Dr. Douglas Wood Receives 2019 STS Distinguished Service Award

Thursday, January 31, 2019   In honor of his outstanding work and significant contributions, Douglas E. Wood, MD FACS, FRCSEd (ad hom), The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair, was presented a 2019 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Distinguished Service Award at the Annual Membership Business Meeting. An STS member since 1995, Dr. Wood has…

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UW Medicine Kidney Transplant Program Celebrates 204 Transplants

Portrait photo of Dr. Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam

Wednesday, January 23, 2019 The Kidney Transplant Program at UW Medicine is celebrating the milestone of 204 kidney transplants performed in 2018. This unprecedented achievement is accompanied by the best national outcomes at 3 years post kidney transplantation. These accomplishments identify the UW Kidney Transplant Program as one of the premier kidney transplant programs in…

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CMO Transition: Dr. Carlos Pellegrini announces retirement

October 17, 2018 | UW Medicine The Huddle | By Steve Butler Dr. Carlos Pellegrini has announced his retirement from UW Medicine, which will be effective December 31, 2018. During his remarkable career, Dr. Pellegrini served as chair of the Department of Surgery for 23 years, and he has been UW Medicine’s founding chief medical officer…

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Dr. Nicole Gibran to Serve as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education at Harborview Medical Center

Dr. Nicole Gibran

[…] of the UW Medicine Regional Burn Center to Associate Dean for Research was never something that I imagined. I welcome the opportunity to engage with faculty and administration to enrich and highlight our exemplary Harborview Medical Center based research programs.” Dr. Gibran completed the MD degree at Boston University School of Medicine and continued […]

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Nahush Mokadam: Reflections of a heart transplant surgeon

[…] how we did 75 transplants last year, third most in the country. Up and down the list — surgeons and cardiologists, nurses and nurse practitioners, physician assistants, OR staff, social workers, financial counselors, hospital administration, coordinators, colleagues in other departments and divisions — everybody is pulling their weight and opening up the doors to new ideas. MORE

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Drs. Kate Stadeli and Jay Zhu Selected for ACGME BacktoBedside Initiative Funding

Drs. Kate Stadeli (pictured right) and Jay Zhu (pictured left), research residents in the Division of General Surgery, have been selected for Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) BacktoBedside Initiative Funding. The ACGME Council of Review Committee Residents (CRCR) designed the “BacktoBedside” initiative to empower residents and fellows to develop transformative projects that combat burnout by fostering…

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Welcome Dr. Steven Lee

Portrait photo of Dr. Steven Lee

[…] Children’s Hospital since 2018. Dr. Lee is well–known as an outstanding clinical surgeon, dedicated surgical educator, and accomplished clinician–researcher. He recently received an Executive Master of Business Administration from UCLA School of Management and brings added knowledge and experience of business and management to support our division, department, and SCH. Dr. Lee has presented […]

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Toward New Paradigms in Global Burn Care

UW PROGRESS Toward New Paradigms in Global Burn Care

[…] effectiveness trial at 24 hospital country-wide Nepal (enrolling) – single-center randomized trial with focus on implementation Harborview (data being collected) – multi-center observational study of enteral fluid administration and resuscitation outcomes Harborview and Nepal (enrolling) – microbiome science projects to understand impacts of enteral resuscitation on the relative abundance of taxa within the gut […]

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Rural Surgery Training Program

UW PROGRESS - Billings Clinic in Billings, Montana

UW Department of Surgery and UW Program for Global and Rural Surgery (UW PROGRESS) are thrilled to announce a new rural surgery training program in partnership with Billings Clinic in Billings, Montana: the Billings-UW Rural Surgery Track. Rural America encompasses 72% of the nation’s land mass and is home to 46 million people (15% of…

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Dr. Tam Pham Receives UW Alumni Early Achievement Award

Dr. Tam Pham

Dr. Tam Pham, Professor & Chief of the UW Medicine Regional Burn Center at Harborview Medical Center, received the 2022 UW Alumni Early Achievement Award. This honor is for an alumnus or alumna who graduated within the last 20 years and has excelled in his or her career, making significant contributions to public health through…

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