WABC-TV, ABC's local television affiliate in New York City, hosts an online series called "Medical Marvels." The series highlights the stories of patients who underwent extraordinary medical procedures at NewYork-Presbyterian. Below are the stories featured in the series.
During the winter of 2013, Meline Dickson was on a ski trip out West with her husband and some good friends. She got concerned when she began to have chest pains and decided to get checked out at a local medical center. ( Read Meline's full story )
Rebecca Szymanski was born with a three-chambered heart with no right ventricle. Szymanski had multiple heart surgeries to correct this heart condition before the age of 6. The benefits of the operations were estimated to last 20 years, but lasted for 27 years until she began having shortness of breath caused by blood clots. ( Read Rebecca's full story )
A well-known singer from Brazil who is a stroke survivor talks about her experience with NewYork-Presbyterian's Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit. ( Read Eliana's full story )
Maya Katz is a young mother of three and a speech pathologist at a local school in New York City. She was dealing with chronic back pain that seemed to be triggered by her pregnancies and would then resolve after childbirth. ( Read Maya's full story )
Jacqueline Snyder-Allen thought she was just suffering from her yearly cold, but her level of exhaustion was unprecedented. Her husband, Thomas E. Allen, quickly realized something was very wrong and raced her from their home in Cold Spring to NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital.
Tom Myers, an executive chef at one of New York City's top dinner clubs, was riding his motorcycle home when a vehicle that was making a left-hand turn hit him. The collision flung the 56-year-old married father of two children into the air and totaled the bike. Tom was taken to the emergency department of NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, a Level 1 Trauma Center. ( Read Tom's full story )
A couple with cancer receives best treatment protocols and personal care right in their home town. ( Read Sandra & Robert's full story )
A woman in the prime of her life arrived at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in dire condition. ( Read Cherie's full story )
Policeman donates kidney to save fellow officer ( Read Joseph's full story )
Kelly Rolo had been suffering from torturous headaches, with weird symptoms where the left and right sides of her body would differ dramatically in temperature. Doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian embarked on a surgery that was the first of its kind, and now her prognosis is great. ( Read Kelly Rollo's full story )
New scalp cooling system prevents hair loss from chemotherapy ( Read Carolyn's full story )
Lou Auriemma and his cousin Gina Vintalore have always shared a family bond. Now they share a liver. ( Read Lou & Gina's full story )
Doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian gave Robert Frank Azopardi a trial drug for his Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. ( Read Robert's full story )
Medical Marvels looks at the case of a woman diagnosed with esophageal cancer who was already no stranger to battling a health crisis. ( Read Roberta's full story )
During a routine physical, David Epstein learned he was living with a ticking time bomb in his chest.
Faith Fulginiti is recovering from a cutting edge procedure to treat lymphedema and chronic venous disease. ( Read Faith's full story )
In this edition of Medical Marvels, a look at how the staff at the Perelman Heart Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital saved Peter Reikes with an ECMO machine. ( Read Peter's full story )
In this edition of Medical Marvels, a look at how heart patient Glen Zammit was helped by a new, non-surgical procedure for replacing heart valves. ( Read Glen's full story )
In this edition of Medical Marvels, doctors at New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital are using telemedicine to evaluate and diagnose stroke patients. ( Read Kelly Boyle's full story )
Medical Marvels Runners Edition: A cardiologist hopes to inspire his patients by running in the TCS NYC Marathon. ( Read Dr. Jake's full story )
It was one of Joe Russo's patients that inspired him to run in the New York City Marathon for the first time. ( Read Joe's full story )
Tara Barlow is running the New York City Marathon for pediatric liver transplant patients. ( Read Tara's full story )
Denise Buist suffered from severe sciatica until neurosurgeon Roger Härtl, MD, performed an innovative, minimally-invasive procedure on her. ( Read Denise's full story )
Abbey Monzietti was born with an extremely rare and large tumor. When she was just three days old, NewYork-Presbyterian surgeon Nitsana Spigland, MD, performed lifesaving surgery on her. ( Read Abbey's full story )
Jacob Downer was born with an extremely small jaw and a cleft palate. From his first moment of life he struggled to breathe, and so the decision was made to begin changing Jacob's life when he was just days old. ( Read Jacob's full story )
Manuel Greco battles Von Hippel-Lindau disease, a rare condition that causes tumors to grow in certain parts of the body. ( Read Manuel's full story )
Six-year-old Brady Jenkins has a rare genetic syndrome that will cause him to develop thyroid cancer. ( Read Brady's full story )
Susan Koujak survived two double lung transplants. Now she wants to have a child. ( Read Susan's full story )
Robert Kaiser was battling end stage kidney disease until his wife, Dianne, stepped in and offered one of her kidneys.
Maureen Cavanaugh struggled with her weight for years. A new weight loss surgical procedure helped her. ( Read Maureen's full story )
