Studio 2 Medical Edition sponsored by UBMD sat down with Dr. Linda Harris to discuss Peripheral Arterial Disease, also known as Vascular PAD. Dr. Harris is the Program Director for the Vascular Fellowship and Vascular Residency Programs at UBMD Surgery. She is board certified by the American Board of Surgery in vascular and general surgery,…
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Studio 2 Medical Edition sponsored by UBMD sat down with Dr. John Ortolani to discuss Colorectal Awareness Month. Dr. Ortolani joined the faculty at UBMD Colorectal Surgery in 2017, he specializes in colon and rectal surgery. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal cancer is the third-most common cancer diagnosed and the second leading cause…
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Spend a Bariatric Surgery Medical Minute with Kaleida Health. Christina Sanders, DO, FACS, FACOS is a bariatric surgeon with ECMC’s Bariatric Surgery program. Dr. Sanders is a board-certified general and bariatric surgeon who performs laparoscopic gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy. Obesity is a national epidemic that affects over one-third of adults in the United States.…
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Preventing Unnecessary Surgeon Holds on Ingestion for Tracheostomy PUSH IT (Preventing Unnecessary Surgeon Holds on Ingestion for Tracheostomy) is an EAST (Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Sponsored multicenter randomized controlled trial. Erie County Medical Center (University at Buffalo) is the primary site and Dr. Eden Nohra is the Principal Investigator. Dr. Michael Chopko,…
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Ahead of the 2023 Women’s Vascular Summit, held in Buffalo, N. Y., Dr. Linda Harris was featured on the cover of Vascular Specialists, a national magazine. Dr. Harris is the founder and Director of the Women’s Vascular Summit. She found the summit for two main reasons: delving deeper into the issues that surround women’s vascular…
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UBMD Surgeons Dr. Gene Yang, General Surgeon; Chairman of the Department of Surgery Dr. Steven Schwaitzberg, General Surgeon; and Dr. Mark Falvo, Colorectal Surgeon, are visiting with surgical innovators in Korea. Together they are working on launching a clinical trial that will be conducted at the University of Buffalo to prevent the need for ileostomy…
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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and 2 on Your Side is partnering with UBMD Surgery to offer help. Equipped with the latest technology and detection of treatment of lung cancers, UBMD Surgery’s team of thoracic specialists provides comprehensive care that treats the patient, not just the cancer. People may not experience symptoms, so early…
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Join Vascular Surgeon Linda Harris, MD, and UB Medical Students for Kickstart Buffalo Foot Clinic on Saturday, October 29th from 11 AM – 2 PM at St. James House of Prayers on Michigan Avenue. This effort is to help the city’s low-income community who suffer from poor foot care. The pastor of the church, Larry…
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Spend a Breast Cancer Medical Minute with Kaleida Health. Stuti Tambar, MD, FACS is a Breast Surgeon with Great Lakes Cancer Care Collaborative and UBMD Surgery. The Core biopsy is different from most other biopsies performed on the body in the sense as it is a bigger sample that is taken out of the breast. …
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Join Dr. Stuti Tambar, Breast Surgeon with UBMD Surgery, and the Great Lakes Cancer Care Collaborative (GLCCC) team for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. This year’s walk will take place on Saturday, October 22nd at the Outer Harbor, 225 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo, NY 14203. While this particular walk raises funds that support breast…
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