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Daniel Hale Williams and the First Successful Heart Surgery

… Hale Williams founded the first black-owned hospital in America, and performed the world's first successful heart surgery, in 1893. Williams was born in 1858 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, the fifth of seven …

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Spotlight on the late Frederic Pratt Herter, MD, Auchincloss Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Acting Chairman (1969-1971) of the Department of Surgery

… residency training at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in 1953 and served on the faculty until his retirement in 1989. During his tenure he was an Attending Staff at Presbyterian Hospital, and Francis Delafield Hospital in New York. He became Director of the Surgical Service at …

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Jeffrey L. Zitsman, MD

… graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in natural sciences, and received his M.D. degree from Tufts University Medical School in 1976. He received his training in General Surgery at Tufts-New England Medical Center in …

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Global Surgery

… fully funded opportunity for residents to participate in global surgery rotations with oversight by partner surgical faculty during their PGY4 elective time. In keeping with our goals to train residents who deliver … Physicians and Surgeons Programs in Global Health: https://www.pgh.cuimc.columbia.edu/where-we-work NewYork Presbyterian …

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B. Payne Stanifer, MD, MPH, Joins the Department of Surgery

… 14, 2017. He completed his fellowship as the chief fellow in thoracic surgery at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL where he trained under Drs. Malcolm DeCamp and Patrick McCarthy in thoracic and cardiac surgery.  His clinical interests …

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Lisa S. Wiechmann, MD

… Dr. Wiechmann is a board certified surgeon specializing in breast cancer, who was recognized with honors by the … consumers find the best healthcare; she has been listed in the “Guide to America’s Top Surgeons” for the past 3 … as possible. Dr Wiechmann approaches each patient in a personal, kind, and compassionate way and believes in …

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Lloyd E. Ratner, MD

… Dr. Ratner was on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and served as the Chief of Solid Organ Transplantation at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Dr. Ratner was responsible for dramatic … academic interest. Dr. Ratner has been a leading innovator in transplantation for over two decades. In 1993, he …

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Clinical Training: PGY4

… as well as teaching junior residents and medical students. In addition, this year is the beginning of the intensive and … more independent operative experience that culminates in the Chief resident year. Operative cases include all … service, the PGY4 coordinates a team of junior residents in caring for all patients manifesting a surgical disease …

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Heart Basics 102: Understand Your Heart Care Specialists

… A preventative cardiologist is the first line of defense in heart health beyond general internists, primary care providers (and often gynecologists for women). In an office visit, these physicians will screen for risk … physician will listen to your heart and carotid arteries in your neck, will also offer important information about …

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Shirley ShiDu Yan Lab

… Shirley ShiDu Yan, MD, is a Professor of Surgical Sciences in Surgery. After receiving her medical degree from Fujian … College, Dr. Yan completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at Columbia University in New York, USA. Dr. Yan’s research focuses on mitochondrial …

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Unusually Deadly: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic

… a little bird, Its name was Enza. I opened the window, And in-flu-enza. Flu pandemics are part of our collective … rather than previous strains with higher infection rates in children and the elderly. Illness arrived quickly; some of … population. An estimated 50 million people died worldwide. In 1918-1919, influenza killed more people than died in World …

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Joseph Costa, DHSc, PA-C

… began with his position as Dr. Craig Smith's private PA in Cardiothoracic Surgery (2000-2010). There, he began his … on pediatric and adult heart procurements, and later in performing lung procurements. When he became the chief PA in Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, his role …

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Jean C. Emond, MD

… transplantation and complex liver and biliary surgery in children and adults, including the first living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in the United States. Dr. Emond has published extensively in this field and was the co-chair of the NIH A2ALL program …

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Clinical Program Description

… for evaluating and providing care to liver patients in the hospital under direct attending supervision. With … 180 liver transplantations performed a year, the in-patient service is a multi-disciplinary service staffed by … liver cases admitted by one of the attendings or seen in consultation, and patients with hepatobiliary diseases or …

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Antonio Tito Fojo, MD

… / Barnes Hospital. He joined the National Cancer Institute in 1982 as a Clinical Associate in the Medicine Branch and after training with Drs. Ira … and Michael Gottesman, became a Principal Investigator in the Medicine Branch of the National Cancer Institute. As a …

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