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Find our current Cardiothoracic events and news stories below.

Marfan: 2018 The Walk for Victory

Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian invite you to join us on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at Hudson River Park at 57th Street here in New York City, to raise awareness and funds for the 5th Annual NYC Walk for Victory benefitting The Marfan Foundation.

Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian will be your team!! Led by Walk for Victory chair Dr. Leonard N. Girardi, funds raised through this event provide support and education, as well as the research support necessary to make sure people with Marfan syndrome and related disorders can live longer and fuller lives. This serious connective tissue disease affects most systems of the human body – eyes, bones and spine, heart and blood vessels. There are many ways to cope with Marfan syndrome but gone undiagnosed, it can be fatal.

For more details: 2018 The Walk for Victory

Study Looks at the “Harms” of Lung Cancer Screening

By Brendon M. Stiles, MD

May 7, 2018

It was a privilege to present our clinical research, “Do the surgical results in the National Lung Screening Trial reflect modern thoracic surgical practice?” at the 98th American Association of Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting last week in San Diego. I was pleased that the AATS recognized the importance of our message by placing the presentation in one of the featured plenary sessions.

Here is a link to the article: "Study Looks at the "Harms" of Ling Cancer Screening"

The First New York Regional Symposium on Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders

The symposium is intended to offer people living with Marfan syndrome and related disorders, and their families, support as well as information about their health. For more details: NYC Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Symposium

Department of Health: Adult Cardiac Surgery in NYS 2013-2015

Weill Cornell Medicine continues to be the leader in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), Valve Repair and Replacement Surgery, and TAVR in achieving the best results among NYS hospitals. The NYS Cardiac Data Reporting System sets standards for Cardiac Services and monitors their outcomes all across New York State. New York State’s intention is to share performance data with all health care providers, patients and families of patients who are contemplating cardiac surgery (including Mortality Rate for the surgery and following surgery, Readmission Rates, Volume of cases, descriptions of patients’ risk factors associated with mortality for surgery).

Please click on the link to find the reports related to CABG; Valve/CABG; Valves, TAVR.

Never Smokers: The New Face of Lung Cancer

By Brendon M. Stiles, MD, FACS

March 9, 2018

People often use the expression, “Where there is smoke, there is fire.” Unfortunately for lung cancer patients, the opposite is almost always assumed to be true. Where there is fire (in this case, lung cancer), it is assumed that smoking must have preceded it. This assumption often leads to the question, “Did you smoke?” following almost every personal revelation of lung cancer. Few questions engender such anger and annoyance in patients as that one, particularly in the 10%-20% of lung cancer patients who are “never smokers.”

Here is a link to the article: Never Smokers: The New Face of Lung Cancer

Refusing Surgery for Esophageal Cancer May Cause Severe Consequences for Patients

Fort Lauderdale, Florida (1/30/2018) Patients with esophageal cancer who refuse surgery when it is recommended are less likely to survive long term than similar groups of patients who undergo an operation, according to research presented today by Dr Sebron Harrison at the 54th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

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A NY Woman’s Story of Getting a New Sternum from a 3D Printer

Dr. Jeffery L. Port discusses creating a custom-made sternum using a 3D printer for a patient suffering from chronic pain following surgery to remove cancerous bone tissue.

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Dr. Samuel J. Lang

The NewYork-Presbyterian Queens cardiovascular service line offers a full range of cardiothoracic care, providing patients in Queens with a complete local option for advanced treatment

Courtesy of MD News November 2017, Long Island Edition

Dr. Arash Salemi Featured in Health Matters

Dr. Arash Salemi, the surgical director of the Acquavella Heart Valve Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center recently featured in Health Matters discussing the role of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

In the article, he is quoted “The exciting things about the technology are, one, that we are able to treat a wider range of patients than we otherwise would have with just open-heart surgery. We have more options for our patients. Also, it’s less invasive physiologically than open-heart surgery. Because of that, recovery is quick. You see patients rebound and go home. They’re doing what they wanted to be doing two weeks ago. They’re doing it now without a problem. It’s very gratifying.”

Here is a link to the article: https://healthmatters.nyp.org/walk-woods-noma-bar/