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Rules, Regulations & Suggestions

… familiarity with the de novo workup of a surgical patient (from history and physical through higher level diagnostics), … students must have at least 24 consecutive hours free from all duty each week. Limiting required duty hours does …

Last Modified: 05/25/2023 - 11:46

Lung Transplant Program for Seniors

… she proved us wrong. Now she’s one of our success stories from our very active Lung Transplant Program for seniors.” … and was sent to a long-term acute care facility.” From there, Marcia kept writing notes to her Columbia …

Last Modified: 04/03/2024 - 13:11

A Volunteer Surgeon Talks About His First Day Fighting COVID-19 on the Front Lines

… their outermost garment. Then explain that I have come from Minnesota to lend a hand and tell them something Coach … have been reduced to the phone calls they receive each day from the communication teams. These calls are all they have …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

First Program in NY for Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis

… options for those living with pancreatitis. With a grant from the Diller von Furstenberg Family Foundation, The … need none at all. And because the islet cells are taken from the patient’s own pancreas, there is no need for …

Last Modified: 10/03/2024 - 15:58

Alyson's September 2011 update Paddling for Pancreatic Cancer

… adventure. This summer, I have committed myself to kayak from Rhinecliff, New York to the George Washington Bridge in … on the river that I would look out upon while I recovered from surgery at the hospital. This year, I am hoping that you …

Last Modified: 01/20/2026 - 14:45

Stories of Hope: Kay E. Friedlander

… to a festive party. I woke up the next morning itching from neck to toes. I thought it was a food allergy but it … day and packed ice bags around me at night to distract me from the pruritus. I was scheduled for ERCP with Dr. Amrita …

Last Modified: 05/30/2025 - 12:05

The Road to Recovery: Just Over a Year Later, ECMO Patient Completes Bike-A-Thon

… the anniversary of her illness by reading aloud from a journal that Joy had kept throughout the time Pamela … the George Washington bridge; she couldn’t see it herself from her position lying in the bed, but her guests remember …

Last Modified: 02/19/2023 - 13:08

Clinical Training: PGY4

… process on the floors or in the emergency room. These vary from straightforward biliary disease to small bowel … The majority of operative cases are booked electively from a weekly resident-run clinic, which provides residents …

Last Modified: 02/19/2023 - 13:11

Daniel Hale Williams and the First Successful Heart Surgery

… Association for black professionals, who were barred from the American Medical Association. Williams returned to … Washington, D.C., commemorates his achievements. Excerpt from PBS American Experience “ Partners of the Heart .” Click …

Last Modified: 03/13/2023 - 01:07

Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery: Physicians' Newsletter, Summer 2017

… Message from the Chief NYP/Columbia Celebrates Landmarks in Heart …

Last Modified: 05/25/2023 - 11:46

A randomized, parallel-group, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center study of eculizumab for the prevention of delayed graft function after kidney transplantation in adult subjects at increased risk of delayed graft function.

… when it is initially transplanted. Most often DGF results from ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI), a complex …

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