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In May 2018, Drs. Annie Ehlers, general surgery chief resident, Kate Stadeli, research resident and Barclay Stewart, general surgery chief resident, will attend the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Leadership and Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C. The meeting will focus on leadership development, as well as key issues facing surgeons and their patients. In addition,…

UW Medicine The Huddle | March 26, 2018 | By Wilson Diehl UW School of Medicine Chief Resident of General Surgery Estell Williams tries not to make much of a distinction between who she is as a doctor and who she is as a person. “I like to bring a little bit of who I…

Dr. David Miranda, second-year general surgery resident, received the first Surgical Infection Society’s (SIS) Sawyer Award. This new award is to recognize trainees for their outstanding abstract submissions, network with members of the society and to provide the means for trainees to attend the SIS Annual Meeting. Dr. Miranda will be accepting the award and…

Department of Surgery residents Drs. Jay Zhu (PGY-5), Kate Stadeli (PGY-4), and Andrew Ludwig (PGY-5), as well as Surgical ARNP Kathryn Harris (ARNP), received a high score for their Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) conference abstract submission. Their project is summarized below:     Improving Interdisciplinary Communication: Standardizing Nightly Huddles Between Surgery Night Float…

“My surgeon, Dr. Nahush Mokadam, is phenomenal,” said Danny. “He put the Total Artificial Heart in and when I woke up, I felt a lot better immediately.” When Danny started experiencing fatigue and nausea around age 33, he knew something wasn’t right. He went to several doctors over the next few years, but was told…

Seattle Business | Story by Teresa Kenney and Leslie Helm | March 2018 The chief medical officer of UW Medicine and the VP for medical affairs at University of Washington is this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Dr. Carlos Pellegrini grew up in a small, agricultural town in Argentina. It was there that he developed…

February 2018 Dr. Katherine Flynn-O’Brien, general surgery chief resident, has been named ‘Outstanding Consultant of the Month’ at the University of Washington Medical Center. Dr. Flynn-O’Brien was named by a faculty attending recognizing her for exhibiting excellence in education for the primary patient care team, patient education, communicating personally, quality of recommendations and working collaboratively. “Katy…

February 2018 Dr. Anne Ehlers, general surgery chief resident, received the American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) 2017 Rising Star award. Dr. Ehler’s name was put forth for this award by American College of Surgeons Professional Association PAC (ACSPA-SurgeonsPAC) Board members Drs. Ron Maier, professor and chief of trauma, burn & critical care, surgeon-in-chief, Harborview Medical…

The Huddle | February 12, 2018 I’m always amazed at what we can do in the operating room. We can stop an organ donor’s heart, remove it from their body, pack it in ice, transport it 1,500 miles, stitch it into someone else’s body, and…it beats! It’s truly awe-inspiring. I’ve seen observers and medical students…