Seattle surgeon’s innovation lets ‘one tough cookie’ of a girl breathe normally—Featuring Dr. Richard Hopper

By UW Surgery Admin | July 13, 2016

A pioneering procedure by doctors at Seattle Children’s has changed the position and structure of 9-year-old Hannah Schow’s face, allowing her to breathe without a tube, play baseball and swim. By E.J. Smith III—Seattle Times staff reporter Hannah Schow dreamed of swimming with dolphins. Stuck in a hospital bed after her 12th surgery, then 8-year-old…

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surgsynopsis_fall_fall_2021_hss_fellowships

By UW Surgery Admin | October 12, 2021

[…] a multimodal analgesia initiative. The C V APP fellowship program was created out of an identif ied need to provide additional subspecialt y training to strong NP/PA new graduates with the goal of increasing the pool of qualif ied applicants to join our teams. Most graduates of the program have successfully gone on to […]

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Surgery Synopsis – Summer/Fall 2018 – Honors and Awards

By UW Surgery Admin | October 2, 2018

SURGERY SYNOPSIS • SUMMER/FALL 2018 • PAGE 28 Faculty D r. Sara Javid , Associate Professor, Division of General Surgery, was named new associate editor for the Journal of the National Com – prehensive Cancer Network (JNCCN) . Dr. Javid is a breast surgeon and health services researcher whose research areas of interest include […]

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Surgical Critical Care Tracks

By Michael Hilleary | October 17, 2019

[…] as well as an invaluable clinic/outpatient experience. Burn-Surgical Critical Care fellows conduct weekly clinics under the supervision of an attending burn physician. This experience provides exposure to new consultations, recently discharged, and established patients, as well as management of remote patients via telehealth. While primarily designed as a clinical burn fellowship, Burn-Surgical Critical Care […]

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Airlift Northwest opens base in Bremerton

By UW Surgery Admin | December 20, 2017

UW Medicine | Newsroom | December 11, 2017 The Olympic Peninsula’s growing population, coupled with the region’s worsening traffic, prompted the action. Airlift Northwest, a Pacific Northwest air medical transport provider, has expanded its services and capabilities on the Olympic Peninsula and surrounding communities with today’s opening of a new base at the Bremerton National…

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Starzl Liver Transplantation pt 2

By UW Surgery Admin | July 15, 2019

[…] criteria will to the predictive value of screening for antibody systems in the Primary nonfunction of a liver homograft without an obvious ex­ should suggest that the new organ may have placed into environment that is hostile because of immunologic or perhaps l1v11immunologic factors. The prompt destruction of hepatic retrans­ in patients whose first […]

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Antibiotics for appendicitis: Study findings finalized

By UW Surgery Admin | October 25, 2021
acute appendicitis

UW Medicine | Newsroom | October 25, 2021 Media Contact: Brian Donohue – 206.543.7845, bdonohue@uw.edu The nonsurgical approach is now an accepted first treatment. An online tool can help patients decide which option is right for them. Antibiotics are now an accepted first-line treatment for most people with appendicitis, according to final results of the…

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Surgery Synopsis – Spring 2020 – Surgery News

By UW Surgery Admin | June 12, 2020

[…] t y g o a l s r e l a t e d to surgical ser vices. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Cuschieri to this new position. Dr. J. Richard Goss Medical Director, Harborview Medical Center 2020 David B. Thorud Leadership Award Susan Marx , Depar tment of Surger y Director of […]

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Stage 4 colon cancer survivor mission to save others

By UW Surgery Admin | March 13, 2017

Posted 8:56 AM, March 3, 2017, by John Hopperstad/Seattle Q13 Fox TV, Updated at 09:33AM, March 6, 2017   Friday, March 3rd was National Dress in Blue Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about colon cancer. This comes at a time when statistics show more young people are being diagnosed with the disease. Anita Mitchell,…

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