UW-Madison Department of Surgery
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Alleviating human suffering and promoting healing through innovation, education, and compassionate care. Exceptional People. Extraordinary Results.
Madison, WI
Joined December 2013
So proud of the work that Dr. Brigitte Smith, our Vice Chair of Education, did on this manuscript!
The #ACGME Research team, alongside US and Canadian collaborators, conducted a meta-analysis on Milestones assessments in general surgery. Findings show #Milestones ratings strongly align with other performance measures, including Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA)
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Dr. Elise Lawson, associate professor in the Division of Colorectal Surgery, recently completed her term as President of the Wisconsin Surgical Society. She concluded her presidency by giving a Presidential Address at the WSS 2025 Annual Conference. https://t.co/v7B1bKxpmK
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🚨 Tucker Carlson has launched Battalion Metals, a precious-metals company built on the belief that the dollar is weakening and gold is the safest shield in a shaky world. From TV host to bullion dealer, he’s betting big on America’s next gold rush. @TuckerCarlson
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The DOS Book Club had such a great time discussing the 2025 @UWMadison Go Big Read book, "James" by Percival Everett.
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(1/4) We are excited to share our first WiSLiM manuscript! With the help of @LammingLab and @cholsoon_jang, we attempt to challenge the dogmatic approach to post-bariatric surgery diet with some surprising results... @WiscSurgery @WiscMIS @UWHealth
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Apply to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics/Foregut & Advanced GI MIS/Hernia and Abdominal Wall Fellowships! Applications open today, Dec. 1, at 5 PM Pacific via The Fellowship Council.
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Approximately 573,000 adults in Wisconsin have diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes. Drs. David Harris and Jon Odorico are researching ways to tackle diabetes, from altering the body’s chemicals to generating insulin-producing beta cells. #ExceptionalPeople
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UW School of Medicine and Public Health researchers are seeking new treatments for diabetes and its complications, and searching for a cure.
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Matthew E. Brown explores the nexus of pluripotent stem cell (PSC) biology and immunology and investigates the mechanisms underpinning the immune response to autologous and allogeneic PSC-derived cell therapies. #WARF100 @uwchancellor @WiscSurgery @uwsmph
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We are so thankful for our exceptional team members, our beloved patients, and everyone we have the pleasure of working with. From our family to yours, happy Thanksgiving!
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Congratulations to Cynthia Kelm-Nelson, PhD, Director of Biological Sciences and senior scientist III in the Department of Surgery, for receiving the @uwsmph Dean's Research Staff Award. #ExceptionalPeople
https://t.co/NxHJGLEasr Photo courtesy of Media Solutions
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.@MurtazaMDPhD's research team developed an approach for analyzing cancer DNA from blood spot samples that could allow collection of samples in the clinic or at home. #WARF100 @uwchancellor @WiscSurgery @uwsmph
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Earlier this month, Dr. Paul DiMusto, associate professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery, Dr. Alyssa Wiener, vascular surgery fellow, and Dr. Jack Bontekoe, vascular surgery resident, attended the APEX-VS course hosted at St. Louis University.
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A @UWHealth story shares the importance of early detection for lung cancer. Last year, Dr. Andrea Axtell performed a life-saving procedure on a patient whose lung cancer was detected early. #ExceptionalPeople #ExtraordinaryResults
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Shannon underwent a biopsy and tumor removal surgery under one anesthesia at UW Health and is now lung cancer free.
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Dr. Saad Sahi joins us as an assistant professor in the Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery. He completed fellowships in Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Welcome, Dr. Sahi!
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Earlier this fall, Dr. Kristin Long, Vice Chair of Global Surgery, and Dr. Clayton Marcinak, general surgery resident, helped develop and present at the ACS H.O.P.E. Surgical Education Workshop in Hawassa, Ethiopia. #ExceptionalPeople
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Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Philip, assistant professor in the Division of Transplantation, for receiving a two-year, $150,000 New Investigator Award from the Wisconsin Partnership Program. #ExceptionalPeople
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Over 12,000 patients in the state of Wisconsin are impacted by kidney failure. Receiving a new kidney from an organ donor can cure kidney failure, but there is nowhere near enough donor kidneys to...
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Dr. Lacey Stelle, assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, shares about the impact of a generous gift to the Margaret M. Rudolph Endowment Fund on cancer patients at the @UWHealth SwedishAmerican Hospital.
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By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — Shortly before her death from breast cancer in
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Be sure to tune in on Tuesday, Dec. 2 to hear Dr. Kaitlyn Kelly, associate professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, present at a webinar titled "Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancers: Expansion of NCCN Recommendations." Register: https://t.co/9e8FH9Rhx1
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Congratulations to Dr. David Harris, assistant professor in @WiscMIS, for receiving a Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award! @WiscoSurgMetab #ExceptionalPeople
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Dr. David Harris, assistant professor in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, was awarded a Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award. This award will provide Dr. Harris with flexible...
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Dr. Louise Davies joins UW-Madison as a professor jointly appointed in the Division of Endocrine Surgery and in @WiscOtoHNS. Her clinical practice focus is thyroid and parathyroid disease and cancers of the head and neck. Welcome, Dr. Davies!
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November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and our surgeons are helping give patients a second chance at life. A @UWHealth story shares how Dr. Sharon Weber, Chair of the Division of Surgical Oncology, performed a life-saving procedure on a patient.
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Claudia McCormick of Beloit, Wisconsin, hopes to someday be the world's longest living pancreatic cancer survivor. She's got the battle scars to prove it.
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