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BY JENNIFER WEBSTER UNDER THE LE ADERSHIP OF PIERRE SALDINGER, MD, CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY AND SURGEON IN CHIEF AT NE W YORK-PRESBY TERIAN QUEENS AND PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL SURGERY AT WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE, THE PANCRE ATIC AND BILIARY SERVICE AT NYP QUEENS HA S GROWN INTO A COMPREHENSIVE PROGR AM OFFERING A WIDE SPECTRUM OF THER APIES FOR PANCRE ATIC AND BILIARY MALIGNANCIES AND OTHER DISORDERS. " S H O R T O F T R A N S P L A N T, we do ever y thing here," says Dr. Sa ldinger, who ha s been w it h N Y P Q ueens for six yea rs. "Our prog ra m encompasses bot h ben i g n a nd ma l i g na nt d i sea se of t he bi le ducts, pa ncrea s a nd liver. I'm for t u nate to work w it h t a lented gastroenterologists. Together, we form the core of a strong tea m." T he s e g a s t r o ent er olo g i s t s , S y e d Hussa in, MD, Director of Endoscopic U ltra sound at N Y P Queens a nd Sa ng Kim, MD, Associate Progra m Director a nd Director of Bi lia r y Endoscopy at N Y P Queens a nd A ssista nt Professor of Clinica l Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, perform numerous advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including endoscopic ultra sound a nd endoscopic therapies, endoscopic ret- rog ra de chola n g iopa ncreat og raphy (ERCP), lit hotr ipsy a nd more. Wit h Dr. Sa ld i n ger, t he t ea m ha s evolved a st rea m l i ned approa ch t hat moves pat ient s qu ick ly t h rou g h d i a g nosi s a nd treatment. A s Dr. Hussa in says, " The g reatest cha l len ge i n pa ncreat ic a nd bi l ia r y medicine is obtaining a diagnosis ea rly enough to ma ke a difference in terms of sur viva l. " The problem with these ca ncers is that even when you f ind them sooner than usua l, it may not ma ke a difference i n ter ms of life ex pecta ncy. That 's a cha llenge for ever yone working in this field. We must diagnose patients earlier. At N Y P Queens, we tr y to expedite care to the utmost. I've had physicia ns ca ll me on a Monday about a patient , a nd on Tuesday t he patient is hav ing his or her biopsy. That 's the ty pe of ser vice Pierre Saldinger, MD, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon in Chief at NewYork- Presbyterian Queens, and Sang Kim, MD, Associate Program Director and Director of Biliary Endoscopy at NYP Queens, diagnose a patient. NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN QUEENS: Teamwork in Pancreatic and Biliary Medicine 0 6❱❱❱❱❱ C O V E R F E A T U R E