Dr. Jason Hawksworth, Dr. Tamatha Fenster, and Dr. Arnar Geirsson come from different specialties, but one thing unites them: the implementation of surgical robotics to advance their practices. In this episode, the doctors discuss how robots are revolutionizing the fields of hepatobiliary, gynecological, and cardiac surgeries–and what’s coming next for the future of medicine.

Dr. Robert Christian and Dr. Samuel Van de Velde are orthopedic surgeons with two different specializations, but one common goal: alleviating pain and preserving their patient’s native hip function for as long as possible. With Dr. Christian’s sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery background, and Dr. Van de Velde’s expertise in periacetabular Ganz osteotomy, the uniquely qualified pair run a combination clinic focused on hip preservation - one of few in the country to offer this type of...

Dr. Mario Gaudino set out early in his career to study the difference between doing coronary artery bypass surgery through veins versus arteries but when he started to review the research findings he noticed something strange: there was no data on how coronary bypass surgery was different for women and people of color. As a matter of fact, the only thing doctors knew about coronary bypass surgery in women was that they had worse outcomes. Dr. Gaudino decided that needed to change and has...

Dr. Dena Goffman believes that better maternal care requires a proactive, system-wide approach and is making her vision a reality at NewYork-Presbyterian. How? She focuses on implementing guidelines that standardize care across all of NewYork-Presbyterian’s hospitals. Dr. Goffman has also aided in FDA approval and adoption of a new, ingenious anti-hemorrhage tool and embraced simulations to train and improve the skills of healthcare professionals throughout the labor and delivery process. Her...

Dr. Andrew Chan, Co-Director of Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery at Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian, saw the future of spinal surgery eight years ago when he joined a colleague in a minimally invasive lumbar procedure. Since then, Dr. Chan has dedicated himself to performing and teaching minimally invasive spinal surgeries, improving the quality of life of his patients and educating his residents in how to perform these procedures that minimize postoperative pain.

When Dr. Conor Liston first began mapping the brains of people suffering from major depression he noticed something strange. In depressed brains certain networks were expanded and, as a result, had pushed into other networks. This finding made Dr. Liston think that the expanded network could explain why depression presents differently from patient to patient. His work mapping the brain could be the key to effectively using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to help patients with...

Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare and challenging condition which narrows blood vessels around the lungs and typically impacts newborn children. Historically the rates of survival have been low. But Dr. Christopher Petit has dedicated his career to developing innovative techniques and treatment options for PVS that are changing the trajectory of his patients’ lives.

Advances in Care, a podcast about medicine from NewYork-Presbyterian, is releasing twelve new episodes featuring world-class physicians from Columbia & Weill Cornell Medicine who are pushing the boundaries of medical treatment to improve outcomes for all patients. Listen in as science journalist Catherine Price sits down with these doctors to hear the behind-the-scenes stories of new breakthroughs and innovations, and their driving motivations which are shaping the future of medicine.

Dr. Nir Uriel, Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia and Weill Cornell Medicine, is determined to change the outcomes for heart failure patients. He speaks about the new and revolutionary methods he’s designed to improve treatment, from advanced mechanical devices, to using artificial intelligence to diagnose heart failure before symptoms even develop. The key to treating heart failure, he says, is a team approach, and his goal is...

On Monday, August 18th, 2003 Dr. Michael Kaplitt administered the first trial of neurological gene therapy in a human patient. In a procedure that almost didn’t happen, he used adeno-associated virus to deliver a gene into the brain of a patient with Parkinson’s. The results were groundbreaking and set new avenues of research in neurological gene therapy in motion. In this episode, Dr. Kaplitt tells the story of this breakthrough, and what he’s working on next to continue evolving the field...

Dr. Sandip Kapur, Chief of Transplant Surgery and Director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs at NewYork-Presbyterian, tells the story of how Weill Cornell Medicine became one of the top kidney transplantation programs in the nation. With their creative, multidisciplinary approach, Dr. Kapur and the transplantation team are able to perform surgeries involving complex, high-risk cases that other centers can’t, so they can get more kidneys to the people who need them.

In this episode, critical care neurologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Dr. Jan Claassen sits down with Catherine Price to discuss his groundbreaking work on Cognitive Motor Dissociation and its astounding implications for the prognosis of patients with disorders of consciousness. Dr. Claassen explains how he is intentionally designing his studies so that they can be replicated by as many hospitals as possible, using diagnostic tools that are available in any ICU, in any corner of the...

Radiation Oncologist Dr. Onyinye Balogun has a vendetta against cancer. After losing a close family member to the disease, she vowed to be part of the solution. Since then, Dr. Balogun has brought better radiation therapy to middle and low income countries, kicked off a genomic study to crack the code on cancer disparities, and has partnered with a former patient to redesign brachytherapy devices to improve the experience of patients with gynecologic cancers.

It has been reported that 10 to 20% of women will experience some sort of mood or anxiety disorder during the perinatal period. Reproductive psychiatrist Dr. Lauren Osborne wants to find out why. She explores three interplaying etiological factors in the pursuit of decoding perinatal mood disorders in the hopes of one day developing prediction tools and treatments.

Co-clinical directors at the Center for Youth Mental Health at NewYork-Presbyterian, Dr. Anne Marie Albano (Columbia) and Dr. Shannon Bennett (Weill Cornell Medicine) are pioneers in the field of child and adolescent psychology. They join Catherine Price for a discussion on the advancement of cognitive behavioral therapy as a treatment of anxiety and depression.

Dr. Pierre Elias, Medical Director of Artificial Intelligence for NewYork-Presbyterian, explains how utilizing artificial intelligence and deep learning in medicine can help doctors more accurately predict cardiovascular disease and allow them to focus on bringing the human care element back to health care.

Dr. Chris Ahmad, orthopedic surgeon and the team doctor for the New York Yankees, uses his engineering expertise to innovate one of the most famous operations in sports medicine: Tommy John surgery.

Neurosurgeon Dr Roger Härtl discusses his work using navigation and augmented reality technologies to improve minimally invasive spine surgery.

Molecular Geneticist Dr. Wendy Chung discusses her work in newborn genetic screening, finding a cure for spinal muscular atrophy, and the puzzle of the human genome.

Dr. Bacha, Chief of the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, tells the story of how he successfully implanted a Total Artificial Heart into one of the youngest patients in the world to undergo the surgery.

Join science journalist Catherine Price as she sits down with top physicians from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to discuss the latest research, complex cases, and what it means to deliver patient-centered care.