New-Technique-Prevents-Lymphedema-in-Breast-Cancer-Patients
Early data from a NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia pilot study suggests that an innovative microsurgery technique helps prevent lymphedema in breast cancer patients. Results from the study have been published in the Annals of Surgical Oncology.
NYP-Announces-Changes-to-Improve-and-Enhance-Patient-Care
NewYork-Presbyterian is announcing several organizational changes aimed at realizing its mission of becoming the leading integrated academic healthcare enterprise in the nation. These changes reflect NewYork-Presbyterian’s rapid growth and expansion.
Beat-Bullies-at-Their-Game
Bullying can be a source of major anxiety for children, so it is important for parents to teach them strategies to cope and deal with it. Dr. John Walkup, director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, offers advice to help manage yourself and your child in a bullying situation.
NYP-Participates-in-1st-Ever-Citywide-Organ-Donor-Enrollment-Day
On October 6, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital will participate in the first-ever Organ Donor Enrollment Day in New York City, organized by LiveOnNY. This citywide campaign is an effort to increase organ donor enrollment in New York, which has the lowest percentage of registered donors- 50th out of 50 states.
NYP-CUMC-MSCH-Recognized-for-Excellence-in-Life-Support
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital have earned the Gold Level Excellence in Life Support Award from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), a consortium of healthcare professionals and scientists dedicated to the development and evaluation of novel therapies for the support of failing organ systems.
Dr-Peter-Fleischut-Honored-for-Improving-Patient-Experience
Dr. Peter Fleischut has been honored with the Vanguard Award for Using Technology to Improve the Patient Experience from the City & State Reports 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility Awards. Dr. Fleischut is the chief innovation officer at NewYork-Presbyterian and was nominated in the healthcare, hospital & pharmaceuticals category.
Trauma-Expert-Joins-NewYork-Presbyterian-Hospital-and-WCMC
Dr. Robert Winchell has been appointed director of the Trauma Center and chief of the Division of Trauma, Burns, Critical and Acute Care at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, effective July 27. He will serve on the faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College.
Backpacks-Can-Mean-Backaches-for-Back-to-Schoolers
Dr. Joshua Hyman, Orthopedic Surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Offers Tips on Avoiding Injury from an Overstuffed Backpack
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