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Pancreatic Cancer: Screening

… find early, treatable pancreatic cancers in some patients from high risk families. Radiation exposure and the … early pancreatic lesions with CT scanning has precluded it from being a routine pancreatic screening test. There is …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 17:59

Chef Rocco DiSpirito Cooks for Columbia Pre-College Students in CU-HERE Program

… the wide variety of available careers. The students, all from city neighborhoods surrounding CUIMC, observe surgical … in caring, curing, and treating.” Several students from the first cohort are now in college and pursuing careers …

Last Modified: 09/05/2025 - 16:13

Unprecedented Study Documents Severe Shortage of Surgical Care in Sierra Leone

… of surgical care: by a conservative estimate extrapolated from a larger set of data, 56 million people in Africa need … millions of people are disfigured, disabled, or they die from common conditions such as wounds or cuts that are not …

Last Modified: 02/25/2023 - 18:17

Ryeom Lab

… For many years, it has been assumed that endothelial cells from different organs were similar in their activation, … growth and metastasis. We now know that endothelial cells from different organ environments are unique and produce …

Last Modified: 02/19/2023 - 13:13

Photo Diary of a Breast Cancer Treatment Journey

… twice in 2018. She shares images of her treatment journey from diagnosis of the first cancer through recovery of the …

Last Modified: 09/16/2025 - 12:19

Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome

… are various management strategies available which range from non-invasive to invasive that can improve patient … spontaneous remission. Treatment approaches will progress from conservative pain management to more invasive measures. …

Last Modified: 01/13/2026 - 12:59

State of the Union: Breast Care in 2025

… breast care over the last year? Probably the biggest one from a surgical perspective is the SOUND trial . That study … we’re no longer removing any lymph nodes. We’ve gone from removing all the lymph nodes, to a few, to now sometimes … in practice. What misconceptions do you hear most often from patients? That chemotherapy will make you extremely ill. …

Last Modified: 10/14/2025 - 11:55

The First Robotic 100: A National Milestone in Living Donor Liver Transplant

… the process,” says Jennica Kim, who guides patients from first inquiry through surgery and beyond. There is the … outcome of the transplant.” And that philosophy shows up from start to finish. “Our donors are our VIPs,” Dr. Fox … percent of liver transplants in the U.S. currently come from living donors. The hope is to change that and move …

Last Modified: 05/06/2026 - 14:47

What Is Interventional IBD ?

… disease-modifying therapy, you may prevent complications from the disease. But if it’s treated late, people develop … specialty, like gynecology and cardiology, you can learn from that, "Oh, this tool people used for the pancreas, let … for our patients. Don’t miss an update on news and content from Healthpoints, the blog from the Department of Surgery at …

Last Modified: 05/05/2023 - 11:35

Liver Connection Winter 2007

… Corner — Silvia Hafliger, MD LC Talks with Dr. Paul Gaglio From our Pharmacists Pediatrics Educational Workshops …

Last Modified: 02/13/2023 - 21:03

Masaru Kubota, MD, PhD

… and his PhD in pancreatic cancer diagnosis and treatment from Osaka University in Japan. He is board-certified in …

Last Modified: 04/25/2026 - 00:15

Why People Donate a Kidney: Inside the Choice to Give

… questionnaire after the recent sudden death of a celebrity from kidney failure. Five of those people have already come … transplants . Out of those, 301 had residual donors. Then from that 301, we removed all the people whose kidney failed … and we don’t want to take any of their donors away. From there, we narrowed it to 232. And out of those 232 …

Last Modified: 01/06/2026 - 10:22

More than 20 Columbia Surgeons Named New York’s Super Doctors

… More than 20 surgeons from Columbia University Irving Medical Center have been … the New York Times Magazine . These rankings are compiled from thousands of recommendations by physicians in the New … for our mailing list for more health news and information from Columbia. …

Last Modified: 03/31/2026 - 13:01

Your Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): What To Expect and FAQ

… the aorta. On average, the procedure lasts anywhere from 1-3 hours After Your Procedure You’ll still be sleepy as … follow up with your cardiologist once you are discharged from the hospital. You will be asked to limit strenuous … some way to meet certain anatomic needs, they are all made from animal tissue and sit in a metal frame. A CT scan will …

Last Modified: 05/21/2026 - 13:58