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Louella Escoto-Ortaliz, MS, FNP-BC, NP-C, CNOR
… Louella Escoto-Ortaliz is a board certified Nurse Practitioner in the Division of …
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Stories of Hope: Robert DiChiara
… in conjunction with nanoknife therapy. Nanoknife therapy is a novel approach to treating pancreatic cancer when there … doing everything within your power to help yourself and most importantly, to never give up hope. You must believe … those with questions to contact him at rdichiara@gmail.com . …
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Preventive Cardiology — How to lessen your risk for heart surgery
… that lifestyle changes can have a big effect." This is important information, since heart disease is now the … for cardiac bypass surgery, stents, and aneurysm repair in most people, Dr. Schuster explains, but does not lower the … "How to Live to be 100" see www.madisonavenuecardiology.com . …
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Prenatal Surgery for Myelomeningocele
… Carmen and John Thain Center for Prenatal Pediatrics is now offering fetal intervention to repair … a proven track record of building teams to care for the most difficult fetal and maternal conditions,” says Dr. …
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Nutrition After Renal Transplant
… period after your transplant. However, dietary therapy is always adjusted by the transplant team to meet your … problems in the months and years following transplant. The most common are excessive weight gain (as fat) and high blood … . Learn more about our efforts to bring you the clearest, most accurate, and most human health resources available. …
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Innovations in Breast Cancer: Intraoperative Radiation Therapy Update
… New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center is one of the first institutions in the New York metropolitan … which entails a single dose of radiation therapy that is administered immediately after lumpectomy. In contrast to … of the Section of Breast Surgery, conventional radiation is delivered to the entire breast, and patients must come to …
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New Procedure to Prevent Lymphedema Gains Media Attention
… A new protocol to help patients undergoing breast surgery is gaining widespread media attention as …
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Improving Access to Care: Breast Surgeons, the Gatekeepers to Breast Reconstruction
… It is well documented that surgery to reconstruct the breast after mastectomy for breast cancer is an important factor in women's quality of life and well-being in the long term. Because this is so important, the state of New York passed a law in 2010 …
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Skin Lesion Excision
… Skin lesion excision is a procedure in which the surgeon removes a cancerous skin … There are three types of skin cancer: Basal cell cancer is the least invasive with the least amount of margin … aggressive with a wider margin required. Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer, occurring in the cells that …
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What We’re Reading: 09/20/19
… web that made it into our feeds this week. Climate Change is Having Widespread Health Impacts Storms, floods, fires and … And that’s happening today.” ( From scientificamerican.com ) New evidence shows why the HPV vaccine is as important … Incredibly, just two years after sleeve gastrectomy (the most common weight loss procedure), he’s lost 150 pounds and …
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Minimal Access Surgery for Pediatric Patients
… NYP/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, we try to approach most procedures minimally invasively,” says Vincent Duron, … procedure for pectus excavatum. “Video assisted repair is now the standard of care for this condition,” says Dr. …
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A New Way of Approaching the Aorta: Bringing Cardiac and Vascular Surgeons Together
… chest to operate on the heart tissue. Endovascular surgery is less invasive, opening a small incision in the body, often … disease,” says Dr. Patel. The diseases referred to being most commonly aortic aneurysms —weakenings in the walls of … “So for me, having [Dr. Takayama] in the room for almost most of these complex cases is very beneficial because he …
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Patient Resources
… Opinion? How to Request a Second Opinion Getting the Most from your Appointment: Prepare, Prepare, Prepare Getting the Most from your Appointment: While you are there Getting the Most from your Appointment: Should I Bring Someone? What if …
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How to Safely Grill; Decrease Your Risk for Cancer
… and grilled foods often go hand in hand together. There is nothing quite as tasty as grilled meat, veggies, and even fruit (my personal favorite is red onion and pineapple skewers). However studies have … to reduce drippings into the flame. The more smoke that is made, the more PAHs form. Marinate your meat in wine or …
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Lung Transplant Surgery
… fibrosis), then both lungs must be transplanted. This is because the anti-rejection medications … problems following a double lung transplant because it is a longer and more complex surgery. Therefore, they do … In the case of a single lung transplant, the lung that is most damaged is the one that is transplanted. This is …
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