The Power of Hospitality: Claire’s Tea Room
TweetSome people seem to have a gift for turning the most unlikely of circumstances into something beautiful. Claire Pace is one such person, having created a haven of warmth and comfort in the...
View ArticleIL-2 for Metastatic Melanoma
TweetThe following video highlights Stan Adler, a patient whose melanoma had spread to his liver, lungs, and lymph nodes – “more tumors than his doctors could count.” After doing his homework and...
View ArticleConnected for Life
TweetIn the spirit of National Organ Donation Month, WABC-TV has partnered with NewYork-Presbyterian to spread the word about organ donation. While scarcity of organ donors is a critical problem...
View ArticleKevin Rogers Golf Outing & Dinner to Support the ECMO Team
TweetLast May, Kevin Rogers, a previously healthy 25 year-old, developed a life-threatening pneumonia that progressed to the point where his lungs and other organs completely failed. His pneumonia was...
View ArticleThyroid Cancer: My Story
Tweet By Erica Ervin In the fall of 2011, three months after my wedding, I began to experience some strange health issues including an irregular heartbeat and panic attacks. I was just 31 at the time,...
View ArticleFormerly Conjoined Twins Make Medical History at NYP – Again!
Tweet Dr. Stylianos and the late Dr. Peter Altman with the newly separated twins in 1993. Over 20 years ago, conjoined twins Carmen and Rosa Taveras were brought to Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital...
View ArticleFirst Fully Laparoscopic Adult-to-Adult Liver Donation Saves Daughter’s Life;...
TweetWestfield NJ, December 2013 – Together with her extended family, 14-year-old liver transplant recipient Elle Haley enjoyed an extra special celebration of the holidays and the marriage of her...
View ArticleTransplant Patient Reunites with Care Team
TweetTwenty years after receiving a heart and double-lung transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, grateful patient Sean Kunzli and his family came to New York City for a...
View Article“Alive with a New, Old Liver”
TweetNew York Times Highlights Creative Liver Transplant Surgery in Children In recognition of February being Organ Donor Awareness Month, we share an inspiring story from the New York Times. When you...
View Article2014: A Year in Review
Tweet Using 3D printing technology to repair a baby’s heart, discovering new ways to preserve livers for transplantation, helping chemotherapy drugs find their way to treat pancreatic cancer, and...
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