‘We thought we’d pulled a dead person out of the water’: Woman recovers after Puget Sound rescue

The Seattle Times | Originally published February 7, 2018 at 6:00 am Updated February 7, 2018 at 8:06 am | By Christine Clarridge, Seattle Times staff reporter Just before 3 a.m., the distress call came in to the Coast Guard’s Small Boat Rescue Station in Seattle: A young woman and another person were on a weather-battled paddleboat in the…

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Airlift Northwest opens base in Bremerton

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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Surgery Synopsis – Winter 2019 – Support the Department

SURGERY SYNOPSIS • WINTER 2019/20 • PAGE 3 (continued on page 4) P hilanthropy has played a critical role in the development of the Depart – ment’s research agenda and the “Howie” endowment has been foundational in this work, impacting every division across the department. Named for Ruth and Raymond Howie, the Howie Surgery Research […]

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Surgery Synopsis – Winter 2019

W ithout philanthropic giving from our friends, patients, alumni and current staf f and facult y, our mission to “improve the health of the public” would be compromised; research to advance innovation would be cur tailed, some clinical programs reduced in scope, investments in our residents and fel – lows diminished, and our commitment to […]

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Surgery Synopsis – Winter 2018/2019

M ission statements can be inspiring or just words. They can be things we write and forget or they can guide us in daily decisions. The Department of Surgery’s mission statement: “The Department of Surgery will provide compassionate and high quality patient care, train future genera – tions of surgical leaders and conduct research in […]

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Surgery Synopsis – Winter 2018/2019 – In the Media

SURGERY SYNOPSIS • WINTER 2018/2019 • PAGE 15 D r. Janelle Sousa , Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery D r. Kathleen Berfield , Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery D r. Mukta Krane , Associate Professor, Division of General Surgery D r. Peter Wu, Associate Professor, VA Puget Sound Health Care System (founding member) […]

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Surgery Synopsis – Winter 2018/2019 – Diversity Column

SURGERY SYNOPSIS • WINTER 2018/2019 • PAGE 12 D r. Rochelle Garcia , Professor, Department of Pathology, Adjunct Professor, Department of Gynecology, “What Do We Mean by Cancer? Do We Speak the Same Language?” D r. Andre Dick , Associate Professor, Division of Transplant S u r g e r y, “Use of PHS Increased […]

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ThoracicBreastSymposiumbrochure

Challenges in the Management of Breast and Thoracic Malignancies October 5-7, 2017 Sheraton Seattle Hotel Seattle, WA Register online SeattleCCA.org/cme 23 SeattleCCA.org/cme Course summary Course description This 2.5-day symposium will provide up-to-date information to clinicians involved in the care of patients with breast or thoracic cancers. Speakers are nationally and internationally renowned clinicians and researchers […]

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Surgery Synopsis – Spring/Summer 2017 – New Research Residents

SURGERY SYNOPSIS • SPRING/SUMMER 2017 • PAGE 8 (continued on page 9) Welcome 2017/18 New Surgery Residents Continued from page 7 CARDIOTHORACIC / PLASTIC / UROLOGY / VASCULAR SURGERY RESIDENTS Alison Bae, MDPlastic Surgery R1 Edward Chang, MD Urology R1 Sean Fisher, MD Plastic Surgery R1 Jake Hemingway, MD Vascular Surgery R1 Melissa Herrin, MD […]

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