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Physician Jerard Kneifati-Hayek, the first Patient Safety Research Fellow at Columbia, leads efforts to improve care and enhance safety for patients from underserved communities.
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Pathologists Dan Green and Stephen Lagana explain their jobs, describe their training, and share the most fascinating cases of their careers.
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The EQUIP Center for Learning Health System Science will support researchers working to improve patient safety, particularly among groups that experience persistent health care disparities.
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Columbia's HHT Center for Excellence is working to increase awareness of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, a rare condition that causes frequent nosebleeds and more serious complications.
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Latest News
- March 24, 2014
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center completed its 1,000th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
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- February 14, 2014
While most hospitals have policies to prevent health care-associated infections, clinicians often fail to follow the guidelines established to prevent these infections.
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- January 24, 2014
To combat the rise of obesity in teens, physicians and other medical professionals have been promoting physical education and healthier diets for children. But for some teens, these are not enough.
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- January 24, 2014
In honor of National Healthy Weight Week, we spoke with Dr. Judith Korner, Associate Professor at CUMC, about assessing healthy weight and steps to take if you're overweight to improve your health.
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- January 10, 2014
Dr. Seth Feltheimer, an internist at CUMC, answers some common questions about the flu this season.
- January 6, 2014
Winter is a time for falls, slips on icy streets, and other dangers that can be especially harmful for older adults.
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- October 4, 2013
A ColumbiaDoctors ER physician tells how she uses yoga techniques to help put patients at ease.
- September 23, 2013
Hospitals units combining the compassion of hospice and technical care of medical-surgical units may provide efficient, cost-effective assistance to patients with advanced chronic illness or terminal disease.
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- September 20, 2013
The New York Thyroid Center, with the Section of Endocrine Surgery at NYP/Columbia, now offers a streamlined way to evaluate thyroid nodules.
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- September 18, 2013
Drs. Rudolph Leibel and Michael Rosenbaum are members of a multi-center collaboration that plans to test competing hypotheses of obesity and weight gain.
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