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A Major Stride in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
… Detection John A Chabot, MD is a Columbia professor of surgery, the Chief of GI/Endocrine Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian … that are used to identify new problems that people have in their medical record. It didn't even go into the granular …
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Our Colorectal Surgery Team & Locations
… Our team of colorectal surgeons, gastroenterologists, nurses and more … have earned national and international recognition for their expertise in minimally invasive and laparoscopic … surgery, and routinely train other surgeons across the country. Our overall surgical outcomes are highly …
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State of the Union: Breast Care in 2025
… An interview with Roshni Rao, MD , Chief of the Division of Breast Surgery . For more background, see … to adapt . Patients are given treatments matched to their tumor’s biology, then monitored with MRI and biopsies. … State of the Union: Breast Care in 2025 …
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What Is Interventional IBD ?
… Interventional IBD is a relatively new specialty in the world of digestive care. The evolving field uses endoscopic … in what we call a ‘natural orifice’ to reach the different parts of the colon. And it’s different than diagnostic … What Is Interventional IBD ? …
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State of the Union: Weight Loss Surgery Today
… An interview with Abraham Krikhely, MD , Chief of the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatric … to a degree and we’ve been able to help them to achieve their goals with medications afterwards too. The challenge … State of the Union: Weight Loss Surgery Today …
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A PSA Brought David to the ER, and It Saved His Life
… David Higgins spends his mornings the way he sometimes imagined retirement might look: slowly, … wanted to live is right where he grew up, the foothills of the Catskill Mountains in Sullivan County. Where he spent … and only a couple of days after she finished treatment, their family gathered to celebrate his daughter Emily’s baby …
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Learn About Our Surgical Specialties
… We want to help as many people as we can. That’s why, over the years, we’ve built our program into one of the most comprehensive and respected surgical departments … procedures. Our primary services are organized around body parts and organ systems, and we also have a host of …
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For Many Breast Cancers, There Is No Advantage to Mastectomy
… I-SPY Trial Is Changing the Standard of Treatment for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer “The right drug. The right patient. The right time. Now.” … For Many Breast Cancers, There Is No Advantage to Mastectomy …
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Medical Interventions in Obesity: Devices and Medicines
… and expert in obesity medicine. She is assistant professor of medicine here at the Columbia Metabolic and Weight Control Center. Dr. Reid … physical activity. If that has not gotten them to their goal, that's when we look at the next level, which …
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What We’re Reading: 04/02/21
… A few highlights from around the web that made it into our feeds this week. In light of anti-Asian attacks, medicine needs to listen to Asian … Listen to the words of our medical students, and follow their lead. “The carnage of the recent attacks made something …
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Gratefulness, Relief, and a New Challenge: Large-Scale Vaccination Efforts at the Armory Draws Us All Closer
… to long, grueling workdays. He is used to sleeping on the ground camped out in the wilderness, rising at dawn for another day of fighting wildfires. For six months of the year, Landguth … spiel, give them the shot, and then they head out on their way,” said Landguth. The Armory is a 65,000-square foot …
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Treating Pancreatic Tumors: Drug Delivery Systems & Pancreatic Cancer
… Kazuki Sugahara MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of surgery here at Columbia Medical Center. Dr. Sugahara is a … scientist. He studies drug delivery systems to enhance the diagnosis and therapy of various cancers, especially … the tumor cells. What's important is that tumors do their own job to create an environment which they like, so …
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Hernia Types, Causes, and Treatments
… Key Facts Hernias are weaknesses in the abdominal wall, which can allow fat or intestines to … that requires immediate surgical attention. The goal of hernia repair surgery is to close the hernia defect with … and 2 percent of women will develop inguinal hernias in their lifetime. Ventral Hernias and Umbilical Hernias Ventral …
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Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, 2021: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Kluger
… pancreatic surgeon here at Columbia’s Pancreas Center and the medical director of the inpatient surgical oncology unit here at New York … in total sometimes, people could have a pretty good quality of life based on studies that we've done and that …
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