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• UW and University of Texas Southwestern Surgery Team Up on Study to Reduce Surgical Errors

  We’ve all heard of black boxes that are used to determine what went wrong in commercial airline disasters – but did you know that there are also black boxes that can be used to identify …

• Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: August 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 …

• New Surgery Vice Chair of Education Receives Grant to Study Formats Used for Oral Board Exams

  Following completion of their residency training, many surgeons may opt or may be required by their employer to obtain board certification in their area of specialty by sitting for written and oral examinations. But the …

• Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: July 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 …

• Dr. Tiffany Glazer’s Safe Pregnancy Guidelines Published in JAMA Surgery

  Dr. Tiffany Glazer, Associate Professor in the Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, recently published an evidence-based analysis titled “Providing a Safe Pregnancy Experience for Surgeons: A Review” in JAMA Surgery. This publication examines the …

• Ronnekleiv-Kelly Awarded Grant to Study Potential Treatment Target for Rare Form of Liver Cancer

  Division of Surgical Oncology Associate Professor Sean Ronnekleiv-Kelly, MD, is determined to improve treatment options for a rare but deadly form of liver cancer called fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC). With a new two-year, $276,000 grant from …

• Surgery and Medical Physics Researchers Team Up to Test New Method of Treating Burn Injuries

  Burn injuries are among the most expensive to treat, with their healthcare costs surpassed only by the care of premature newborns and organ transplant patients. These types of wounds can also lead to significant lifelong …

• Transplant Faculty to Develop Test to Detect a Key Contributor to Kidney Transplant Rejection

  Shortages of organs for patients who are awaiting a transplant are widespread, with over 100,000 people in the United States currently on the transplant waitlist. This is only one reason that it is critical to …

• Murtaza Awarded NIH Grant to Validate New Blood Test to Improve Monitoring of Breast Cancer During Treatment

  Patients with early-stage breast cancer and those who are diagnosed with locally advanced breast cancer are often treated with a combination of pre-operative therapy, surgical removal of the tumor, and post-operative therapy. However, many patients …

• Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: June 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 …

• Department of Surgery T32 Renewed by NIH, Providing an Unparalleled 20 Consecutive Years of Research Training in Voice and Voice Disorders

  Voice disorders affect approximately 7.5 million people in the United States. Since 2009, the University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery has been deeply involved in training the next generation of researchers who will help to …

• General Surgery Resident Receives Grant to Adapt Mindfulness Intervention for Healthcare Providers

  Burnout among healthcare workers is a problem that general surgery resident Sydney Tan, MD aims to address – and with a recent grant from the UW Center for Healthy Minds, she’ll start doing so. Tan …

• Neuman Awarded Komen ASPIRE Grant to Support General Surgery Resident Research Training

  For general surgery resident Dr. Faith Dickerson, personally witnessing the impact that breast cancer can have sparked a passion to make a change in the lives of these patients by becoming their advocate and clinical …

• Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: May 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 …

• Brown Lab Pre-Print Article Published on bioRxiv

  The Brown Lab recently published a pre-print article describing its new approach to “hypoimmune” gene editing of pluripotent stem cell (PSC) therapies. The article, titled “Diminished Immune Cell Adhesion in Hypoimmune ICAM-1 Knockout Pluripotent Stem …

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