Working At SORCE

[…] to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and to being a workplace where such values are at the forefront of our daily interactions and our work as a re search center. We value and seek diverse team members who are passionate, innovative, and collaborative.   Faculty Investigators Faculty interested in partnering with SORCE researchers and staff […]

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Dr. Ronald Maier Presidential Address at American Surgical Association 138th Annual Meeting

[…] or improve areas where we fall short. Surgeons have traditionally treated all patients equally and respectfully. However, in contrast to the many areas where surgery has blazed new trails, surgery has been slow to ensure equity, and embrace diversity whether, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or other individual metrics within surgery. It is time […]

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Wood Elected WTSA Historian

[…] Department of Surgery, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Endowed Chair in Lung Cancer Research, was elected by the Western Thoracic Surgical Association (WTSA) Council to be their new Historian at their 42nd annual meeting in June 2016. Dr. Wood previously served as WTSA President 2007-2008. The WTSA Historian is elected annually by the Council […]

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[…] of Surgeons in the early part of the XX century. These initial effortseventually led to the development of The Joint Commission. Today, championing quality requires a whole new approach which includes creating a culture of safety, adhering to principles of high reliability,meticulous analysis of results, and a dedicated independent groupthat focuses on the issue. […]

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Investigator Profile: Gale L. Tang, MD

[…] arteriogenesis to help patients with critical limb ischemia as well as vein graft biology. She has VA Merit award funding to study human vein grafts in a new animal model and in an in vitro perfused chip model.  She has internal VA grant funding to study tibial artery calcification.  Dr. Tang also remains committed […]

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

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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[…] 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

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

[…] 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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