Surgery News

October 17, 2018 | UW Medicine The Huddle | By Steve Butler Dr. Carlos Pellegrini has announced his retirement from UW Medicine, which will be effective December 31, 2018. During his remarkable career, Dr. Pellegrini served as chair of the Department of Surgery for 23 years, and he has been UW Medicine’s founding chief medical officer…

October 16, 2018 The Harkins’ Society was started in 1955 to honor our first department Chair, Henry N. Harkins on the evening of his 50th birthday celebration. It has since grown to our Department of Surgery’s alumni association with members including faculty, former chief residents and fellows. The Harkins’ Society and its members strive to…

Monday, October 1, 2018 Dr. Benjamin Starnes, The Alexander W. Clowes Endowed Chair, Professor and Chief of Division of Vascular Surgery, was elected to serve as the Western Vascular Society President Elect for the 2018/2019 academic year and will hold the position of President for the 2019/2020 year. The election was held on September 24th,…

August 28, 2018 Are standardized pathways just “cookbook medicine?” UW Medicine Chief Medical Officer Carlos Pellegrini and Drs. Heidi Gray and Venu Pillarisetty take a deep dive into building roadmaps and repeatable models for common clinical procedures that are key to care transformation and implementing the “UW Medicine Way.”