In November of 2021, a team of health care professionals from across the country, which included a number of individuals from the University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery led by Amy Fiedler, MD, traveled to …
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Welcoming Our New Faculty
This winter, we are welcoming two new faculty members to Wisconsin Surgery! Both of them are very familiar with Wisconsin, having lived in the Dairy State in the past, and they both bring national and …
University Hospital ranked in Top 50 of American cardiovascular hospitals
University Hospital was recently named the 7th best teaching hospital with a cardiovascular residency program by IBM Watson Health, a division of IBM committed to helping build smarter health ecosystems. The ranking places University Hospital …
William D. Turnipseed, MD: Pioneering Vascular Surgery at UW-Madison
Bill and Sandy Turnipseed Vascular Surgery Fund: This fund was established in 2021 by Dr. William D. Turnipseed, Emeritus Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. …
Welcoming Our New Faculty
This fall, we are welcoming several new faculty to Wisconsin Surgery! Recruited from as far away as Baltimore to as close as Madison, our new faculty will help to move Wisconsin Surgery forward. Learn more …
Wisconsin Surgery, UW Hospital, and UW-Madison Achieve National and State Rankings
On July 27, U.S. News & World Report ranked University of Wisconsin Hospitals, including University Hospital and UW Health at The American Center, as No. 1 in Wisconsin for the 10th consecutive year as part …
Welcome Dr. Darren Gordon, URS Recipient!
Disclaimer: As of February 25, 2022, the program name has changed from Underrepresented in Surgery to Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM). While Darren Gordon, PhD, was originally a stranger to the University of Wisconsin and the …
UW Health Leads Nation in 2020 Kidney Exchanges
The UW Health Transplant Center performed 64 paired kidney exchanges in 2020, the most in the nation. This accomplishment, achieved despite several COVID-19-related shutdowns, contributed to a record-breaking year for UW Health during which 548 …
Dr. Hau Le Recognized as “Rising Star”
In a virtual ceremony on December 7, pediatric surgical oncologist Dr. Hau Le received the UW Health Rising Star Clinical Practice Award for 2020. Dr. Le’s accomplishment is part of the annual Physician Excellence Awards, …
Welcome Dr. Syed Nabeel Zafar to the Division of Surgical Oncology!
The Department of Surgery is pleased to welcome Dr. Nabeel Zafar as Assistant Professor (CHS) in the Division of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Zafar will be joining active peritoneal surface malignancy, hepatopancreatobiliary, and GI oncology programs, …