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World’s Most Comprehensive Care for IBD

… patients with Crohn’s disease, the difficult decision is when to operate,” says Ravi Kiran, MD , Chief and Program Director. “Too much surgery is counterproductive because the patient loses too much … will have to struggle with ongoing disease. Our goal is to intervene at just the right time, to just the right …

Last Modified: 03/03/2026 - 11:37

Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease

… a condition in which the liver stores excess fat but is not secondary to alcohol, a virus, drugs, metabolic … the liver’s ability to metabolize or export fat. MAFLD is currently the most common cause of abnormal liver blood … management of children identified with this disease. Our site is a member of the NASH (Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis) …

Last Modified: 01/12/2026 - 11:39

Can Data Help You Find the Best Heart Surgeon?

… improvement and safety for their patients. The database is considered the gold standard in cardiac outcomes … (AVR), and combination AVR+CABG surgeries. CABG is the most common cardiac procedure performed, and is a surgery that improves blood flow to the heart for …

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

Profile in Hope: A New Surgery Helps Improve the Lives of Babies with Spina Bifida

… “Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings … the words And never stops at all.” ― Emily Dickinson Hope is a funny thing — you can’t measure it and you can’t describe it, but it is felt both in its abundance and in its absence. And in the …

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

A Phase 1 First-in-Human Study Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of AMG 228 in Subjects with Selected Advanced Solid Tumors

… The purpose of this study is to find out more about the effects of AMG 228 in people … cancer, melanoma, colon cancer, or bladder cancer. AMG 228 is an experimental drug that is being developed to stimulate the body’s immune system to …

Last Modified: 02/13/2023 - 21:06

Harmonic Motion Imaging of Resected Pancreas Specimens

… surgery for pancreatic cancer Study Description This is a prospective study to evaluate a new kind of ultrasound … cancer. The measurement will be done after surgery is performed on the part of pancreas that has been removed. After this, the specimen is sent to a special laboratory to conduct the unique …

Last Modified: 02/13/2023 - 21:07

Thyroid Awareness Month - Introduction

… September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. Thyroid cancer is one of the most common cancers and is the fastest growing in terms of number of new cases each …

Last Modified: 02/13/2023 - 21:04

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer

… began searching the Internet. She learned that she is among the 10 percent of people diagnosed with lung cancer … testing at the Kreitchman PET Center at CUMC. PET scanning is a relatively new imaging technique used to differentiate … than a thoracotomy, a large, open chest incision. VATS is a minimally invasive procedure for the removal of …

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

Comprehensive Surgical Services

… Breast Cancer The Department of Surgery is a leader in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. … care available, such as sentinel node biopsy, which is routinely employed to save the patient unnecessary … women at high risk for breast cancer. Breast conservation is now possible for two-thirds of our patients, and 83 …

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

Liver Cancer & Hepatocellular Carcinoma

… Liver cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the liver. The most common type of liver cancer is hepatocellular carcinoma, which begins in cells called … and angiosarcoma. Key Facts Liver cancer is the result of abnormal changes (mutations) in the DNA of …

Last Modified: 01/12/2026 - 11:38

COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 3/20/20

… the urgent OR schedule even more dramatically. There is a sliver of a silver lining—it appears the alarm raised … yesterday about our blood supply was overstated. PPE is an increasingly limited resource, most dramatically … normally uses 4,000 non-N95 masks per day. Currently NYP is consuming 40,000 such masks per day, which is estimated to …

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

A Personal Update from Dr. Emile Bacha on COVID-19

… friends and colleagues: Several of you have asked how it is going and so I will respond here. As most of you know NYC is now the epicenter of the COVID epidemic and my hospital … two patients. The lack of Personal Protective Equipment is galling. Who would have thought that a simple plain …

Last Modified: 02/19/2023 - 13:12

Coping with Cancer and How CBT Can Help

… thoughts at bay. CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, is a framework built to manage the relationship between your … fatigue, pain, insomnia, anxiety, and depression. “It is really about learning to become the strategic manager of … it happens. When do you tend to have a negative thought? Is it triggered by an event or conversation? Acknowledge your …

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

Heart Basics 102: Understand Your Heart Care Specialists

… offer: Preventive cardiologist A preventative cardiologist is the first line of defense in heart health beyond general … cardiologist The interventional cardiologist is a specialist who often deals with cardiac emergencies, … like heart attacks . During a heart attack, the cause is most often due to a blockage in the coronary …

Last Modified: 12/09/2025 - 16:17