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Every year, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) honors a medical school faculty physician who exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students. The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award, administered through the Organization of Student Representatives (OSR), is awarded to one physician…

Ronald V. Maier, MD was selected President–Elect of the American Surgical Association (ASA) at their 136th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, April 2016. The ASA was founded in 1880 and is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious surgical organization. Its members include the nation’s most prominent surgeons from the country’s leading academic medical institutions, many…

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Board of Governors Surgical Volunteerism and Humanitarian Awards Workgroup has announced the recipients of the 2016 ACS/Pfizer Surgical Humanitarian Award and Surgical Volunteerism Awards. Barclay T. Stewart, MD, MPH, PhD, a University of Washington general surgery resident from Beaufort, SC, will receive the Surgical Resident Volunteerism Award for his…

The Seattle Times Originally published March 8, 2017 at 6:00 am Updated March 8, 2017 at 7:49 pm by Bob Young, Seattle Times staff reporter University of Washington researchers aim to create the next generation of mannequins, with warm “flesh,” moist “tongues” and other human touches for training battlefield medics. The “soldier” lying in a…

The CERTAIN Patient Advisory Network is proud to announce the launch of our new web portal, InspireResearch.org. This marks the final step of our Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute-funded engagement award, Initiative to Support Patient Involvement in Research (INSPIRE), which was led by Dept. of Surgery faculty Danielle Lavallee (pictured right). The portal is an online…

[…] transplant surgery performed at Children’s more than 30 years ago, the milestone surgery involved two sisters. In September 2025, a team of surgeons, nurses, coordinators, intensive care providers and staff, led by Surgeon-In-Chief and Kidney Surgical Director at Seattle Children’s, Dr. Andre Dick, successfully performed the complex surgery. Mary, a teenager from the Seattle […]

Dr. Douglas E. Wood, The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair, received the Rodger Winn Award for his work with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®). “Started in 2009, the Rodger Winn Award is given to an NCCN Guidelines panel member each year who exemplifies Dr. Winn’s leadership, drive,…

Monday, February 7, 2022 Seattle Children’s Hospital announced Dr. Andre Dick was appointed Seattle Children’s senior vice president (SVP) and surgeon-in- chief. Dr. Dick has served at Seattle Children’s since 2008, first as a surgeon in the Division of Transplant Surgery, then in 2016 as surgical director of Kidney Transplantation. In 2017 he became clinical…