St. Peter's Health Partners is pleased to announce that two of its hospitals – St. Peter’s Hospital and Samaritan Hospital – have achieved accreditation as a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Surgery, from the Surgical Review Corporation. The hospitals are the first in the region to receive the accreditation. [...]
Brian Steckel, M.D., appeared on WNYT's Health Beat with Benita Zahn to discuss symptoms of colorectal cancer as well as screening methods for the disease and available treatments. [...]
Garner P. Johnson, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, of Capital District Colon & Rectal Surgery Associates, has joined St. Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates. A board-certified and fellowship-trained surgeon, Dr. Johnson practices colon and rectal surgery, treating a wide range of diseases and disorders of the small intestines, colon, rectum, and anus. [...]
Nora Yip, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, of Capital District Colon & Rectal Surgery Associates, has joined St. Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates. A fellowship-trained surgeon, Dr. Yip is board certified in both general surgery and colon and rectal surgery. [...]
Capital District Colon & Rectal Surgery Associates and its team of experienced surgeons have joined St. Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates. The practice features fellowship-trained surgeons Gennaro Daniels, M.D.; Garner Johnson, M.D., FACS, FASCRS; Brian Steckel, M.D.; and Nora Yip, M.D., FACS, FASCRS. [...]
St. Peter’s Hospital completed its 10,000th robotic-assisted surgery. With this milestone, it joins a group of only 50 hospitals across the United States to achieve such a distinction. [...]