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Pediatric cardiac catheterization specialist Dr. Oliver Barry joined traveled to Nigeria team to treat heart defects that could be repaired using minimally invasive approaches.
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NYP Health MattersFrancisca Kwakye left Ghana as a young child to receive life-changing treatment for sickle cell disease. Now cured, her dream is to improve health care access for others.
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NYP Health MattersSince its inception in 1998, our pediatric liver transplant program has become a national leader in the field.
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NYP Health MattersIn a first-of-its-kind “domino” transplant in infants, our cardiac surgeons performed a heart transplant in one baby, and then transplanted valves from her old heart into another infant.
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CUIMC NewsroomApril 24, 2023Columbia surgeons performed the first pediatric total artificial heart surgery in the Northeast.
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- July 23, 2021
Physician-scientist Teresa Lee, MD, MS uses her training in pediatrics, pediatric cardiology, and clinical genetics to understand the genetic causes of infantile cardiomyopathy.
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- July 23, 2021
Columbia's team of surgical innovators are developing and refining mini-invasive procedures, hybrid approaches, and novel ways to repair or reconstruct heart valves in children.
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NYP Health MattersMarch 3, 2020After Cynthia Vander Molen’s son underwent open heart surgery, she wrote a book to help him and other children see how their scars make them stronger.
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- July 15, 2019
Columbia’s multidisciplinary Vascular Anomalies Group has provided specialized care to infants, children, and adolescents with complex vascular problems for more than 15 years.
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- July 15, 2019
After multiple surgeries including a kidney transplant, five-year-old Siraj is now thriving and is the "mayor" of his classroom.
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Columbia Department of SurgeryJuly 10, 2019Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center has been named the Northeast’s only Level I Pediatric Surgery Center - only 18 US hospitals have reached Level I status.
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