Surgery News
Wednesday, March 5, 2019 Mission statements can be inspiring or just words. They can be things we write and forget or they can guide us in daily decisions. The Department of Surgery’s mission statement: “The Department of Surgery will provide compassionate and high quality patient care, train future generations of surgical leaders and conduct research…
Read MoreThursday, January 31, 2019 In honor of his outstanding work and significant contributions, Douglas E. Wood, MD FACS, FRCSEd (ad hom), The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair, was presented a 2019 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Distinguished Service Award at the Annual Membership Business Meeting. An STS member since 1995, Dr. Wood has…
Read MoreUW Medicine | The Huddle| January, 30, 2019 Severe traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability in children leaving 61 percent of survivors with a lifelong disability, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. Guidelines have existed to treat pediatric patients with…
Read MoreWednesday, 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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