On Thursday, Jan. 9, the Department of Surgery celebrated its 16th annual Research Summit. The theme of this year’s summit was “Advances in Surgical Research and Innovation.” There were over 300 attendees at this year’s …
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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 …
Welcome Our New Residents
The Department of Surgery is excited to welcome our next class of exceptional surgical residents! Today, June 24, marks their first official day at Wisconsin Surgery. We can’t wait to see what their future holds. …
General Surgery Resident Receives Grant to Evaluate Anal Cancer Screening in Veterans
Congratulations to third-year general surgery resident Austin Hewitt, MD, who recently received a Research Initiation Grant from the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS). The award will provide him with $20,000 for one year …
Vascular Surgery Resident Receives Grant to Test Curriculum Aiming to Improve Patient-Clinician Communication
Congratulations to Carly Sobol, MD, a second-year integrated vascular surgery resident who recently received a Trainee Research Fellowship Award in Education from the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) and the Association for Academic Surgery Foundation. The award …
General Surgery Resident Awarded NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
Third-year general surgery resident Devashish Joshi, MD, was recently awarded a one-year, $75,000 fellowship from the National Cancer Institute under their Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA) program. The goal of …
Department Celebrates Annual Research Summit
Earlier this year, the University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery hosted its 14th annual research summit on campus. This year’s theme was Research Summit 2023: Adventures in Research, and featured keynote speaker Oluwadamilola “Lola” Fayanju, …