Dana Christian Lynge, M.D.

Patient Services:

VAPSHCS Monday and Thursday from 8:00 am-4:00pm
Phone: (206) 762-1010 ext 3907
Patient Scheduling: (206) 762-1000 ext 1563

Academic Office:

Phone: (206) 764-2141

E-mail:
dlynge@u.washington.edu

Fax: (206) 764-2529

Address:
Dana C. Lynge, M.D.
Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
Dept. of Surgery (112)
1660 S. Columbian Way
Seattle, WA 98108

Associate Professor

Faculty Appointment:

University of Washington, Associate Professor, 2003 - present.

University of Washington, Assistant Professor, 1997 - 2003.

Education:

Residency: Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1988-93.

M.D. Degree: McGill University, 1985.

Board Certified: General Surgery, 1993.

Clinical Interests:

Development of a surgical curriculum for primary care residents;
General surgery.

Research Interests:

Telemedicine;
Surgery in primary care;
Rural surgery;
Surgical manpower and demographics.

Selected Publications:

Lynge DC, Weiss BD (Eds.) 20 Common Problems: Surgical Problems and Procedures in Primary Care. McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Lynge DC. "Surgery," in Textbook of Rural Medicine, McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Thompson M, Lynge D, Larson E, Tachawachira P, Hart G. Characterizing the General Surgery Workforce in Rural America. Arch Surg, 2005;140: 74-79.

Lynge D, Larson E, Thompson M, Rosenblatt R, Hart L. “A Longitudinal Analysis of the General Surgery Workforce in the United States, 1981-2005.” Arch Surg, 2008: 143:45-350.

reviewed 5/08