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One of the many great minds to grace the halls of Columbia in the 20th century was Dr. James Ewing. A cancer pioneer who was the first to describe a tumor that would one day bear his name – the eponymous Ewing Sarcoma – he also formed a society 75 years ago dedicated to finding a cure for cancer.

Medicine has a great many “fathers” of the trade; Hippocrates in Ancient Greece, Sushruta in Ancient India, Hua Tuo in Ancient China, Guy de Chauliac and Ambroise Paré in France, Scotsman John Hunter, American William Stewart Halsted, and many, many others in between.

In order to understand the parathyroid glands, we are going to take you back in time – far, far back, to about 375 million years ago when a group of vertebrates climbed out of the water and onto land.

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This list serves as a useful guide to indicate which doctors are considered the very best in their fields, as determined by peers.

The story behind one of the most common surgeries in America.

Young James had the right team and the right medications, but much still remained uncertain.