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New faculty who recently joined VP&S include hospitalists, a doctor at the new ColumbiaDoctors Lincoln Center location, and an emergency medicine doctor also board-certified in sports medicine.
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People who donate their bodies to medical school anatomy courses provide an unparalleled training opportunity for future physicians.
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Virginia Apgar, creator of the Apgar Score, made contributions beyond the score that has been used for seven decades to assess the health of newborns.
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New faculty who joined VP&S in April and June include an emergency medicine doctor and a radiologist who has helped translate state-of-the-art imaging techniques.
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Latest News
- March 16, 2018
On Match Day, 156 students at VP&S learned which residency program they will attend for their medical training after graduation.
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- March 12, 2018
With her medical training still underway, MD-PhD student Holly Wobma launched a company with her colleagues to bring a stem cell therapy to market.
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- March 12, 2018
Four researchers at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have been named 2018 Schaefer Research Scholars.
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- March 9, 2018
Researchers at CUIMC and elsewhere are working on a Global Virome Project, which aims to identify the world’s viral threats and provide timely data to combat future pandemics.
- March 8, 2018
"Healthy Minds," a public television series hosted by P&S psychiatrist Jeffrey Borenstein, aims to remove the stigma of mental illness.
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- February 28, 2018
Pathology’s new recruit, Kevin Gardner, talks about health disparities and the need for more diversity among research participants.
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- February 23, 2018
Among children with congenital heart disease, those from low-income neighborhoods have higher mortality than kids from high-income areas, even when treated at the same hospitals.
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- February 22, 2018
RhoGAM, a drug developed in the 1960s by Columbia University physicians, prevents one of the most severe and devastating diseases affecting fetuses and newborn babies and is still in use today.
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- February 14, 2018
Andrew Moran, MD, internist and hypertension expert, addresses questions about the new blood pressure treatment guidelines.
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- February 9, 2018
A type of ultraviolet light that is harmless to humans could be a new weapon against the spread of flu virus in public spaces.
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