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Duties & Responsibilities

… sometimes find themselves with a very heavy workload. In short, there is no reliable way to predict the … write a SOAP note for each assigned patient. SOAP notes in Surgery should be less than one page. The first line … of days they have been on each. Also important to include in the note is the patient's fluid input and output. …

Last Modified: 05/25/2023 - 11:46

Fighting for Their Lives

… be on the safe side, she went to a hospital emergency room in Manhattan. It turned out she was dilated and immediately … or even sit up to eat. She happily obliged and settled in for what she hoped would be a 12-week stay but knowing … was that days had passed, she had nearly died, and she was in a different hospital entirely: NewYork-Presbyterian …

Last Modified: 02/19/2023 - 13:08

General Surgery Residency

… history as one of the nation’s best programs to train in General Surgery. Since its beginnings, Columbia Surgery … excellence. John Jones was the first professor of surgery in the Americas, Allen O. Whipple performed the first pancreaticoduodenectomy here in 1935, and more recently, surgeons at Columbia performed …

Last Modified: 01/26/2026 - 15:04

Columbia’s Lung Transplantation Program Announces 1,000th Transplant

… program one of the highest-volume lung transplant centers in the United States. The number of transplants a team does … refinement of the post lung transplant care has resulted in outstanding long term results - in fact, some of the best in the country,” noted Frank …

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

First Fully Laparoscopic Adult-to-Adult Liver Donation Saves Daughter's Life

… year before, she received a portion of her father's liver in what would be a groundbreaking procedure: Benjamin … approach. Details of the surgery were published in the American Journal of Transplantation in September 2013 along with two similar cases in Europe. …

Last Modified: 02/19/2023 - 13:09

Xiaojuan (Jan) Chen, MD, PhD

… from Jinan University Medical College, China, M.S. degree in Biology from Marquette University, and Ph.D degree in Molecular and Cellular Physiology from University of … John’s Hopkins University. She joined Columbia University in 2012 after spending 15 years at Northwestern University …

Last Modified: 07/22/2025 - 16:12

James A. Lee, MD

… recognized endocrine surgeon who specializes in the care of patients with thyroid, parathyroid, and … Center. He has been rated as one of the Best Doctors in America and is one of the highest volume endocrine surgeons in the country. Dr. Lee received his medical degree from …

Last Modified: 03/05/2026 - 09:35

Isaac George, MD

… Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian in 2001 as a resident in general surgery after graduating from Duke University School of Medicine. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of …

Last Modified: 03/05/2026 - 09:35

Innovations and Outcomes (CIOR) Presentations and Research

… the publications below may require subscriptions or a log-in through the Columbia library while PubMed links are … J, Crivera C. The value of sPESI for risk stratification in patients with pulmonary embolism. International Society … and costs of patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma in the US Medicare population. Pandya S, Cao Y, Wang L, Baser …

Last Modified: 05/09/2024 - 12:32

Jai Radhakrishnan, MD

… with complex kidney disease, with particular expertise in rare and glomerular disorders, including focal segmental … risk assessment, and individualized therapy grounded in evidence and shared decision-making. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s … academic work focuses on advancing care and outcomes in rare kidney diseases through clinical research, …

Last Modified: 03/04/2026 - 08:37

Clinical Training: PGY3

… the senior or acting as the senior resident on a service. In the OR, PGY3s assist with advanced vascular, thoracic, … will split multiple clinic and colonoscopy days per week in addition to operative cases. Weekly tumor board is an … Surgery The PGY3 leads a team of interns, in coordination with two chief residents, in the …

Last Modified: 02/19/2023 - 13:11

Ruth Leff Siegel Award Winners

… of pancreatic cancer. They consider efforts in pancreatic cancer research, including but not limited to … Leff Siegel Award have a track record of high-quality work in the field, they have also contributed to our understanding of pancreatic cancer in the past year, and will continue to do so in the future. …

Last Modified: 10/18/2024 - 14:39

New Support for Liver Transplants: A Healthy Microbiome

… fungi, and viruses live inside the human body. Some aid in digestion while others promote a healthy immune system. … three decades, NYP/Columbia researchers have been leaders in the study of these microbes. Since 2007, our scientists and clinicians have been participating in The Microbiome Project, funded by the National Institutes …

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

Benjamin Samstein, M.D.

… Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill … Program at NYP. Dr. Samstein is a renowned pioneer in minimally invasive liver surgery and state-of-the-art … of UNOS from 2014 to 2016. Dr. Samstein is well-published in the field, authoring more than 40 peer-reviewed articles …

Last Modified: 03/04/2026 - 08:37