Synopsis Spring 2022 Dr. David Camp Altruistic Kidney Donation

[…] medical experience. While under anesthesia, Dr. Camp’s spine surgeon found a rupturing abdominal aneurysm. Without a vascular surgeon on staff, Dr. Camp was rushed to another hospital for an aneurysm repair. Recovery was complicated, and Dr. Camp was in and out of the intensive care unit, his abdomen swollen with fluid. The hospital team […]

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Surgery Synopsis Spring 2022 Lung Transplant Program

[…] on vacation, airlifted from the base of Mt. Rainier, and was almost shot down by a fighter jet on 9/11 “– all to get back in time for a transplant. In fact, for the first 10 years, Dr. Mulligan would be retrieved from anywhere in the continental US if lungs were available for transplant. […]

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Synopsis Spring 2022 Transplant Surgery Overview and History

[…] chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery create the first kidney transplant center in the PNW, he was also a pioneer in developing an organ donation network for Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho, and founded the Washington lung transplantation program. This template for creation and development has been repeated multiple times at the UW […]

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Dr. Bryce Robinson at SUS New Member Poster Session

Dr. Bryce Robinson, Associate Medical Director, Critical Care, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Burn and Critical Care Surgery, at the new member poster session at the Society of University Surgeons (SUS). His poster was a summation of three studies investigating early, modifiable risks factors for the development of lung injury after injury. […]

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[…] CREST to UW. He has been with CREST now for 9 years, most of that time as Director, and was recently also appointed as Lecturer in the new Division of Healthcare Sim – ulation Science, which brings together CREST and the W WAMI Institute for Simulation in Healthcare (WISH) under the lead- ership of […]

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Surgery Synopsis – Winter 2019 – Chair’s Column

[…] holder of the Harkins Endowed Chair, I can tell you that sustained gif ts such as endowments and professorships have given us the abilit y to recruit new talent, grow important and life-saving programs and launch new initiatives in our Depar t – ment. Without these gifts, our Department would not be the powerhouse […]

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[…] is wrapping up – in many ways it is the busiest time of year in an academic medicine depart – ment. July marks the start of a new academic year– we bring on our new resident classes; many of our new faculty, whom we’ve recruited and prepared for over the preceding months, come on […]

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Surgery Synopsis – Summer/Fall 2018 – Dr. Ed Verrier: Creating Master Surgeons

[…] lot, technology has changed medicine, and financial constraints on medi – cine have dramatically changed how we practice. Major advances in medical knowledge have been realized and new tools and techniques are abundant. Surgical complexity and surgical specialization has dramatically increased. But the methods by which we teach new surgeons have actually changed very […]

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Surgery Synopsis – Fall/Winter 2017 – ACS Highlights

[…] practices in education and training methods and more than 110 Panel Sessions on relevant topics were offered. The Scientif ic Forum included surgical research presentations and posters. New this year, all posters were e–posters and were available for viewing throughout the entire Clinical Congress and Video–Based Education Sessions showcased surgi – cal procedures. Meet–the–Expert […]

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