Newsletters
Welcome to the section of our site where we post the latest issues of our newsletters.
We offer Professional Audience publications, which are written for physicians, nurses and researchers, but patients and their families and friends are also encouraged to read these articles.
Our publications for General Audiences are full of the latest news and information that patients and their loved ones can use.
healthpoints: For the healthcare consumer
Columbia University Medical Center surgeons care for the community by providing education and information on various medical conditions that may require surgery.
Healthpoints is for anyone considering or seeking opinion about surgery.
Spring 2011
CONTENTS
- Aortic Valve Surgery: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement validated in key trial.
- Advances in Breast Surgery: Preventing Lymphedema — New protocol prevents lymphedema after lymph node dissection.
- Healers in the Operating Room: Breast program welcomes alternative practitioners before and during breast surgery.
Previous Issues
Subscribe to e-Newsletters from NewYork-Presbyterian
NewYork-Presbyterian recently launched four monthly e-Newsletters; each features articles about advancements in patient care, education, and research —
plus related features such as webcasts and podcasts, and other news articles about advances in the field of medicine. Subscribe
Liver Disease and Transplantation Newsletters
For Patients: Liver Connection
The newsletter for liver transplant patients and families.
Sign up to receive an email when a new edition of Liver Connection is posted on our website.
If you prefer to receive the newsletter by mail, you can add your name to our mailing list—or change your address, if you already receive the newsletter.
Spring/Summer 2012
CONTENTS
- Transplant News
- Silvia's Corner — Silvia Hafliger, MD
Safe Pain Management
- Patient Voices — Reflecting on My Ten Years as a Liver Transplant Recipient
- From the OR, Dr. Samstein — Hernias and Long Term Transplant Consequences
- The Pharmacy Corner — Featured Immunosuppressant (anti-rejection) Medication
- Pediatrics — Transplant and Your Teenager
- Educational Workshops
- Transplant Support Groups
- Transplant Resources
- Area Support Groups
Previous Issues
For Physicians: Liver News
Spring 2010
CONTENTS
- Laparoscopic Living Donor Liver Surgery
- Advances in Liver Preservation Result in Improved Outcomes
- Chronic Hepatitis B Update
- Hypertension Management Post-Liver Transplant
- Management of Bone Disease Pre- and Post-Liver Transplant
- The Importance of a Caregiver and a Community Physician for the Success of a Liver Transplant
- New Faculty and Staff
Previous Issues
Women At Risk Newsletter
Addressing the needs of breast cancer survivors.
Issues: December 2010,
February 2010,
October 2009,
August 2009
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A national newsletter about clinical advances and research initiatives in cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgery at NYP.
Fall 2007
CONTENTS
- Minimally Invasive Techniques Emerge for the Heart Itself.
- Percutaneous Valvular Repair And Replacement Cut Open Ops.
Previous Issues
John Jones Surgical Society Newsletter: For alumni of the Presbyterian Hospital surgical service
Keep in touch with colleagues who have trained and practiced in the Columbia University Medical Center Department of Surgery;
learn about the activities and current DOS attending residents.
Winter 2010
CONTENTS
- Why Webster?
- Webster's Upbringing and John Staige Davis' Advocacy for Specialty Independence
- Peking Union Medical College
- CUMC's Plastic Surgery Division and Webster's Library
- Webster's Successors
- Columbia/Cornell Combined Division's Research and Commitment to Humanitarian Service
- Webster’s Legacy and Let’s Not Lose Our Way
- The American College of Surgeons Clincal Congress
John Jones Surgical Society Reception
Previous Issues
A physician newsletter published by the division.
Spring 2008
CONTENTS
- Message from the Director
- Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery
- Body Contouring
- Microsurgical Reconstruction
Previous Issues
A patient oriented newsletter, published by the division.
Winter 2006
CONTENTS
- Possible New Solution for Weight Re-Gain After Gastric Bypass
- News from the Center
- Pregnancy After Weight Loss Surgery
- Oral Health After Weight Loss Surgery
- Who I Was & Who I am Now — A Patient's Story
- Recent Presentations
- Controlling Sweet Cravings
- Have You Been Suffering from Fainting Spells Since Your Gastric Bypass
Previous Issues
The Assist newsletter seeks to inform healthcare professionals about the role of mechanical assist devices in the continuum of heart failure treatment.
Assist is part of The Heart Hope™ Initiative, a collaboration between leading heart centers committed to advancing clinical outcomes associated with mechanical circulatory assist devices and other advanced therapies in the treatment of heart failure.
2004 ISSUE THREE
CONTENTS
- Mission
- Columbia University Medical Center
- REMATCH Update
- Destination Therapy:
An Emerging
Option in the Continuum of Heart Failure Treatment
- Criteria for Successful Destination Therapy Discharge
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