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The surgical team takes their places before surgery commences. As the circulating nurse and scrub nurse assist the chief surgeon with draping, the anesthesia and heart-lung machine team readies their equipment.
Outpatient services are available daily (except Tuesday) in the surgical specialty clinic at the Yale Physician's Building.
Outpatient clinics are staffed daily (except Tuesday) by surgical attendings and specially trained nurses.
The complex nature of the critically ill and injured requires close attention to the details of patient care across the continuum of the multidisciplinary team.
Input from all members of the multidisciplinary team is incorporated to design a daily patient-specific cover plan.
Bedside teaching of physicians in training and other students in the health care profession occurs daily.
Excellence in nursing care is of paramount importance in the management of our patients.
Multidisciplinary rounds are conducted daily in the surgical intensive surgeons, anesthesiologist, nurses, pharmacists and nutritionist.
Nurses in the surgical critical core units are specialty trained to provide minute to minute care of our patients.
Bedside discussions address ongoing active issues in patient care. These discussions are open to family members.
The Cancer Program’s weekly tumor board meeting.
Yale New Haven Transplantation Center (YNHTC) offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary care and treatment for patients with end stage organ failure. YNHTC focuses on three areas: patient care, research and education.
Our Transplant Surgeons and Physicians work closely with many disciplines including, Hepatology, Immunology, Pathology, Nephrology, Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care to provide cutting edge, state of the art transplant serv
Kidney Pancreas leadership in action with a discussion of patient care while reviewing CT Scans.
Dr. Daniel J. Boffa, MD, Assistant Professor providing cutting-edge evaluation and treatment to patients in an efficient and coordinated manner with an emphasis on optimal patient care.
The team approach to clinical care ensures that all aspects are appropriately considered and that the treatment approach is optimized. Furthermore, the close collaboration of the team promotes treatments that are on the forefront of current care and foste
With the world-class resources of Yale University, its school of medicine and three training hospitals, we offer unparalleled educational and research opportunities to the best and brightest students. Our General Surgery Program of 72 full-time faculty ar
Yale Thoracic Surgery is a major component of the Yale-New Haven Thoracic Oncology Program, a multidisciplinary program dedicated to providing cutting-edge evaluation and treatment to patients with thoracic malignancies in an efficient and coordinated man
Dr. Detterbeck and Dr. Boffa meeting to discuss patient care and their surgery schedule for the next day.
A weekly resource to further the continuing education of the faculty, residents, nurses, medical students, Physicians Assistants, house staff, and attending surgeons.
Surgeons performing laparoscopic surgery, also called minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is a modern surgical technique in which operations are performed through small incisions as compared to the larger incisions needed in traditional surgical procedures.
The surgical team scrubbing in for their next surgery—a carefully practiced craft that is taken quite seriously amongst the Yale surgeons
Dr. Christopher K. Breuer, Principal Investigator of the Tissue Engineering Program at Yale University School of Medicine, mentors Fellow, Gustavo Villalona, MD. Dr. Breuer’s laboratory has developed technology that takes cells from an infant and uses the
Clinical skills, communication with patients and families, and team effort have resulted in Pediatric Surgery’s receipt of award-winning customer satisfaction scores.
Evidenced-based medical practice is grounded in research. Dr. Larry Moss and the Yale Center for Children’s Surgical Research Coordinator, B. Joyce Simpson, RN, MPH discuss some recent research findings.
Radiology Teaching Rounds: The pediatric surgical team meets routinely with expert pediatric radiologists in order to scrutinize a wide spectrum of patient diagnostic radiographs. Those in training are encouraged to develop critical observational and diag
Our extensive research faculty and staff study head and neck cancer prevention and treatment, speech pathology, taste receptor identification, outer ear hair cell physiology, reconstructive surgery, and surgical simulation in education. Our team is compos
The Otolaryngology Section sees approximately 15,000 outpatients per year, of which approximately 2,000 are emergencies. Our Head and Neck Cancer Services team handles the most serious cancers to improve patient care and quality of life for these challeng
Dr. Clarence T. Sasaki, Otolaryngology Section Chief, uses high-tech computer imaging in order to effectively diagnose and treat patients.
Surgical Team, including Dr. Ronald Salem, Associate Professor & Chief of Oncology and Dr. Sanziana Roman, Assistant Professor & Chief of Endocrine, consulting on a surgical procedure. It is quite common to call in other sections for consults and
The Oncology Team discussing their next surgical procedure. The schedule is set for the next day.
Yale is a high volume center for pancreatic surgery. The Pancreas Center at Yale has vast expertise in surgery, gastroenterology, medical oncology, radiation therapy, diagnostic and therapeutic and radiology, pathology and genetics.
At Yale our emphasis is the multidisciplinary management of patients with both adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. Patients are evaluated by a medical oncologist, a surgical oncologist and a radiation therapist who specialize in t
Surgical team intensely focused on surgical procedure. Often surgical procedures last anywhere from 30 minutes to over 8 hours.
Those bearing torches should pass them on to others.
Dr. Andrew McGrath reviews results of Videonystagmography, the cornerstone test to measure balance dysfunction.
A visual model of the external, middle and inner ear anatomy.
Surgically implanted devices that mimic the functions of the human ear for those with moderate to profound hearing loss.
Dr. Bernadette Palmese shows a patient how a cochlear implant is worn.
Dr. Bernadette Palmese shows a patient how a cochlear implant is worn.
A patient is shown how a cochlear implant external processor connects to the surgically implanted electrode array.
Tympanometry is conducted on a pediatric patient to determine mobility of the ear drum.
Dr. Jennifer Hopper performs conditioned play audiometry with the help of audiologist Erika Nair to determine the hearing sensitivity of a pediatric patient.
Yale Gastrointestinal Surgeons see patients at our offices at Temple Street and Howard Avenue; perform operations at Yale-New Haven Hospital and at the Veterans Administrations Medical Center; train students, fellows and residents; and conduct research.
Members of Yale Surgical Gastroenterology specialize in diseases of the esophagus, stomach, small and large bowel, hepatobilary tree, pancreas, spleen, and adrenal glands. Endoscopic diagnosis and laparoscopic treatment of abdominal hernias are performed
Yale Gastrointestinal Surgery is a group of world-class surgeons devoted exclusively to the surgical care of the stomach and intestines. Our surgeons perform state-of-the-are minimally invasive and traditional operations for the full range of digestive tr
Some of the members of the Endocrine surgery section discuss clinical issues in surgery clinic. The team includes surgeons, residents and nurses.
The team prepares for surgery.
The endocrine surgeons perform a thyroidectomy. Residents and medical students are an intergral part of the operating team.
Dental treatment, under the direct faculty supervision, in four (4) handed dentistry.
Adult dental patient receiving comprehensive dental care by the Dental Hygienist.
Review of panoramic X-ray by attending faculty (seated) and dental resident.
Pediatric dental patient receiving dental treatment under sedation.
Panoramic X-ray of Pediatric dental patient taken by dental assistant.
As part of their medical education, third year Yale Medical School students rotate through surgical services. Here Third Year Yale Medical Student Esi Nkyekyer is responsible for holding the retractor as part of the cardiac surgery procedure in which she
This tubing is part of the heart-lung machine, the machine that will provide oxygenation of the patient’s blood during the open heart procedure.
Professor and Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Dr. John Elefteriades, Third Year Yale Medical Student Esi Nkyekyer, and Chief Cardiothoracic Resident Dr. Juan Escalon work intently, focusing all their attention on the patient’s open heart.
Dr. John Elefteriades concentrates on the 6 by 6 inch space in which he operates for most of the day. This is how much of the chest is opened to access the open heart.
Towels? Check. Sponges? Check. Teflon pledgetts? Check. Sutures? Check. Clamps and needle-holders? Check. Monitoring lines? Check. Rummel tourniquets? Check. Sterile light handle covers? Check. As part of the plethora of preparations, the scrub nurse sets
