Specialties of SurgeryGeneral Surgery

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• Find information on surgery at CareersInMedicine
• Visit the professional society, the American College of Surgeons
• Read journals:
  • Annals of Surgery
  • Archives of Surgery

Meet Columbia's general surgeons

View General Surgery in Action

• Cardiothoracic
  • Minimally invasive thoracic aortic aneurysm repair
  • Endoscopic ablation for atrial fibrillation
  • Off-pump cardiac surgery
  • Biventricular defibrillator implantation
  • HYBRID procedure
• Colorectal
  • Colectomy [laparoscopic] (Columbia)
  • Laparoscopic hemicolectomy
  • Minimally-invasive plug for anal fistula
  • Total mesorectal excision
• Oncology
  • Ductal lavage (Columbia)
  • Mammary ductoscopy
  • Mesothelioma surgery
  • Sentinel node biopsy (Columbia)
  • Wide excision and sentinel node mapping for melanoma
• Upper GI/Endocrine
  • Gastric bypass [laparoscopic] (Columbia)
  • Total thyroidectomy (OR-Live)
  • Pancreas resection [laparoscopic] (MGH)
  • Whipple procedure (Columbia)
• Laparoscopic
  • Gastric banding
  • Gastric bypass [open] (Columbia)
  • Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
  • Hiatal hernia repair [laparoscopic] (MGH)
  • Heller myotomy [laparoscopic] (MGH)
  • Nephrectomy [laparoscopic, hand-assisted] (Columbia)
  • Nissen fundoplication (Columbia)
• General
  • Inguinal hernia repair [laparoscopic] (MGH)
• Pediatric
  • Repair of anomalous left coronary artery off the pulmonary artery