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Graham Colditz
Associate Director, Prevention and Control, Siteman Cancer Center
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Dr. Colditz is an Epidemiologist and Associate Director for Prevention and Control at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. He is the Niess-Gain Family Professor in Medicine, Department of Surgery, at Washington ...
Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu
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William Chapman
Professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Transplantation
Chapman, also chief of the abdominal transplantation section, is a highly respected liver transplant specialist. He researches image-guided liver surgery and minimizing the effects of liver injury.
Expertise: liver transplant, abdominal transplant, hepatobiliary surgery
Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu
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David Gray
Associate professor in the Program in Occupational Therapy
Gray studies how environmental enhancers and barriers affect people with disabling conditions. He also is examining how surgery influences the mobility of children and adults with cerebral palsy. Additionally, he is looking at how disabling conditions affect the spouses of people with multiple sclerosis ...
Expertise: environmental enhancers and barriers, disabling conditions, mobility of children with cerebal palsy, disabling conditions and spouses
Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu
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Matthew Dobbs
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Sugery
Dobbs has expertise in surgery and care for all pediatric orthopaedic conditions, but his primary interests involve the treatment of clubfoot and other foot deformities, as well as pelvic reconstructive surgery, pediatric spinal surgery and treatment of pediatric trauma.
Expertise: pediatric orthopaedics, clubfoot, trauma, scoliosis, leg length disorders, congenital and developmental foot anomalies, congenital pelvic and hip disorders, …
Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu
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K. Daniel Riew, M.D.
Mildred B. Simon Distinguished Professor & Chief, Cervical Spine Surgery, Washington University Orthopedics Professor of Neurological Surgery
A cervical spine specialist, K. Daniel Riew, M.D. performs between 250 and 300 cervical spine operations each year. The Professor of Orthopedic and Neurological surgery also studies the use of synthetic, cervical discs as a potential alternative to spinal fusion surgery. He is included in the Best ...
Expertise: cervical spine surgery for treatment of degenerative, traumatic and inflammatory spine problems, including spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu
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No lingering effects
Surgery not linked to memory problems in older patients
Nov. 18,
2009 -- For years, it has been widely assumed that older adults may experience memory loss and other cognitive problems following surgery. But a new study by School of Medicine researchers questions that assumption. In the 575 patients they studied, the investigators did not detect any long-term cognitive declines attributable to surgery.
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New endowed chair
Meyers named Williamson Chair
Oct. 26,
2009 --
Bryan F. Meyers has been named the Patrick and Joy Williamson Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the School of Medicine.
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Treatment for retired football players
Washington University Orthopedics participating in NFL spine treatment program
June 30,
2009 --
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The National Football League has announced a new spine treatment program for retired players, and orthopedics specialists at the School of Medicine have been chosen to participate. K. Daniel Riew, the Mildred B. Simon Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and chief of the cervical spine service for Washington University Orthopedics, is one of five U.S. spine specialists selected to participate in the new NFL program.
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Let Orthopedic Surgery Wait Until Morning When Possible
U.S. News & World Report online
and 8 others
Sept. 8,
2009 -- Scheduling a prime daytime slot to undergo an orthopedic procedure may lower your risk of an unplanned follow-up surgery later on, a new study published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery has found.
Includes comments by surgeon William Ricci, chief of WUSTL medical school's Orthopaedic Trauma Service.
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After-hours bone surgery slightly riskier
United Press International
and 3 others
Sept. 2,
2009 -- A study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found after-hours orthopaedic surgeries risk a slightly higher rate of necessary follow-up surgeries. WUSTL orthopaedic surgron and lead author William Ricci comments.
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Jobs Had Liver Transplant
The Wall Street Journal
June 22,
2009 -- Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a controversial liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. The chief executive has been recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule later this month, though he may work part-time initially. WUSTL pancreatic and gastrointestinal surgery professor William Hawkins and surgery professor William Chapman both comment.
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No scars: New obesity surgery goes through mouth
Associated Press
and 52 others
June 4,
2009 -- Doctors are testing a new kind of obesity surgery without any cuts through the abdomen, snaking a tube down the throat to snap staples into the stomach. The experimental, scar-free procedure creates a narrow passage that slows the food as it moves from the upper stomach into the lower stomach, helping patients feel full more quickly and eat less. The first U.S. procedure was done at WUSTL. WUSTL surgery professor Chris Eagon comments.
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Ouch! How not to be a slave to pain
MSNBC
May 26,
2009 -- Top medical experts offer tips on how you can learn to control pain. Includes comments by WUSTL orthopaedic surgeon Matthew Matava.
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