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How Do You Know When Abdominal Pain Is Appendicitis?
… Stephen Colbert canceled his week of shows as he recovered from surgery due to a ruptured appendix. An appendix ruptures …
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Jiaying Lin, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, BSN, RN
… her master's degree in Adult-Gerontology Primary Care from New York University. She is board-certified in …
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Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation Receives UNOS Silver Award, Lung program wins Bronze
… by a special task force of the the DTCP with assistance from data experts at the Organ Procurement and …
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Beatrice Dionigi, MD, FACS, FASCRS
… Dionigi obtained her medical degree with highest honors from the University of Pavia, Italy. After a surgical …
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Spotlight on Graduating Chief Resident Dr. Simon Lavotshkin
… Q: What are your immediate career plans when you graduate from the Surgical Residency Program next week? … operating room and made me better prepared. It is a change from relying on your seniors and attendings to acting as the …
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Five Reasons NOT to Get a Colonoscopy
… The top reasons – and the reality behind each – come from the experience of the doctors within our Colorectal … it will be removed and this prevents the polyp from every turning into cancer. But if you don’t have your …
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Westchester Locations
… provides access to primary care physicians and specialists from ColumbiaDoctors, the faculty practice Columbia … through virtual visits, so you can see your doctor from the comfort of your own home. About Virtual Visits …
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Celebrating New York’s Top Doctors in 2021
… This year, 35 Columbia surgeons made the Top Doctors list from Castle Connolly in 2021; several also made the ‘Best of … ? Check to see if you’re able to have your first consult from the comfort of home. Subscribe to Healthpoints and never …
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Breast Surgery Fellowship
… and pleomorphic lobular carcinoma. All of our fellows from the last 5 years have worked together on projects with the residents and obtained funding from Department of Surgery start-up grants. Prior fellows …
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Returning to the Spotlight After Two Cancer Diagnoses
… bone marrow, Mary Ann would eventually have to pull away from doing live theater, her favorite part of being an … in 2019, her follow-up visits and scans have decreased from every three months to every six months. Mary Ann is …
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Division of Abdominal Wall Surgery
… and science of surgical hernia care. Patient Care Surgeons from the Division of Abdominal Wall Surgery lead our … as possible access to quality care. We rely on donations from both individuals and organizations year round in order …
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Division of Pediatric Surgery
… care for all childhood and adolescent surgical issues, from routine appendectomies and hernias to rare and complex … as possible access to quality care. We rely on donations from both individuals and organizations year round in order …
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State of the Union: Pancreatic Care Today
… results? It’s a phase 2 trial, so we don’t yet have data from this stage. And last time we spoke I mentioned how phase … surgical outcomes? I think the real progress will come from medications that make surgery more effective. As we … Those fields have had more therapeutic options to choose from, and once we have that same breadth, we’ll be able to …
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superDimension ENB: New technology helps diagnose lung nodules
… creates a computer-generated reconstruction of the lungs from a CT scan of the tracheobronchial tree, explains Lyall …
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Dr. AI: What Is the Best Way to Treat Hemorrhoids?
… Bakes, MD , asks one of the most common questions she gets from patients: What is the best way to treat hemorrhoids? On …
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