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Future treatments for hearing loss—including gene therapy—could come to rely on a tiny 3D-printed microneedle designed by a close-knit team of Columbia physicians and engineers.
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Thanks to a collaboration between Columbia and Cornell doctors, Yasin Samad is one of the first children in the United States to receive an innovative artificial heart valve.
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Robotic surgery is revolutionizing the landscape of surgical care, offering minimally invasive options that enhance precision, reduce recovery times, and expand treatment possibilities.
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The rising complexity of heart disease requires new ways to treat it, including those that combine surgical and catheter-based approaches in the same patient.
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Latest News
- November 4, 2022
Dean Chou, MD, a renowned neurosurgeon who specializes in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery, has been named chief of the spine division in the Department of Neurological Surgery.
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- November 1, 2022
Cardiac surgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center are now seeing patients at ColumbiaDoctors’ multispecialty location in White Plains, New York.
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- October 11, 2022
Christopher Ahmad, Columbia orthopedic surgeon and Yankees team physician, says sports medicine can help all patients—not just athletes—return to their desired level of physical activity.
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- October 10, 2022
TAVR, a procedure that was pioneered at Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian and transformed cardiac care, celebrates its 20th anniversary.
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- July 29, 2022
Now a thriving 19-year-old, the pediatric heart transplant patient offers hope to others.
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- July 18, 2022
Transplantation of animal organs into human bodies may become medical reality sooner than we think.
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- March 15, 2022
Internationally renowned “surgeon’s surgeon” is known for his skill in highly complex cases.
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- March 7, 2022
Having a rapport with kids is a critical part of the job for James Church and other Columbia colorectal surgeons who treat people with hereditary colon cancer.
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- March 4, 2022
When Bisant Labib needed surgery to remove a large tumor growing in her spinal cord, all the doctors she consulted recommended the same neurosurgeon—Paul McCormick.
- February 14, 2022
A study of weight loss methods suggests that gastric bypass surgery is the best strategy for patients with type 2 diabetes and severe obesity, regardless of the severity of a patient’s diabetes.
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