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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
… feed oxygen to the heart are blocked, the heart muscle is at risk for damage – called a heart attack – and even death. … muscle, these problems should be eliminated or minimized. At the same time, it's important to remember that bypass … Next Steps If you have heart disease and need help, we’re here for you. To get started today, call (212) 305-2633 or …
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What We’re Reading: 12/11/20
… dissects the values of our health systems, of our society at large, and the ways in which health care workers must … this unprecedented winter will be critically important. So here’s a guide full of great advice from Norwegians who know … read it to you. Soothing, beautiful, and haunting all at once. ( From newyorker.com ) Also check out: What We’re …
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Our Heart Surgery Team
… Thoracic Surgery. For years, he has led the Aortic Center at Columbia, focusing on endovascular and minimally-invasive … Institute and Director of the Surgical Heart Valve Program at NYP/Columbia. His clinical practice focuses on minimally … Suite 130 Teaneck, NJ 07666 Get Maps & Directions » We’re here to help you, whether it’s for diagnosis, treatment, or a …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/11/20
… share that with our fair city. Every hospital with at least two floors depends on elevators. Elevators are as … of which elevators are only one easily-visualized example. Here in New York, at CUIMC, we must not consider ourselves structurally …
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Living Donor Liver Transplantation
… comes from a living donor, serious complications occur at a lower rate. In fact, research has shown that the … Living Donor Liver Transplantation Program page . Call us at (877) LIVER MD/ (877) 548-3763 or use our online form to schedule an appointment. If you'd like to …
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Frankenstein and the Electricity of the Heart
… can sit to one another. Shelley, writing in 1818, lived at a moment when science was colliding with myth. Electricity … that cannot sustain life without immediate intervention . Here, medicine borrows from Shelley’s imagery; the … or by the subtle current of the heart, is to stand at the edge between wonder and responsibility. In Mel …
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Active Surveillance Program for Thyroid Cancer
… surgery has been found to be just as effective as surgery at the time of original diagnosis. Who We Treat We treat … Maps & Directions » Make an Appointment Our expert team is here to help evaluate your thyroid cancer and determine …
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The Itch That Led to a Life-Saving Diagnosis
… with stage 2 HER2-positive breast cancer a week later, at the age of 31. “My mom is a breast cancer survivor, along … her diagnosis in 2018. “So, I knew of the risk—but at 31, breast cancer was the last thing on my mind.” The … would have found it very late, or maybe I wouldn’t be here telling this story.” In February of this year, she …
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A Breakthrough in IBD Treatment: BOOM-IBD Pivotal Trial Now Enrolling
… trial is currently accepting patients for screening. Click here to learn more about trial enrollment and eligibility. …
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History of Medicine: The Woman Behind the BRCA Gene
… them, but some of us have mutated versions that put us at a greater risk for certain cancers--most notably breast … field of genetic screening for breast cancer , which women at risk can now access with relative ease. In a move that … BRCA mutations and breast, ovarian, and pancreatic cancer here . Check out other interesting stories in our "History of …
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What Does a Psychosocial Oncologist Do?
… which focuses on the mind-body connection in cancer care. At some cancer centers, they work alongside psychiatrists, … that sometimes emerge during or after cancer treatment. Here to Help Not everyone feels comfortable asking for …
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Using AI for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer? Five Questions with Dr. John Chabot
… Center about this initial study and where we go from here. Will you give us an overview of the findings; how AI … cancer, but a much higher percentage than when looking at the general population, by a long shot. Three years before … Three years. So, the investigators then wanted to look at a different population, and they used the Veterans …
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“Dr. AI” Video Series: Can ChatGPT Step Up to The Medical Challenge?
… Artificial Intelligence is here, integrating further into our lives every day. We’re … But how good is the most popular AI chatbot, ChatGPT , at answering medical questions? Our surgeons put ChatGPT to …
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Patient Story: Riding Beyond Pancreatic Cancer
… My gastroenterologist recommended me to Dr. Chabot at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Several weeks later at the recommendation of Dr. Chabot, I underwent an … imaging and blood workup. LESSONS & ADVICE My experience here at the Columbia Pancreas Center has been remarkable. The …
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For Thyroid Nodules, New Non-Surgical Techniques in Thermal Ablation Are Taking Center Stage
… Kuo, MD , started the Interventional Endocrinology Program at the Columbia Thyroid Center , one of the first of its kind … contributes to challenges, but we’re dealing with that here too as we wait on our CPT [Current Procedural … to microwave ablation in general? We've been using both here in the US for a very long time, for other tumors. RF was …
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