Innovation Spotlight

Attending Staff Association set up a non-profit foundation to study most difficult challenges in medicine, to later become The Lundquist Institute

Successful fertilization through artificial implantation of the ovum, which would lead to the first ovum transfer birth 20 years later

Dr. Criley creates paramedic model for emergency care; The Lundquist Institute conducts first training programs for Nurse Practitioners

Dr. Paul Fu introduces a test for high cholesterol that is still in use today

Dr. Delbert Fisher develops Thyroid Deficiency Test for newborns

Dr. Albert Parlow participates in the first purification of human growth hormone

Dr. Alan Jobe develops synthetic lung surfactants that allow premature infants with underdeveloped lungs to breathe

Dr. John Buster performs first ovum transfer, forerunner of in vitro fertilization

Dr. Sherwin Isenberg manufactures low-cost eye drops to treat eye infections in newborns, especially effective in developing countries

Dr. Iraj Khalkhali achieves advances in noninvasive breast cancer detection

Dr. Emil Kakkis develops Enzyme Replacement Therapy to treat Hurler- Scheie Syndrome

Dr. Richard Casaburi creates new exercise-based rehab strategies for COPD patients

Collaborator Kythera Biopharmaceuticals develops injectable drug to eliminate the double chin

Dr. John Edwards and team work on vaccine for nosocomial infections

Dr. Marianne Gausche-Hill launches survey to assess Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness nationwide

Dr. Ruey-Kang Chang's spin-off QT Medical develops infant heart monitors to prevent SIDS and test for congenital heart disorders

Dr. Matthew Budoff conducts study showing garlic may control or reverse heart disease

FDA approves Endari, developed by Dr. Yutaka Niihara, the first treatment for sickle-cell disease in almost 20 years, and the first ever approved for children

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