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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[…] These findings warrant further investigation. The wide variation in practice patterns across institutions also justifies ongoing efforts within the consortium to clarify best practice protocols for BT administration in patients with Hirschsprung disease. By: Samuel Rice- Townsend, MD, MPH Assistant Professor By: Caitlin Smith, MD, MS Assistant Professor Research Highlight | Pediatric General Surgery […]

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Surgery Synopsis – Spring/Summer 2017 – Honors, Awards, Publications

[…] Stephen Rayhill , MD, Lena Sibulesky , MD and Andre Dick , MD, accepted the awards on behalf of UWMC. Drs. Melissa Greenwald, Health Resources and Services Administration, Andre Dick, UW Department of Surgery, Lena Sibulesky, UW Department of Surgery, Stephen Rayhill, UW Department of Surgery and Robert Merion, Professor of Surgery, University of […]

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