Surgery News
The Seattle Times Originally published March 8, 2017 at 6:00 am Updated March 8, 2017 at 7:49 pm by Bob Young, Seattle Times staff reporter University of Washington researchers aim to create the next generation of mannequins, with warm “flesh,” moist “tongues” and other human touches for training battlefield medics. The “soldier” lying in a…
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After one year, the UW Medicine Chair search committee concluded its nationwide search for the Department of Surgery. Paul. G. Ramsey, MD, CEO, UW Medicine, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Washington announced on December 5, 2016, that he received a recommendation from the Chair search…
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Dr. Nicole Gibran, professor and Director of the UW Medicine Regional Burn Center at Harborview Medical Center, has been honored by colleagues in the Alumni Association of Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) with its Distinguished Alumna Award. This annual award will be presented to Dr. Gibran in recognition of her outstanding and widely known…
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Published in UW Health Sciences NewsBeat by Brian Donahue In separate research papers, UW Medicine surgeons examine how weight-loss procedures affected patients’ back-to-work function and perinatal risk JAMA and JAMA Surgery have published studies reporting postoperative experiences of bariatric-surgery patients. The research, separately examining pregnancy risks and back-to-work contributions, involved investigators at UW Medicine in…
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