Book Publications

YOU: ON A DIET The Owner's Manual for Waist Management

Scientists are uncovering astounding medical evidence about dieting -- and why so many of us struggle with our weight and the size of our waists. In You: On a Diet, Drs. Mehmet C. Oz and Michael Roizen translate this information, delivering knowledge and understanding about how the body's fat-storing and fat-burning systems work. They redefine what a healthy figure is, then take the reader through an under-the-skin tour of the organs that influence the body's size and its health. You: On a Diet is much more than a diet plan, a series of instructions and guidelines, or a faddish berries-only eating plan. This book is a complete manual, showing the reader how to achieve and maintain an ideal and healthy body size, detailing the biology of the body and the biology and psychology of fat, and detailing the YOU Diet and YOU Workout, easy regimens to learn, follow, and maintain. Following this two-week rebooting program can help the reader lose up to two inches from your waist right from the start.

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Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Kaiser, Kron, and Spray, Eds.)

Mehmet C. Oz, MD and Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD, authors, chapter on LVADs
Mark E. Ginsburg, MD, author, chapter on surgery for emphysema

Completely revised and updated, with 38 new contributing authors, the Second Edition of this standard-setting text/atlas from the acclaimed Mastery of Surgery series is a comprehensive guide to all cardiothoracic surgical procedures for adults and children. More than 130 of the world's master surgeons describe their techniques step by step and explain the decision-making that is crucial to a successful outcome. Many chapters are brand-new or completely rewritten by new contributors and cover innovative techniques, including robotic and minimally invasive procedures. The book contains more than 900 detailed drawings of key surgical maneuvers and over 100 photographs, scans, and radiographs. Editorial comments in each chapter provide additional or alternative views.

Mechanical Circulatory Support Therapy In Advanced Heart Failure

by Mario C. Deng, MD and Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of mechanical circulatory support devices and their role in the care of patients with advanced heart failure. Perspectives of professional teams and their patients are presented side-by-side in order to provide a comprehensive overview of the process of care in its entire scope. With evidence-based medicine perspectives of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, nurses, coordinators, social workers, psychologists, and physical therapists, as well as patients and their relatives, the book is targeted at healthcare teams around the world involved in patient care, research and teaching in advanced heart failure, those in training, and the interested lay public.

You: The Smart Patient

Being a smart patient is critical today. With managed care networks, busy surgery schedules, and complicated insurance plans, a patient can't necessarily assume that X-rays from Dr. A will make it to Specialist B in time for Surgery C. In fact, the best way to navigate the complexities of the health care system is to be a smart patient. In YOU: THE SMART PATIENT An Insider's Handbook for Getting the Best Treatment, Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz show how every patient can take charge of their own health care and get the best treatment available. Written in conjunction with the health care community's leading oversight group, The Joint Commission, the book shows readers in clear, easy steps how to take control of their own health care and deal with all matters that may come up when facing a medical case.

The Melanoma Book: A Complete Guide to Prevention and Treatment,
Including the Early-Detection Self-Exam Body Map

The fastest rising form of cancer worldwide, melanoma can strike at any age. Although rates of cure are higher than they used to be, experts often disagree about the best course of treatment and patients face a bewildering array of possibilities—often with precious little time to choose. Drawing on his years as one of the nation's foremost researchers and specialists in the field of melanoma treatment, Dr. Howard L. Kaufman shares his easy-to-follow, whole-life plan for detecting melanoma early, making informed decisions after a diagnosis, and taking an active role in treatment. He wrote The Melanoma Book to offer patients "everything you need to know to prevent—and survive—a diagnosis of melanoma."

YOU: THE OWNER'S MANUAL
An Insider's Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger

We live in an age when we're as obsessed with our bodies as we are with celebrity hair styles, but the reality is that most of us know very little about what chugs, churns, and thumps throughout this miraculous, scientific, and artistic system of anatomy. When it comes to your longevity and quality of life, understanding your internal systems gives you the power, authority, and ability to live a healthier, younger, and better life. Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz reveal the mesmerizing and truly vital answers in YOU: THE OWNER'S MANUAL: An Insider's Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger. Part fitness motivator, part home medical reference, yet completely unique, YOU: THE OWNER'S MANUAL is a personal do-it-yourself handbook for keeping any body primed to live younger longer.

LLEGAR a 100: un manual para la salud del corazón

Libro en Espanol, oprima aquí para una descripción en español

In LLEGAR a 100, or "Reaching 100," Raúl Guerrero chronicles his life as a clinical study, exploring the causes of his life-threatening heart disease. In the process he explores issues affecting the health of Hispanic communities, including immigration, language, education, divorce, and alcoholism. In the second half of the book, Mr. Guerrero joins forces with his cardiologist, Dr. Edward Schuster, to offer strategies to avoid and deter risk factors for heart disease. The third and final section of the book reveals a strategy Dr. Schuster developed to reach the age of 100 in good health—including advice on diet, exercise, sex, medications, exams, and attitude. "We want to empower Hispanics with information about healthcare," says Dr. Schuster.

The Grateful Heart, Diary of a Heart Transplant

In 2001, Candace Moose received recommended immunizations in preparation for a humanitarian trip to Malawi, Africa. Seven weeks later she was placed on the emergency transplant list at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia. The immunizations had triggered giant cell myocarditis, a typically fatal autoimmune disease. Moose survived thanks to the donated heart of a 17-year-old boy. She initially wrote about her experience to help herself understand what she'd been through. She now views her book, The Grateful Heart, as a thank you to all the people who came together to save her life, including Yoshifumi Naka, MD, her transplant surgeon. Moose's children have contributed chapters about their experiences coping with their mom's illness.

Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

Written for physicians, Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery is a complete how-to guide to the three major types of laparoscopic surgical procedures for severe obesity: laparoscopic restrictive procedures; laparoscopic restrictive/malabsorptive procedures; and laparoscopic revisional surgery. The book features more than 160 illustrations — over 90 in full color. It offers patient selection and patient counseling guidelines, addresses the psychological ramifications of this surgery, and provides step-by-step instructions on patient positioning and surgical technique for each procedure. The authors, William B. Inabnet, MD, Eric J. DeMaria, MD, and Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, discuss the pitfalls and potential complications of each operation in detail and offer advice on how to avoid these complications. An accompanying DVD presents detailed, narrated video demonstrating key steps in each procedure.

Complementary and Alternative Cardiovascular Medicine

Academic clinicians, clinical scientists, well-known practitioners of alternative medicine, and authors of popular works on the subject summarize the facts about complementary cardiovascular medicines so that physicians can confidently and knowledgeably advise their patients. The authors comprehensively explain the background for each important alternative therapy, its rationale, the evidence supporting its use, its possible interaction with standard medicines, and, where possible, what is known about its safety and efficacy. The therapies for treating coronary heart disease (CHD) range from the more commonly encountered herbs, vitamins, supplements, and dietary fats and oils, to such less familiar techniques as acupuncture, homeopathy, massage, chelation therapy, meditation, aroma therapies, prayer, and energy therapies. Also included is a value-added CD-ROM that provides an eBook version of the work that can be viewed either on a personal computer or synchronized to a PDA.

Cardiac Transplantation: The Columbia University Medical Center/ NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Manual

Cardiac Transplantation offers Insider's View into Patient Management from One of the World's Premiere Heart Transplant Centers

In a new book co-edited by leading physicians, Cardiac Transplantation: The Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Manual, serves as an invaluable hands-on guide to the clinical management of transplant donors and recipients. Unprecedentedly rapid advances in the areas of both immunosuppression and surgical technique not only have made cardiac transplantation the gold-standard surgical therapy for end-stage heart disease, but have also challenged practitioners to keep thoroughly up-to-date. Editors Niloo M. Edwards, MD, Jonathan M. Chen, MD, and Pamela A. Mazzeo, summarize in this easy-to-use and eminently practical handbook the day-to-day management of transplant donors and recipients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.

A Proud Heritage: An Informal History of Surgery at Columbia

Proud Heritage Chronicles History of Surgery at Columbia University

The Columbia University Department of Surgery is proud to annonce publication of A Proud Heritage: An Informal History of Surgery at Columbia. Editors Frederic P. Herter, MD, Alfred Jaretzki III, MD, and Kenneth A. Forde, MD capture the personal dedication, intellectual excitement, and intrinsic joy of Columbia surgeons through the ages — whether pioneering vascular surgery in the early 1800s, or using a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) to extend the life of a patient with heart failure today. They offer an insightful and often humorous account of generations of Surgeons-in-Chief at Columbia who have struggled with encouraging innovation while teaching excellence, and they provide an insider's look at a surgeon's life.

To order A Proud Heritage

Please send a check for $50 (includes shipping and handling), made payable to Columbia University, to:

If you would like a book signed by the editors, please call Ms. Schwarz-McGregor at 201.346.7001.

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

By Michael Argenziano, MD and Mark E. Ginsburg, MD (editors)
Columbia University Medical Center
Humana Press, 2001

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery, the first comprehensive work on this topic, makes a compelling argument for the benefits of LVRS as a treatment for emphysema. Its contributors include leading radiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, pulmonologists, anesthesiologists, nurses, and radiologists, who provide their perspectives and experience with treatment of LVRS patients. The book is intended for use by primary care physicians, surgeons, physiologists, radiologists, basic scientists, physical and occupational therapists, and nurses. In their preface, the editors state their hope "that the information contained in this book will of help to these professionals and to all those who share the mission of providing the best possible care to patients with emphysema." Topics covered in Lung Volume Reduction Surgery range from open surgical and video-assisted thoracoscopic approaches to LVRS to anesthetic management and nursing care. The experts also cover eligibility criteria for LVRS, clinical trials and results, and the effects of LVRS on survival rates. Background material addresses the clinical and basic science aspects of emphysema, including its pathogenesis, cardiovascular effects, medical management, and evaluation with exercise testing. The book is intended to help enable thoracic surgery departments to implement their own LVRS programs.

Michael Argenziano, MD is Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director of Robotic Cardiac Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Mark E. Ginsburg, MD is Surgical Director of the Center for Lung Failure and Associate Director of General Thoracic Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

The Columbia Presbyterian Guide to Surgery

By Eric A. Rose, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief of Columbia University Medical Center
Chairman of the Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Get A Second Opinion From The Surgeon-In-Chief And His Staff At One Of The Nation's Top Hospitals

The Columbia Presbyterian Guide to Surgery, published by St. Martin's Press/ Griffin, is the definitive resource for anyone whose physician has recommended surgery. Like having the best surgeons in the world give a second opinion-for free, this book presents an arsenal of options and alternatives for full participation in this major health decision. The Columbia Presbyterian Guide to Surgery provides the best, most current information, with illustrations depicting forty-five of the most common surgical procedures. Specific information is provided for various diagnostic tests, important questions to ask a doctor, reasons for having specific operations, and many other topics.

Making the decision to have surgery can be difficult. The Columbia Presbyterian Guide to Surgery, now available in bookstores everywhere, gives accurate, accessible information to make this process much easier.

More About Second Opinion: The Columbia Presbyterian Guide to Surgery

Healing From the Heart

Mehmet C. Oz, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon and Medical Director of the Complementary Care Center at Columbia University Medical Center, has authored NEW the critically acclaimed book, Healing From the Heart, (Dutton) which was awarded the Best Wellness Book Award by Books for a Better America. In his book, Dr. Oz explores the revolution sweeping the world of medicine that combines the best of state-of-the-art Western medicine with complementary methods of self-healing and the all-encompassing holistic approach to healing that comes from the heart. Included are Dr. Oz's recommendations for self-healing through hypnosis, reflexology, visual imagery, music, yoga, massage, aromatherapy, as well as improved diet and vitamins.

Dr. Oz also authored an article,"Bypass Surgery and Tai Chi," for the Newsweek special issue, Global 2000, " in which he compared how doctors practicing in different countries base many of their diagnoses and treatments on the local culture. In the article, he credits technology with allowing doctors to share more information with each other and thus reevaluate their traditional way of looking at medicine.

• Click here to access Dr. Oz's Newsweek article on our site.
• Read an excerpt from Healing From the Heart.

The Thyroid Guide

Paul LoGerfo, MD, and Beth Ann Ditkoff, MD, have written "The Thyroid Guide" to help the more than 20 million Americans suffering from chronic thyroid problems or thyroid cancer. The guide can help patients understand their conditions and provides them with the knowledge they need to manage their medications and symptoms. Dr. LoGerfo was the former Director of the New York Thyroid Center. Dr. Ditkoff completed her surgical training at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and is Co-Director of the Breast Center at Stamford Hospital in Conneticut.

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Cardiac Assist Devices is a compilation of articles and research reports by a wide range of contributors, including cardiothoracic surgeons and research fellows, internists, nurses, physical therapists, and immunologists. Authors include such pioneers of CAD and heart transplantation as Michael E. DeBakey, MD and Robert K. Jarvik, MD, and topics range from a historical perspective on CAD (cardiac assist device) technology and descriptions of available devices to discussions of specific medical treatments and outcomes, quality of life issues, and likely future developments. The book's comprehensive coverage of its topic makes it an indispensable reference tool for practitioners, hospital administrators, health care policy makers and government leaders who propose and enact health care legislation.

In a brief foreword, Bill Frist, MD, a heart surgeon and the only U.S. Senator who was once a practicing physician, understands the importance of CADs in the fight against the "pandemic" of congestive heart failure. The real beneficiary of this book, he says, "is the patient with heart disease, who will live a more fulfilling life because of the dedicated work of his fellow man."

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, the first definitive text on the topic, is a collection of 18 timely articles by leading practitioners about one of the most rapidly evolving surgical fields. Contributors, who are cardiac surgeons from the United States and Europe currently using MICS (minimally invasive cardiac surgery) in their surgical practices, describe specific surgical procedures, and many articles are accompanied by informative graphics. The editors also include a consideration of quality of life issues affected by minimal access. surgery. The book won the Best Health Science Book Award from Doody's rating service in 2000.