Department faculty, residents, and alumni recently earned media attention for their paper examining the impact and extent of education debt among surgical residents, published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons May 31st. Lead author …
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Department members present at Mini Med School
Dr. Rebecca Minter emceeing at 2018 Mini Med School Three Department members participated in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Mini Med School, a public outreach education event attended by over 500 community …
Otolaryngology hosts another successful laryngeal dissection course
The Division of Otolaryngology held its 3rd annual Laryngeal Dissection CME Course last week at the Simulation Center. Faculty from across the country trained practicing otolaryngologists, otolaryngology residents and speech language pathologists. The course included …
Honoring our veterans: James Cole, Jr., DO, FACS
Dr. James Cole in Iraq (foreground, right side of table) In honor of Memorial Day, we’re profiling six alumni and faculty who have served in the military during their surgical careers. If you also served, …
Honoring Our Veterans: James Brandenburg, MD
Dr. Brandenburg (front row, second from left) and team finalizing an agreement to allow University Hospital to be used as a training site for reserve forces. In honor of Memorial Day, we’re profiling six alumni …
Meet the Lab: Dr. Heather Neuman’s GEAR lab
Pictured: (bottom row): Dr. Heather Neuman, resident Dr. Trista Stankowski-Drengler. (back row): Jessica Schumacher, Jennifer Tucholka Meet one of our many research labs! Here’s Dr. Heather Neuman’s lab, in their own words: We are committed to …
4 faculty honored with named professorships
We are proud to announce the appointment of four faculty members to endowed professorships and chairs. Charles Leys, MD, FACS, was awarded the Pediatric Surgery Professorship. This fund was established through gifts from the Department …
Welcoming our new Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
We are delighted to welcome Malcolm McAvoy DeCamp, Jr., MD, as our new Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. DeCamp assumes this role on May 1st. Dr. DeCamp comes from Northwestern University’s Feinberg …
Helping hearts beat in innovative trial
Image of the HeartMate 3 system provided courtesy of St. Jude Medical, Inc Update: As of October 19th, the HeartMate 3 LVAD trial, which our Department is participating in, has been approved by the FDA …
Department simulation training work honored at national conference
In addition to providing excellent patient care and moving surgery forward in our lab, Department members are hard at work educating the next generation of surgeons, including through innovative clinical simulation techniques. Their efforts were …