Jay F. Piccirillo, M.D., F.A.C.S

New Treatment for Barrett's Esophagus A breakthrough procedure employs heat generated by radio waves can eliminate signs of the potentially cancer-causing disorder and reduce the risk that the disease will progress.

Treating Complications of Deep Vein Thrombosis Delivering clot-busting medications directly to the site, can destroy the clot, restores blood flow and may prevent post-thrombotic syndrome.

In Heart Disease, Women and Men May Indeed Be From Different Planets Because their onset of heart disease is about ten years after men, women are more likely to have other illnesses that make their heart condition more serious

Surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Perform 1,000th da Vinci Case Having experience with a large number of patients translates into better skill, greater accuracy.

Pioneer Transoral Laser Microsurgery for Management of Head and Neck Cancer TLM improves survival and reduces the treatment impact for those patients with oral cavity, pharynx and larynx cancer.

Pancreas Transplants Halt Damage from Type 1 Diabetes The effects of a kidney-pancreas transplant in patients with Type 1 diabetes with renal failure include prolonging renal function > 50% at 10 years.

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