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Surgery Synopsis | Summer 2025

Cover page to the 2025 Surgery Synopsis summer issue

Welcome to the summer issue of Surgery Synopsis. We typically showcase our education programs in t h i s issue. In the Spring 2025 issue we described the program’s match results. In this issue, we focus on who these trainees are, and we honor and celebrate our graduating residents and fellows.

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Harnessing New Tools to Support Our Teams and Advance Our Mission

Dr. Robert Sweet

VITALS – UW Medicine – July 30, 2025   We are excited to announce two new initiatives to help support our people, expand patient access, improve outcomes, increase efficiencies, produce cost savings, accelerate research and position UW Medicine for the future. As an integrated learning health system, one of the things that sets us apart…

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Surgery Synopsis | Spring 2025

2025 Surgery Synopsis Spring Cover Page

Welcome to our Spring 2025 Issue of Surgery Synopsis. I am always grateful for the first signs of spring in the Pacific Northwest. It’s been a rather chilly spring, but nonetheless, flowers are blooming, showing renewal and promise. This issue we acknowledge and are grateful for all the members of this Department and their steadfast…

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Surgery Synopsis | Winter 2025

2025 Surgery Synopsis Winter Cover Page

Welcome to the Winter 2025 issue of Surgery Synopsis. Several months back, we planned for this issue to focus on collaboration. Collaboration, I believe, is the bedrock of good healthcare, good research, and good medical education.  But how does collaboration in healthcare and in our department manifest? I believe collaboration starts with observing a need,…

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