Advances in Care

Exploring Psychedelics as the Next Wave of Psychiatric Innovation

On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh revisits a recent conversation about psychedelic drug therapies for psychiatric disorders. First Erin hears from Dr.

GUARDIAN Screening Panel Expands Early Detection for Rare and Treatable Diseases

On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh revisits the story behind the GUARDIAN study, which screens thousands of newborn babies against rare disease by seque

Groundbreaking Gene Therapy Restores Natural Hearing for Genetic Deafness

On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh speaks with Dr. Lawrence Lustig, otolaryngologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia. Dr. Lustig has spent deca

A Novel Immune-Based Cell Therapy Improves Treatment for Metastatic Melanoma

On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Barbara Ma, a medical oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian who leads Cellular Therapy for Solid Tumors at W

The Positive Impact of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Severe Psychiatric Illness

On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Leonardo Lopez, a psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian and vice chair for inpatient services in the Depar

How a Complex Partial Liver Transplant Saved a Two-Month Old Infant

On this episode of Advances in Care, Dr. Steven Lobritto, pediatric medical director for liver transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, joins host Erin Welsh to t

Cerebral Organoids Provide New Strategy to Personalize Glioblastoma Treatment

On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Howard Fine, a neuro-oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and director of the Brain Tumor Center at Weill C

Navigating High-Risk Pregnancy with Multidisciplinary Cardio-Obstetrics Care

Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Jennifer Haythe, director of the Adult Pulmonary Hypertension Center and Cardio-Obstetrics programs at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, to d

Redefining Treatment for Chiari Malformation with a Transitional Care Model

On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh and Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield, pediatric neurosurgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian and director of the Chiari CARE program at Weil

Single Port Robotic Surgery Transforms Outcomes for Lung Tumor Removal

Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Jeffrey Port, a thoracic surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, and a leader in thoracic surgical oncology, to discuss ad

Improving Preterm Birth Outcomes with Virtual Cervix Technology

On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Mirella Mourad, maternal-fetal medicine specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian and co-director of the Pr

How ECMO Leadership is Driving Improved Survival and Post-ICU Recovery

On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Cara Agerstrand, director of the Medical ECMO Program at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, and Dr. Matth

Phase 3 Trial Reduces Risk of Progression in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Scott Tagawa, medical oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and director of the Genitourinary Oncology

Breakthrough Technology Improves Concussion Assessment and Player Safety

On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh sits down with Dr. Thomas Bottiglieri, chief of the primary care sports medicine division at NewYork-Presbyterian and

2025 Year in Review: Revisiting the Top Takeaways from Advances in Care

On the final episode of 2025, host Erin Welsh is joined by Courtney Allison, host of NewYork-Presbyterian’s health and wellness podcast, Health Matters, to recap the year

Revisiting the Network Effect: Analyzing Brain Structures to Treat Depression

For any patient diagnosed with depression for the first time, the recommended course of treatment is the same: a medication like a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

Revisiting Deep Learner: Building AI to Improve Cardiovascular Care

In this episode from the Advances in Care archives, Dr. Pierre Elias sits down with Catherine Price to talk about how utilizing technologies like artificial intelligence

Revisiting Surgical Robot: Advancing Medicine with Robot-Assisted Technology

With perspectives spanning hepatobiliary, gynecologic, and cardiac surgeries, NewYork-Presbyterian’s Dr. Jason Hawksworth (Columbia), Dr. Tamatha Fenster (Weill Cornell M

Revisiting Heartmaker: Revolutionizing Pediatric Heart Surgery

Catherine Price and Dr. Emile Bacha, Chief of the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia discuss the history of heart surger

Revisiting Team Doc: Engineering a Better Recovery

Dr. Chris Ahmad knows firsthand how devastating an untimely injury can be for a young athlete. In this episode from the Advances in Care archives, Dr. Ahmad discusses how