University of Wisconsin Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting a few of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see the …
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Remembering John R. Pellett, MD
As the news spread last fall that John Pellett, MD, an emeritus professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and esteemed general and thoracic surgeon at UW Health, …
Wisconsin Surgery Team Works and Educates in Rwanada with Team Heart
In November of 2021, a team of health care professionals from across the country, which included a number of individuals from the University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery led by Amy Fiedler, MD, traveled to …
Welcoming Our New Faculty
This winter, we are welcoming two new faculty members to Wisconsin Surgery! Both of them are very familiar with Wisconsin, having lived in the Dairy State in the past, and they both bring national and …
University Hospital ranked in Top 50 of American cardiovascular hospitals
University Hospital was recently named the 7th best teaching hospital with a cardiovascular residency program by IBM Watson Health, a division of IBM committed to helping build smarter health ecosystems. The ranking places University Hospital …
Welcome Dr. Andreas de Biasi to the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery!
The Department of Surgery is pleased to welcome Dr. Andreas de Biasi as Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. de Biasi will practice primarily at University Hospital, where he will develop a …
Welcoming Dr. Thomas Wozniak
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 …
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 …