Surgery News
Surgery News
On April 18, 2024, UW Medicine’s Extracorporeal Life Support (ECMO) transport team performed their first off-site cannulation for a patient with severe respiratory failure who was too unstable to transport from Valley Medical Center. Once the patient was on ECMO, they were successfully transported to Harborview Medicine Center. About UW Medicine’s ECMO Program Located in…
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This issue of Surgery Synopsis will focus on the research mission of the Department of Surgery. Research is a critical pillar of our department’s threefold mission (Clinical CareEducation-Research) and boldly leans into the future. The innovative treatments and concepts that surgeons across the world will be using tomorrow are being developed right now in labs,…
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UW Medicine-Right as Rain | August 28, 2023 The thought of getting lung cancer is scary, especially when it’s an unexpected diagnosis. We know that those with a history of smoking or smoking exposure have the most significant risk for the disease. People with jobs that expose them to substances like asbestos, coal smoke, wood…
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Featuring Drs. Mark Sturdevant, Associate Professor & Interim Chief, and Jorge D. Reyes, Professor, Division of Transplant Surgery
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