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Surgery
The Department of Surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine has a long history of preparing its graduates for careers in academic surgery. The primary emphasis of the Department is superb patient care. There is an abundance of clinical material through rotations at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children's Hospital and the John Cochran Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Residents have access to almost 25,000 cases annually at these institutions.
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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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Heart valve 'redo'
Four out of 106 heart replacement valves from pig hearts failed
June 29,
2009 -- Pig heart valves used to replace defective aortic valves in human patients failed much earlier and more often than expected, says a report from cardiac surgeons at the School of Medicine. This is the first report to demonstrate this potential problem, the researchers say.
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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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Marc Hammerman
Chromalloy Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine
Hammerman is a leader in the emerging field of organogenesis, which focuses on growing organs from stem cells and other embryonic cell clusters known as organ primordia. Unlike stem cells, which can become virtually any cell type, primordia are locked into becoming a particular cell type or one of ...
Expertise: Organogenesis, organ, transplant, kidney, pancreas, diabetes, kidney failure, …
Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu
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Ira Kodner
Director of the Center for the Study of Human Values and Ethics
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Kodner directs one of the only comprehensive programs in ethics and human values at a university in the United States. While other centers study human values, most are located in a particular school and address particular topics. The Center for the Study of Human Values and Ethics supports the study, ...
Expertise: Ethics, health care policy
Media assistance: (314) 286-0120 / westerhousej@wustl.edu
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Frank Yin
Chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering; The Stephen and Camilla Brauer Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Frank C. P. Yin, M.D., Ph.D., the Stephen and Camilla Brauer Professor of Biomedical Engineering and chair of the biomedical engineering department, is a world-renowned biomedical engineer. Yin heads a dynamic, young department, not yet five years old and already ranked among the top 20 in the nation. ...
Expertise: soft tissue mechanics, cell mechanics, hemodynamics
Direct contact: (314) 935-6164
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yin@wustl.edu
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Pancreatic Cancer Deaths Higher for Blacks
U.S. News & World Report online
and 9 others
Sept. 3,
2009 -- Even after eliminating known pancreatic cancer risk factors, such as smoking and obesity, blacks still had a 42 percent higher risk of dying from the disease than their white counterparts, according to a WUSTL-led study, which appears online in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
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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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Study: Drug lowers risk of getting prostate cancer
Associated Press
and 52 others
April 28,
2009 -- A drug already sold for other prostate problems significantly cut the chances of prostate cancer being found in men with an increased risk of the disease, doctors reported Monday. The U.S. study was led by WUSTL urologic surgeon Gerald Andriole, who comments.
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