Last week, we celebrated our Department’s impressive research accomplishments at the Research Summit 2020: Forward Vision. Thank you to everyone who made this event a success, including the Summit committee: Co-Chair Hau Le, MD, Co-Chair Angela …
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Winners of the 2020 Department Science Image Contest
Check out the winners and all submissions for our Surgery Science Image Contest, held annually as part of our Research Summit. Winner: “Normothermic Perfusion of a Donor Heart” Kaelin Grant, CCRC, Research Program Manager, with the help …
Dr. Lee Wilke helps lead company revolutionizing tumor marketing
Dr. Lee Wilke is a co-founder of a health technology company that aims to revolutionize how breast tumors are marked for surgical removal. Read about their breakthroughs in the below story, which was originally published …
Weight loss study recruiting participants
Partner2Lose, a weight loss study run by Corrine Voils, PhD, is currently recruiting participants: Do you want to lose weight? Are you ready to try something new? Partner2Lose is a nutrition and weight loss study …
UW Hospital becomes third center in U.S. to perform donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplant
The Department of Surgery and the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery celebrated a landmark in transplantation surgery on Dec. 30 with the first donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplant performed at UW Hospital, making it …
Welcoming Dr. Compton Kurtz
Join us in welcoming Compton Kurtz, MD, to our faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery. Dr. Kurtz will be joining the UW Health Comprehensive Weight Management Program as a …
Hawkeyes and Badgers unite to fight pancreatic cancer
Mike Oglesby dances with his daughter Shannon at her wedding. Though it’s rare to find an Iowa Hawkeye who will show love for the Wisconsin Badgers, the “Faj Squad” is ready to give up the …
Two medical students win Shapiro Excellence in Student Research awards
Two medical students mentored by Department members recently won Shapiro Excellence in Student Research awards at the 18th Annual Medical Student Research Forum. Christina Dudley, who is mentored by Heather Neuman, MD, MS, presented “Rates …
Dr. Angela Ingraham selected as member of Future Trauma Leaders Program
Congratulations to Dr. Angela Ingraham, who was selected as a member of the Future Trauma Leaders Program, organized by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. In the two-year program, Dr. Ingraham will participate in …
2019 Forward Award winner: Dr. Rebecca Sippel
Every year we honor our talented alumni moving surgery forward by presenting one special alumnus with the Forward Award, which acknowledges outstanding alumni contributions by current or former residents, faculty, and fellows of the Department …