Surgery News
Drs. Kate Stadeli (pictured right) and Jay Zhu (pictured left), research residents in the Division of General Surgery, have been selected for Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) BacktoBedside Initiative Funding. The ACGME Council of Review Committee Residents (CRCR) designed the “BacktoBedside” initiative to empower residents and fellows to develop transformative projects that combat burnout by fostering…
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The Huddle | November 2017 | By Brian Donohue Surgeons at UW Medicine in Seattle have performed the first liver transplant in the Pacific Northwest involving a warm blood-perfusion device to transport the organ between donor and recipient. Paul A. Hamilton, 47, of Seattle, received the organ in an eight-hour procedure Nov. 19 at University of Washington…
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The first thing you notice about Hudson Hill is his hair. He has a full, thick head of hair seen on few children. Then you notice his big eyes and expressive smile. But the tube running out of his nose quickly registers. And there, is of course, the hospital bed. Hudson is a patient at Seattle Children’s…
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Dr. Sherene Shalhub, Assistant Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery, received a PCORI Tier A Pipeline to Proposal award for her project entitled “Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (VEDS) Research Agenda Collaboration.” This one-year project started in October 2017 and provides $50,000 to form a team that will include patients with Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (VEDS), clinicians, and researchers with…
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