Newly Funded NYC Center Aims to Reduce Health Disparities in Chronic Disease
A multi-institutional group in New York City has united to address health disparities in multiple chronic diseases through a new collaborative center.
NYP WCMC Receives ELSO Award for Excellence in Life Support
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center has received the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Award for Excellence in Life Support, a recognition of its outstanding life support program.
Cardiac Surgery at NYPQ Earns Top Rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens has earned a distinguished three-star rating – the top rating – from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its patient care and outcomes in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures.
Barbara Pro Named Clinical Director of Lymphoma at HICCC
Barbara Pro, MD, a national leader in lymphoma research and care, has been named clinical director of the lymphoma program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Babies Born During Pandemic’s First Year Score Slightly Lower on Dev Screen Test
Columbia researchers found that babies born during the pandemic’s first year scored slightly lower on a developmental screening test of social and motor skills at 6 months—regardless of whether their mothers had COVID during pregnancy—compared to babies born just before the pandemic.
New Study Finds Best Time for COVID19 Vaccine During Pregnancy May Be Now
COVID-19 vaccination of expectant mothers elicits levels of antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 outer “spike” protein at the time of delivery that don’t vary dramatically with the timing of vaccination during pregnancy and thus don’t justify delaying vaccination, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.
Experimental Gene Therapy Reverses Sickle Cell Disease for Years
A study of an investigational gene therapy for sickle cell disease has found that a single dose restored blood cells to their normal shape and eliminated the most serious complication of the disease for at least three years in some patients.
NYP Queens First to Perform New AI Electrophysiology Procedure
The cardiac electrophysiology team at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens has performed the first U.S. procedure using a new artificial intelligence software system, designed to improve cardiac ablation in people with advanced atrial fibrillation, an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots in the heart.
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