Convenient Care Clinics
Genesis Convenient Care clinics are faster, more affordable and the preferred alternative to an Emergency Room visit for less serious illnesses or injuries. Medical Director Dr. Randel Cardott discusses the advantages of Convenient Care, what medical problems are best treated at the clinics and the services offered. Now, you can view the wait times at our three Convenient Care Clinics.

Beating-Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
For the past 30 years, traditional coronary artery bypass surgery has gone pretty much the same. However, at Genesis, leading-edge technology is replacing stitches with staples while surgeons operate on beating hearts. Genesis heart surgeons Nicholas Augelli, M.D., and Robert Fietsam, M.D., discuss "off-pump," or beating-heart coronary artery bypass surgery, using Cardica’s C-Port system, which deploys tiny, stainless steel staples to secure the bypass vessel to the coronary artery. Drs. Augelli and Fietsam were the first in the Quad Cities and among the first in Iowa to use the new device. For patients, the result is a quicker surgery; about a day less in the hospital; a faster recovery; and, if early studies hold true, a better chance that bypassed vessels will remain free of blockages over time.

View a webcast of this surgery.

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy plays an important role in breast cancer treatment by helping the doctor determine the extent to which the disease is spreading within the body, and develop an appropriate treatment plan. Genesis, through its Center for Breast Health, was one of the first hospitals in the country to participate in a study of the effectiveness of the procedure, which now is an accepted standard of care for women diagnosed with breast cancer. The advantages of this procedure are discussed by David Aanestad, M.D., Davenport Surgical Group, P.C., and Clinical Medical Director of the Center for Breast Health.

Laparoscopic Weight Loss Surgery
The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is, according to the National Institutes of Health and the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, the most popular weight loss surgery in the United States. The first laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in the Quad Cities was performed by Dr. Matt Christophersen at Genesis in November 2004, and Genesis remains the only hospital in the Quad Cities where the procedure is done.  Dr. Christophersen talks about the patient benefits of this minimally invasive procedure.

Minimally-Invasive Thoracic Aortic Endograft
Treating a life-threatening thoracic aortic aneurysm no longer requires opening the chest, removing the diseased section of the aorta and sewing a synthetic graft in its place. Cardiothoracic surgeon Richard Sadler, M.D., Chest & Vascular Surgery, P.C., uses a new treatment option that is less invasive, to place an endovascular graft inside the diseased aorta. To hear him discuss this new treatment option, click here.

Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion
A procedure called Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion, or TLIF, can alleviate back pain caused by a torn disc. Anthony V. Maioriello, M.D., Midwest Brain & Spine, LLC, is the only neurosurgeon in the region to use an innovative, minimally invasive approach to this procedure. Hear him discuss the patient benefits this minimally invasive procedure offers over the more traditional, open approach.