Surgery News

UW Medicine Kidney Transplant Program Celebrates 204 Transplants

Portrait photo of Dr. Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam

Wednesday, January 23, 2019 The Kidney Transplant Program at UW Medicine is celebrating the milestone of 204 kidney transplants performed in 2018. This unprecedented achievement is accompanied by the best national outcomes at 3 years post kidney transplantation. These accomplishments identify the UW Kidney Transplant Program as one of the premier kidney transplant programs in…

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Opioid deaths are preventable — don’t NIMBY treatment centers

The Seattle Times | Author Dr. Kathryn M. Stadeli, Research Resident, UW Department of Surgery | November 8, 2018 “By bringing treatment to those who need it, we could help not only those individuals, but also the families and communities most affected by the opioid crisis.” Seven-hundred Washingtonians died from opioid-related overdoses in 2017. Synthetic fentanyl, the…

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Why being fit for surgery makes all the difference

Portrait photo of Dr. Venu Pillarisetty

UW Medicine Newsroom | December 28, 2018 Surgical oncologist Venu G. Pillarisetty talks about why resting before surgery is the worst thing you can do. Dr. Pillarisetty is senior author of study published in PLOS One finds that finds exercise and eating well before surgery can make a real difference. The study found that 64…

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Dr. Sherene Shalhub Appointed PCORI Advisory Panel Member

Dr. Sherene Shalhub

December, 14, 2018 Dr. Sherene Shalhub, Assistant Professor, Division of Vascular Division, has been appointed by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) as a member of its Advisory Panel on rare diseases. Dr. Shalhub will join other members of the panel in applying her experience and expertise to helping PCORI refine and prioritize the research it funds. She will also ensure…

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