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Memorial Service for Deepak Narayan, MBBS, at Battell Chapel, Saturday, March 23
All are invited to celebrate the life of Dr. Deepak Narayan, on Saturday, March 23, at 10 a.m., at Battell Chapel. Please confirm attendance by March 1.
20 Feb 2019
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Deepak Narayan, Professor and Interim Director of Melanoma Program, Dies at 56
Deepak Narayan, MBBS, professor of surgery (plastic) and interim director of Yale Cancer Center’s Melanoma Program, died of cancer on December 24 at age 56.
2 Jan 2019
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Veterans prefer telehealth consults for plastic surgery, study shows
If a veteran in Maine, Vermont, or Massachusetts needs to have a common skin condition treated, they might have to travel to the VA in West Haven, Connecticut three times — once for a consultation, the second time for treatment, and the third time for post-operative care. But a new pilot study led by Yale plastic surgeons shows those three visits could be reduced to one by using telemedicine.
5 Dec 2018
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Connecticut Magazine recognizes Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians as 'Best Doctors'
Connecticut Magazine has named 77 Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven physicians and surgeons to its 2018 Best Doctors guide. Published in the magazine's April issue, the Best Doctors list consists of 779 Connecticut physicians from 78 medical specialties.
13 Apr 2018
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Innovative Care & Brotherly Love Team Up
When Marc St. Martin was diagnosed with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) in 2007, he had no way of knowing the impact it would have throughout his family. Over the course of five years, Marc underwent treatment with spot radiation therapy, total skin electron beam therapy, and chemotherapy, all in the hopes of achieving a durable remission. When this course no longer seemed to be working eeffectively, it was recommended by his dermatologist, Dr. Richard Edelson, Aaron B. and Marguerite Lerner Professor and Chairman of Dermatology at Yale School of Medicine, and an internationally-recognized pioneer in the research and treatment of CTCL, that Marc prepare for a stem cell transplant.
30 Nov 2017
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Yale Medicine pioneers gender-affirming surgery in Connecticut
The Gender-Affirming Surgery Program at Yale Medicine helps transgendered people change their sex surgically from male to female. This is the first and only program of its kind in Connecticut. At this time, the department does not perform female-to-male surgeries, which are more complicated and more costly.
Source: Yale Medicine
31 Jan 2017
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Researchers Identify Heterogeneity of Tissue Resident Memory T Cells as Targets of Checkpoint Therapies
Researchers at Yale Cancer Center and Yale Medicine have identified the critical target of new immune-checkpoint therapies: subsets of immune cells called tissue resident memory (TRM) T cells. In the same research, scientists also found that individual metastatic cancer lesions contain unique sets of TRM cells.
21 Dec 2016
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Yale Cancer Center Researchers Identify New T cell Subsets with Potential to Improve Cellular Therapy for Cancer
A Yale Cancer Center research team has identified that two genes, NR4A1 and ABC transporters, mark a distinct subset of quiescent T cells within human tissues, and have developed methods to mobilize them into circulation for potential application in adoptive T cell therapy of cancer.
12 Sep 2016
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5 things you need to know about skin cancer
Melanoma is considered the most lethal form of skin cancer, with the numbers of folks diagnosed rising fast. Most of us already know applying sunscreen is a must, in order to protect ourselves from the sun. While it does help, there are some other very important things to know when it comes to protecting yourself and your family from skin cancer.
Source: WTNH News Channel 8
13 Jun 2015
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Melanoma surgery delays are common for Medicare patients
One in five Medicare patients with melanoma experience delays in getting surgery, a Yale study found. The research was published April 8 in JAMA Dermatology.
8 Apr 2015
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Steps to Prevent Melanoma
Dr. Deepak Narayan from Yale discusses steps to prevent melanoma.
Source: WTNH News 8
14 Jul 2014
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Melanoma kills one person every 50 minutes
The deadliest form of skin cancer — which is the most common of all cancers — it’s estimated that melanoma kills one person every 50 minutes. A sunny day draws a lot of us outdoors. But few are mindful of its intensity.
Source: WTNH News 8
15 May 2014
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Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. lists Yale Plastic & Reconstructive surgeons among 2014 Top Docs
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. lists Yale Plastic & Reconstructive surgeons among 2014 Top Docs
29 Apr 2014
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Yale Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons named among Best Doctors in America 2013
The Best Doctors in America® List includes the nation's most respected specialists and outstanding primary care physicians in the nation, and is the result of more than two decades of work conducting the largest continuous and independent survey of the medical profession.
10 May 2013
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A ‘reluctant honoree’ receives his due at last
The late Gustaf E. Lindskog, M.
1 Jun 2008
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Complications in Surgery and Trauma
edited by Stephen M. Cohn, M.
15 Apr 2007
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Fewer Wrinkles and Firmer Skin Linked to Earlier Use of Estrogen Therapy
Long-term hormone therapy used earlier in menopause is associated with fewer wrinkles and less skin rigidity in postmenopausal women, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the August issue of Fertility and Sterility.
25 Aug 2005