CLEVELAND, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, Pope
of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, recently underwent
spinal surgery at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of
America. He is in excellent condition and recovering well in his hospital
suite. The surgery was performed by Iain Kalfas, M.D., Professor and
Chairman of Neurosurgery, at the hospital on Oct. 22. His medical care is
being coordinated by a group of specialists at Cleveland Clinic, under the
supervision of Martin Schreiber, M.D., Professor and Chairman of
Nephrology. In his hospital room, His Holiness has started physical therapy
and is expected to be released from the hospital soon, continuing physical
therapy and returning to Egypt shortly.
Cleveland Clinic, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a not-for-profit
multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and
hospital care with research and education. Cleveland Clinic was founded in
1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding
patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and
innovation. U.S. News & World Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as
one of the nation's best hospitals in its annual "America's Best Hospitals"
survey. Approximately 1,500 full-time salaried physicians at Cleveland
Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Florida represent more than 100 medical
specialties and subspecialties. In 2005, there were 2.9 million outpatient
visits to Cleveland Clinic. Patients came for treatment from every state
and from more than 80 countries. There were nearly 54,000 hospital
admissions to Cleveland Clinic in 2005. Cleveland Clinic's Web site address
is http://www.clevelandclinic.org.
SOURCE Cleveland Clinic
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CONTACT:
Eileen Sheil of Cleveland Clinic,
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