Each year 15 million Americans decide to have surgery. While these operations are largely beneficial, it’s not uncommon for patients to struggle with recalling what their surgeon told them, become overwhelmed by the experience of surgery, …
Research
Al-Adra Receives Transition to Independence Grant from KidneyCure
Division of Transplantation Assistant Professor David Al-Adra, MD, PhD, has a long-term goal: to become an independently funded researcher with expertise in how the immune system responds to a transplanted organ and how this response …
Neuman Awarded Federal Grant to Study Patient-Surgeon Interactions on Low-Value Procedures
What happens during a conversation between a patient with cancer and their surgeon when the patient is interested in a procedure for which the surgeon knows there is little value? This is the very question …
Department of Surgery Faculty Members Recognized as Healthcare Research All-Stars
Several Department of Surgery faculty members were recently recognized as healthcare research all-stars by Avant-Garde Health. These surgeons were selected for the quality and quantity of research that they authored and published during 2021 and …
Doctoral Student in Ciucci Lab Awarded Prestigious NIH Fellowship Award
Maryann Krasko, MS, a doctoral student in UW’s Communication Sciences and Disorders program, envisions a world where patients with neurodegenerative disorders – who struggle with many complicated and debilitating symptoms – can at least retain …
Varley Awarded Research Grant from the American Cancer Society and UW Carbone Cancer Center
Division of Surgical Oncology Assistant Professor Patrick Varley, MD, MS, was recently awarded a one-year, $60,000 Institutional Research Grant that is jointly funded by the American Cancer Society and the UW Carbone Cancer Center. The …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: February 2024
Wisconsin Department of Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting several of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see selections from …
Otolaryngology Researcher Awarded Federal Grant to Study the Microbiome of the Larynx
The microbiome has been well-studied in many organ systems, such as the gut and lungs, yet we know very little about the microbiome of the larynx. Dr. Ran An seeks to change this with a …
Doctoral Student in Brown Lab Receives Prestigious Graduate Training Award from UW Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center
Congratulations to Sayandeep Saha, MS, a second-year PhD student in Cellular and Molecular Biology, who recently received a Graduate Training Award from the UW Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center! These awards are intended to …
100 Years of Surgery: Mohs Surgery
Dating back to the early years of the UW–Madison Department of Surgery, faculty and staff have made ground-breaking innovations in the field of surgery. One important innovation was Mohs Surgery, a micrographic surgery technique to …