[size=111%]The opening of the Center for Advanced Medicine and the Siteman Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The thoracic surgery program continues to be the leading center in the country, performing lung volume reduction surgery, lung-sparing cancer surgeries and running a clinic to manage pulmonary nodules.
The orthopedic department, nationally-recognized for joint replacement and spinal surgeries, is charged with caring for the elite athletes on St. Louis's professional football and hockey teams – the Rams and Blues.
ENT Department: Barnes-Jewish Hospital made news worldwide with a procedure in which Dr. Randall Paniello restored a young woman‘s voice by building a new larynx from skin taken from her arm.
[size=111%]Neurosurgery Department: Barnes-Jewish is one of only a handful of hospitals in the world offering dorsal rhysotomy surgery to improve the gait of adults with cerebral palsy