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Weight Loss Surgery: The Benefits of a Sleeve Gastrectomy

… of the stomach—is now the most popular weight loss surgery at our Center and in the world. Columbia surgeon Dr. Abraham … have also shown that sleeve gastrectomy is very effective at treating and even causing the remission of diabetes, high … immediately. Most are walking the day after surgery. At first, there may be some pain around the incisions but …

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

Stories of Hope: Bob Tepé

… was concerned enough to refer me to Dr. Gregory Haber at Lennox Hill. In fairly quick succession I had a CT scan, … road I met a superb GI doc, and then Director of Endoscopy at Columbia, the funny and caring Dr. Peter Stevens. Even … ― they could not access the location of the small masses. At this point we tried to enroll in a clinical trial at Johns …

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

Miracles Happen The Story of Regina Williams

… after a fall and broken hip, it was clear to the doctors at NYP-CLDT that I needed a transplant very soon. I was not … decided about letting it happen. How could I put my son at risk? Wouldn't this make me an unnatural mother? I spent … a half weeks before the surgery date, we were finally both at peace with the decision to proceed. I know only what I was …

Last Modified: 02/19/2023 - 13:07

Physical Therapy After Lung Transplantation

… Walk continuously (without rests) if possible. Walk at an even pace. Let your arms swing. Don't carry anything. … schedule . How fast should I walk? In the beginning, walk at a pace that you feel comfortable. When you reach 20 … between. If you use the Borg scale of breathlessness, walk at a perceived breathlessness of about 3 on a scale of 1 to …

Last Modified: 08/11/2025 - 13:48

Roman Nowygrod, MD

… and Surgeons. He completed his general surgical residency at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and a two year NIH research fellowship at the University of Minnesota where he earned a degree in …

Last Modified: 03/04/2026 - 08:37

Our Doctors

… Research Surgical Science Ordered by Last Name » Click here for Staff Directory » Abdominal Organ Transplantation … Miguel R. (MD) Director, Center for Advanced Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Phone: (718) 881-7800 · …

Last Modified: 03/31/2026 - 12:41

Fighting for Their Lives

… Daniel Brodie, MD , Director of the Medical ECMO Program at the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical … in and out of consciousness for two weeks. “When I woke up at Columbia,” she says, “I didn’t know I wasn’t pregnant … woken up the next morning.” It was only when she looked at her husband and family and saw the “pain written all over …

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

The Mounting Crisis in Women’s Heart Health

… between Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai and Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical … annual wellness exams. Of the 74 percent of women who had at least one risk factor for heart disease, just 16 percent …

Last Modified: 05/09/2024 - 12:13

Service Unit

… Each student is assigned to a team. At the Milstein Hospital Building, there are: … Acute Care Service, Vascular Service, Colorectal, and at the Allen Pavilion, the ALLEN team. The team is composed … the consults' notes say, and lab values for their patients at all times. Remember that your patients also have interns …

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

Robotic Surgery for Weight Loss: Greater Precision, Control and Clarity

… surgical use – including Medtronic and Google. We are just at the beginning of the innovation curve. We haven’t yet even … came out. It only had a handful of applications. Now look at how far we’ve come and how much more it is capable of doing. I think we are at a similarly early phase in the innovation curve of robotic …

Last Modified: 08/07/2024 - 12:02

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

… ventilator patients from 10 to 12. Projections presented at noon today estimate that we will reach peak COVID-19 volume within 22-32 days, at which point the NYP system will need 700-934 ICU beds. The … pried 150,000 masks out of the reserve; a two-day supply at peak. We’re told that manufacturing is beginning to …

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

First Program in NY for Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis

… Furstenberg Family Foundation, The Pancreatitis Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical … using stents and other minimally invasive techniques. At the time of his first appointment, the infection had eaten … insulin secretion while minimizing or preventing diabetes, at the same time removing the root cause of their pain. “In …

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

Clinical Training: PGY4

… the core general and vascular surgery services, a rotation at Overlook hospital, and a revisit to the ICU. As senior … rotation is provided during the PGY4 year. PGY4 residents at Milstein take call roughly two weekends per month; there is a night float system for senior coverage. At Overlook, PGY4s generally average call on a Q3-4 schedule. …

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

President Grover Cleveland had a Deadly Secret

… the President to seek medical attention in June of 1893. At 56 years old, his health was already an area of concern … he would soon die. The newly re-elected President was at a crucial impasse; in his view, this was no time for the … through the Long Island Sound and Buzzards Bay, docking at his summer home in Cape Cod. For the surgeons, there was …

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

Daniel Hale Williams and the First Successful Heart Surgery

… education. He completed secondary school in Wisconsin. At age 20, Williams became an apprentice to a former surgeon general for Wisconsin. Williams studied medicine at Chicago Medical College. After his internship, he went … on Chicago's south side. He soon began teaching anatomy at Chicago Medical College and served as surgeon to the City …

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