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Organ Donation and Busting Those Scary Myths

… in transplant surgery, more and more people can benefit from the gift of a donated organ. There’s just one catch—they … donation is the process of surgically removing an organ from one person (the donor) and placing it inside another … myths out there about organ, so let’s try to separate fact from fiction. Myth : Doctors don’t try as hard to save the …

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

How to Safely Grill; Decrease Your Risk for Cancer

… been shown to reduce (or even eliminate) HCAs and PAHs from adhering to your foods. Trim all visible fat to reduce … your meat in wine or beer. The antioxidants help the HCAs from forming. Rub fresh or dried herbs on both sides of your … The herbs contain antioxidants which help prevent HCAs from forming. Precook your meat in the oven – the less time …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 17:59

Advances in Treating Pancreatitis: Autologous Islet Cell Transplantation

… by transplanting insulin-producing islet cells extracted from donor pancreata, a process known as allogeneic islet … transplantation, the patient’s islet cells are extracted from the pancreas, specially processed, and reinfused into … or her liver. Because the infused islet cells are taken from the patient’s own pancreas, no immunosuppressant therapy …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 17:59

Pancreas Center Names New Co-Director, Gulam Manji, MD

… in pancreatic cancer received the Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology and led to the … IV pancreatic cancer which he leads. Encouraging results from the pilot trial have led to activation of a randomized … He remains committed to bringing novel promising agents from the laboratory to the clinic in hopes to improve the …

Last Modified: 04/25/2024 - 10:19

Faculty Spotlight: Fay Kastrinos, MD – Gastroenterologist

… Families with two or more relatives with pancreatic cancer from the same side of the family and in close relation to one … syndromes associated with pancreatic cancer are inherited from one generation to the next, so many times patients will have children or siblings that may also benefit from genetic testing, in addition to more distant relatives. …

Last Modified: 11/20/2023 - 12:14

Teach Them Young: Lemonade Stand Raises Money for Sick Kids at NYP/Columbia

… their family for quite some time. “I have four daughters from my previous marriage. They range from age 26 to 31. And we always instilled in them the … all was said and done and the lemonade stand closed up shop for the evening, the kids raised a whopping 82 dollars. …

Last Modified: 12/02/2024 - 10:58

Vaccine for Pancreatic Cancer Enters Phase II of Clinical Trial: Here’s What to Know

… that synthesized mRNA neoantigen vaccines in real-time from surgically resected tumors. The findings showed so much … do find it very exciting. And the very preliminary results from the Phase I trial were striking enough to make the New … Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Five Pieces of Advice from a Pancreatic Cancer Survivor Related What To Expect from …

Last Modified: 12/22/2023 - 12:48

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, 2021: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Kluger

… they may have, and some of the consequences they may have from different therapies that we do. But the pancreas is a … attacks the pancreas itself and damages it. Sometimes it's from alcohol consumption, so taking too much alcohol damages … cancer. And depending on the exact cause, anywhere from a few percentage points to almost a guarantee that …

Last Modified: 01/13/2025 - 12:04

Using AI for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer? Five Questions with Dr. John Chabot

… Pancreas Center about this initial study and where we go from here. Will you give us an overview of the findings; how … development. The investigators simply used diagnosis codes from Electronic Health Records [EHR]. So, they did it with … in this interview with Dr. Chabot. Related What To Expect from an appointment at the Pancreas Center Pancreas Cancer …

Last Modified: 04/03/2024 - 18:01

What is Gender Affirmation Care? On Treating the Whole Person

… Often physical, but it can also be social, that arises from an incongruence in someone's gender—how or what they … interventions. What is the intake experience like? Someone from our team will meet with them and conduct an interview of … has that we might be able to assist within therapy. And from there, we co-develop a plan with the patient to identify …

Last Modified: 06/14/2024 - 09:35

Surgery Research Competition

… funding cannot prevent future generations of scientists from pursuing their dream of a better world, powered by … or organs are accepted by the body as tissue originating from the recipient. This particular study demonstrates … successful techniques for isolating and storing TREGS from baboons. …

Last Modified: 05/28/2025 - 10:53

History of Medicine: Ancient Indian Nose Jobs & the Origins of Plastic Surgery

… refers to an artificial material when it actually derives from the Greek word, plastikos , meaning "to mold" or "to … the nose. Skin grafts entail transplanting pieces of skin from one part of the body to another. Sushruta’s treatise … still used today, which a full-thickness piece of skin from the forehead is used to reconstruct a nose. At that …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 17:59

State of the Union: The Stealth Innovations of Modern Surgical Care

… in the underlying technology. We might finally get away from the era when only one company was surviving on the … are trying to create lungs that way. We may have to start from more simple and unitary replacements like skin, then … not B-prime, it’s C, etc. Humans get very good at that from practice, but an AI will probably be able to do it much …

Last Modified: 05/22/2026 - 13:35

State of the Union: Pediatric Heart Surgery Today

… for two reasons. First, you could use different valves from the same heart for multiple recipients. So, Patient A … it is with a domino concept, where the valves are coming from an explanted heart. You’re helping two children with one … Patient B gives a valve to Patient C. And then actually from Patient B, you can envision that you can help Patient C …

Last Modified: 07/07/2025 - 16:17

What We're Reading: 11/07/25

… A couple of highlights from around the web that made it into our feeds this week. … medical condition that deserves treatment, not blame. (from nytimes.com) The Case That A.I. Is Thinking A clear-eyed … rigorous, and very human about what we build next. (from newyorker.com) Pediatricians Can’t Bear These Costs This …

Last Modified: 11/10/2025 - 17:34