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Dr. Joseph Gruss, Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Retires

Like those great, iconic athletes who only require one name (e.g., Lebron, Tiger, Kobe), we all know him simply as, “Joe.”  Incredibly, he is retiring from clinical surgery. For those who have had the pleasure…

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Heart-transplant program opens access to Hep C-positive donors

UW Medicine | Newsroom | June 13, 2018 | By, Brian Donahue, 206-543-7856, bdonohue@uw.edu UW Medicine patients can opt in for suitable donor hearts and must complete an 8- to 12-week postoperative drug regimen to…

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Have you been screened? Learn about UW/SCCA’s lung cancer screening program

UW Medicine | The Huddle | June 8, 2018 | By, Karen Peck It may not come as a surprise to those of us in healthcare that lung cancer kills more people in the U.S.…

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Douglas E. Wood MD, FACS, FRCSEd
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