Sparc Annual Newsletter 2020
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Welcome our New Faculty, Dr. Sarah Lombardo
Sarah Lombardo, MD was born and raised in Long Beach, California. She has recently joined the Division of General Surgery, Section of Acute Care Surgery as Assistant Professor of Surgery.... Read More
Welcome our New Faculty, Dr. Jennwood Chen
Jennwood Chen, MD, is a fellowship-trained minimally invasive surgeon that has recently joined the Division of General Surgery. He specializes in bariatric (weight loss) and foregut surgery.... Read More
Welcome our New Faculty, Dr. Joanna Grudziak
We would like to welcome our new physician, Joanna Grudziak, MD, to the Division of General Surgery. ... Read More
Welcome our New Faculty, Dr. Luke Martin
We would like to welcome our new physician, Luke Martin, MD, to the Division of General Surgery. ... Read More
Welcome our New Faculty, Dr. Rebecca Kim
We would like to welcome our new physician, Rebecca Kim, MD, MPH to the Division of General Surgery. ... Read More
Welcome our New Faculty, Dr. Callie Thompson
We would like to welcome our new physician, Callie Thompson, MD, to the Division of General Surgery. ... Read More
Welcome our New Faculty, Dr. Sudha Jayaraman
We would like to welcome our new provider, Sudha Jayaraman, MD, MSc, FACS, is a Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery and Director of the Center for Global Surgery at the University of Utah.. ... Read More
Opioid Misuse and Dependence Screening Practices Prior to Surgery
Lead author, Heather Thiesset, PhD, MPH and Dr. Lyen Huang, MPH, FACS from the Department of Surgery recently published a paper titled Opioid Misuse and Dependence Screening Practices Prior to Surgery. It was found that only 7% of patients were screened preoperatively for opioid use, showing a significant opportunity to be more proactive in talking with patients, updating EMRs and training staff. ... Read More
Faculty Feature - Dr. George Rofaiel
This month, we feature Dr. George Rofaiel from our Division of Transplantation and Advanced Hepatobiliary Surgery. Employing the latest in surgical technology, robotics in particular, Dr. Rofaiel brings minimally invasive techniques to both transplant and cancer surgery. ... Read More
Faculty Feature - Dr. Michael Rollins
Board-certified pediatric surgeon and founder of the Pediatric Colorectal Center at Primary Children's Hospital, Dr. Michael Rollins, talks to us about why he chose his particular specialty and advice he has for future surgeons. ... Read More
Faculty Feature - Dr. Julian Macedo
We are very grateful to have Dr. Julian Macedo on our faculty team. Learn why Dr. Macedo chose Critical Care Medicine and why building a strong mentor relationship is so important. ... Read More
Department of Surgery Congratulates Nine Surgeons
The University of Utah Department of Surgery congratulates nine surgeons inducted as Fellows of the American College of Surgeons. ... Read More
Faculty Feature - Dr. Giavonni Lewis
We are very proud to have burn surgeon, Dr. Giavonni Lewis, on our faculty team. Discover why Dr. Lewis chose burn surgery and how she helps her patients from the first day they arrive in the burn center to when they leave. ... Read More
Welcome our New Provider, Dr. Kirstyn E. Brownson
We would like to welcome our new fellowship-trained surgical breast oncologist, Dr. Kirstyn E. Brownson to the Division of General Surgery at University of Utah Health. ... Read More
Welcome our New Provider, Dr. Elliot Asare
We would like to welcome our new provider, Elliot Asare, MD, MS in the Section of Surgical Oncology within the Division of General Surgery at University of Utah Health. ... Read More
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
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
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
John Langell, MD, invents low-cost surgical tool that helps patients in developing countries
John T. Langell, MD, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of Surgery at University of Utah, is helping patients in developing countries have safer surgeries. Langell invented a new low-cost tool called a Xenoscope that helps surgeons performs laparoscopies at lower cost.... Read More
Research Highlights: September-November 2015
Congratulations to all who contributed to another successful quarter of publications and grants. Each grant cycle is becoming busier and busier, and the book of business has grown to the point of our posting a new position within our department's research administration (stay tuned). Our department’s federal funding has also increased by 83% from FY14 to FY15. This is truly outstanding, and a testament to all the hard work of our faculty and research staff. ... Read More
Research Highlights: June-August 2015
We’ve witnessed yet another remarkable quarter of research productivity, with publications from every division in the department. Urology led out with 31, including publications our most recently hired urologists, Dr. Lenherr and Dr. Schaeffer. We also continue to see a year-over-year increase in grant submissions coming out of the Department of Surgery, with a stunning 44% increase in external funding in FY2015. ... Read More