Geoffrey Gurtner, MD, FACS
@GeoffreyGurtner
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Professor and Chair of Surgery @UofAZSurgery | Emeritus Professor @stanford | Plastic Surgeon | Innovator | Entrepreneur | @UCSFMedicine & @dartmouth alumnus
Tucson, AZ
Joined April 2018
A new generation of smart bandages that could allow doctors to remotely monitor wounds, decrease scarring and speed up healing with a zap of light or electricity is on its way https://t.co/yHsbL8oyG7 via @WSJ
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Researchers are working on bandages that allow remote monitoring and deliver treatment with zaps of light or electricity.
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Congrats to H. Kussie, W. Hahn, @DharshanSivaraj et all, on their recent pub in Advances in Wound Care ( https://t.co/xiYBsAHhu1) detailing how avenanthramide and beta-glucan accelerate wound closure through the modulation of inflammatory cell recruitment and angiogenesis.
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Congrats to my team, @Jaganpatweets, @kellenchen_ and @DharshanSivaraj on their recent publication in Nature Biomedical Engineering. We believe Rac2 could help reduce rates of implant rejection in patients. Many thanks to the rest of the team! https://t.co/Z1zwF2Y3lg
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Excited to share our new work demonstrating the potential of dendritic cell #immunotherapy for #woundhealing We used #CRISPR/Cas9 to develop an engineered dendritic cell therapy to accelerate healing in diabetic and non-diabetic conditions. https://t.co/mjAxXHAAH5
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Nature Communications - Chronic wounds impose a significant burden to a broad patient population. Here, the authors use CRISPR/Cas9 to enhance the regenerative capacity of dendritic cells by...
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1 more week until our first Meet & Greet! If you’re interested in applying for general surgery residency, join us on August 15th. You’ll have the chance to meet our program leadership, chat with current residents, & more! #Match2024 Register today: https://t.co/mkL5BRJfZ6
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Congrats to @do_henn on the recent article in the Nature Communications! Using scRNA sequencing, we identified Ndrg2 within dendritic cells to create a translational approach to accelerating healing in both diabetic and non-diabetic mouse models. https://t.co/Z9XZWbLxdY
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Congratulations to our Chief of Trauma Dr. Bellal Joseph for being named author of the month! “Favorite thing about being a surgeon is going beyond the scalpel” @UAZMedTucson @BannerUnivMed @GeoffreyGurtner @TopKniFe_B
Congratulations @TopKniFe_B for being named JACS author of the month! Watch the video below to learn more about Dr. Joseph and his article. You can read the full article at https://t.co/VvBDrt8fqI
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It’s that time of year. We are getting our residents ready for the road ahead during todays bootcamp session. Preparation is the key 🔑 to success @UofAZSurgeryRes
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Our very own @J_Wertheim1 Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies providing an update on research funding and initiatives in @UAZMedTucson Growing our Surgery research portfolio under the leadership of @GeoffreyGurtner #research
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That’s a wrap for our Annual Research Symposium! We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to all of our presenters at todays Symposium. Thank You to @GeoffreyGurtner and @TopKniFe_B for leading the way and making today possible. We are Research strong 💪
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We are honored to welcome @pennsurgery Dr. Ronald DeMatteo as the keynote speaker for our annual Research Symposium. Dr. DeMatteo is nationally recognized for his expertise in treating disease of the liver, bile duct, gallbladder, pancreas, abdominal sarcomas and GIST.
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Janko Ž. Nikolich, MD, PhD, department head and professor of immunobiology, cowrote a commentary for @NEJM about caring for people with long COVID. "Patients are subject to stigmatization because of perceived simulation or psychosomatization of symptoms." https://t.co/Lzvb3jwBtt
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Congratulations #DrMedcats2023 ! It was a pleasure and an honor to have worked with many of you! The world is yours!!! @UAZMedTucson @UAZWIMSTucson @UArizonaPres @AZBurnCats @AZTraumaCats
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It’s a great day for a Double Celebration! Please join us in Congratulating Dr. Taylor Riall for being named Division Chief of Surgical Oncology at the University of Arizona and Banner University Medical Center and for being named President of the SSAT! It’s a great year ahead
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Women's history is made today by leaders like these! We're grateful for their vision, creativity, and scientific minds. Each one of the persons pictured here holds multiple responsibilities that go beyond leading the University of Arizona Cancer Center. #WomensHistoryMonth
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