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Alive at 65: Three-time Transplant Recipient Jerry Cahill Appreciates Every Day

After a double-lung transplant, Jerry Cahill defies the odds with kidney-liver transplant, and continues to thrive and advocate for others.
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COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 9/11/21

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of the Department of Surgery, sends updates to faculty and staff about pandemic response and priorities. Today, Dr. Smith reflects on the crisis in the context of the twentieth anniversary of the September 11th attacks.
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Rewarding Medicine: Can Hospital Rankings Work for You?

Every year, U.S. News and World Report ranks hospitals in fifteen specialties and seventeen procedures and conditions, as well as by region, and includes an overall tally for the top twenty. But how meaningful are these distinctions?
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On What Makes A Good Surgeon: Insight from Surgeon and Mentor Dr. James Church

Dr. James Church says a complete surgeon is a wonderer. And he aims to instill that wonder in a new generation of colorectal surgeons.
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What is Surgical Oncology? Q&A with the Director of the New Division of Surgical Oncology

A conversation with Sam Yoon, MD, Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology and Vice Chair of Surgical Oncology Research and Education.
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What's New in the Department of Surgery

Columbia Creates New Surgical Oncology Division Under Dr. Sam Yoon

Columbia University Irving Medical Center is proud to announce that Sam S. Yoon, MD, has joined the Department of Surgery, where he will serve as chief of the newly-created Division of Surgical Oncology and Vice-Chair of Surgical Oncology Research and Education for the department.
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From Parents.com: My Son Was Born With Craniosynostosis—Here's What Parents Need to Know About the Birth Defect of the Skull

My son had sagittal synostosis, the most common type of craniosynostosis. His pediatricians initially missed his condition, but he was diagnosed by a neurosurgeon and treated just in time. Here's everything parents should know about the birth defect affecting the skull.
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Columbia Named Center of Excellence for Pancreatic Cancer

The National Pancreas Foundation has named the Pancreas Center as an approved NPF Center of Excellence for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
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Top Hospital in New York, Ranked No. 7 in The Nation by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center was named Top Hospital in New York and made the Honor Roll as No. 7 in the nation. The institution was additionally recognized for its excellence in 14 adult specialties and 8 children’s specialties.
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A COVID-19 Vaccine Update from Dr. Craig Smith: 7/29/21

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of the Department of Surgery, sends updates to faculty and staff about pandemic response and priorities. Stay up to date with us.
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