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Vascular Surgery Section

…  |  Support Columbia’s Vascular Surgery Section, from the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, is dedicated to … the field of vascular and endovascular surgery through top-quality clinical care, academic excellence, and pioneering …

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Intestinal Failure

… Reviewed by the physicians of Columbia’s Intestinal & Multiorgan Transplant Surgery Team … don’t have enough properly-working gut mass needed to meet their fluid and nutrient requirements. This can happen due to …

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Vascular Conditions & Treatments

… We encourage all prospective patients and their families to learn as much as possible about their vascular condition and the treatment options available. Take a look at our vascular … guides for more information: Aortic Aneurysm – a weakening of the largest artery in the body Carotid Artery Disease – a …

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Program Overview

… The Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at Columbia is … Weill Cornell Medical Center. Founded in 1998, we are one of the first liver programs built from the start of a … have the protected time to engage in research and publish their work. The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation …

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Goal and Objectives

… At the end of this clerkship, students will be able to demonstrate competencies in the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes of an effective … surgical complications of general surgical procedures, their clinical presentation, laboratory work-up, and …

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Sticking to your New Year’s resolutions

… Gerszberg, RD, CNSC, CDN Clinical Nutritionist, Division of Digestive Diseases First, a Happy and Healthy New Year to … than making weight loss your resolution, think about the specific steps you will take to get there.  It isn’t … have shown that people who are trying to lose weight for their health are more successful than people who just want to …

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Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty)

… The cosmetic procedure used to rejuvenate the upper and lower … as eyelid surgery, this treatment can improve the look of both the upper and lower eyelids by removing and/or … With people living more vibrantly than ever, later into their twilight years, the desire to look as young as one …

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Nutrition Counseling

… counseling is a free service offered to all patients of The Pancreas Center. Those who have pancreatic or gastrointestinal disease often encounter problems with their eating or maintaining weight. Our clinical …

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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 3/28/20

… Each day during the COVID-19 crisis, Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of the Department of Surgery, sends an update to faculty and … of PPE can be “rationed” to all situations in which their use is known to be efficacious, even when that term …

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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 3/31/20

… Each day during the COVID-19 crisis, Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of the Department of Surgery, sends an update to faculty and … at home. Picture that! The children are offering their services for home-schooling. That is a very generous …

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Persistence Pays off for Lucien Zito and His Family

… For Lucien Zito, the process of finding appropriate treatment for his pancreatic cancer … the couple were able to escape the New York winter to their second home in Jupiter, FL. He and Marie went in …

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Columbia Enrolls Nation's First Patient in Direct Biologics' Phase 2 Clinical Trial for Fistulizing Crohn's Disease

… Columbia University Irving Medical Center has enrolled the first patient in a multicenter Phase 2 clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of Direct Biologics ' proprietary extracellular vesicle … fistulas, which has an enormous impact on a patient's quality of life and can cause serious complications. We are …

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Columbia Transplant Initiative: Building the Future of Transplant Together

… have come together to build a new initiative at Columbia. The Transplant Initiative is a collective that works together … problems, improve patient care, and advance the field of transplantation at large. In a series of videos, they … below! Introduction Clinical Programs Research Education Quality and Patient Safety (QPS) and Data Core Services and …

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What We’re Reading: 11/08/19

… A few highlights from around the web that made it into our feeds this week. Our Hospital’s … Hospitals have complex patient record systems, and much of the complexity is necessary to organize vast amounts of … conditions with images primarily of white skin, their ability to recognize skin conditions in people of color …

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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/03/20

… Each day during the COVID-19 crisis, Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of the Department of Surgery, sends an update to faculty and … cared for an endless stream of victims in the basement of their bombed-out hospital, in the former radiology rooms …

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