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#ilooklikeasurgeon Artwork by Andrea Gahl Highlighted in JAMA Network

August 17, 2018 The Department of Surgery highlighted artwork by Andrea Gahl, trauma nurse coordinator at Harborview Medical Center, in the Spring 2018 Surgery Synopsis issue, in the article “#ilooklikeasurgeon Art,” for her paintings promoting…

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Dr. Ed Verrier

Woman receives second heart transplant at UW — 27 years after first

Seattle KIRO 7 News By: Amy Clancy Updated: Aug 9, 2018 – 6:45 PM   In the late 1980s while living on Seattle’s Capitol Hill, Victoria Doyle knew something was seriously wrong. She couldn’t run, had…

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The Transformer UW Medicine Podcast — Episode 2: Put Me in Doc, The Patient as Team Player featuring Dr. Danielle Lavallee, Research Associate Professor

UW Medicine Chief Health System Officer Lisa Brandenburg and Drs. Carol Salerno and Danielle Lavallee discuss shared decision-making and partnering with patients to help deliver world-class, patient-centered care and improve communications, patient satisfaction and health outcomes.

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Douglas E. Wood MD, FACS, FRCSEd
The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair

I'm delighted to welcome you to the Department of Surgery website. I invite you to peruse the many facets of our Department described in this site - our nationally and internationally respected faculty, the nature and scope of our surgical programs, our highly regarded residency programs and our exciting research endeavors that include basic, translational, outcomes and clinical research. MORE

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