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Heart
Heart Center Groundbreaking. Ceremony Featuring Bill Clinton, Milstein Family.
Thoracic
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital campuses collaborate to use ECMO, saving patient's life
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, can provide respiratory and cardiac support during severe respiratory illness. The ECMO machine directly oxygenates the blood, providing an opportunity for the lungs to heal. Importantly, it avoids damage to the lungs that can be caused by use of a ventilator, which forces air into the lungs with pressure. Watch this video of Jay Shiland, who underwent ECMO treatment at NYP/Columbia and recovered from a severe case of what was believed to be pneumonia.
Transplant
NYPH Patients and Surgeons Run 2010 New York Marathon
November 7, 2010: Three NewYork-Presbyterian patients ran in the New York City Marathon with surgeons and staff who saved their lives. Timothy Sweeney, who had double lung transplant surgery just one year ago, ran with his transplant surgeon, Joshua Sonett, MD. Jessica Chipkin, along with multiple members of the liver transplant team, ran for the second time since her liver transplant in 2005, when her liver failed due to Wilson's disease. Benjamin Carey, who underwent surgery for an aortic root aneurysm exactly one year prior to this year's marathon, ran with his heart surgeon, Allan Stewart, MD.
Weight Loss
Dr. Marc Bessler on Dr. Oz Show January 23, 2012
Marc Bessler, MD, Director of the Center for Metabolic Surgery and Weight Loss Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, was featured in a segment about weight loss surgery on the January 23, 2012 Dr. Oz Show.
