Whether through clinical trials that test the latest cancer treatments, or its investment in innovative technologies, Aurora
is dedicated to providing leading-edge cancer care. Aurora physicians are members of the American College of Surgeons Oncology
Group, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group and similar organizations, which allows Aurora patients to participate in national
treatment studies.
The Regional Parkinson Center at Aurora Sinai Medical Center is one of the largest clinical programs in the U.S. The Center,
via the development of a Parkinson Center for Clinical Research, wants to establish a comprehensive database that will facilitate
several initiatives: 1) Explore the risk factors for the disease, such as environmental and genetic factors, 2) Publish
information about novel drug treatments, and 3) Study the efficacy of herbs, biologic agents, injectibles, magnets, etc.
currently being marketed and make this information available to patients and physicians.
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center performs more heart transplants annually than any other hospital in the state. As a total
and comprehensive organ transplant program, St. Luke's also performs liver, lung, kidney and pancreas transplants, including
multiple-organ transplants. St. Luke's is nationally recognized as one of the leading organ transplant programs in the region.
Aurora Health Care and BayCare Clinic have developed the state's largest fertility clinic at Aurora BayCare Medical Center
in Green Bay. The fertility clinic offers prospective parents who have had difficulty conceiving the opportunity for egg
harvesting and implantation.
Alcoholism
Researchers at Aurora Behavioral Health Services and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have united for an extended,
federally funded study of treatment for problem drinkers. The study, called Project COMBINE, centers on "talk" therapies and two
prescription medications, alone and in combination, to improve recovery rates for alcoholics.
Click here to view current clinical research at Aurora Health
Care.
How are charitable gifts used at Aurora?
Technology
Medical technology and more effective ways to diagnose and treat disease are rapidly progressing
Clinical research
With physicians and scientists involved in hundreds of investigations we're advancing medical outcomes through clinical
research
State-of-the-art procedures
Attracting and retaining medical professionals who are leaders and innovators in their field performing state-of-the-art
procedures
Charitable care
Providing charitable care to people who would not otherwise have it – those without insurance or the means to pay medical
bills not covered by insurance
Aurora is a thriving health system for basic and clinical research,
with physicians and scientists involved in hundreds of investigations.
