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Co-worker Donates Kidney
… Valerie Beckford, left, received a kidney from friend and co-worker Jeanette Martinez, right. … …
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Surgery in 2021: Reflections on a Transformative Year
… Strong Saving Lives on the Frontlines Volunteers traveled from near and far to help us vaccinate over 100,000 New Yorkers at The Armory earlier this year—from wildland firefighters and EMTs from the West Coast to our own faculty and staff here at …
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Westchester Bariatric Surgery Program
… The Bariatric (Weight Loss) Surgery Program from our NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester team provides a … surgical and nonsurgical services for patients suffering from metabolic, obesity and weight-related conditions. As one … As many as 42 percent of adults in the U.S. suffer from obesity, while nearly 10 percent are severely obese …
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Neurosurgery's Lead NP Shares Her Breast Cancer Story
… surgeon at Columbia, who determined she was suffering from Stage III inflammatory breast cancer and Paget’s … myself has allowed me to sharpen that skill. I learn from each patient encounter, and I have learned so much from Gaby , her strength, her amazing energy and outlook and …
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Life After New York: Two Wildland Firefighters on What They Learned at the Armory Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic
… off to Alaska (and later Nevada), and they stayed in touch from a distance. February of 2021 brought with it a reunion … pandemic. Several months later, we caught up with them from their respective home bases to learn more about their … he explains. “Mostly we focus on cutting fuel breaks from the fire. Instead of removing the heat from the fire, …
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Heart Disease Is Getting More Complex — But So Is Our Toolbox
… plan, allowing providers to combine techniques from different specialties for the best possible outcomes, … of these approaches in cases where patients benefit most from some things being treated surgically, and other things … of services that might otherwise occur disjointedly, from multiple care teams, or not at all. “[In hybrid …
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Raising Awareness and Building Community Around Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
… cancer, connecting with one another has immense value, from sharing personal stories to raising awareness about the … for patients. Don’t miss an update on news and content from Healthpoints, the blog from the Department of Surgery at Columbia … Raising …
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Yael R. Nobel, MD, MS
… Chemistry with a minor in Global Health and Health Policy from Princeton University prior to attending medical school … in Biostatistics in the Patient-Oriented Research track from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. … Dr. Nobel’s work to date has been supported by grants from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases …
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GI Surgery Presentations and Research
… with the general population: the long-term outlook from 9 years. May 2019 50th Meeting of the Korean … MD. Long-term health after pancreatic surgery: the view from 9 years. Mayeux S, Beier MA, Schrope BA, Chabot JA, …
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Surgery With No Incisions
… may even be one of the seven million Americans who suffer from chronic heartburn. You are also likely aware that … are used to suture the walls of the stomach together from the inside, with no incisions, to decrease the size of … above 28 and who do not have high risk of complications from anesthesia. "The endoscopic approach to obesity and GERD …
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Vaccines: Who is Eligible for Which This Vax Season?
… so frequently, so it changes its appearance and escapes from under the control of the immune system, we will most … kind of gives a boost to the person's existing immunity from a previous vaccination. Updated vaccines are a little … us what the mRNA vaccines are about, how they're different from traditional vaccines that we've been using for decades. …
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Amanda L. Cantor, MD
… specializing in pediatric liver diseases. She graduated from Sackler School of Medicine in 2016 and went on to … Residency at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore from 2016-2019. She pursued a fellowship at Columbia-MSCHONY from 2019-2022, specializing in Pediatric Gastroenterology. …
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A Diabetes Primer (And Advances in its Treatment)
… and Curbsides . The two doctors discuss diabetes from diagnosis to treatment to removal of stigma and shame. … Jump to a Section: What Is Diabetes? Complications From Diabetes Managing Blood Sugar Levels Device #1 – … reason why diabetes might develop is insulin deficiency from the pancreas, the organ that produces insulin is not …
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Bank of America-CUIMC Community Health Initiative Looks to Improve Community Engagement for Health and Well-Being
… took a lot of work:" Thanks in part to the funding support from Bank of America, the initiative was able to look at this … and Rafael Lantigua , who translated many of the messages from the medical center to the community around us," said … years, we've doubled the number of patients we've seen from the Washington Heights, Harlem, and Bronx communities," …
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K-Pouch Surgery: Continent ileostomy preserves continence and quality of life
… K-pouch surgery entails the creation of an internal pouch from a section of the small intestine. The pouch is … which prevents the escape of liquid waste and gas from the pouch. Waste thus collects in the pouch, remaining … a bag is so important to their quality of life. Freedom from an external appliance allows patients to wear better …
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