By Cale Li, MD

If you asked, he would tell you it was the luck of the Irish. On March 17th (St. Patrick’s Day), Gary Quinlan, 61, of Pound Ridge, NY, successfully underwent the first lung transplant and triple coronary bypass at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia after several weeks battling COVID-19 infection.

By the time of his discharge after surgery, Quinlan had been in the hospital for 103 days. The weeks leading up to this day were filled with physical suffering, anticipation, disappointment, and eventual relief.

Everything started on Christmas Day.

James Church, MD, a pioneer in hereditary colon cancer care, brings decades of experience to Columbia’s team.

Columbia University’s Department of Surgery is proud to welcome James Church, MD to its faculty. Dr. Church is a world-renowned surgeon joining the Division of Colorectal Surgery, where he will be seeing patients at the main campus in Washington Heights. For any inquiries or referrals, please feel free to contact his office at (212) 342-1155.

Dr. Rohde makes history as the first Asian female plastic surgery chief in the United States.

This month marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Department of Surgery’s Division of Plastic Surgery.