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Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Fall-Winter 2010:   Salivary Endoscopy Done at Stony Brook / Gland-Sparing Minimally Invasive Procedure First Performed on LI + Our ENT Service Now Provides Full Range of Specialized Care + Introducing Our New Faculty: Colorectal Surgeon — Head and Neck Surgeon, Otolaryngologist — Intensivist, Traumatologist, General Surgeon — Pediatric Otolaryngologist + LI’s First LVAD Program for Destination Therapy + New Smithtown Office Expands Our Accessibility + New Surgical Skills Center Offers Simulation Training + Surgical Educator Joins Education Division + Conducting Clinical Trials to Advance Patient Care + Offering CME Credits + Division Briefs & Alumni News … Plus More!

Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Spring-Summer 2010:   Advancing Minimally Invasive Oncologic Surgery / First Use of New Treatment for Pancreatic Tumors + Introducing Our New Vice Chair for Research + Introducing Our New Full-Time Faculty: Colerectal Surgeon — Podiatric Surgeon + Our New Smithtown Office Is Now Open + New High-Risk Surveillance Program for Breast Cancer + Our New Director of Reconstructive Breast Surgery + Why We Use CT Scans for Lung Cancer Evaluation + Genetic Research Aimed at Biologic Coronary Bypass + Clinical Trials to Advance Surgical Care + General Surgery Residency Gains Continued Accreditation + Pediatric Surgery Lectureship to Honor Dr. Cedric Priebe + Offering CME Credits + Division Briefs & Alumni News … Plus More!

Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Spring-Summer 2009:   Stony Brook Wound Center Providing Multidisciplinary Wound Care + Introducing Our New Faculty: Breast Surgeon — Cardiac Surgeon — Colorectal Surgeon — General Surgeon — Otolaryngologist, Laryngologist — Plastic Surgeon, Hand Surgeon — Surgical Oncologist, Hepatobiliary Surgeon — Vascular Surgeon + Breast Care Center Gains National Accreditation + Trial of Lymph Node Surgery Options in Melanoma + Testing New Therapy for Venous Leg Ulcers + Implementing WHO Surgical Safety Checklist + Meeting on Heart Disease a Great Success + Offering CME Credits: Saturday Surgical Seminars — Surgical Grand Rounds — Trauma Conference + Teaching by Playing "Surgical Jeopardy" + Division Briefs & Alumni News … Plus More!

Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Fall-Winter 2008:   Dr. Todd K. Rosengart Appointed Interim Chairman of Surgery + Focus on Our Cosmetic Surgery Program + Introducing Our New Plastic Surgeon + Preventing and Treating Deep Vein Thrombosis + Cardiac Surgery Ranked in Nation’s Top Tier + Continued NCI Approval of Lung Cancer Trials + Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Update + New Smithtown Office Opening in January + CME Credit for Surgical Grand Rounds + Meeting of the Minds Symposium on Heart Disease + Division Briefs & Alumni News … Plus More!

Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Spring-Summer 2008:   Performing Minimally Invasive Robotically-Assisted Coronary Bypass Surgery + Introducing Our New Faculty: Colorectal Surgeon, Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Laparoscopist — Podiatric Surgeon — Surgical Oncologist, Hepatobiliary Surgeon + Providing HIPEC for Abdominal Tumors + Four Clinical Trials Seeking Volunteers: Preventing MRSA in Heart Surgery — Treating Peripheral Vascular Disease — Controlling Bleeding in Vascular Surgery — Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers + Division Briefs & Alumni News … Plus More!

Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Fall-Winter 2007:   Introducing Our New Faculty: Breast Surgeon — General Surgeon, Intensivist, Laparoscopist — Neurotologist — Vascular Laboratory Director — Vascular Surgeon + Providing New Services in Hampton Bays + Repairing Anal Fistula with New Minimally Invasive Bio-Plug Procedure + CME Symposium on Lung Cancer + "Grateful Patients" — A New Philanthropic Program + Residency Update & Alumni News + New Five-Year Residency in Vascular Surgery + Division Briefs … Plus More!

Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Spring-Summer 2007:   Trauma Care Shines in Health Department Report + Proclamation of Suffolk County Legislature Honors Cardiothoracic Division + Update on Our Vein Center + Treating Chronic Pelvic Pain with Embolotherapy + Reconstructive Surgery for Women with Breast Cancer + Treating Chronic Sinusitis with New Balloon Sinuplasty + Man of the Year in Medicine + Alumni News + Division Briefs … Plus More!

Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Fall-Winter 2006:   Opening of New Outpatient Cancer Center + Laparoscopic Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer + Introducing New Faculty: Burn Surgeon, Intensivist, General Surgeon — Plastic Surgeon — Vascular Surgeon + New Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Center + Minimally Invasive Approaches: Treatment of Sleep Apnea & Snoring — Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy — STARR Procedure for Obstructed Defecation Syndrome + New Cardiovascular Clinical Trials + Pediatric Surgery Outcomes Data + Donation from Former NICU Patient + Residency Update & Alumni News + Division Briefs … Plus More!

Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Special Edition July 2006:   Performing Endovascular Thoracic Aortic Stent Grafting — A Minimally Invasive Option for Repair of Aortic Aneurysms

Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Spring-Summer 2006:   Our Programs in Minimally Invasive: Basic and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery — Pediatric Surgery — Laparoscopic Surgery in Oncology — Cardiothoracic Surgery — Carotid Stenting for Stroke Prevention — Treatments of Lung Cancer — Parathyroidectomy and Thyroidectomy — Internal Radiation for Breast Cancer + Participating in American College of Surgeons Quality Improvement Program + Division Briefs & Alumni News … Plus More!

Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Special Edition February 2006:   Introducing Dr. Todd K. Rosengart — Our New Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Fall-Winter 2005:   Performing Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Surgery for Removing Pituitary Gland Tumors + Introducing Our New Faculty — Colon and Rectal Surgeon; Head and Neck Oncologic Surgeon; Surgical Oncologist, Breast Surgeon; Traumatologist, Intensivist, and General Surgeon + Introducing Our New Web-Based Referral System + Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery for Colon Cancer + New Anorectal Physiology Laboratory Established + Saving Lives with Another Remarkable Surgery + Residency Update & Alumni News + Division Briefs … And More!

Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view POST-OP. Special Edition April 2005:   Performing a Medical Miracle with Multidisciplinary Surgery — Making Surgical History and National News

Fall/Winter 2004-2005:   Introducing Our New Faculty — Colorectal Surgeon; Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary, and Laparoscopic Surgeon; Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgeon; Plastic Surgeon; and Vascular Surgeon + Performing Thyroid Surgery for Cancerous Nodes + New Stretta Procedure for Bowel Incontinence + Sphincter-Sparing Surgery for Rectal Cancer + Electronic Physician Directory + Residency Update & Alumni News + Division Briefs … And More!

Fall/Winter 2003-2004:   Introducing Our New Chief of General Surgery, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Burns + New Colorectal Surgeon + New Vascular Surgeon + Performing Minimally Invasive Treatment of Varicose Veins + Cochlear Implantation Surgery for Profound Deafness + Electronic Physician Directory + Residency Update & Alumni News + Division Briefs … And More!


Fall/Winter 2002-2003:   Introducing Our New Chiefs of Vascular Surgery & Surgical Oncology + New General/Trauma Surgeon + Performing Minimally Invasive Parathyroid Surgery + Performing Skull Base Surgery + Providing Botox Therapy + New Podiatric Surgeon + Electronic Physician Directory + Residency Update & Alumni News + Division Briefs … And More!


Winter/Spring 2002:   Performing Stretta for GERD + Ambulatory Surgery Center Opens + Historic Heart Operation + Introducing New Faculty + Tracheal Stenting for Airway Obstruction + Treating Inoperable Circulation Disorders + Electronic Physician Directory + Alumni News + Division Briefs … And More!


Spring/Summer 2001:   Performing Breast Reconstruction + Introducing New Faculty + Update on Bariatric Program + Two Intel Semifinalists + David J. Kreis, Jr., Award + Electronic Physician Directory + Residency Update + Alumni News + Division Briefs … And More!


Fall 2000:   New Ambulatory Surgery Center + Introducing Our New Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery + Rapaport Retires from Stony Brook + CABEST: Coronary Artery Bypass and Endarterectomy Staging Trial + Free Vascular Screenings + First David J. Kreis, Jr., Award for Excellence in Trauma Surgery + Electronic Physician Directory + Residency Update + Alumni News + Division Briefs … And More!


Spring 2000:   Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery Established + Introducing Our New Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon + Performing Laser Transmyocardial Revascularization + Facial Reconstruction + First Endovascular Aneurysm Repairs + Clinical Trial of Patient-Monitored Anticoagulation Therapy + Electronic Physician Directory + Alumni and Education News + Division Briefs … And More! (To speed download, click on one section at a time: pages 1–4 — pages 5–8 — pages 9–12 — pages 13–16.)


Fall 1999:   Performing Endovascular Surgery + Innovations in the Surgical Treatment of Facial Paralysis + New Program in Obesity Surgery + Research to Improve Therapy for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases + New Clinical Trials for Thoracic Cancer Surgery + Residency Update + Alumni News + Division Briefs … And More! (To speed download, click on one section at a time: pages 1–4 — pages 5–8 — pages 9–12 — pages 13–16.)

Other back issues of POST-OP (download may be slow, as each file contains entire issue):  Spring 1999 — Fall 1998 — Spring 1998 — Fall 1997.