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State of the Union: Kidney Transplantation Today
… and Pancreatic Transplantation . Kidney transplantation is shaped not only by medicine, but by policy, … A (Still) New Frontier You mentioned Columbia is working to start clinical xenotransplant trials. How close … matter. How has access to the robot changed? It used to cost $2.5 million to buy one, so hospitals had to capitalize …
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State of the Union: Weight Loss Surgery in 2025
… and another 30 percent are considered overweight. Obesity is also associated with many medical problems, such as … multiple barriers to these medications. Availability and cost are big issues. I recently participated as a discussant … Yale) presented his work comparing the effectiveness and cost of a long term strategy of surgery vs semaglutide. Long …
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What We’re Reading: 05/08/20
… measures. Please, listen to the data. ( From nytimes.com ) What the Coronavirus Reveals About American Medicine … overtaught to be overtaut.” A premium has been placed on cost and efficiency, but what about resiliency? “Medicine … immunity without a vaccine? Not the solution many think it is. For one, it would mean infecting an entire population and …
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Breast Surgery Presentations and Research
… This quarterly report is a summary of the monthly Faculty Research Newsletter. … Reconstruction After Mastectomy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Jan;26(1):62-70. doi: 10.1245/s10434-018-6825-7. Journal link | … Response Endpoint. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2018 Aug 17;4:26. doi: 10.1038/s41523-018-0074-6. eCollection 2018. Review. …
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Acute Care & Elective General Surgery
… our fingertips, our team at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia is uniquely qualified to give quick, accurate diagnosis and … century, we posed a simple question to our doctors: "What is the single most futuristic thing we're doing in surgery … Acute Care Surgery service. The other side of our program is our Elective General Surgery service, for people suffering …
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2014: A Year in Review
… therapeutic impact. The work in the Sugahara laboratory is part of the Department of Surgery’s broad mission to … Breast Cancer Program in 2014. The Department of Surgery is the first in the U.S. to perform LYMPHA, a procedure at … plaguing millions of Americans.” Unfortunately, the high cost of the therapy currently presents a deterrent to …
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Transplant Surgery Fellowship
… training over the last 25+ years. The fellowship program is among the most balanced training programs with fantastic … and pancreas transplantation. The training program is certified through the American Society of Transplant …
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Gerthy Michel, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
… Gerthy Michel is a board certified Nurse Practitioner in the Division of …
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Roshni Rao and the Art of Effective Communication
… knows how to build trust and makes it her priority. She is not afraid to allow a quiet pause time to sprout fresh … Dr. Rao explains the anatomy and shows that the breast is made up of three parts: lobules (glands that produce … biopsy. As they talked, Dr. Rao wrote them down in bullet points on the back of the pink sheet. Finally, with a plan …
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Care Within Reach
… Just the Best Surgeons We understand that your treatment is more than a procedure. For many diseases, diagnosis, care, …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/7/20
… the privileged airlock. “Masque of the Red Death” (Poe) is a quick read for those interested in gruesome ring-fence allegory. A zoo is a ring-fence isomer, theoretically protecting us from … Best of 2020, and it won’t be matched until May 26, 2021, when all of this will be a distant memory. Craig R. …
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What We're Reading: 07/07/25
… what A.I. might teach us about ourselves. (from nytimes.com) I Fought Plastic. Plastic Won. This personal essay is part confession, part cautionary tale, and part … and simmering class consciousness, Mahajan explores the cost of ambition, the absurdity of bureaucracy, and the …
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Columbia Surgical Cardiovascular Research Institute
… About the Surgical CVRI Our vision at the Surgical CVRI is to advance knowledge and understanding of cardiovascular … AC, Pomp A. Operating Room Attire Policy and Healthcare Cost: Favoring Evidence over Action for Prevention of … cardiomyopathy. J Thorac Dis. 2024 Jan 30;16(1):26-39. doi: 10.21037/jtd-23-1206. Epub 2024 Jan 4. PMID: …
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