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Category: Surgery

Minimally invasive surgery can cure early lung cancers
April 3, 2024
Interview with thoracic surgeon Jason Wallen, MD

Syphilis on the rise; live kidney donors; mild cognitive impairment: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 24, 2024
March 28, 2024
Interviews with Elizabeth Asiago Reddy, MD, Reza Saidi, MD, and Sharon Brangman,...

Using defibrillators; surgical robots; treating sleep apnea: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 24, 2024
March 21, 2024
Interviews with Christian Knutsen, MD, and Guillermo Negrete, MD; Seetharam...

Living donors are vital part of kidney transplant programs
March 13, 2024
Transplant chief Reza Saidi, MD outlines the process of kidney donation and how...

Machines offer precision, extended reach
February 22, 2024
Urologist Seetharam Bhat, MBBS, gives some history of robots, explains how they...

Treating a crippling disorder in babies; ensuring patients get their medications; repairing cleft lip and palate: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024
February 22, 2024
Interviews with Ai Sakonju, MD, Christina Hyde, ND, and Arthur Bigsby, DDS

Less invasive spine surgery; implants to improve hearing; edible marijuana dangers: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024
February 15, 2024
Interviews with Ali Hazama, MD, Jeffrey VanTassel and Michael Hodgman, MD,

Flu, COVID and RSV; kidney transplants in children: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024
February 8, 2024
Interviews with Elizabeth Asiago Reddy, MD, and Toby Le Nguyen, MD

Disease's type and severity can vary widely, need professional assessment
February 1, 2024
Advice from Matthew Garner, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon

Why some patients will also receive a new kidney
January 31, 2024
Interview with Matthew Garner, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon

Studying brain injury; pancreatic cancer surgery; strengthening the pelvic floor: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024
January 25, 2024
Interviews with Devin Burke, MD, Mashaal Dhir, MD, and Rebecca Carey, DPT

Team of specialists can start corrective work soon after birth
January 24, 2024
Interview with Arthur Bigsby, DDS, maxillofacial prosthodontist at Upstate

A wartime surgical mission; treating heart failure: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024
January 18, 2024
Interviews with Dmitriy Nikolavsky, MD, nurse practitioner Kristin Ramella and...

Taking pills as prescribed; an innovative cancer treatment; med students as teachers: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024
January 18, 2024
Interviews with Paula Trief, PhD; Ruth Weinstock, MD, PhD; Mashaal Dhir, MD; and...

Devices improve hearing differently than hearing aids
January 17, 2024
Upstate audiologist Jeffrey VanTassel on how cochlear implants can help people...

Living donors can make a huge difference
January 17, 2024
Interview with Toby Le Nguyen, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon

Worries about AI; a treatable heart condition; fixing injured joints: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 24, 2024
January 11, 2024
Interviews with Serife Tekin, PhD, Cynthia Taub, MD, and Zachary Telgheder, MD

Kids ingesting pot; explaining fibromyalgia; speedy joint replacement: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024
January 4, 2024
Interviews with Michael Hodgman, MD, Alex Hensel, MD, and nurses Lia Fischi and...

Explaining vasectomies; lung cancer screening; hoarding's impact on families: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023
December 28, 2023
Interviews with Timothy Byler, MD, Michael Archer, DO, Lubov Leontieva, MD, PhD,...

Urologists operated on severely injured soldiers
December 22, 2023
Interview with Dmitriy Nikolavsky, MD, reconstructive urologist