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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…

The National Trauma Institute (NTI), a nonprofit organization that advocates for increased federal funding for trauma research and research infrastructure to reduce death and disability, elected five new members to its Board of Directors this month, including Dr. Eileen Bulger. Dr. Bulger is Chief of Trauma at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She has previously…

Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), Past-First Vice-President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), received the prestigious International Society of Surgery’s (ISS) prize of the Société Internationale de Chirurgie at the 47th Annual World Congress of Surgery in Basel, Switzerland. The prize is awarded to “the surgeon who has published work which has made the most…

In the 2017 Seattle Met Top Doctors survey, over 100 UW Medicine care providers were chosen by their doctor, nurse and physician assistant peers as being the best in their respective medical specialties. It’s no secret that all of our doctors offer exceptional patient care. And we’re especially proud of this select group. It’s not…

By Colin Fernandez, Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail 00:34 15 Jul 2017, updated 17:31 18 Jul 2017 In the constant battle to prevent infections in hospitals, scientists have come up with a stark new proposition – surgeons should operate naked. Physicians found that nude surgeons shed significantly less bacteria than those wearing scrubs. They…

Liza Javier and Michelle Li, KING 5:30 PM. PDT July 16, 2017 The Woodland Park Zoo says it’s closely watching a 450-pound silverback gorilla, which just had a life-saving  operation done – not by a veterinarian, but by a doctor for humans. “I have done nothing like this before, so this was a new experience…

by Keith Eldridge, KOMO News—Tuesday, May 30th 2017 A picture of KOMO News reporter Keith Eldrige’s heart (pictured left) taken on May 30, 2015 showed a 95% blockage to his left main artery. It is the area known as the “widow maker,” and almost did him in. With quick action by first responders and the…