Sam Presti, executive vice president and general manager of the
@okcthunder
, and his wife, Shannon, announced a gift of $600,000 to The Children’s Hospital at OU Medicine.
Thank you so much to the United States Air Force, 97th Air Mobility Wing and 71st Flight Training Wing for coordinating today’s fly over honoring our healthcare heroes.
#AirForceSalute
#VanceProud
#MobilitysHometown
It's an historic day! OU Health received its first shipment of
#COVID19
vaccines today to be distributed to front line health care workers starting this week.
Learn more about the vaccine at .
OU College of Medicine and OU Health Sciences Center in OKC & Tulsa students kneeled in solidarity with our black students, patients & community. Health is more than the absence of disease. It is also the absence of fear, discrimination & marginalization.
#WhiteCoatsForBlackLives
As of midnight Sept. 7, 2021, OU Health hospitals, including Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health, have no COVID or non-COVID ICU beds available. 95% of today’s hospitalized COVID patients are unvaccinated.
Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine at .
Masking is the most important tool in preventing the spread of COVID-19. You should be wearing a mask anytime you are in public. Please make sure your loved ones wear their masks too, even children ages 2 and older.
#MaskUpOkla
Today, our partner
@OU_Athletics
honored first responders and healthcare workers during a home game in Norman on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11. They also called to the field our very own Dale Bratzler, DO, who has been a crucial leader in our state's COVID-19 response.
Michael Cookson, M.D., MMHC, FACS, urologic oncologist at Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine, was recently elected president of the Society of Urologic Oncology.
Read more:
As of midnight Sept. 12, 2021, OU Health hospitals, including Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health, have no COVID or non-COVID ICU beds available. 86% of today’s hospitalized COVID patients are unvaccinated.
Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine at .
OU Medicine is the No. 1 ranked hospital system in the Oklahoma City metro, and its oncology program at
@StephensonCC
and OU Medical Center ranked in the Top 50 in the nation, in the 2019-2020 rankings released by
@USNewsHealth
Part of our mission is leading healthcare by training tomorrow's health professionals, that's why we're excited that Kayla has completed this advanced training in robotic surgery – a training offered at only a few institutions, including OU Medicine.
Today
@StephensonCC
at OU Medicine announced a $20 million gift for cancer research from the Stephenson Family Foundation and Peggy and Charles Stephenson, the center’s namesakes and longtime supporters of the
@UofOklahoma
.
Today we administered our 50,000th dose of a COVID-19 vaccine! This is a significant milestone, but the fight against coronavirus isn’t over. Do your part by getting vaccinated today.
#TeamOUHealth
#VaxForGood
On average, one case of coronavirus will cause 3-4 new infections. This is comparable to the flu, but fewer than the measles, which causes 10-14 new cases per infection. Learn more and watch the full discussion with OU Medicine experts here:
OU Medicine is proud to have been the first hospital in Oklahoma City to institute universal masking. This means every individual is asked to wear a mask when on our campus.
#MaskUpOkla
The science is clear – masks work and they’ve helped slow the spread of
#COVID19
.
Oklahoma, let’s
#MaskUp
and save lives together. Learn more:
#MaskUpOkla
Thank you Congresswoman
@RepKendraHorn
for coming by to visit OU Medical Center and
@StephensonCC
. You're welcome back to visit the rest of our health system – from Tulsa to OKC and points between – anytime!
Oklahoma
@GovStitt
and First Lady Sarah Stitt visited The Children’s Hospital today. They jumped in to help pass out toys during our toy drive and visited with patients like Kenzie in the newly renovated PICU.
Today our staff celebrated OU Medicine as the the No. 1 ranked hospital system in Oklahoma, and our oncology program at
@StephensonCC
and OU Medical Center ranked in the Top 50 in the nation, in the 2019-2020 rankings released by
@usnews
.
This weekend OU Health and The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center employees, faculty and students joined together to march in the OKC Pride Alliance's rescheduled
#OKCPridefest
Parade.
Happy Pride! 🏳️🌈
#Pride2021
Today we administered our first round of
#COVID19
vaccines. The very first doses of vaccine were administered at the same time to 5 front-line workers, representing the team of healthcare workers caring for patients.
#TeamOUHealth
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For the fourth year in a row, Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine is No. 1 in enrolling patients in clinical trials for the National Cancer Institute’s National Clinical Trials Network. Learn more about this distinction:
OU Health staff & providers from OU College of Pharmacy,
@OUNursing
,
@OUCollegeofMed
& OU Medicine, Inc., hospitals celebrated a milestone today when the 10,000th dose of COVID-19 vaccine was given to Patrick Butler, Ph.D., LCSW, MSW, Adolescent Med, Oklahoma Children’s Hospital.
Congratulations to our own
@StephensonCC
for being named Best Hospital for Cancer Treatment and
@HammDiabetesCtr
for being named Best Hospital for Diabetes Treatment in this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards from
@TheOklahoman
.
Join us Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. for a Facebook live update on coronavirus (COVID-19). We’ll have info about the precautions OU Medicine is taking to keep patients safe, guidelines for pregnant women, how you can play a role to “Flatten the Curve", and more.
Today we’re celebrating
@StephensonCC
‘s designation as a National Cancer Institute (
@theNCI
) Cancer Center, making them the only NCI-Designated Cancer Center in Oklahoma. They are an integral a part of the OU Medicine health system working toward our mission of
#LeadingHealthcare