Surgery News

UW has big role in Seattle’s safe-storage firearms measure

UW Medicine | Newsroom | July 10, 2018 Studies from Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, School of Public Health cited in new legislation. The Seattle City Council passed legislation Monday requiring gun owners to lock up their guns or face fines up to $10,000 – a policy significantly informed by University of Washington researchers. It will…

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Dr. Barclay Stewart Receives 2018 Harborview Medical Center Annual Housestaff Award

Dr. Barclay Stewart, Chief Resident, General Surgery, Department of Surgery, received the 2018 Harborview Medical Center Annual Housestaff Award. Dr. Stewart is a co-recipient of this award with Dr. Aysha Appa, Department of Medicine, for “Clinical Ability and Humanitarian Concern.” This prestigious award is received by individuals who have gone on to achieve great success…

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Dr. Nicole Gibran to Serve as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education at Harborview Medical Center

Dr. Nicole Gibran

Dear Colleagues, “I am very pleased to announce that Dr. Nicole Gibran, Professor, Burn Center, Division of Trauma, Burn & Critical Care, has agreed to serve as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, Harborview Medical Center. In this capacity, Dr. Gibran will succeed Dr. Sheila Lukehart in that part of Dr. Lukehart’s former portfolio that…

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Dr. Joseph Gruss, Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Retires

Like those great, iconic athletes who only require one name (e.g., Lebron, Tiger, Kobe), we all know him simply as, “Joe.”  Incredibly, he is retiring from clinical surgery. For those who have had the pleasure to operate with Joe or watch him operate, we can all attest that he really is a world-class craniofacial and…

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