Open wide and say "surgery"? Though it may sound like science fiction, the UCSD Medical Center is conducting clinical trials of a cutting edge technique called Natural Orifice Surgery (NOTES). Patients have reported less recovery time, less pain, and less scarring. Mark Talamini, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at UCSD Medical Center joins David Granet, MD, to explain the wonders of this new minimally invasive procedure and where the future of surgery is going. (#14193)

Healthcare

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   What Health Plans are Looking for From Providers: Collaboration with Health Plans to Facilitate the Triple Aim
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   Innovations to Facilitate the Triple Aim
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   A Call to Action for Academic Medical Centers to “Think Differently”

Internal Medicine

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   2011 UC Davis Nephrology and Transplantation: New Immunosuppressive Agents and the Path of Individualized Therapy
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   Celiac Disease and Gluten: Facts, Fiction & Controversies
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   Translational Research For Metabolic Disease Prevention: Gene Regulation Analysis; Commensal Microbiota in Genetic
   Disease Risk