Surgery News

Dr. Michael S. Mulligan Named New Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

“I am very pleased to announce that Dr. Mike Mulligan will take over as the new Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, effective April 1, 2017. Dr. Mulligan has spent his whole career on the faculty here at UW, first being recruited to lead the lung transplant program, and for the past 6 years…

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Stage 4 colon cancer survivor mission to save others

Posted 8:56 AM, March 3, 2017, by John Hopperstad/Seattle Q13 Fox TV, Updated at 09:33AM, March 6, 2017   Friday, March 3rd was National Dress in Blue Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about colon cancer. This comes at a time when statistics show more young people are being diagnosed with the disease. Anita Mitchell,…

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UW creating next-gen mannequins with warm skin, wet mouths to train battlefield medics

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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Dr. Douglas E. Wood—New Department of Surgery Chair

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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