New Federal ‘Rural Emergency Hospital’ Designation

New Federal 'Rural Emergency Hospital' Designation - UWPROGRESS Story

Photo credit: The New York Times Forty six million Americans rely on rural hospitals for their healthcare. Since 2005, however, more than 180 rural hospitals have closed in the United States. According to a study by the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, another 200 rural hospitals could close within the next 3 […]

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2019 Schilling

[…] Society of the Alimentary Tract, Treasurer for the James the IV Society and District Representative for the Western Surgical Association. She is also the co–Editor of a new surgical textbook Operative Techniques in Surgery. Mary Hawn, MD, MPH Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Department of Surgery at Stanford University 2019 RESEARCH DAY […]

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2024 Schilling Abstract Booklet PDF

[…] 1941, the last class to graduate before World War II. In the six months before the start of his intern- ship and residency at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, he signed on as a shipÔÇÖs doctor on the schooner Effie M. Morrissey for a scientific expedition to the Arctic spon- sored by the […]

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[…] 2021-22 PAGE 20 Surgical Education Research Group “I’m extremely proud to provide this introduction to the DOS Surgical Education Research Group (est. 2019). One goal of the new DOS Division of Education (est. 2017) is to come together as a community and bring expertise in all-things-education under one umbrella. Our Division’s foundational early work […]

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SURGERY SYNOPSIS FALL 2021 PAGE 13 Department of Surgery New Education Web Section Karen D. Horvath, MD Professor of Surgery Associate Chair for Education Director, Residency Programs in General and Preliminary Surgery The COVID-19 pandemic was the impetus for many new surprise projects. One such project was the UW Depar tment of Surger y […]

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Surgery Synopsis – Summer/Fall 2018 – New Faculty

SURGERY SYNOPSIS • SUMMER/FALL 2018 • PAGE 13 I t is with great pleasure we announce and welcome our new faculty members. Each new faculty member introduces an added level of experience, quality, and service to the Department of Surgery. Lawrence Nick Cetrulo, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgery D r. Lawrence […]

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Surgery Synopsis Spring 2022 Publications

[…] surgery R4, led a research team conducting a national study of peroral endoscopic myotomy that was published in JAMA Surgery: “Use and Safety of Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia in the US.” D r. Joshua Rosen , Research Resident, published “Unrealistic optimism about treatment risks for acute appendicitis” in the British Journal of Surgery. […]

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Surgery Synopsis Spring 2022 Resident Robotic Training Updates

[…] and took the trophy! Congratulations to Team DaVince Lombardi, as well as all of the individual competition winners and participants. Below is the breakdown of the standings/scores for the team and individual competitions. With the placement of a dual console at Northwest campus, now there will be more opportunities for simulation training there! Stay […]

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Surgery Synopsis Spring 2022 UW Medicine Heart Institute Received American Heart Association’s Mitral Valve Repair Reference Award

[…] and took the trophy! Congratulations to Team DaVince Lombardi, as well as all of the individual competition winners and participants. Below is the breakdown of the standings/scores for the team and individual competitions. With the placement of a dual console at Northwest campus, now there will be more opportunities for simulation training there! Stay […]

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