Surgery News

‘We thought we’d pulled a dead person out of the water’: Woman recovers after Puget Sound rescue

The Seattle Times | Originally published February 7, 2018 at 6:00 am Updated February 7, 2018 at 8:06 am | By Christine Clarridge, Seattle Times staff reporter Just before 3 a.m., the distress call came in to the Coast Guard’s Small Boat Rescue Station in Seattle: A young woman and another person were on a weather-battled paddleboat in the…

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American College of Surgeons’ Leadership

American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) Board of Regents Dinner representing the first time that ACS’s leadership are all women.

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Carlos Pellegrini: My journey from obstacles to opportunities

UW Medicine | The Huddle | January 16, 2018 By Dr. Carlos Pellegrini, Chief Medical Officer, UW Medicine and VP for Medical Affairs At some time in our lives most of us have, or will have, to face adversity. Adversity may manifest itself in different ways: the loss of a job, the loss of a…

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Airlift Northwest opens base in Bremerton

UW Medicine | Newsroom | December 11, 2017 The Olympic Peninsula’s growing population, coupled with the region’s worsening traffic, prompted the action. Airlift Northwest, a Pacific Northwest air medical transport provider, has expanded its services and capabilities on the Olympic Peninsula and surrounding communities with today’s opening of a new base at the Bremerton National…

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