Not long ago, I attended a retirement party for a former colleague. He had been a surgeon for 43 years at a hospital where I was once chairman of surgery. A number of old friends and colleagues whom I hadn’t seen for a long time...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Zaltrap (ziv-aflibercept) for use in...
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About 1% to 3% of the United States population has treatment-resistant depression (TRD), a costly...
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A meta-analysis has found patient-specific strategies should be used during perioperative...
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Partial nephrectomy appears to be associated with better survival among Medicare beneficiaries...
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A University of California, Irvine study has found that the overall splenic injury rate for...
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The FDA has granted 510(k) marketing clearance for a cervical cage (ROI-C Lordotic Cervical Cage,...
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Here’s a little story from the early days of my first job as a chairman of surgery. Shortly after...
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An endovascular stent graft (Zenith Fenestrated AAA Endovascular Graft, Cook Incorporated) has...
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Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) appears to reduce rates of death and hospitalization...
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Click here to listen to a podcast of Dr. Wong discussing the growing need of support for HIV care....
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Although the mortality rate associated with CABG has been declining, research suggests that...
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Over 30 years into the epidemic, there is renewed hope that a cure for HIV may have been found...
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The FDA has provided 510(k) marketing clearance for a cannulated pedicle screw system (Securis,...
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Results of a small study of resected patients with pancreas and periampullary cancer (PPC)...
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Researchers at the University of Virginia have found that BMI appears to significantly predict...
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Published studies have shown that the prevalence of congestive heart failure (CHF) increases as...
Read MoreThe number of ED visits has grown by 25% in the past decade, but the number of hospital EDs and inpatient beds has declined during that same time-frame, resulting in crowded conditions nationwide. Nearly half of EDs are...
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Research suggests that one-third to one-half of patients with schizophrenia continue to experience...
Read MoreWe have a cat. He’s fat. His name is Zander, but we call him “Cat,” “Kitty,” “Loaf of Bread” (because that’s what he looks like when he lies down and his fat spreads), Lard Butt, and “Fatso Catso.” In the picture above he is...
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