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Our Super Specialty: Enterocutaneous and Intestinal Fistula
… The NYP/Columbia Global Center provides advanced care to … with enterocutaneous and intestinal fistulas, regardless of the cause or severity. Treatments We Offer Interventional … and complex fistulae. This allows for maintenance of quality of life during the time needed prior to surgery. …
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Breast Reconstructive Surgery
… This article gives an overview of the different types of breast reconstructive surgery with … additional surgery, while others may prefer to get back to their regular activities as soon as possible. Reconstructive …
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John Jones Fellows
… Mentor : Subhash Krishnamoorthy, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of … Presbyterian – Allen Hospital Dr. Angel Rosario Jr. is the 11th recipient of the John Jones Research Fellowship for … from July 2024 to June 2025. These fellows will present their research results at the Annual Meeting of the John …
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What We’re Reading: 09/04/20
… A few highlights from around the web that made it into our feeds this week. We Can Solve … Coronavirus-Test Mess Now—If We Want to It’s not an issue of testing capacity; we have the capacity and the ability to … highlighted are starting to independently implement their own systems and have begun to test widely. We can do …
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Keep Calm and Carry On: "You're Doing It," says Mehmet Oz
… and confidence. This week's taxicab accident that severed the leg of a British tourist provided the opportunity for Dr. Mehmet … often-underrated trait required for physicians to excel in their field. To recap, Dr. Oz arrived at the scene of a …
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Multidisciplinary Care for Complex Congenital Syndromes
… NYP Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital provides the most comprehensive care available for babies with … malformations,” says William Middlesworth, MD , director of the Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program. … suffer from a number of morbidities related to a defect in their Elastin gene, which in its deadliest form can lead to …
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Anna J. Varghese, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNOR
… Varghese is a board certified Family Nurse Practitioner in the Division of Colorectal Surgery who graduated from Chamberlain … setting and helps support and educate patients and their families being treated in the Division of Colorectal …
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Service Unit
… Each student is assigned to a team. At the Milstein Hospital Building, there are: … the Allen Pavilion, the ALLEN team. The team is composed of chief, senior and junior residents. Your intern and … physical, what the consults' notes say, and lab values for their patients at all times. Remember that your patients also …
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Thin Bones on Thin Ice: What to know about Osteoporosis this winter (and beyond)
… As the winter months arrive and temperatures reach the freezing … disaster. Especially for older people, the risk of slipping on ice and breaking a bone is one that everyone … there's less quantity of bone and there's also a poorer quality of bone. What does that do? It makes the bone less …
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BRCA
… What are BRCA Genes? The Role of the BRCA Gene in DNA repair To understand the BRCA1 and … BRCA genes are themselves damaged, they can no longer do their job, and the unrepaired DNA can, in time, lead to …
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Fighting For A New Way To Treat Difficult Cancers
… Scott Yanke was being treated for a rare and serious form of cancer, he was skydiving a lot. He was being treated at MD … for dedifferentiated liposarcoma, a cancer that forms from the body’s fat cells. His tumor was retroperitoneal, meaning … on patients with tumors in sensitive locations could save their lives. So why aren’t we using proton beam therapy left …
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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
… is a chronic disease that slowly damages and destroys the bile ducts. This causes bile to build up in the liver, … treatments are available that can slow the progression of the disease, relieve symptoms, and prevent complications. … whether or not symptoms are present at diagnosis, how well their liver is functioning, and how well they adhere to their …
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After Your Heart Surgery: What to Expect
… In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) After your surgery, you will be … to the respirator will be removed when you are coming out of sedation. This can occur anywhere from 6-24 hours … surgery. The doctors and nurses will ask you to squeeze their hands and lift your head off the pillow. This tells us …
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Center for Acute Respiratory Failure and ECMO Program
… treat adults with acute respiratory failure. We are 1 of 5 programs in the world to achieve an accreditation as a Platinum Center of … changing shift. We encourage family and friends to visit their loved ones throughout their ICU stay. How long has …
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How to Avoid Blood Clots When Flying: Advice from a Vascular Surgeon
… put individuals at a higher risk for DVT during flights. The risk factors are more complex and involve various … But who’s at risk for the rare-yet-serious complication of blood clots ? When it comes to flying over 4 to 6 hours, … be painful and require treatment, they aren’t dangerous on their own. The greatest risk factor for DVT while flying …
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