Faculty Feature - Dr. Anthony Schaeffer
We sat down with pediatric urologist, Dr. Anthony Schaeffer, and discovered why being an educator for the next generation of surgeons is like paying it forward. ... Read More
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University of Utah Department of Surgery Awarded Fifth K-award
University of Utah Department of Surgery is awarded their fifth K-award ... Read More
Welcome our New Provider, Dr. Deborah Jacobson
We would like to welcome our new provider, Dr. Deborah Jacobson to the Division of Urology at University of Utah Health ... Read More
Faculty Feature - Dr. Robin Kim
In this month's faculty feature, we talked to Dr. Robin Kim to discuss the importance of technology in the field of transplantation and why future med students need to be open minded and ask questions. ... Read More
Faculty Feature - Dr. Brigitte Smith
We’re proud to have Dr. Brigitte Smith on our faculty team. Learn what it means to be an educator for the next generation of surgeons and what advice she has for medical students interested in surgery. ... Read More
Ethical Standards for Cardiothoracic Surgeons' Participation in Social Media
Dr. Thomas Varghese, executive medical director at Huntsman Cancer Institute and head of the Section of General Thoracic Surgery at U of U Health, collaborated with the Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum on the topic of Ethical Standards for Cardiothoracic Surgeons' Participation in Social Media. This paper was jointly published in both the Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. ... Read More
University of Utah Division of Vascular Surgery earns three stars in Vascular Quality Initiative Registry Participation Award Program
The Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) has awarded the University of Utah Division of Vascular Surgery three stars for its active participation in the Registry Participation Program.... Read More
Doctors use intestine to rebuild Utah man’s bladder after cancer diagnosis
SALT LAKE CITY – Advances in cancer treatment have led to life-saving options in even the worst cases. For a Utah man, a critical organ ravaged by cancer was totally re-engineered to save him.... Read More
How the Burn Trauma ICU Eliminated Central Line Infections
Is zero possible? In the case of central line infections, the answer was once no. A CLABSI (central line associated blood stream infection) was once considered a car crash, or an expected inevitability of care. When University of Utah’s Burn Trauma Intensive Care Unit started treating CLABSIs like a plane crash, or a tragedy demanding in-depth investigation and cultural change, zero became possible.... Read More