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ECMO Saves Life of NJ Missionary with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
… of fever followed, leading her to the emergency department at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey. “I kept telling … Steven Jacoby, MD, contacted Daniel Brodie, MD at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical … with malaria. This application of ECMO was available at NYP/Columbia because he and Matthew Bacchetta, MD, …
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The Power of Hospitality: Claire’s Tea Room
… underwent six major surgeries (culminating in a transplant at age 40), hundreds of smaller procedures, and an endless … And so, during his childhood, Claire would spend weeks at a time on the children’s heart surgery floor, venturing no … heart surgery as children themselves, still provide tea at the pediatric cardiology unit each month. The room’s bare …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 3/18/20
… altruism. The OR schedule is functioning reasonably well at about 25% of capacity, focusing exclusively on cases … to reduce the number of people exposed to infection at one time in one place. For example, it makes more sense … provide very effective front-door screening for patients at risk of carrying Coronavirus. Be certain that our staff …
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It’s Not All Doom and Gloom with a Disappearing Pancreas
… nauseous and throwing up,” Tony says. “My wife’s a nurse at a New Jersey hospital, so we drove there right away.” In … complication of acute pancreatitis that eats away at the pancreas itself, an essential organ. The disease was moving at an alarmingly rapid rate and would soon consume almost …
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Maximizing Rotation Experience
… on your admissions and presentations. Your final marks at the end of five weeks on surgery represent an evaluation … efforts enable you to give a first hand follow up report at the next service rounds. An honors student would then …
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Preparing for Weight Loss Surgery
… In this video, Dr. Marc Bessler, Professor of Surgery at Columbia, offers advice on how patients can best prepare …
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An Observational Cohort Study to Determine the Impact of Alloantibodies and Antibodies to Self Antigens on Chronic Allograft Function up to 5 years after Pediatric Heart Transplantation.
… CTOTC-04 patients and 2 year observational study looking at allo-antibodies in newly transplanted patients both …
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Bariatric Surgery - An Overview
… In this video, Dr. Marc Bessler, Professor of Surgery at Columbia, gives a quick overview of bariatric surgery and …
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Surgical Approaches for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
… Roman Nowygrod, MD, a surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, …
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Randomized Study of Early Palliative Care Integrated With Standard Oncology Care Versus Standard Oncology Care Alone In Patients With Incurable Lung or Non- Colorectal Gastrointestinal Malignancies
… palliative care on patient reported quality of life at 12 weeks using the FACT in patients with newly diagnosed …
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Adjustable Gastric Banding
… In this video, Dr. Marc Bessler, Professor of Surgery at Columbia, covers adjustable gastric banding in detail. …
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Peripheral Arterial Disease Diagnosis and Medical Treatment
… Roman Nowygrod, MD, a surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, …
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Post Transplant Liver Medications
… Stacey Animisis is a liver transplant pharmacist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. In this video she discusses …
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Introduction to Bariatric Surgery
… Beth A. Schrope, M.D., an attending surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical …
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Gastric Bypass Surgery
… In this video, Dr. Marc Bessler, Professor of Surgery at Columbia, discusses gastric bypass surgery. Gastric bypass …
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