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Winter 2008

CONTENTS

• Advances in Vascular Surgery: Two minimally invasive procedures provide new options for patients who might otherwise be ineligible for treatment
• Pediatric Surgery: Taking minimal access surgery to the next level
• Pediatric Heart Transplant Surgery: Surgeons devise a creative solution to sustain children with heart failure
• Bariatric Surgery for Teens: Surgical weight loss program offers LapBand® to eligible teens
• Scarless Surgery: New center at Columbia performs abdominal procedures without external incisions
• Adult and Pediatric Liver Disease and Transplantation

Fall 2007

CONTENTS

• Breast Cancer
• Screening for Breast Cancer
• Preventing Breast Cancer
• Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
• Quality of Life
  Oncoplastic Surgical Advances
• PET for Breast Cancer
• Treatment Options
  Chemotherapy and Hormonal Therapy
• Research Reports:
  Tumor Vaccines
  RAGE Research
• Focus on Heart Health:
  Interventional Cardiology
• High Risk Lung Assessment Program

Summer 2007

CONTENTS

• NOTES in the News
• Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
  Hybrid techniques for minimal impact.
• Pancreas Center: for Multidisciplinary care
• Organ Preservation
  Improving liver transplantation.
• TEMS: for Colorectal tumors

Spring 2007

CONTENTS

• Centers and Programs
  Clinical Excellence through Collaborative, Multidisciplinary Medicine
• Integrative Medicine Program
• Tumor Immunotherapy for Melanoma and Kidney Cancer
• PET/CT Imaging for Lung Cancer
• Obesity Surgery for Adolescents & for Adults
• Endocrine Expertise
• Advanced Cardiac Care for Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy
• Esophageal Center
• Pancreas Center

Fall 2006

CONTENTS

• Minimal Access Surgery
• Colorectal Surgery
• Endocrine Surgery
• PET for Pancreatic Surgery
• Weight Loss Surgery
• Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery

Summer 2006

CONTENTS

• Transplantation
• Kidney Transplantation:
  Thinking Outside the Box
• Transplantation for Short Bowel Babies
• Lung Transplant Surgery
• PET at the Click of a Mouse
• A Second Chance for the Ailing Heart
• Living Donor Liver Transplantation Saves Lives
• Blood Test
  Replaces Heart Biopsy

Winter 2006

CONTENTS

• PET
  Alzheimer's Disease
• Biventricular Pacing
  HeartFailure
• Tumor Biology
  Breast Cancer
• STEP Procedure
  Short Bowel Syndrome
• RAGE
  Diabetes, Cancer, Heart Disease
• Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
  Pediatric Cancer
• ZILVER Trial
  Peripheral Arterial Disease
• Thymosin Beta-4
  Chronic Wounds

Fall 2005

CONTENTS

• Breast Reconstruction
  Patients have a new cosmetic option
• PET
  For breast, cervical, and ovarian cancer
• Intraoperative Ultrasound
  Finding elusive tumors
• Anal Incontinence
  New aids for patients
• Center for Prenatal Pediatrics
  Help for complex pregnancies

Summer 2005

CONTENTS

• Humanitarian Missions
  Surgeons Transform Lives of Children Abroad
• Long-Range Hope for Short Bowel Syndrome
• PET for Colorectal Cancer
• Minimal Access Pediatric Surgery
• Advances in Endocrine Surgery
• Book Reviews:
  Guidance from Columbia Faculty and Patients

Spring 2005

CONTENTS

• Trial of NewVaccine for Stage IV Kidney Cancer
• Heart Surgery
  Patient with AP window beats all odds
• Kidney Exchanges
  Creative donor swapping saves more patients' lives
• PET for Lymphoma
  Advances in diagnosis and treatment
• Pediatric Obesity Program
  New multidisciplinary weight loss program for adolescents
• EMMI
  A better way to learn about surgery

Winter 2004

CONTENTS

• Diabetes
  Knowledge is Power in a Complex Disease
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
  Approved for the Fight Against Thyroid Cancer
• Islet Cell Transplantation
  The Search for a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes
• Aiding the Heart
  Medicare Approves LVADs as Destination Therapy
• The Many Faces Behind a Mission
  Dr. Jeffrey Ascherman's Humanitarian Mission to China

Fall 2004

CONTENTS

• Presidential Treatment
  Dr. Craig Smith Performs Bypass on Former President Bill Clinton
• Being an educated healthcare consumer: what patients should know about choosing surgery, a surgeon, and a hospital.
• Congenital Heart Surgery
  Finding a great hospital for your child
• Plastic Surgery
  New focus on safety and quality of life
• PET Scans for Alzheimer's Disease
  A View of Hope
• Laparoscopic Surgery
  Careful choices, faster recovery

Summer 2004

CONTENTS

• Clinical Trials
  The Bridge to Medical Innovation
• LAP BAND®
  Bringing Hope to MoreOverweight Americans
• Heart Surgery without the Heart Surgeon:
  Evalve for Non-Invasive Mitral Valve Repair
• Adult Stem Cells and the Quest to Repair the Human Heart
• Tumor Vaccines
  A Promising Weapon in the Fight Against Metastatic Melanoma
• Vent for Emphysema
  A Minimally Invasive Approach to Breathing Easy
• Colorectal Cancer and GM-CSF
  A Stronger Immune System for Less Recurrences
• Patient Profile
  My Experience in a Clinical Trial
• PET/CT
  Fusing Views for More Targeted Medicine
• A Minimally Invasive Alternative for Stroke Prevention:
  Carotid Artery Angioplasty and Stenting
• Viramidine for Hepatitis C
  A New Therapy Enters the Mix
• DUCTAL LAVAGE
  Identifying a Woman at Risk

Fall 2003

CONTENTS

• Breast Cancer
  Strategies for Women At Risk
• Understanding Claudication
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
  A New View of Breast Cancer
• Surgical Repair of Restenosis
  When Stents Fail to Repair Vessel Blockages
• Treating Pediatric Hernia
  How to Detect a Common Disorder

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