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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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| TOS surgery saves pitchers' careers Ribs lost, careers saved: WUSM surgeon gets athletes back on the field (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12017.html) July 16, 2008 --
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| Surgery with less pain, blood New for kidney cancer: robotic surgery (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11963.html) June 27, 2008 -- Surgery to remove a kidney tumor is no longer a hands-on operation. Sam Bhayani, a urologic surgeon at the school of Medicine, has pioneered robotic surgery for kidney cancer. Instead of standing for hours with his arms raised above the patient, Bhayani sits at a nearby computer console to maneuver joystick-like controls that guide robotic scalpels, scissors and high-resolution cameras. |
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| WUSM neurosurgeon honored Park receives Society of Neurological Surgeons' highest honor (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11957.html) June 26, 2008 --
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| Graham Colditz Associate Director, Prevention and Control, Siteman Cancer Center (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/791.html)
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 (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/720.html) 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 (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/708.html) 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 (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/601.html)
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 Stephen and Camilla Brauer Professor of Biomedical Engineering (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/349.html)
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 / yin@biomed.wustl.edu |
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| Commentary: Improving breast cancer treatment
MSNBC.com July 1, 2008 -- A recent conference brought together many of the most committed breast cancer activists with some of the nation's top cancer scientists. The conference's directive is to push researchers to think "out of the box" for potential treatments, methods of detection and prevention in new ways. WUSTL surgeon Graham Colditz comments. |
| Exercise may protect girls from future breast cancer
Associated Press and 206 others May 14, 2008 -- New research shows exercise during the teen years — starting as young as age 12 — can help protect girls from breast cancer when they're grown. "This really points to the benefit of sustained physical activity from adolescence through the adult years, to get the maximum benefit," said WUSTL surgery professor Graham Colditz, the study's lead author. |
| Eating Your Way to a Sturdy Heart
The New York Times May 13, 2008 -- Some of the best things you can do for your heart do not involve deprivation or medication. Simple and even pleasurable changes in the foods you eat can rival medication in terms of the benefit to your heart. WUSTL epidemiology professor Graham Colditz comments on why many people are not getting the message. |
| Monitors Don't Stop Patients From Waking
Associated Press and 138 others March 13, 2008 -- Article on anesthesia awareness. Patients say they wake up during surgery, unable to move or scream. Some experts have said special brain-wave monitors were the best way to prevent anesthesia awareness. Now, in a big setback for efforts to prevent it, the first large, independent test of the monitors shows they are no better than older technology. WUSTL medical school researchers led by anesthesiology professor Michael Avidan comments. The study was published in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. |
| Clot-Busting Drug Offers New Approach to DVT
U.S. News & World Report online and 5 others Jan. 29, 2008 -- When it comes to treating deep vein thrombosis, injecting the clot-busting drug alteplase (rTPA) directly into clots in the legs reduces the risk of complications and recurrence, a small U.S. study suggests. WUSTL radiology and surgery professor Suresh Vedantham thinks that this method of dissolving clots could eventually become an outpatient procedure. |
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