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 | Mount Sinai’s unusual expertise in microvascular surgery makes it possible to transplant bones and muscles—along with their tiniest blood vessels—to the damaged, dysfunctional, or infected area of the body. |
| As a result, Mount Sinai is an international leader in endoscopic surgery for the removal of parathyroid and thyroid tumors and in laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy—a procedure that dramatically reduces recovery time for individuals who donate a kidney. |
| Mount Sinai is also at the forefront in the evaluation of advances in robotic vascular surgery and laparoscopic vascular surgery, and it is currently investigating the use of angiogenic growth factors to improve the healing of complex wounds. |
| Mount Carmel: Information from Answers.com (984 words) |
| University of Haifa atop Mount Carmel in 1996 |
| The Shrine of the Báb and its Terraces on Mount Carmel, 2003. |
| Excavations on Mount Carmel in 1958 uncovered what is seen as Elijah's altar, the cave where he lived, the fountain of Elijah, and the remains of an ancient monastery. |
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