Join us in welcoming Thomas Wozniak, MD, to our faculty as a Professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Wozniak joined the Department of Surgery on May 1, 2020. He has expertise in Thoracic and …
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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 …
University Hospital Named in Nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals
University Hospital was recently named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by IBM Watson Health, a business unit of IBM dedicated to improving population health. This is the 10th time University Hospital has …
Can fruits and vegetables be the solution?
Recovering from heart surgery is serious work, especially for our youngest patients. What if there was a way to make that process easier–with watermelon? The UW pediatric cardiac surgery team is currently participating in a …
Welcoming Jason Smith, MD
Please join us in welcoming cardiac surgeon Jason W. Smith, MD, to the Department of Surgery as an Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He began his new position as Surgical Director of …
Welcoming Amy Fiedler, MD
This month we welcome Amy Fiedler, MD, to our faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Fiedler is a graduate of The George Washington University School of Medicine and completed …
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program awarded accreditation
Congratulations to faculty and staff that support UW Health’s Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, which was recently awarded a five-year accreditation from the Adult Congenital Heart Association for its excellence. It is only one of …
Dr. Hau Le’s Lung Development Research
Dr. Hau Le (left) and lab members. Get to know the research of Dr. Hau Le, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Hau Le’s lab is embedded within the BioInspired Materials Lab of Dr. William …
Welcoming our new Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
We are delighted to welcome Malcolm McAvoy DeCamp, Jr., MD, as our new Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. DeCamp assumes this role on May 1st. Dr. DeCamp comes from Northwestern University’s Feinberg …
Helping hearts beat in innovative trial
Image of the HeartMate 3 system provided courtesy of St. Jude Medical, Inc Update: As of October 19th, the HeartMate 3 LVAD trial, which our Department is participating in, has been approved by the FDA …