Plans for two separate projects to build controversial proton therapy centers in the Dayton, Ohio, area are still alive — though neither project has made much discernible public progress over the last year or so.Despite both being announced in the first half of 2010, neither of the projects have broken ground or completed financing, and [...]

The Children’s Medical Center of Dayton has raised $5.5 million and exceeded its fundraising goal for a recently completed pediatric emergency and trauma unit.Dayton Children’s raised the money for the Soin Pediatric Trauma and Emergency Center from 184 donors and exceeded its initial goal of $5.3 million, according to a statement from the hospital.The trauma [...]

With regulatory approval in hand, Riverain Medical is looking to boost sales of its imaging software that the company says can help radiologists better diagnose lung disease via its “bone suppression technology.”The Dayton, Ohio-area company last year received 510(k) clearance on two imaging software products and has thus far completed about 30 customer installations. But [...]

The California company behind a plan to open a proton beam therapy center in the Dayton area has been approved for a seven-year tax credit with an estimated value of about $600,000.

Don’t tell CareSource that this year’s controversial health reform package is going to destroy America. What’s likely to hurt Democrats at the polls next month may help bring 500 jobs to Dayton as managed care provider CareSource looks to grow.

The six-story Benjamin and Marian Schuster Heart Hospital will encompass five patient care floors and a lobby with gift shop, bakery and pharmacy.

The two separate projects that exist only on the drawing board would make Dayton the nation’s only area to host two proton therapy centers, and have prompted questions about whether the area needs — or can handle — both of the pricey and humongous facilities. There are just seven operating proton therapy centers in the United States, though many more are in the planning stages.

Who would have thought a smart nanotechnology material that keeps aircraft and wind turbine blades free from ice could help glaucoma patients? Khalid Lafdi and Ed Timm did. At the University of Dayton, the two used Lafdi’s invention of “fuzzy fiber” to design a drain tube for glaucoma patients.

Seven-hospital system Kettering Health Network has promoted its chief operating officer to take over the CEO role after its current top executive retires.Fred Manchur, 58, will take over the chief executive job on Dec. 1, the Dayton Daily News reported. Manchur has worked as the health system’s first president and COO since January 2009.Manchur will [...]

Premier Health Partners, the largest health system in southwest Ohio, announced that its chief executive will be stepping down at the end of the year.Thomas Breitenbach, 63, has led the health system since it was formed in 1995 with the merger of Miami Valley and Good Samaritan hospitals. Breitenbach will be succeeded by James Pancoast, [...]