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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Mitral Valve Stenosis
… What Is Mitral Valve Stenosis? Mitral valve stenosis is a condition in which the heart's mitral valve is narrowed or stiff. Stenotic mitral valve don’t open …
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Heart Failure
… the heart becomes stretched and weakened and is unable to pump effectively. Heart failure occurs when the … the heart muscle weakens. If the right side of the heart is affected, the heart is unable to pump adequate blood to the lungs to be …
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Required Reading
… E. Jarrell Very helpful for studying for the CSE Uptodate.com – a standard resource for all medical professionals Scientific American Surgery This is a higher level surgery text used commonly by residents; it is more detailed and technical than Essentials but also more …
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Richard M. Green, MD
… Richard Green, MD, FACS, is known for his expertise in both open and percutaneous vascular procedures, and is now concentrating on complex open surgeries and aortic … Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery at NYP/Columbia, Dr. Green is very pleased to be shepherding the new division’s …
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Approaches to Colorectal Surgery
… commonly-used approaches. Key Info Laparoscopic surgery is the most frequently used type of colorectal surgery, and it is minimally invasive Some procedures are now done with a … & Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Laparoscopic surgery is the standard of care for the majority of colorectal …
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