Dr. Erik E. Johnson, an Aurora BayCare colorectal surgeon, was named the first recipient of the first Layton Rikkers Alumni Society Forward Award. This honor is awarded to the alumni of the Department of Surgery …
Otolaryngology researcher Cynthia Kelm-Nelson receives NIH R21 grant
Cynthia Kelm-Nelson, PhD, received a three-year NIH R21 grant for $153,000 annually, awarded through The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. This grant supports her project “Communication dysfunction in Parkinson disease: Integrated genetic …
Dr. Schwarze honored as National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader
Gretchen Schwarze, MD, MPP, FACS, was selected as an inaugural member of the National Academy of Medicine’s Emerging Leaders Forum. This program honors and supports early-career leaders in health and medicine who are poised to …
Meet the Lab: Dr. Dixon Kaufman’s Transplant Research Lab
Back row: Jen Post, Meg Gibson, Ricky Jodts, Lynn Haynes, W. John Haynes, Ewa Jankowska-Gan Front Row: Peiman Hematti, Dixon Kaufman, Will Burlingham The focus of the research in Dixon Kaufman‘s lab is to create …
Featured Alumni: Kevin Wasco, MD
Dr. Kevin Wasco and his wife Mitzy both played soccer in college, and their six children (ages 9 to 17) all play as well. We conducted this interview while Dr. Wasco was in the airport …
Division of Otolaryngology hosts annual Clinical Experience for UW PA Program
The Division of Otolaryngology held its annual Otolaryngology Clinical Experience for the UW PA program, hosting 40 PA students. In the course, PA students gained experience in performing, describing, and communicating results from a structured …
American Family Children’s Hospital Craniofacial Clinic re-credentialed as American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association approved site
The American Family Children’s Hospital Cleft Lip and Palate/Craniofacial Anomalies Clinic has been re-credentialed as an approved site by the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. This credentialing process recognizes the high quality of care available at …
The current state of bariatric surgery
By Luke Funk, MD Dr. Luke Funk, Director of MIS Research in the Division of Minimally Invasive, Foregut and Bariatric Surgery, gives an update on the current state of batriatric surgery. Learn more about obesity management …
Diagnosis and Treatment Options for Gastroparesis
By Amber Shada, MD Gastroparesis, which translates to “weak stomach,” is a condition where the stomach does not work properly. The stomach’s primary function is to move food through the upper digestive tract with strong contractions. …
Pancreas Transplantation for Type 2 Diabetes
By Jon S Odorico, MD Increasingly, patients with forms of diabetes other than Type I diabetes (T1D) are being offered pancreas transplantation and the results are excellent and nearly equivalent to the results in patients with …