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Yale School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Welcomes Dr. Melissa Mastroianni

Yale experts explain why artificial intelligence holds promise for improving health care for patients.

Connecticut Magazine has named 82 Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians to its 2020 Best Doctors guide

FDA requests recall of a type of textured breast implant associated with a rare cancer.

Many women want to know more about the Food and Drug Administration voluntary recall of "textured" breast implants linked to a deadly form of cancer.

At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, textured breast implants made by Allergan are being recalled. The implants have been linked to a rare cancer called Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. Dr. Tomer Avraham comments.

Some Yale Medicine surgeons now routinely use 3D printing (essentially producing a solid, three-dimensional object from a virtual digital model) to plan surgeries, design tools specific to an upcoming surgery and that particular patient’s anatomy, and even to print some of the parts used to replace defective ones in the body.

Connecticut Magazine has named 72 Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians to its 2019 Best Doctors guide. Published in the magazine’s June issue, the Best Doctors list consists of 782 Connecticut physicians from 78 medical specialties.