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Category: Surgery

Whipple procedure can remove early pancreatic cancers
December 18, 2023
Surgeon Mashaal Dhir, MD discusses the Whipple procedure which helps some...

Newer surgical methods mean small incisions, quicker recovery
December 18, 2023
Interview with neurosurgeon Ali Hazama, MD on how herniated disks, spinal...

Procedure aims to battle cancers that spread to liver
December 18, 2023
Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery...

Goal is for patients to feel as if they'd never had the surgery
November 30, 2023
Interview with Zachary Telgheder, MD, Upstate orthopedic surgeon

Guidelines take years of cigarette smoking into account
November 27, 2023
Surgeon Michael Archer, DO discusses why screening people who are high risk for...

Many patients eligible for speedy discharge after surgery
November 27, 2023
Interview with Upstate nurses Lia Fischi and Pete Jaskula

Procedure is best considered as permanent, but reversal is possible
November 16, 2023
Interview with Timothy Byler, MD, Upstate urologist - a vasectomy procedure is...

Supposed brain boosters; cancer survivorship; treating prostate cancer: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023
August 30, 2023
Interviews with Stephen Faraone, PhD, nurse Susan Tiffany and Alina Basnet, MD

Focusing on cancers: liver and pancreas; lungs; kidney and prostate: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday. Aug. 27, 2023
August 24, 2023
Interviews with Thomas VanderMeer, MD, Stephen Graziano, MD, and Gennady...

Pancreas transplants; COVID and pain; clues to a retinal disease: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023
August 17, 2023
Interviews with Reza Saidi, MD, Jamie Romeiser, PhD, and William Spencer, PhD

Healing kids' bones; an alternative treatment; checking on aged parents: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday. Aug. 6, 2023
August 4, 2023
Interviews with Rajin Shahriar, MD, Bob Crandall and Sharon Brangman, MD

Team of specialists helps patients find best treatment
July 25, 2023
Alina Basnet, MD, a medical oncologist at Upstate, discusses what a man should...

Surgeon explains influences of hepatitis C, obesity, immunotherapy
July 17, 2023
Interview with Thomas VanderMeer, MD, interim director, Upstate Cancer Center

Select group of patients don't need a new kidney
July 12, 2023
Interview with Reza Saidi, MD, chief of transplant services

New surgical tool; a tick-borne virus; cancer information sources; heat precautions: Upstate's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, July 9, 2023
July 6, 2023
Interviews with Michael Costanza, MD, Saravanan Thangamani, PhD, and Sarah...

How bone fractures heal
July 6, 2023
Interview with Rajin Shahriar, MD, pediatric orthopedic surgeon

It's generally a 3-part process
July 6, 2023
Advice from Rajin Shahriar, MD, pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Upstate

A look at the disease's trends and treatments
July 5, 2023
Interview with Stephen Graziano, MD, chief of hematology and oncology

Explaining melanoma; how germy are ATMs? -- Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, July 2, 2023
June 29, 2023
Interviews with surgeon Daniel Thomas, MD, and infectious disease specialist Joe...

Device can be used to treat aneurysms, other cases
June 21, 2023
Interview with Michael Costanza, MD, chief of vascular surgery at Upstate