Chronic pain after hernia surgery is uncommon, but when it happens, understanding why it occurs and what can be done is an important part of getting patients the care they need.
When someone is being evaluated for a heart transplant—or living with one—the physician who will provide support the whole way through is a transplant cardiologist.
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital (MSCH) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center has been redesignated as a Level I Pediatric Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Children's Surgery Verification Committee.
Palliative care is not the place surgery goes when there is nothing left to do; it is part of how surgeons ask what an operation is truly meant to accomplish.
One medical student’s meticulous notes offer a glimpse of the moment germ theory and Joseph Lister’s antiseptic system began making their way into the classroom and operating room.
NewYork-Presbyterian, the hospital partner of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, has once again been named one of the best hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
