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Segment: Surgeons recount military experiences

UW Medicine Newsroom | November 9, 2018 Veterans Day is a time to honor the men and women who have served our country. Niten Singh and Ben Starnes, UW Medicine vascular surgeons, were deployed multiple times over…

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Soundbites: Stop the bleed, save a life

UW Medicine Newsroom | November 8, 2018 A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within five minutes. That’s why every second counts when someone is injured in a disaster or a mass shooting,…

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UW Medicine doctor reunites with POW 50 years later

KING 5 News | Author Alex Rozier | November 8, 2018 UW Medicine’s Chief Vascular Surgeon Dr. Ben Starnes knew 50 years after a random act of kindness that it was time to meet the…

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