Dr. Rebecca Sippel, Associate Professor and Chief of our Endocrine Surgery Division, recently gave a moving Presidential Address at the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS). As one audience member put it, “Absolutely blown away by address …
Newly Appointed Leaders for Association for Academic Surgery
Congratulations to Luke Funk, MD, MPH, and Susan Pitt, MD, MPHS, who were recently appointed to leadership positions in the Association for Academic Surgery. Dr. Funk will be the Publications Committee Co-Chair, will serve on the …
NIH R01 Grant awarded to Jack Jiang, MD
Jack Jiang, MD, has been awarded a five-year NIH R01 grant for his project, “Optimization And Therapeutic Translation of Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Techniques,” through the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Dr. Jiang …
Studying Communication and Swallowing Disorders in the Ciucci Lab
The research program of Michelle R. Ciucci, PhD., CCC-SLP is dedicated to understanding how aging and neurodegenerative disease contribute to communication and swallowing disorders. Specifically, Parkinson disease has a complex pathology that causes early-onset voice …
Surgery Research Image Contest Winners
With active clinical and basic science research programs, there’s always something cool under the scope in our Department. Check out the winners of our annual Surgery Research Image Contest to get a glimpse into some …
Updates in Varicose Vein Treatment
A patient before (left) and after (right) varicose vein treatment. By Richard L. Feinberg, MD, FACS Varicose veins can range from tiny, thread-like red or blue “spider veins” to large bulging veins exceeding 1 cm …
2017 Successful Year for Transplant Patients at UW Health
Surgeon Dixon Kaufman, MD 2017 was a successful year for the UW Transplant Program, led by Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD. Clinical highlights include: Pancreas transplant program, led by Jon Odorico, MD, was again the largest …
Dr. Redfield honored with Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award
Congratulations to Robert Redfield III, MD, who has been awarded a Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award by the Office of the Provost at UW-Madison. This honor recognizes research and teaching excellence in faculty across …
Endocrine surgery faculty and fellows travel to Kenya in global health service trip
Dr. Long and Dr. McDow in locally appropriate scrub caps Members of the endocrine surgery division recently traveled to Kenya on a global health service trip. Faculty member Dr. Kristin Long and fellows Dr. Maria …
VATS Lobectomy for Early Stage Lung Cancer Treatment
This image shows a VATS lobectomy in action By James Maloney, MD Despite reductions in smoking, lung cancer remains the most common cause of cancer-related death in the United States in both men and women. …