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Cardiothoracic Surgery hosts 17th Annual Visiting Professor

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

David A. Fullerton, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Colorado, Denver

Dept. of Surgery News

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April, 2008

Dr. Carlos Pellegrini, the Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair of Surgery, was just knighted by the French Legion of Honor. UWeek took the opportunity to interview him a bit about his personal history and a few of the many distinctions of his career.

 link to UWeek article  »»

 


April, 2008

Dr. Dana Lynge is the lead author on a new study tracking the growing shortage of general surgeons in the U.S., especially in rural areas.

see article in The Seattle Times   »»

see full academic article in Archives of Surgery  »»

 

April, 2008

Every year, Harborview Medical Center sponsors a multidisciplinary conference highlighting issues in trauma care from pre-hospital through rehabilitation. Presenters this year include Drs. Saman Arbabi, Nicole Gibran, Jerry Jurkovich, and Benjamin Starnes from UW Surgery. The conference is in downtown Seattle, June 2nd-3rd.

 

adobe pdf icon  link to WAMI 2008 conference brochure  »»

 

January, 2008

Dr. Mike Mulligan, along with lung transplant recipients, was on Andrew Schorr's Patient Power radio program to discuss recent advances in lung transplant surgery.

download or listen to streaming archive of the radio program  »»

 

December, 2007

For the fourth year, the Division of General Surgery has spearheaded a massive drive to collect several thousand pounds of peanut butter to donate to Northwest Harvest.

see K5 Evening Magazine video clip  »»



November, 2007

Dr. Karen Horvath has received a Courage to Teach award, ACGME's annual award for distinguished residency program directors.

go to UWeek article »»


November, 2007

Dr. Eileen Bulger is co-PI on a nation-wide study of hypertonic resuscitation for blunt trauma. Hypertonic saline has been tested in smaller studies in the U.S. and has improved survival, but prior numbers were too small to make it a standard of care in the trauma population.

Press release from Harborview Injury Prevention Research Center  »»

Overview of the Research Study  »»

Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium  »»

October, 2007

Dr. Jerry Jurkovich, UW Professor of Surgery and Chief of Trauma at Harborview Medical Center, has been elected to serve as president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) in 2008-09.

go to UWeek article »»

October, 2007

KING 5 Evening Magazine recently aired a story feature about ISIS, the UW collaborative institute that uses simulation to teach surgical and medical procedures.

view the on-demand video clip from Evening Magazine  »»

September, 2007

Welcome to our new faculty!

Craig Birgfeld, M.D.
Jeffrey Friedrich, M.D.
Kenneth Gow, M.D.
Michael McMullan, M.D.
Nahush Mokadam, M.D.
Peter Neligan, M.B.
James Park, M.D.
Tam Pham, M.D.
Benjamin Starnes, M.D.
Nam Tran, M.D.
Thomas Varghese, M.D.

 

August, 2007

Drs. Michael Mulligan and Ed Verrier team up to perform the first heart-lung transplant at UW Medical Center.

see article in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer  »»

see article in The Seattle Times  »»