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Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: One Woman’s Story [Reproductive Endocrinology]

Carrie Macmillan — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:35:00 EST

After three miscarriages in less than six months, Soley Kaldal was convinced there was something wrong with her. Then, through a chance encounter, she met Yale Medicine’s Harvey Kliman, MD, PhD, an expert in recurrent pregnancy loss. That meeting changed her life.

Novel Program Restores Function and Avoids Transplant in Children with Kidney Disease

Kat Hendrix Ph.D. — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 09:46:00 EST

Dr. Alam leads a novel, multi-disciplinary program for managing Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT) at MUSC.

Multidisciplinary Team Navigates a Host of Complex Issues Prior to Kidney-Liver Transplant

Emory Healthcare — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 23:22:00 EST

multidisciplinary team. But some present with a host of medical issues that can challenge even the most experienced specialists. That was certainly the case with a patient who received a simultaneous liver and kidney transplant at the Emory Transplant Center. A multidisciplinary team of critical care medicine specialists, nephrologists, cardiologists, electrophysiologists, hepatologists and surgeons worked diligently to care for this patient prior to, during and post-transplant.

Diabetes, Heart Problems And Redundant Imaging Scans Are Among Johns Hopkins-Led Performance Improvement Topics on ‘High-Value Care’

Waun'Shae Blount — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:20:00 EST

Diabetes, Heart Problems And Redundant Imaging Scans Are Among Johns Hopkins-Led Performance Improvement Topics on ‘High-Value Care’ 11/16/2019 Credit: iStock Experts from 80 medical centers in the U.S., Canada and Norway will convene Nov. 15–17 in Baltimore, Maryland, to share best practices and performance improvement initiatives designed to reduce unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures and improve the overall value of health care.

Robotic Urological Surgery Comes to New London, Westerly [Urology]

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 12:25:00 EST

Yale Medicine’s Department of Urology expanded its surgical capabilities to include robotic surgery at Yale New Haven Health’s Westerly Hospital. Urology surgeons will use this advanced technology to perform the first urologic procedures for treatment of urologic cancers, prostate enlargement, male infertility, and kidney stone management.

Liver and Biliary Cancer Surgery Program Offers Multidisciplinary Care, Advanced Treatments

na — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:07:00 EST

Johns Hopkins surgeons provide the full breadth of minimally invasive procedures and novel approaches, such as robotic major hepatectomy and ALPPS (associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy).

Critical Care Protocols and Teamwork Help Emory Kidney Transplant Program Meet Pandemic-Related Challenges

Emory Healthcare — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 11:00:00 EST

The COVID-19 pandemic created significant challenges for the Emory Transplant Center’s Kidney Transplant team. These included the suspension of kidney transplants during the Spring 2020 lockdown, severe bed shortages in the hospital during COVID-19 surges, and of course, the heightened risk and impact of infection on the immunocompromised transplant patient.

CD40 Drug Before Surgery Shows Promise in Early-stage Pancreatic Cancer

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:29:00 EST

For the first time, researchers led by SU2C “Dream Team” show how CD40 agonist drives an immune response to hard-to-penetrate tumors

Research Initiatives Include Two New Grants from the National Institutes of Health

n/a — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:52:00 EST

The Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is building on its legacy of innovation in research and therapeutic treatments with two new National Institutes of Health grants focused on the mechanisms that drive renal cell carcinoma and erectile dysfunction among males who undergo radical prostatectomy

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