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Salila Kurra, MD

… Center, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University. She received her undergraduate degree … laude from Brown University and attended medical school at the Columbia University College of Physicians and … as a fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at the Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Kurra serves …

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Stories of Hope: Kay E. Friedlander

… enough to have another cancer and pancreatic cancer at that. By then it was Christmas season and we went to a … baths during the day and packed ice bags around me at night to distract me from the pruritus. I was scheduled for ERCP with Dr. Amrita Sethi and 2 attempts at stents failed so my Whipple surgery was scheduled at the …

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Six year-old Heart Patient Does Mini-Triathlon

… more streamlined, surgical techniques. Jack Foley was born at full term during a C-section and taken to neonatal … MD , Chief of Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at NYP/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, undertook two more … Norwood procedure, done a few days after birth; the Glenn, at six months, and the Fontan at two and a half years. “These …

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Fixing the Gap in Breast Cancer Care in African American Communities

… D.C.  These incidence rates impact the black community at a much higher level, especially in breast cancer care . … has improved over time, black women are more likely to die at every stage of breast cancer when compared to other … ease this disparity, but official action needs to be taken at the state level to help disseminate more equal care. …

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Nanoknife Surgery Outcomes

… Clinical Setting IRE (nanoknife) patients treated at Columbia Study Description This is a retrospective study looking at IRE surgery cases outcomes through 90 days at Columbia University. …

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Stories of Hope: Robert DiChiara

… In October 2012 at the age of 55 Robert DiChiara was picking pumpkins with … A visit to his physician revealed that he had a tumor at the head of the pancreas and he was diagnosed with stage 3 … Robert made the informed decision to undergo treatment at the Pancreas Center. He was confident that Dr. Chabot was …

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William Middlesworth, MD

… Middlesworth spent two years in the Genetics Department at the Boston Children’s Hospital on work leading to the … of muscular dystrophy. He went on to medical school at Rutgers University, and completed his general surgery training at the University of Maryland Medical System. During …

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Roshni Rao, MD FACS

… in breast care, is the chief of the Breast Surgery Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical … tumor). Dr. Rao oversees the breast cancer surgery program at the Comprehensive Breast Center of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, a multi-site, …

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Expanding Our Expertise in Vascular Surgery

… Program. He was also named Associate Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Patel was … with the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and affiliated with the … area, while serving as Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. “My goal is develop a world class …

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Giovanni Ferrari, PhD

… Scientific Director of the Cardiothoracic Research Program at Columbia University. He has over 13 years experience in … and cardiovascular medicine. After his postdoctoral work at New York University he became faculty and group leader at University of Pennsylvania, first as Assistant, and later, …

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Stories of Hope: Rokshana Husain

… lung nodule was successfully removed. Meanwhile, at the guidance of her son, who is an orthopedic surgeon in … Army, she sought a second opinion regarding her pancreas at a large New York hospital. The doctor there felt a distal … that her cancer had spread into her abdominal cavity. At this point her doctors declared her cancer inoperable. Her …

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Columbia Colorectal Welcomes Two New Surgeons

… The Division of Colorectal Surgery at Columbia offers wide-ranging surgical care for colon and … for his surgical residency. After a colorectal fellowship at the Ferguson Clinic, Dr Mascarenhas was in colorectal … diseases. Dr. Zoccali received his medical degree at the Catholic University in Rome, Italy where he also …

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Stories of Hope: Ian Bernard's Story

… In the Jewish religion a boy becomes a man at thirteen years of age by having his Bar Mitzvah. As part … to donate a portion of his funds to the Pancreas Center at Columbia University in honor of his grandfather Barry, who … research of Dr. Robert Fine, Director of Medical Oncology at the Pancreas Center, it will aid in his quest to make …

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Marco Bertucci Zoccali, MD, FACS, FASCRS

… benign colorectal diseases. He received his medical degree at the Catholic University in Rome, Italy where he also … a Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery Fellowship at the University of Chicago followed by a surgical residency at Weill Cornell Medical Center. He then completed his Colon …

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Virendra I. Patel, MD, MPH

… Dr. Virendra I. Patel is the chief of vascular surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical … residency and a research fellowship in vascular surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and was a clinical fellow in vascular and endovascular surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. He earned a Master of …

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