Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center

Carson Tahoe Cancer Center in Carson City opened a new blood and bone marrow transplant care clinic on Monday with support from the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. Under the collaboration, a Bone Marrow Transplant physician and nurse from HCI will travel to Carson City once a month to treat patients both before and after they receive a transplant.

Carson City Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the circumstances of a stabbing that happened late Thursday night in which the victim drove himself to the hospital emergency room, Sheriff Ken Furlong said.

Carson Tahoe Health, a leading healthcare system in Northern Nevada, and The Greenhouse Project, an agricultural and education-based nonprofit, announced an expanded partnership Thursday to build the Foothill Garden on Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center’s campus.

The Carson Valley Quilt Guild created a special quilt for the first baby born at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center on March 18, to commemorate National Quilting Day. Sunday, March 19, the Guild presented a basket filled with a beautiful handmade quilt and other items such as burp pads, diaper changing caddy, and more.

Today we say farewell to February. I’m chomping at the bit for spring and Mardi Gras means it’s just around the corner. The Sierra Nevada Forums return to the Brewery Arts Center with a presentation on civility in a time of political differences. The Carson City Photography Club is welcoming new members: every month you’ll find a different assignment. Those in the nursing field will want to attend the RN Job Fair at Carson Tahoe Hospital for new opportunities.

TUESDAY: Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday

• Mayors Day at the Nevada State Legislature

Coronary artery disease patients in Northern Nevada now have a new treatment option that literally disappears over time, only at Carson City-based Carson Tahoe Health.

Michelle Joy, Chief Operating Officer, recently announced the hospital is among the first in the country – and the only provider in the region – to offer the latest generation of state-of-the-art cardiology technology, Absorb.

If you are an enrolled student in a nursing course, a graduate student or current RN, join us for the Carson Tahoe Health RN Job Fair. We are looking to meet candidates face to face to show you what Carson Tahoe has to offer, with immediate nursing positions available. All candidates attending the RN Job Fair should be prepared to be interviewed by our management team.

Join Kim Mason, MS. RD., for an 8 week nutrition course about the benefits behind the Mediterranean Diet. Research suggests that the benefits of following a Mediterranean-style eating pattern may be many: improved weight loss, better control of blood glucose (sugar) levels and reduced risk of depression, to name a few.
Wednesdays beginning April 26, 2017 at 4 p.m.
Location will be in the Valley View Room; Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center - 1600 Medical Parkway; Carson City, NV
$20 Registration fee

Please join us for this 5-week course which begins on Wednesday, February 1, from 4:00pm-6:00pm at the Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center in our Valley View Room located at 1600 Medical Parkway; Carson City, Nevada. This is a revolutionary program that can help you create a healthy relationship with food, mind and body. Through these groundbreaking classes, you can make peace with food, free yourself from chronic dieting, and rediscover the pleasures of eating. Classes are $20. To register visit www.carsontahoe.com/wellness or call (775)445-5169.

On January 2, 2017, Carson Tahoe Health will begin offering convenient, low-cost Department of Transportation physicals at the Carson Tahoe Clinic at Wal-Mart in Gardnerville.

Join us for this FREE educational seminar located in the Bristlecone Room at the Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center; 1600 Medical Parkway; Carson City from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Register early & be entered to WIN! A door prize will be raffled each lecture day.

Carson Tahoe Health is excited to present its fourth annual Spooktacular party, a family-oriented Halloween celebration open to the community. The free event takes place on October 27 from 3:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. in the north parking lot at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center.

I’m usually a lover of sunny days, but right now I say bring on the rain. The moisture is a welcome help to our heroic firefighters in Lake Tahoe and Washoe Valley. Because of the wet weather and the recent fires, some activities have been postponed: most notably the Advocates to End Domestic Violence’s Annual Light After Dark Run. There are still plenty of things to occupy your time, but the weather may force more cancellations.

SATURDAY:

• Nevada Day Treasure Hunt: today’s clue at http://www.nvdaytreasurehunt.com/

EVENT UPDATE OCT. 27: Carson Tahoe Health will host today's Spooktacular in the Sage Café from 3:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. The change was due to the likelihood of rain.
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Carson Tahoe Health is excited to present its fourth annual Spooktacular party, a family-oriented Halloween celebration open to the community. The free event takes place on October 27 from 3:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. in the north parking lot at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center.

For seven years running, University of Utah Health Care (UUHC) has ranked among the nation’s top 10 academic medical centers in quality, safety and accountability. This year, the U has risen to the top.

Street Vibes and the Candy Dance are always the endcap to September. Arts and crafts take over the small hamlet of Genoa this weekend; get a jump on your holiday gift list. All the other corners of Northern Nevada are a playground for the thousands of motorcycle riders and enthusiasts here to enjoy the bike rally. Battle Born Harley on Research Way offers a huge party without ever leaving the valley. Those two events are hardly all that Carson City and our neighboring counties have to offer, however. Keep reading for more fun than you’ll know what to do with.

SATURDAY:

Please join us for this 8 week nutrition course led by our registered dietician Kim Mason, MSRD. Learn the basics and benefits behind the Mediterranean Diet. Course will be held from October 19, 2016 through December 7, 2016 from 4:30pm - 6:30pm at the Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center in the Valley View Room.

Cost is $20 and you may register at www.carsontahoe.com/wellness. For more information contact, (775) 445-5169.

Carson Tahoe Health’s Long-Term Acute Care Hospital has been granted a 3-year accreditation by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality, and the LTACH is now officially designated as Nevada’s only CIHQ “Center of Excellence.”

Intuitive eating is a revolutionary program that can help you create a healthy relationship with food, mind and body. Through these groundbreaking hour-long classes, you can make peace with food, free yourself from chronic dieting and rediscover the pleasure of eating. For more information, contact (775) 445-5169 or register at carsontahoe.com/wellness. This is a 5-week program from 11:30am-1pm in the Bristlecone Room of the Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center. Cost is $20.

Car Seat Safety Checks will be conducted in the outer parking lot across from the Emergency Department entrance at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center, located at 1600 Medical Parkway; Carson City, NV. For more information contact Holly Brown at 884-2269 ext. 113, or email childsafety@carson-family.org.

The Signs of Abuse or Neglect May be Difficult to Recognize. Join us for this free event that helps to shed light on child abuse and neglect, and discusses what you can do to help.

The event is June 29, 2016, 4:00 - 7:00 pm, Valley View Room; Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center. Refreshments will be served. This is a FREE event.

Reservations must be made to http://www.carsontahoe.com/wellness

Guest Speakers:
Special Master Kimberly Okezie, Juvenile Court - An update on the state of child abuse and neglect in our community.

Each year, Carson Tahoe Health director of resource management, Kayleen Fogleman, along with the CTH holiday and special events committee, invites area children to the CTH Kids Christmas Party. This year, Fogleman is bringing Christmas in the form of summer fun toys and sunblock to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada in June.

Carson Tahoe Health would like to recognize the Rotary Club of Carson City Sunset for generously donating three 2,000-pound concrete benches, located around the main entrance at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center in Carson City.

A 27-year-old Carson City man identified as the person who allegedly robbed a Carson City convenience store early Thursday morning then jumped into a patrol car, crashing it and another police vehicle has been arrested on suspicion of multiple felony sexual assault and child pornography charges, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said.

In celebration of Mother’s Day this coming Sunday, May 8, Carson Tahoe Health is pleased to launch “My Stork Story,” a new online forum for area moms to share their baby stories and birthing experience at Carson Tahoe.

Ready for a great day, Carson City? It’s a day of beginnings all over the place. The new Italian restaurant, Angelina’s, inside the Carson Nugget is celebrating its Grand Opening all weekend. The annual Cowboy Festival in Genoa begins this afternoon and includes music, demonstrations, art exhibits, and more. Join the United Federal Credit Union for their ribbon cutting this afternoon, and enjoy live music and BBQ. Today is ‘Dining Out for Life,’ so head to Peg’s Glorified Ham and Eggs, Sassafras, or Adele’s to help raise funds for Northern Nevada Hopes.

THURSDAY:

Call Eric Flores an opportunist. The Western Nevada College freshman first baseman has made the most of his part-time role with the Wildcats the spring.

On Saturday afternoon, Flores took advantage of a starting role, blasting a first-inning grand slam as WNC won the opening game of a Scenic West Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader against Salt Lake, 10-1, at John L. Harvey Field in Carson City.

This week's It's Your City celebrates National Public Health Month. Host Cortney Bloomer talks with Taylor Radtke, public information officer for Carson City Health and Human Services.

Carson City Health and Human Services, Carson Tahoe Health and Partnership Carson City will host a public health town hall meeting April 28 as part of Public Health Month.

Carson City Health and Human Services, Carson Tahoe Health and Partnership Carson City will host a public health town hall meeting as part of Public Health Month.

The event aims to provide an opportunity for residents to speak with area leaders, public officials and health officials about issues such as access to healthcare and mental/behavioral health services. The meeting also serves as an opportunity to collect input for the next Community Health Needs Assessment that will be published by CCHHS later this year.

Carson Tahoe Health has once again partnered with the Shriners Hospitals for Children to provide free orthopedic screenings to eligible patients under the age of 18.