Inside This Issue
Mending Molly Molly was born with a hole in her heart, as
is the case with 0.4% of the population. But at home, her heart
was filled with the love of her parents, and at NYU Langone, it
was mended by a world-class cardiac surgeon and a team of
specialists who cared for Molly like one of their own. page 1
Beating the Odds Think of pancreatic cancer and you think
of the phrase “death sentence.” But the prognosis is not always as
grim—or fatal—as expected. At NYU Langone, a diverse team of
multidisciplinary specialists battles one of the fiercest of all foes.
Several long-term survivors pay tribute to them. page 4
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Life, Interrupted Epileptic seizures can take many different forms and produce varied symptoms, but all begin with abnormal, overexcited electrical activity in the brain. About 10% of the population are believed to suffer some sort of seizure during their lifetime, often without recognizing it. page 4
Call Me Israel “People have to know that I’m available 24/7,” says patient advocate Israel Rosman, who primarily serves the Orthodox Jewish community. “That’s the way you earn their trust.” To keep his word (and not to awaken his wife), Israel had a pocket for a cell phone sewn into his pillowcase. page 7
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Martin Lipton, Esq., Chairman, Board of Trustees
John Sexton, President
Robert Berne, PhD, Executive Vice President for Health
NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER
Kenneth G. Langone, Chairman, Board of Trustees
Robert I. Grossman, MD, Dean and CEO
Deborah Loeb Bohren, Vice President,
Communications and Public Affairs
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To wage war against pancreatic cancer, infamous for its deadliness, NYU Langone marshals a diverse team of specialists, including (front row) Elliot Newman, MD (surgical oncology); George Miller, MD (surgical
oncology); Jennifer Wu, MD (medical oncology); H. Leon Pachter, MD, chair, Department of Surgery (surgical oncology); Deirdre Cohen, MD (medical oncology); Stephanie Lauro, RN (nursing); and Cristina Hajdu,
MD (pathology); (back row) Marcovalerio Melis, MD (surgical oncology); Nicole Hindman, MD (radiology); Carmen Morales (social work); Ruliang Xu, MD, PhD (pathology); Kevin Du, MD (radiation oncology);
Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD, vice dean for science and chief scientific officer (basic research); Linda Chio (nutrition); Steven Cohen, DO (surgical oncology); Eileen Janec, MD (gastroenterology); and Michael Macari, MD
(radiology). Not shown: Umut Sarpel, MD (surgical oncology); Theresa Ryan, MD (medical oncology); Alec Megibow, MD (radiology); Mark Lemert, MD (gastroenterology); Inessa Khaykis, MD (gastroenterology);
Jonathan Cohen, MD (gastroenterology); Tong Jing, MD (gastroenterology); Heather Wrin, RN (nursing); Lauren Bey, RN (nursing); Susan Moore Komen, RN (nursing); and Michelle Mallamud, NP (nursing).
