Caroline Rochon, MD, FACS

Nephrology

Nephrology

450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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Dr. Caroline Rochon, Transplant Surgeon, comes to us from New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center Transplant Center where she has worked at the Assistant Professor level for liver and kidney transplantation as well as hepatobiliary surgery.

Dr. Rochon was previously awarded a Surgical Research Scholarship and did research in Proprotein Convertases Profiles in Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas and Identification of Satellite DNA Binding Proteins in HeLa Cells.

Her current research interests include expanded criteria organs and quality outcomes in transplantation.

Education

  • Fellowship: New York Medical College

  • Residency: Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal General Hospital

  • MD: McGill University (Canada)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine

Areas of Expertise

  • Biliary Disease

  • Hepatobiliary Surgery

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • Pediatric Kidney Transplantation

  • Liver Transplantation

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Living Donor Nephrectomy – Overview

So a living donor nephrectomy is the surgery we perform to remove kidney from a person who wishes to donate a kidney to someone else. The surgery is only done after the donor has passed...

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Living Donor Nephrectomy – Medications

After the procedure there really usually is no change in diet or change in medication. There is a little bit of pain medication needed after the procedure, just to control your pain, your perisurgical surgical...

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Living Donor Nephrectomy – Care Providers

So your primary contact once you step up to donate will be your living donor coordinator. You’ll also be assigned a living donor advocate and both will make themselves available throughout the process. But also...

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Living Donor Nephrectomy – Donation Requirements

The testing to get accepted as a living donor is very extensive. Kidney donation is a major surgical procedure. We’re removing an essential organ, and for your body, it’s like the Olympics. And so we...

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Living Donor Nephrectomy – Donation Process

Those who wish to donate a kidney must contact our transplant center on their own and without coercion. The first step is a phone interview with our donor coordinator. We’ll do an initial short screening...

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Living Donor Nephrectomy – Minimally Invasive Approach

We do at SUNY Downstate a minimally invasive approach to living donor nephrectomies, with just one incision just big enough to get the kidney out and two other little incisions for instruments and camera.

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Liver Resection – Surgery Risks

So the surgery itself is anywhere from two to four hours, and patients will usually stay in the hospital for two to five days. The biggest risk of the procedures are infection, we’ll give you...

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Liver Resection – Procedure

Many imaging studies will usually be needed to plan the surgery, see well the liver anatomy and its vessels and the location of the tumor. Once the surgery is scheduled, you usually come to the...

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Liver Resection – Decisions Before Surgery

When we decide on a liver resection and a lesion must be removed, we can do wedge resection, which is just removing a little piece of the liver, or we can do a formal right...

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