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The Adult Small Bowel Program at NYP/Columbia University is making advances in managing patients with intestinal and multivisceral transplants.

NYP/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital has one of the most advanced pediatric intestinal transplantation and rehabilitation programs in the country. “We have developed new protocols using induction therapy and in last four years, have achieved 100 percent one-year patient survival,” reports Mercedes Martinez, MD, Director of the Intestinal Transplant Program at the Center for Liver Disease. “We also are developing new research studying mechanisms of rejection in these patients. We also have one of the most comprehensive programs in the nation for pediatric liver transplantation with better than expected outcomes for patients and graft survival, at one month, three years and five years.”

What you choose to eat and drink is crucial for improving symptoms from short bowel syndrome, enhancing absorption of nutrients and preventing dehydration. A few simple guidelines can make a big difference in your health.

Robert S. Brown, Jr., MD explains the dangers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a silent epidemic on the rise, on New England Cable News.

Due to the development of new drugs and drug combinations, Hepatitis C will soon be a curable disease in the vast majority of patients.

Dr. Tomoaki Kato is awarded the 2014 Nobility in Science Award by the Sarcoma Foundation of America.

New York Times Highlights Creative Liver Transplant Surgery in Children.

Direct-acting antiviral medications boost cure rate, shorten duration of therapy