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Follow-Up Visits After Kidney Transplant Surgery
… get an accurate reading of the immunosuppressant levels in your blood. The lab tests we perform monitor your blood … liver function, electrolytes, and the medication levels in your blood. Other tests may be ordered as necessary. Blood … your hematocrit, the percentage of red blood cells present in your blood. Red blood cells carry oxygen to all parts of …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/11/20
… and the people who push their beds or wheelchairs. In this pandemic, elevators pose challenges to social … rational solutions to the unavoidable squeeze-points in life, of which elevators are only one easily-visualized example. Here in New York, at CUIMC, we must not consider ourselves …
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The Columbia Women's Lung Center
… Women are disproportionately overrepresented in many diseases of the lung. This is why we created Columbia … excess mucus. This makes breathing more difficult and, in severe cases, can be life-threatening. Learn about the … category of conditions that cause inflammation or scarring in the lungs. While there are numerous causes, women are more …
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Stories of Hope: Jennifer Alexander
… At age 30, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in my native country and a hysterectomy saved my life. I am now a 63-year-old woman who migrated from Venezuela in 1991. As every immigrant, I went through lots of struggles … diagnosed with colon cancer and the doctor from a Hospital in Brooklyn didn’t give much hope. With desperation and …
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Advanced Detection and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer
… The Columbia Thyroid Biopsy Program is a leader in addressing multinodular thyroid disease and thyroid … our own panel to refine the estimate of malignancy in thyroid nodules. New Standards of Treatment New guidelines from American Thyroid Association released in 2015 emphasize ultrasound characteristics in deciding …
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Gerthy Michel, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
… Gerthy Michel is a board certified Nurse Practitioner in the Division of Colorectal Surgery who graduated from Pace … Dr. Pokala Ravi Kiran, and all the colorectal surgeons in the Division. She sees patients in collaboration with the Colorectal Attending Surgeons in …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/12/20
… and priorities. Stay up to date with us. Dear Colleagues, In 1977 Peter Medawar, a 1960 Nobel Prize winner, defined a virus as “simply a piece of bad news wrapped up in protein.” 42 years later the bad news was the novel … constantly reminded, our home harbor will have changed, in the new-normal. Did you know that the magnetic North Pole …
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Living Donor Liver Transplantation
… , living donor liver transplantations are performed in people who have liver conditions that cannot be cured any … complications that can come from long waiting times. In fact, living donor liver transplantation offers several … the recipient and the donor will both need to be evaluated in order to determine if they are physically and mentally …
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Breast Reduction (Mammoplasty)
… the breast, excess glandular tissue, and any extra skin in the area to reduce the size of the breast to a more … of undue health issues: chronic back pain, deep creases in the shoulder from the straps of a bra, skin irritation … as the vertical breast reduction method), which result in significantly less scarring than traditional techniques, …
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Our Heart Surgery Programs and Services
… Heart disease comes in many forms. It can be stable or severe, straight-forward … with, help is available. Columbia is a world-leader in surgical and medical management for all types of heart … developed a number of game-changing surgical innovations in valve treatment, heart transplant, and more that have …
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Basic Science Surgery Presentations and Research
… the publications below may require subscriptions or a log-in through the Columbia library while PubMed links are … Naka Y, Farr M, Givens R, Wan EY. Increased Kidney Injury in Black Patients After Cardiac Transplant. Frasca A, Keeney … Are Not Associated With Hemorrhagic Adverse Events in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients. Grady KL, Okwuosa …
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The Miraculous Recovery of the Medical ECMO Program’s First ECMO Transport
… In September, 2008, Melissa, then a healthy 27-year old, … support, including the need for a ventilator, the bleeding in her lungs caused her to suffer a cardiac arrest. The … temporary, artificial lung by providing oxygen to the body in cases of severe lung failure. However, ECMO has its own …
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General Surgery Observership Program
… notice due to COVID-19*** Thank you for your interest in our general surgery program. Please note that we do not … consists of – observing a surgeon who accepts you request, in the operating room – maybe during office hours and clinic … and to attend our Thursdays Dept. conference. Please keep in mind that every surgeon may have their own schedule they …
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Stories of Hope: Ian Bernard's Story
… In the Jewish religion a boy becomes a man at thirteen years … of his funds to the Pancreas Center at Columbia University in honor of his grandfather Barry, who fought a brave fight with pancreatic cancer until he passed in December 2008. Ian hopes that by donating funds to the …
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NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
… children, Babies and Children's Hospital opened its doors in 1887. In 2003 the NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s … tower was designed with the unique needs of children in mind, and includes spacious rooms with family functional …
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