Healthpoints June 2012: Innovative Heart Valve Treatment, Breast Cancer Q&A, Free Vein Screening

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June 5, 2012 As a loyal healthpoints subscriber we woud like you to be the first to know about two free community events from the Department of Surgery. The first is a live question-and-answer session with Dr. Sheldon Feldman on What You Need to Know about Breast Cancer. This worldwide show will be held on June 6th at 12:00 PM ET on our Blog Talk Radio Channel Then on June 18th, June 19th, and June 26th, the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Interventions Vein Programs will be holding a free Friends and Family Vein Screening in our new mid-town Manhattan, Columbus Circle offices. Make an appointment for a free evaluation of varicose veins, spider veins, blood clots, and other signs of vein disease. Enjoy your June. Columbia University Department of Surgery Featured Article Innovations in Treating Heart Valve Disease As minimally invasive surgical techniques continue to advance, surgeons are becoming more adept and more creative in applying them. For patients with heart valve disease and coronary artery disease, this means new and better options - and for many, the chance to avoid more traumatic surgeries. Full Article: What's New National Cancer Survivors Day Colin's Kids: Mothers of Babies with Congenital Heart Defects Form A Non-Profit Heart Transplant Patient Develops a Nutrition Product to Help Other Patients Journey to Health: Aidan Ward Thriving After Father Donates Liver What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer: (#cumedchat) Reflections of a Living Liver Donor From the Media Center Dr. Yoshifuma Naka Discusses the HeartMate II Yoshifuma Naka, MD Liver Cancer Tomoaki Kato, MD Dr. Melissa Bagloo Discusses Weight Loss Surgery Melissa Bagloo, MD Dr. Anthony Watkins Discusses Kidney Transplantation Anthony Watkins, MD Clinician Event Calendar 06/14/12: Lung Cancer: Update 2012: Screening, Diagnosis, Staging & Treatment 06/18/12: Incidence, Consequence, and Treatment of Low Tissue Oxygenation (StO2) in ICU Patients Patient Events Calendar 06/06/12: BlogTalkRadio: What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer: Prevention 06/10/12: National Cancer Survivors Day 06/18/12: Friends & Family Vein Screenings 06/19/12: Friends & Family Vein Screenings 06/26/12: Friends & Family Vein Screenings From the Archive (2011) Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement as Good as Open Surgery, According to PARTNER Results Approximately 300,000 patients in the United States have aortic stenosis (narrowing of the aortic heart valve), and about one third of these patients are too sick or too old to undergo surgical replacement. Under the leadership of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been under study as a less invasive alternative for these patients. Full Article:       Columbia University Department of Surgery 630 West 168th Street Box 94 New York, NY 10032 201-346-7001 surgerynewsletters@columbia.edu Copyright ©2012 Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, New York, NY

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