoon (March 26)
• Kirkwood Mayor Michael Swoboda Continues to Improve (March 11)
• St. John’s Mercy Medical Group Welcomes New Pediatrician to O’Fallon (March 7)
• David C. Pratt Cancer Center Hosts “Good News about Colorectal Cancer” (February 19)
• Bike Helmet Fitting and Safety Check at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center (February 18)
• Leap In to Good Health at Fenton Family Health Care Open House (February 18)
• St. John’s Mercy Mobile Mammography Van March Schedule (February 14)
• Gynecologic Oncology Program at David C. Pratt Cancer Center To Offer Clinical Trials as Part of Gynecologic Oncology Group (February 13)
• Healing Through the Arts Program Offered at the David C. Pratt Cancer Center (January 22)
• St. John’s Mercy Medical Group Welcomes New Family Medicine Physician to St. Peters (January 21)
• St. John’s Mercy Medical Group Welcomes New Pediatrician to South County (January 21)
• St. John’s Mercy Medical Group Welcomes Internal Medicine Physicians to Manchester (January 18)
• Trivia Night to Benefit West County Multiple Sclerosis Center (January 9)
• St. John’s Mercy Medical Center Offers Skills Course (January 9)