Surgery - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2020
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Action Plan: Just Breathe

pain: major surgery requiring months of recuperation or meditation to manage the stress that was at the root of his health issues. But the practice didn’t fit with his image of a type A, high-powered executive. “I came to meditation... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2009
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Model Patient

for low-income individuals and families may be workable and politically acceptable at the national level.” MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Lynne Gassiraro, who recently had thyroid cancer surgery and other ailments requiring the care of specialists,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2016
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Up by the Roots

manager, for example, is the son of his father’s first employee. “It used to be a true family business,” Hsu says, “and now it’s a business family.” Hsu returned to the farm in 2011, at first taking a leave from General Mills to help out while his father underwent... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

05 Aug 2016
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Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

fewer than 5 percent of neuroscience-related patents are successfully commercialized. Amadio, currently chief resident in the seven-year neurological surgery residency program at Emory University, in Atlanta, was troubled by the gap... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

18 Oct 2024
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My Worst Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell host of Skydeck. When I was in high school, I worked as a dishwasher at a steakhouse chain in upstate New York. It was not glamorous work. I would clock out covered in a... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Profiles from the class of 2007

ask for a better in-the-field education.” A team of students will return again in January 2008. D’Avella’s early commitment to service began at the Delbarton School in Morris-town, New Jersey, where he became involved with Operation Smile, a nonprofit that provides... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

01 Feb 2000
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Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

that angioplasties and bypass surgeries are funded. Despite compelling statistics that show preventive measures are far more effective and would cost much less than the $2 billion Medicare spends on those surgical procedures each year,... View Details

11 Jun 2021
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The Power of Resilience

months after my surgeries, I actually flew with my parents to Florida and my father underwent surgery by this doctor, and he confirmed he had in fact been misdiagnosed, and my father was actually able to have his hearing restored. That... View Details

23 Oct 2018
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Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart

"Hey, we're gonna take the team over," and just kinda kicked their asses. And we did that, and by our sophomore year, we won a championship, we went on to be the winningest class in a generation, and we paid the price for it. A lot of us have had View Details

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