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A Thanksgiving Update from Dr. Smith: 11/26/20

… everyone in the Department is enjoying a safe, healthy, and festive Thanksgiving. This is no ordinary Thanksgiving, … what we experienced in March. Admissions in general and admissions to our ICUs are following a similar slope. … if our surge accelerates has been developed by NYP and CU, a process in which our own Beth Hochman is critically …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:02

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month November 2016

… November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and the Pancreas Center at Columbia University Medical … be posting a number of important blogs, patient stories and educational pieces to help educate the world about the … our Facebook page for daily updates https://www.facebook.com/pancreascenter/ . Our annual Pancreatic Cancer Awareness …

Last Modified: 01/10/2025 - 09:55

Vascular Testing Accreditation for NYP/Columbia

… vascular studies, performing nearly 10,000 studies a year and providing time-critical early detection of life-threatening heart disorders, stroke and other vascular diseases,” says Virendra Patel, MD, MPH , … in Bronxville, NYP/Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt and other sites in Westchester. To make an appointment, …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:00

How Intraoperative Radiation Therapy is Helping Colorectal Patients, with P. Ravi Kiran, MBBS

… treatment. There is the option for removing the tumor and using the radiation intraoperatively wherein the surgeon … where there's a risk of the cancer potentially coming back and that is what intraoperative radiation therapy entails. it … to potentially cure recurrent cancer, locally advanced and large cancer. Columbia is one of the few hospitals in NYC …

Last Modified: 03/03/2026 - 11:50

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/23/20

… of the Department of Surgery, sends an update to faculty and staff about pandemic response and priorities. Stay up to date with us. Dear Colleagues, A … My simile is focused on the ecstatic side of the equation, and thereby obscures an important point. The familiarity of …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

Am I a Candidate for Weight Loss Surgery?

… severely obese are at increased risk for health problems and tend to have a shortened life span. There is also added … treatments. Stories & Perspectives Understanding BMI and BRI: A Q&A with Columbia’s Bariatric NP Gio Dugay BMI is … emerging alternatives like the Body Roundness Index (BRI), and explains what patients should focus on instead. Persons …

Last Modified: 12/10/2025 - 17:11

What We’re Reading: 03/27/20

… highlights from the week that we recommend you check out and follow— Daily COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Craig Smith, … Dr. Joshua Weiner is one of our transplant surgeons, and he’s issued some real talk on the dire shortage of … for drop-off locations and information. ( From nytimes.com ) How Does The Coronavirus Behave Inside The Patient A …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

Genotype-Phenotype Assocations in Pediatric Cardiomyopathy

… Prospective cohort study of pediatric cases of DCM, HCM, and RCM aiming to identify new disease-causing and disease-associated mutations as well as geno-phenotypes …

Last Modified: 02/13/2023 - 21:06

Living Donation Liver Transplant - The Donor Process

… Living Donor Coordinator at the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation explains the requirements and procedures for becoming a living liver donor at …

Last Modified: 02/13/2023 - 21:04

Intraductal Anatomical Mapping of Mastectomy Specimens with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) to Confirm the Sick Lobe Hypothesis

… anatomy, gain a better understanding of ductal layout, and fundamentally impact management and treatment of breast disease. …

Last Modified: 02/13/2023 - 21:07