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University Hospital Set Transplant Record in 2020

Posted on January 12, 2021

Despite the challenges of a global pandemic, our transplant teams were able to provide a record 548 people with a new lease on life last year. That total includes a record 315 kidney transplants. Read …

Posted in NewsTagged transplant

Odorico Lab receives two new grants

Posted on January 31, 2020

The Odorico Lab, led by Jon Odorico, MD, recently received two new grants. The UW Office of Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education is supporting “Probing the human pancreas and islet matrisome for matrixstem …

Posted in Honors and Awards, News, ResearchTagged transplant

Winners of the 2020 Department Science Image Contest

Posted on January 27, 2020

Check out the winners and all submissions for our Surgery Science Image Contest, held annually as part of our Research Summit. Winner: “Normothermic Perfusion of a Donor Heart” Kaelin Grant, CCRC, Research Program Manager, with the help …

Posted in News, ResearchTagged colorectal, microsurgery, otolaryngology, transplant, vascular

Welcome Dr. Talal Al-Qaoud to the Division of Transplantation!

Posted on October 30, 2019

Join us in welcoming Talal AI-Qaoud, MD, MSc, to our faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Transplantation, with a 10% appointment with the Department of Urology. His practice will focus on kidney …

Posted in Alumni News, Clinical, Employment News, NewsTagged transplant

Will Burlingham awarded grant for immunosuppression research

Posted on September 10, 2019

Congratulations to Will Burlingham, PhD, who received an NIH R21 grant for his project, “Exosome-mediated Tolerance in Combined Kidney and Stem Cell Transplantation.” This research will study whether renal transplant patients make tolerogenic virus-sized particles (known …

Posted in Honors and Awards, News, ResearchTagged transplant

Pancreas Transplant program recognized for its success

Posted on July 3, 2019

Congratulations to the UW Health Pancreas Transplant program on being ranked #1 in the nation by Interlink, a national transplant network. The ranking uses data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients to identify the …

Posted in Clinical, Honors and Awards, NewsTagged pancreas, transplant

Dr. Dixon Kaufman delivers American Society of Transplant Surgeons Presidential Address

Posted on June 11, 2019

Dixon B. Kaufman, MD, PhD, 45th President of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and Chair of the Transplant Division, delivered his presidential address to 5,000 attendees at the American Transplant Congress in Boston, Massachusetts, on …

Posted in NewsTagged transplant

Dr. Hans Sollinger Wins Pioneer Award for Transplant Achievements

Posted on June 3, 2019

Transplant surgeon Hans Sollinger, MD, PhD, has been awarded the Pioneer Award by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS). The award is the most distinguished award bestowed upon an individual by the ASTS for …

Posted in Honors and Awards, NewsTagged transplant

Welcoming Jason Smith, MD

Posted on May 14, 2019

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 …

Posted in Clinical, Employment News, NewsTagged cardiothoracic, transplant

Trainees nominated for medical honor society

Posted on April 1, 2019

Transplantation fellow Joel Adler, MD, and otolaryngology resident James Thompson, MD, were nominated by fourth year medical students for membership in Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), a medical honor society that recognizes excellence in scholarship, leadership, …

Posted in Education, Honors and Awards, NewsTagged otolaryngology, transplant
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