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What started as a medical mission to save the life of one child in Venezuela has grown into a program that is building liver transplant programs for children across the Caribbean and Central America.
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Earlier this year, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated treatment guidelines to endorse recommendations for earlier weight loss surgery in children with obesity.
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Columbia surgeons performed the first pediatric total artificial heart surgery in the Northeast.
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A patient endured a brutal rare disease for five years with no relief. Finally he found an expert who understood. And could help.
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- April 16, 2015
In Columbia's biomedical engineering department, engineers and physicians work together to solve problems and improve health care.
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- March 16, 2015
Researchers have pinpointed the immune-system mechanism that allows a kidney transplant to be accepted without lifelong immunosuppressive drugs.
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- January 28, 2015
Autologous islet cell transplants for pancreatitis patients who require removal of the pancreas can prevent the development of brittle diabetes common in pancreatectomy,.
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- December 10, 2014
CUMC scientists have created a 3-D printed implant that stimulates stem cells to regenerate the meniscus, cartilage that cushions and protects the knee.
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- November 18, 2014
Hospital to be a founding sponsor and the official hospital of the Club.
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- November 6, 2014
Nearly half of young baseball players are encouraged to keep playing despite arm pain.
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- October 8, 2014
Study compares robot-assisted surgery with conventional laparoscopic surgery for benign gynecologic conditions.
- September 22, 2014
Technique induces insulin production in the livers of patients who require a total pancreatectomy.
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- August 26, 2014
Columbia surgeons and radiation oncologists deliver precise radiotherapy immediately following cancer tumor removal.
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NY Daily NewsAugust 15, 2014
