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healthpoints Spring 2016

… CONTENTS Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection : Cardiac and vascular surgeons collaborate to provide best in care … you must know about this common vascular disease Events and Announcements …

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Spencer Eugene Amory, MD

… Dr. Amory received his medical training from Johns Hopkins and Columbia Universities. He developed techniques in … for his diagnostic acumen in complex surgical problems and for highly individualized and personalized care. In recognition of his exceptional care …

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What We’re Reading: 08/14/20

… For contact tracing to be effective, programs need speed and completeness. But even a state like New Jersey—where … contact tracing programs seem to have robust enough staff and resources—is reaching only half of new cases within 24 … opportunity to employ thoughtfulness.  ( From theatlantic.com ) Lung cancer deaths are declining faster than new cases. …

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What We’re Reading: 08/21/20

… frequent noise, physician rounding times, room space and unit layout. All elements that hamper quality sleep … drugs work best in the body at certain times of day, and those times don’t necessarily line up with buzzing … out the science and the roadblocks.  ( From theatlantic.com ) 1.5 Million Antibody Tests Show What Parts of N.Y.C. …

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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/10/20

… of the Department of Surgery, sends an update to faculty and staff about pandemic response and priorities. Stay up to date with us. Dear Colleagues, I have already thanked my mother today. She and my father will be 95 years old at the end of this month, …

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Pediatric Surgery: Physicians' Newsletter, Fall 2017

… Pediatric Liver Surgery New Transition Program for Teens and Young Adults after Liver Transplant Guidelines for Fluid … Runs Mini-triathlon Genomic Sequencing Saves Father and Four Children Bariatric Surgery for Adolescents New …

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Vascular Outpatient Lab Now Open in Riverdale

… The Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Interventions is now providing comprehensive … Manhattan. This outpatient service includes office visits and treatments for the full range of vascular problems, … including varicose veins, deep venous thrombosis, and carotid and aneurysmal disease. The vascular outpatient …

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A Phase Ib/II, multicenter, open label, study of LEE011 in combination with MEK162 in adult patients with NRAS mutant melanoma

… the effects of the combination of two drugs, LEE011 and MEK162, in melanoma (skin cancer), carrying specific … changes may be more responsive to treatment with LEE011 and MEK162. The study will identify the highest dose of … that can be safely given to adults with certain cancers and furthermore, evaluate any changes in tumor size. This …

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Surgical Instrumentation

… of motion designed to mirror the surgeon's hand direction and provide tactile feedback. When the surgeon's hand moves … follows. The instrument provides for greater dexterity and control around critical structures and vasculature and enables the surgeon to perform difficult …

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Michael I. Ebright, MD

… There, he was Director of the Center for Thoracic Oncology and Co-Director of the Lung CyberKnife Program. At Columbia, he sees patients for thoracic surgery and serves as Vice Chair of Surgery at Stamford Hospital, a … He has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and has authored book chapters on a variety of topics related …

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Immunotherapy as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Lung Cancer

… Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in both men and women worldwide, accounting for 13 percent of newly … system, allowing the immune system to mount a stronger and more effective attack against tumor cells.  In general, … drugs are well tolerated, with manageable side effects, and have proven to be less toxic than traditional …

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Stories of Hope: John Whitley

… My name is John Whitley, and I have lived in Nyack for 25 years. In January 2011, I … after surgery to implant an i/v port, I started chemo and agreed to participate in a clinical trial, taking an … Preventative chemo continued for another seven months, and here I am today: scans as recently as a month ago show …

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What We’re Reading: 05/15/20

… from the Covid-19 pandemic will be unfurling for a while, and some of the fallout we can plan to manage. Mental health … factors linked to suicide are economic change — downturn — and social disconnection.” We saw this in the 2008 recession, … let’s emulate what we know has worked.  ( From newyorker.com ) I’m Deaf and I Lip-Read. All Those Masks Are Presenting …

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Farber Lab

… on defining how the immune system responds to pathogens and maintains homeostasis with age. We are particularly … how the immune response is localized in tissue sites, and how T lymphocytes resident within tissues develop and maintain immunological memory to infection and vaccines. …

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