Surgery News

Story by Dr. Heather Evans, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Burn, and Critical Care Surgery mPOWEr co-PIs Dr. Bill Lober, Professor, UW School of Nursing/Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, School of Medicine/Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, School of Public Health/Global Health) and Dr. Heather Evans, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Burn, and…

Dr. Benjamin Anderson, Professor, Division of General Surgery, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI), will receive $550,000 from Susan G. Komen to evaluate the strengths and gaps in processes used by health care facilities in low-resource settings. The goal of this research is to assist health care facilities in evaluating and…

By – Patrick K. Kim MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Trauma Program Director, Trauma Center at Penn Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRCS Ed (Hon.) presented the 43rd William T. Fitts, Jr, MD, Lecture at the 76th Annual Meeting of American Association for the Surgery…

Dr. Jeff Avansino, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric General Surgery, UW School of Medicine was recently named vice president and medical director of Surgical Services and Associate Surgeon-in-Chief at Seattle Children’s Hospital (SCH). In this new role, Jeff will provide medical leadership and oversight for Surgical Services. He will also be responsible…