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On March 23, 2024, Elizabeth and her son played a concert together. A few hours later, she collapsed outside a pizza sho...
05/29/2026

On March 23, 2024, Elizabeth and her son played a concert together. A few hours later, she collapsed outside a pizza shop with a tearing pain in her chest. She survived an aortic dissection and underwent emergency open-heart surgery that night.

After ten surgeries in a decade, two of which were open-heart procedures that same year, followed by months spent relearning how to use her right hand, she stepped back onstage with her son—a year to the day after that initial collapse.

“To be alive, playing. To have my family… that’s everything,” she said.

This video shows Elizabeth playing a year later, still wearing a brace. Swipe to see a photo of her and her son Chris the night they returned to the stage together.

Don’t miss Elizabeth’s story at the link in bio.

05/28/2026

When guard Deuce McBride needed hernia surgery in February, hernia surgeon Dr. Dina Podolsky explained what a sports hernia is and how to treat one.

So here’s what you should know about sports hernias. Go Knicks!!

As puts it, “This is a further evolution of the bioprosthetic valve.”A lower profile, better visualization, and a sewin...
05/27/2026

As puts it, “This is a further evolution of the bioprosthetic valve.”

A lower profile, better visualization, and a sewing cuff that makes the operation smoother are what make this newly FDA-approved bioprosthetic mitral valve significant.

Arnar Geirsson, MD, and team were among the first in the country to implant the Mosaic Neo bioprosthetic mitral valve for mitral valve regurgitation. For patients who need mitral valve replacement but may not be candidates for a mechanical valve, the design allows for both surgery and long-term management.

Proud of this team and their endless work that keeps moving cardiac surgery forward! Read more at the link in bio.

05/26/2026

A high calcium score does not necessarily mean you need a stent or emergency procedure. Ajay Kirtane, MD, explains what a high score actually means, why prevention is key, and the lifestyle and medical strategies that can help reduce long-term cardiovascular risk.

Have you downloaded the organ anatomy coloring book yet? It’s commencement season, keep the kids occupied and download a...
05/18/2026

Have you downloaded the organ anatomy coloring book yet? It’s commencement season, keep the kids occupied and download a free PDF straight to your inbox. Link in bio.

Share your art and tag us! It makes our day.

When Ethan was born, his stomach and intestines were outside his body, a birth defect called gastroschisis. After an eme...
05/13/2026

When Ethan was born, his stomach and intestines were outside his body, a birth defect called gastroschisis. After an emergency c-section, doctors moved quickly, and within a day, everything was back inside.

His mom, Jeanine, remembers hearing only his cry before he was whisked away. “They told me I had a really strong baby because he tolerated it so well. He barely cried.”

Ethan spent months in the NICU with lines in his arms, legs, and even his head. There were infections, food allergies, and setbacks. But he kept fighting.

Now eleven, he loves science, teaches his classmates about anatomy, and takes care of his little sister, Aria. His name means “brave,” a perfect match for the life he’s lived from the very beginning.

Read Ethan’s story at the link in bio, and swipe to see just a little bit of his journey.

05/08/2026

Can wearable tech sometimes create more anxiety than clarity?

In our Wearables and Heart Health Insta Live, asked Dr. Hirad Yarmohammadi about the downside of constant tracking and whether watches can sometimes get it wrong. The answer was yes; these watches have limitations. Wrist position, motion, skin contact, and other factors can affect what the devices pick up and how alerts are interpreted.
Still, Dr. Yarmohammadi’s overall takeaway is that the technology is good, and improving quickly, but it works best with context.

Watch the full conversation in our feed or watch/read more at the link in bio.

04/30/2026

We’re celebrating a national first — 100 robotic living donor liver transplants!

This achievement belongs to the donors first, and it belongs to the team around them. The surgeons, hepatologists, nurses, coordinators, social workers, anesthesia teams, scrub techs, nutritionists, genetics, and everyone helping carry a person from the first question to recovery and beyond.

“This is their ship, and we are their crew,” says Lesly Dumé, nurse coordinator.

Congratulations to the entire Living Donor Liver Transplant team on this extraordinary milestone! Link in bio to read the full story and learn more.

The adrenals are small glands that are part of the endocrine system and sit at the top of the kidneys. Adrenal surgery u...
04/28/2026

The adrenals are small glands that are part of the endocrine system and sit at the top of the kidneys. Adrenal surgery used to require cutting through the abdomen, navigating around organs (and everything else in the way) to reach the glands deep behind.

Now, in the right patients, surgeons can go straight to the glands through the back into the retroperitoneum without all that disruption. It’s a more precise route that makes recovery easier, and it’s pretty cool, if we do say so ourselves. Link in bio to read more.

04/22/2026

Last year, the one and only Gianna Paniagua (), artist and two-time heart transplant recipient, took over our channel during Donate Life month. Here she introduced us to her world of papercutting.

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It’s simple- just you, some paper, a cutting mat, and scalpel-like blade. The repetition that exists in my life of always having tests or procedures to check on my transplanted heart finds itself onto the page with just those few simple items.

Papercutting is a meditation for me. It’s a concentration on the now, that leaves me with a physical object I can keep for the future. When all evidence of testing is wiped away clean, having evidence of something is precious.

Your body existed in a place and now you have proof: It’s a record of my sacrifice.

There are ways, whether you are a patient or provider, to make this combination of medicine and life fun. There’s always another thing on the schedule, so let’s create something out of these experiences.

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