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GI/Oncology Surgery: Physicians' Newsletter, October 2016
… CONTENTS Message from the Chair Endo-Stim Clinical Trial: New Procedure for …
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Ways to Help
… combat the injury that the organ sustains while in transit from the donor to the recipient, as well as testing novel … has enormous capacity for regeneration, so liver grafts from healthy, living donors can be effectively and … us to study new models of organ treatments, analyze data from people who have previously donated, study new ways to …
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Thyroid Surgery Frequently Asked Questions
… narcotic pain medications. When will I know the findings from the surgery? During the operation, your surgeon may … operation. Will I have stitches? Before you are discharged from the hospital, a single suture at the incision will be …
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Stories of Hope: David Mankuta
… at Columbia). We contacted Dr. Chabot’s office and flew from Florida to NY five days later for more evaluation. The … than it is on the patient. Many hours later, still fogged from anesthesia, I was told surgery was a success. Dr. Erik … Our confidence in my surgeon and the facility kept us from panicking as we moved towards surgery. And Dr. Chabot’s …
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Unusually Deadly: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
… routine but died by nightfall. Those who did not die from the virus itself often died of complications caused by … Thomas and Carrie, seldom mentioned the pandemic events from their early years of marriage and, when they did, it was … recommended by CDC can help reduce illness and deaths from pandemic influenza. Our efforts in public health are …
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Ruth Leff Siegel Award Winners
… Hutchinson Cancer Center. Dr. Kugel received her B.Sc. from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada and her … started his professional career in Japan. He earned his MD from Shiga University of Medical Science, trained in surgery … and received his PhD in cancer biology and immunology from the Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine. He …
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Attain Your Personal Best Ask-the-Surgeon Webinar — Robert T. Grant, MD, Plastic Surgery (Part I)
… out there, it's hard to separate advertising ploys from their real results. Dr. Robert T. Grant, the highly …
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Attain Your Personal Best Ask-the-Surgeon Webinar — Robert T. Grant, MD, Plastic Surgery (Part III)
… out there, it's hard to separate advertising ploys from their real results. Dr. Robert T. Grant, the highly …
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healthpoints Fall 2012
… CONTENTS Greetings : Message from the chairman Transplant Immunology: Advances in …
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History of Medicine: Whipple's Improvised Breakthrough
… visitors. He would be removing a portion of the stomach from a patient with gastric cancer--a procedure Dr. Whipple … the best treatment option available for many suffering from this deadly disease. Today, most call a …
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“The Gross Clinic” by Thomas Eakins
… twentieth president of the American Medical Association from 1868-69, and published many surgical texts throughout … at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a few blocks away from where it was originally painted. Learn more about “The …
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When Food Is Not An Option: The Basics of Small Bowel Transplant (Intestinal Transplant)
… While some patients do well on TPN, others suffer from complications, including: episodes of severe infection … intestinal failure with TPN dependence and complications from TPN. A small bowel transplant is the only long-term …
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Research at the Columbia University Department of Surgery
… of Columbia. So that our patients can continue to benefit from the best medical practices available, we conduct basic, … at optimizing translation of advances in basic immunology from the laboratory to the clinic, understanding …
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Aeroform: A Newer, Faster Method of Breast Reconstruction
… yet there are built-in safety feature that prevents them from over-inflating. Once fully expanded, the device is … Fernandez, a high school chemistry teacher, who benefitted from the Aeroform, tells her story on Fox News. …
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Liver Connection Spring/Summer 2012
… Reflecting on My Ten Years as a Liver Transplant Recipient From the OR, Dr. Samstein — Hernias and Long Term Transplant …
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