An interview with Marc Bessler, MD, Chief of the Division of Minimal Access/Bariatric Surgery and Director of the Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery.
Jennifer’s story is evidence of the lasting impact of kidney donation. Her sister lived for 16 years beyond transplant, an utterly remarkable amount of time in those days. And 50 years after the fact, Jennifer brought her kids and grandkids to New York to reconnect with the transplant program that extended her sister’s life.
Empathy is a thing best learned through practice. The act of giving itself is contagious. That's why 5-year-old Luisa wanted to follow in her parent's philanthropic footsteps and have a lemonade stand where the earnings went to helping sick kids at NYP/Columbia.
Join us for an afternoon of learning and sharing with the experts of the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Pancreas Center, Muzzi Mirza Pancreatic Cancer Prevention & Genetics Program and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.
We won’t drone on echoing the sentiments of the holiday season. The collection of messages piling upward in our inboxes instructing all to give thanks or take stock of what’s important has reached its proverbial limit. 2020 has been difficult. It’s been painful and harrowing. We get it, we feel it too. And we’re with you.
NewYork-Presbyterian, the hospital partner of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, has once again ranked as one of the best hospitals in the nation, ranking No. 7 by the U.S. News and World Report. In this year’s survey, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is ranked nationally in 14 specialties, including No. 1 in New York (No. 4 in the nation) for cardiology and heart surgery.
Endocrinologist Dr. Hyesoo Lowe and chief endocrine surgeon Dr. James Lee discuss Columbia’s ongoing research into the relationship between parathyroid disease and sleep
When people don’t use their calf muscles enough—say, because a global pandemic has forced them to stay home and drastically alter their activity levels—their vein health can suffer.