Month: September 2007

Clinical Lab Products (CLP) magazine announced today that Fred V. Plapp, MD, PhD, medical director of Saint Lukes Regional Laboratories in Kansas City, has joined its editorial advisory board. Plapp was formerly a clinical pathologist at Saint Lukes Hospital where he held several committee leadership positions.

Surgeons at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center (UCSD) have performed the first clinical trial surgery in the Southwest to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of performing abdominal procedures through the bodys natural openings, virtually eliminating scarring.