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Advances in Care
On Advances in Care, epidemiologist and science communicator Erin Welsh sits down with physicians from NewYork-Presbyterian hospital to discuss the details behind cutting-edge research and innovative treatments that are changing the course of medicine. From breakthroughs in genome sequencing to the backstories on life-saving cardiac procedures, the work of these doctors from Columbia & Weill Cornell Medicine is united by a collective mission to shape the future of health care and transform the…
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Advances in CareNew GLP-1 Research and Treatment Applications for Cardiovascular Disease
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh revisits her conversation with Dr. David Majure, a cardiologist and heart failure specialist at…
Advances in CareResearch Reveals Potential Causes Behind the Rise in Early-Onset Colon Cancer
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh revisits her conversation with Dr. Joel Gabre, a gastroenterologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia…
Advances in CareExploring Psychedelics as the Next Wave of Psychiatric Innovation
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh revisits a recent conversation about psychedelic drug therapies for psychiatric disorders. First Erin…
Advances in CareGUARDIAN Screening Panel Expands Early Detection for Rare and Treatable Diseases
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh revisits the story behind the GUARDIAN study, which screens thousands of newborn babies against rare…
Advances in CareGroundbreaking Gene Therapy Restores Natural Hearing for Genetic Deafness
On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh speaks with Dr. Lawrence Lustig, otolaryngologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia. Dr. Lustig has…
Advances in CareA Novel Immune-Based Cell Therapy Improves Treatment for Metastatic Melanoma
On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Barbara Ma, a medical oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian who leads Cellular Therapy for Solid…
Advances in CareThe Positive Impact of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Severe Psychiatric Illness
On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Leonardo Lopez, a psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian and vice chair for inpatient services…
Advances in CareHow a Complex Partial Liver Transplant Saved a Two-Month Old Infant
On this episode of Advances in Care, Dr. Steven Lobritto, pediatric medical director for liver transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, joins host Erin…
Advances in CareCerebral Organoids Provide New Strategy to Personalize Glioblastoma Treatment
On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Howard Fine, a neuro-oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and director of the Brain Tumor Center…
Advances in CareNavigating High-Risk Pregnancy with Multidisciplinary Cardio-Obstetrics Care
Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Jennifer Haythe, director of the Adult Pulmonary Hypertension Center and Cardio-Obstetrics programs at NewYork-Presbyterian and…
Advances in CareRedefining Treatment for Chiari Malformation with a Transitional Care Model
On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh and Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield, pediatric neurosurgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian and director of the Chiari CARE…
Advances in CareSingle Port Robotic Surgery Transforms Outcomes for Lung Tumor Removal
Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Jeffrey Port, a thoracic surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, and a leader in thoracic surgical oncology, to…
Advances in CareImproving Preterm Birth Outcomes with Virtual Cervix Technology
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Mirella Mourad, maternal-fetal medicine specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian and…
Advances in CareHow ECMO Leadership is Driving Improved Survival and Post-ICU Recovery
On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Cara Agerstrand, director of the Medical ECMO Program at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia…
Advances in CarePhase 3 Trial Reduces Risk of Progression in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Scott Tagawa, medical oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and director of the…
Advances in CareBreakthrough Technology Improves Concussion Assessment and Player Safety
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh sits down with Dr. Thomas Bottiglieri, chief of the primary care sports medicine division at…
Advances in Care2025 Year in Review: Revisiting the Top Takeaways from Advances in Care
On the final episode of 2025, host Erin Welsh is joined by Courtney Allison, host of NewYork-Presbyterian’s health and wellness podcast, Health Matters, to…
Advances in CareRevisiting the Network Effect: Analyzing Brain Structures to Treat Depression
For any patient diagnosed with depression for the first time, the recommended course of treatment is the same: a medication like a selective serotonin reuptake…
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Revisiting Deep Learner: Building AI to Improve Cardiovascular Care
In this episode from the Advances in Care archives, Dr. Pierre Elias sits down with Catherine Price to talk about how utilizing technologies like artificial…
Advances in CareRevisiting Surgical Robot: Advancing Medicine with Robot-Assisted Technology
With perspectives spanning hepatobiliary, gynecologic, and cardiac surgeries, NewYork-Presbyterian’s Dr. Jason Hawksworth (Columbia), Dr. Tamatha Fenster…
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Revisiting Heartmaker: Revolutionizing Pediatric Heart Surgery
Catherine Price and Dr. Emile Bacha, Chief of the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia discuss the history of…
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Revisiting Team Doc: Engineering a Better Recovery
Dr. Chris Ahmad knows firsthand how devastating an untimely injury can be for a young athlete. In this episode from the Advances in Care archives, Dr. Ahmad…
Advances in CarePart 2: Innovating These NYC Emergency Departments to Address the Mental Health Epidemic
On this episode of Advances in Care, we return to the high-intensity environment of New York City’s emergency departments with Dr. Angela Mills and Dr. Brenna…
Advances in CarePart 1: Managing the Complexity of NewYork-Presbyterian’s High Volume Emergency Departments
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh hears from two emergency department chiefs at NewYork-Presbyterian about how they optimize operations in…
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Revisiting Reproductive Researcher: Decoding the Science of Perinatal Mood Disorders
When her own experience with a complicated pregnancy reignited an interest in medicine and science, Dr. Lauren Osborne left her career in publishing to pursue…
Advances in CareBuilding an AI-Powered System to Improve Fertility Success
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh speaks with Dr. Zev Williams, Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility at…
Advances in CareSolving Long Term Side Effects of Chemotherapy Cancer Treatments
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh hears from Dr. Meghna Trivedi, an oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, who is spearheading new…
Advances in CarePioneering a First in Robotic Liver Transplant
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh hears from Dr. Juan P. Rocca, a transplant surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, who…
Advances in CareRise in Early-Onset Colon Cancer Being Studied Through Single-Cell Sequencing
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and Dr. Joel Gabre, a gastroenterologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia who specializes in cancer…
Advances in CareHow GLP-1s Provide New Options to Manage Heart Disease
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh talks to Dr. David Majure, a cardiologist and heart failure specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill…
Advances in CareDeveloping Precise Diagnostics for this Common Genetic Heart Disease
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and cardiologist Dr. Diala Steitieh discuss the current landscape of care for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy…
Advances in CareA Landmark Surgery that Saved Three Children with One Heart
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh talks to Dr. Andrew Goldstone and Dr. David Kalfa, pediatric cardiac surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian and…
Advances in CarePreventing Unnecessary C-Sections through Labor Induction Research
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and Dr. Moeun Son, OB/GYN and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell…
Advances in CareInnovating Shoulder Surgery through Tendon Transfers
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and Dr. Karan Dua, an orthopedic surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, discuss novel approaches to…
Advances in CareExploring Psychedelics as the Next Wave of Psychiatric Innovation
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh first hears from Dr. Richard Friedman, a clinical psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Director of the…
Advances in CareDetecting Parkinson’s Disease Sooner with Biomarker Research
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and Dr. Serge Przedborski, Chief of the Division of Movement Disorders at NewYork-Presbyterian and…
Advances in CareNewborn Gene Sequencing: Expanding Early Detection of Treatable Diseases
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh explores the story behind the GUARDIAN study, where thousands of newborn babies have been screened against…
Advances in CareHow Gene Therapies are Revolutionizing Care for Sickle Cell Disease
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and Dr. Markus Mapara, Director of the Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy Program at…
Advances in CareAdvancing Cardiology and Heart Surgery Through a History of Collaboration
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian and…
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Advances in Care is Back
Join host Erin Welsh as she talks with NewYork-Presbyterian physicians from Columbia & Weill Cornell Medicine about how they are solving some of the most…
Advances in CareIntroducing Health Matters: How the Gut is the Connection Between Digestive Health and Mental Health
On this episode of Health Matters, Faith Salie talks with Dr. Benjamin Lebwohl, a gastroenterologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia. He’s also the…
Advances in CareGetting Ahead of Cancer: The Life-Saving Power of Cascade Genetic Testing
Dr. Melissa Frey, a gynecologic oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, has a genuine passion for the power of genetic testing because…
Advances in CareExpert Experience: Achieving Greater Success in Lung Transplantation Through Access & Innovation
The field of lung transplantation is relatively new with widespread lung transplants beginning in the early 1980s. Throughout the last forty years, it is a…
Advances in CareCracking the Code: Sequencing the Hodgkin Lymphoma Genome to Uncover New Precision Therapies
In 2012, Dr. Lisa Roth had just landed her dream job as a research scientist and attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine. But…
Advances in CareData Mining: Using Machine Learning for Predictive Neurocritical Care
Monitoring patients with aneurysmal rupture for delayed cerebral ischemia was historically a numbers game. It was difficult for doctors to predict outcomes in…
Advances in CareConnecting Cardio & Cancer: Mitigating Cardiotoxicity with Optimized Treatment Strategies
As methods for early cancer detection improve and the number of cancer survivors rises, the innovative field of cardio-oncology has emerged to ensure that…
Advances in CareThe Surgical Robot: Advancing Medicine with Robot-Assisted Technology
With perspectives spanning hepatobiliary, gynecologic, and cardiac surgeries, NewYork-Presbyterian’s Dr. Jason Hawksworth (Columbia), Dr. Tamatha Fenster…
Advances in CareJoint Effort: A Collaborative Surgery Revolutionizing Hip Preservation
Dr. Christian and Dr. Van de Velde’s backgrounds are a complementary combination. At their clinic, they see, diagnose, and determine treatment for their…
Advances in CareReimagining Research: Enhancing Cardiac Care for Underrepresented Populations
Dr. Mario Gaudino is a cardiac surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine and the Director of the Joint Clinical Trials Office at Weill Cornell…
Advances in CareDelivering Transformation: Reducing Maternal Mortality through Systemic Change
It has been widely reported over the past ten to fifteen years that maternal mortality and morbidity in the US is on the rise. Dr. Dena Goffman has made it her…
Advances in CareA Move to Minimal: Improving Recovery with Less Invasive Spine Surgery
As a doctor trained in both minimally invasive and open approach surgery, Dr. Chan is very familiar with comprehensive spinal care. But there are aspects of…
Advances in CareThe Network Effect: Analyzing Brain Structures to Treat Depression
For any patient diagnosed with depression for the first time, the recommended course of treatment is the same: a medication like a selective serotonin reuptake…
Advances in CareAgainst the Odds: Improving Survival for Children with Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Dr. Christopher Petit is the co-director of the Children's Heart Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and division chief of…
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Listen in as science journalist Catherine Price speaks with physicians from Columbia & Weill Cornell Medicine who are pushing the leading edge of clinical…
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Heart Healer: Pioneering Treatments for Heart Failure for Longer Life Expectancy
Heart failure impacts more than 8 million people in the United States today, but with the right treatments, the course of the disease can be corrected. Dr. Nir…
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The Gene Messenger: Advancing Neurological Gene Therapy
After establishing that neurological gene therapy can help address brain cells damaged by Parkinson’s, Dr. Michael Kaplitt and his team have set their sights…
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The Matchmaker: Creating New Pathways for Kidney Transplantation
In the United States today, there are over 110,000 people waiting for an organ transplant. And, Dr. Sandip Kapur says, 92% of those patients are waiting for a…
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Mind Seeker: Exploring the Recovery of Consciousness
Whether a patient will ultimately recover from an unconscious state after brain injury isn’t easy to predict– yet. But Dr. Jan Claassen is working to change…
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Cancer Crusader: Challenging the Current State of Gynecologic Cancer
Inspired by her beloved aunt, Dr. Onyinye Balogun began her medical career with a mission in mind: to mitigate the suffering that people with cancer experience…
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Reproductive Researcher: Decoding the Science of Perinatal Mood Disorders
When her own experience with a complicated pregnancy reignited an interest in medicine and science, Dr. Lauren Osborne left her career in publishing to pursue…