
Ben Samstein
@BenSamstein
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Liver surgeon with focus on minimally invasive techniques and living donation
Joined June 2019
When Vicky needed a liver transplant, her friend Zoë donated part of hers. 💚 Thanks to expert care at @nyphospital, @weillcornell & Drs. @juampirocca and @BenSamstein, their journey became a success. Now they’re raising awareness. You can help: 🔗 https://t.co/K16jbYx3DO
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This week at NYP/Weill Cornell we completed our 3rd robotic liver transplant, this time using a right lobe living donor graft. Amazing team effort running 2 simultaneous robotic rooms for donor and recipient.
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This Mother’s Day, celebrate chosen family and second chances! Watch Chrissy and Page's story: https://t.co/5QPkxkyynb
@BenSamstein @WEILLCORNELL @NYPHospital Learn about Living Donor Liver Transplantation:
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🚨Register and log in for this important conversation led by @Julius__Wilder and #LornaDove. Moderated by @AnugwomChimaobi. Tuesday at noon eastern. https://t.co/4yK3hNDE15
Join us on February 6th for this eye-opening webinar! Register now and be part of the conversation. https://t.co/Mf3X4uLTLg
@AnugwomChimaobi
@Julius__Wilder
#LiverTwitter
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🆕🗞️Just out 🪺#NEST-1 trial results👇🏾 Are we on the verge of a new drug combo for colon or rectal cancer? Substantial & brisk responses to just☝🏾dose of BOT🟢➕BAL🔹🔹 immunotherapy.🙌🏾 Pattern & kill is unprecedented🌊. @ASCO #GI24 @OncoAlert Abstract 117📍Poster Board H2
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Embracing a "robotic-preferred approach" in 2022 significantly changed our division's practice of liver surgery and transplantation during 2023, expanding MIS benefits to complex hepatectomies, donor hepatectomies, and hepatectomy during transplantation.
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Robotic Right Donor Hepatectomy for LDLTL 12min @JHawksworthMD @juampirocca @rrosenblattmd @IswantoSucandy
https://t.co/uXgppnBuxh via @YouTube
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Our Surgery Pipeline Program is accepting applications! This virtual program exposes students to life as a surgeon and tips for applying to medical school. Link to apply: https://t.co/zy7Ax699U6
@LANewmanMD @minervies @DrBeaMD
@WCMDiversityCtr @SNMA_MAPS
@AmCollSurgeons
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Are u a GI fellow who is #hepcurious? Planning on applying to tx hep fellowship next year? Do u just want to chat with some cool hepatologists? Join the NYP Tx Hep team for coffee at #TLM on Sat @ 3pm or Sun @ 10am at Blue Bottle Coffee! #livertwitter #GITwitter @LiverFellow
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Up to 70% of people with type 2 diabetes have #NAFLD. On #NYPAdvances, @DBrandmanMD discusses how screening through primary care providers can help detect patients at high risk for fatty liver disease. https://t.co/wESIktv96s
@ColumbiaMed, @WeillCornell #ThinkLiverThinkLife
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I Would Have Died Without A Transplant. Here’s My Story Documenting The Journey. | HuffPost Exposure
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"I can’t articulate what it was like to lose my mother like that, after being diagnosed with the same disease. I just know the fear of meeting that same fate was something I carried since that hot...
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Congratulations to the Weill Cornell Medicine Surgery Chief of Breast Surgery on being elected to the National Academy of Medicine! Click here to read more: https://t.co/aUlKPizBrV
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Organ Cryopreservation and Nanowarming. Organs preserved for 100 days. Future is coming soon. https://t.co/GRWEuEBT13
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Beautiful work by Juan Rocca. Robotic surgery replicating open surgery
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Cornell vs Columbia 3rd Annual softball game in Central Park. This year Cornell won back the trophy! Go Big Red! @Dr_Aly_Fox @drbobbybrown @DBrandmanMD @rrosenblattmd
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Celebrating life, work & legacy of Mark Hardy. 100s of clinical and research fellows & GS res. People came from all over 🇺🇸. Culture of inclusion & connection. Thank you, Mark.@aclarkin1 @theliversurgeon @DrGuarrera @patsyllamd @vascman
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500 pediatric liver transplants including more than 130 LDLT for children.
Join us in congratulating the #NYP Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation on achieving the milestone of performing their 500th pediatric liver #transplant. 👏 Learn more: https://t.co/W6dxvwmovS
@ColumbiaMed, @WeillCornell
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Join us in congratulating the #NYP Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation on achieving the milestone of performing their 500th pediatric liver #transplant. 👏 Learn more: https://t.co/W6dxvwmovS
@ColumbiaMed, @WeillCornell
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Liver Transplantation by Minimally invasive technique @ILLS_LAPLIVER @hpbsurgeon1 @juampirocca @SoubraneO
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