Cara Gillotti
Blogs by Cara Gillotti
Living Liver Donor and Robotic Liver Transplant Surgery Save Baby
When baby Kara Pace needed a liver transplant, a friend of the family stepped up to donate part of her liver. After undergoing the first robotic liver…
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Transnasal Endoscopy Eliminates Need for Anesthesia for Children and Teens With Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
To diagnose and treat his eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), Richard Best, 15, has undergone multiple endoscopies -- procedures in which a narrow, flexible tube…
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A Second Opinion at Duke Leads to Successful Removal of Cavernoma
Camden Fisher was three years old when she was diagnosed with cavernous malformations, also known as cavernomas. The tangled bundles of small, thin-walled…
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Pancreatic Cancer Survivor Back to Doing What He Enjoys
David Sabio was 48 when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. After aggressive treatment at Duke Health including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, he…
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Lung Cancer in Young and Middle-Aged Women Is On the Rise
Lately, researchers have seen an alarming increase in the number of women aged 55 and younger being diagnosed with lung cancer. According to Duke medical…
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Nerve Transfer Surgery Relieves Pain, Restores Function Lost to Nerve Damage
Nerve transfer surgery can restore sensation, mobility, and pain-free function to people with nerve injury whose nerves can’t recover on their own. Here, Duke…
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