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healthpoints Summer 2015

… islet transplant surgery gives Tammie Feldman a life free from diabetes In the Know : What every new patient at the …

Last Modified: 02/13/2023 - 21:06

Jennifer H Haythe, MD

… Dr. Haythe graduated from Harvard University in 1995. She completed her medical …

Last Modified: 09/03/2026 - 05:30

Danielle R. Bajakian, MD

… Dr. Bajakian comes to Columbia from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, where she …

Last Modified: 09/07/2026 - 14:32

Plastic Surgery Residency Program

… range of clinical disorders managed by plastic surgeons, from complex tertiary care reconstructions to a resident-run … Burn Center, trauma management at multiple hospitals from Manhattan to Queens, and cancer treatment at all our … the serenity of Central Park, located just a few blocks from Weill Cornell Medical Center, a vast number of cultural …

Last Modified: 11/25/2024 - 16:24

Profile in Hope: A New Surgery Helps Improve the Lives of Babies with Spina Bifida

… hope they would have answers. Within days, specialists from the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York … sac and dissecting the neural placode, releasing it from surrounding tissues. The team created skin flaps and … care of us. My experience at MS-CHONY was exceptional, from the nurses to the surgeons and staff, I couldn’t have …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:02

Multidisciplinary Care for Complex Congenital Syndromes

… young patients.” "Children with Williams syndrome suffer from a number of morbidities related to a defect in their … surgery soon after birth to separate the respiratory tract from the digestive tract and establish continuity of the … changes in the esophagus. Our goal is to keep them from developing serious problems like this later in life.” …

Last Modified: 11/20/2023 - 11:28

Vascular Access: Creating and Protecting Dialysis Patients’ Lifelines

… or dialysis for short – the process of removing the blood from the body, filtering it through a machine, and returning … Once the AV fistula or graft is in place, his job is far from done: ongoing maintenance of the access is crucial to … through steps including Not allowing anyone to draw blood from the arm where the access is located Have kidney function …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:00

Advances in Curing Hepatitis C

… The goal of treatment is to prevent any of these problems from developing. What are the latest treatments for Hep C? … dramatically in the past three years. We have moved from interferon-based treatment, which was hard to tolerate, … a multidisciplinary program, which means we look at Hep C from many different angles. We have seven hepatologists …

Last Modified: 08/31/2026 - 11:54