Last February, Bellevue resident Heather Kelley was on her way to the Seahawks’ Super Bowl celebration at CenturyLink Field when her heart stopped. Yesterday, after nearly six months, Kelley was reunited with her paramedic rescuers for the first time during Seahawks training camp at Virginia Mason Athletic Center (VMAC). Kelley and her two daughters were […]
Overlake Medical Center hosted a group of women at a mammography party on Thursday, July 10th. Overlake offers mammography parties to encourage women to receive annual mammograms. While most women consider annual mammogram screenings to be an unpleasant chore, mammography parties make the patient experience one women can look forward to. Each mammography party includes […]
On Thursday, June 26, Alan Sclater and Craig Kasman of Sclater Architects gave a tour of the entire Bellevue Collection. Downtown Bellevue currently has eight major projects under construction, including the Lincoln Square expansion that broke ground on June 11. Many cannot imagine Bellevue being anything but the urban hub that it is today. However, […]
WGU Washington‘s commencement ceremony is fast approaching and, in the lead up to the big day, the state-endorsed online university has taken a moment to ask its graduates to reflect on what it took to earn their degrees. From parenthood to full-time employment, it seems just about every WGU grad has something else on their […]
This Saturday, the Holden Family and special guests The Teaching will perform a benefit concert for the campaign to restore and revitalize Washington Hall. Jerry Large explains in his column in today’s Seattle Times, “Washington Hall is in the midst of a rebirth, and that’s good for Seattle’s connection to its history. The building, at 14th […]
Yesterday, physicians at Overlake Medical Center replaced a valve in the heart of an 87-year-old man using a game-changing, minimally invasive procedure. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a procedure that uses a catheter to replace a patient’s aortic valve with an artificial valve that greatly improves the ability of the patient’s heart to regulate […]
Mark your calendars! Join us this Thursday, December 19 for the Medic One Foundation’s fundraising radiothon at King County Fire District 34 in Redmond! KJR Seattle Sports Radio personality Dave “Softy” Mahler will be broadcasting LIVE from the fire station between 3 and 6:30 p.m. as he works to raise awareness and much-needed money to […]
We have liftoff! Yesterday, Oct. 17, Raisbeck Aviation High School (RAHS) celebrated its Grand Opening in truly impressive fashion. The morning’s festivities commenced when an Alaska Airlines 737-900ER dubbed “Spirit of Education” delivered over 100 students and honored guests to The Museum of Flight. Among the students on the plane was RAHS junior Alyda Sorm, […]
Overlake Medical Center is now treating cancer patients more quickly and with greater precision than ever before. The new TrueBeam radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatment system from Varian Medical Systems is an innovative, image-guided radiotherapy technology that enables a radically different approach to cancer treatment. With TrueBeam, doctors are able to identify the optimal treatment approach […]
World War II-era bombers and fighter planes will be on display and available to fly this weekend at the Museum of Flight. By Anna Boiko-Weyrauch Seattle Times Staff Reporter GREG GILBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES This view of Seattle and Lake Washington is from the nose of a World War II era B-17F visiting Boeing Field […]