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Dr. Ram Nirula appointed to the Dr. D. Rees and Eleanor T. Jensen Presidential Endowed Chair in Surgery.

These last few months the Division of General Surgery and the Residency Program have continued to fire on all cylinders clinically and academically. There are some great new programs developing...

Two recent RO1 grants have been funded in urology by the National Institutes of Health. The first entitled the ‘Genetics of Male infertility Initiative (GEMINI)’ will fund the work of...

Dr. Benjamin McCormick has joined the University of Utah. Learn more about Dr. McCormick.

Dr. Bogdana Schmidt has joined the University of Utah. Learn more about Dr. Schmidt.

The Division of Urology has published 96 pubmed indexed manuscripts. This work is the combined efforts of all of the faculty in every section of the Division of Urology: Andrology...

Despite the lingering impact of COVID 19, the 2021-2020 academic year for the general surgery residency program is now in full swing at the University of Utah – including the...

Catch up with our past residents: Lee Faucher & K. Louise Jackson.

Last summer, a somewhat impromptu golf event was organized by a group of former residents who finished the program 20+ years ago.

Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital is celebrating the opening of the Utah Fetal Center. Intermountain Healthcare reports that the fetal center will be a state-of-the-art fetal care center at Primary Children's...

Dr. Mark Savarise has been elected as one of six new American College of Surgeons Board of Regents members.

On Friday, October 22, 2021, the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery hosted an event in celebration of the School of Perfusion’s Simulation Lab Support Fund.

Dr. Noel Nellis graduated from the University of Utah, School of Medicine in 1960 and became an intern at the University of Utah. He moved to Colorado for his surgical...

Bogdana Schmidt, MD, MPH, is a urologic surgeon at the University of Utah specializing in urologic oncology.

The Critical Care Section within the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is growing at a rapid rate. Currently comprising 4 members, our Section provides ~50% of the ICU coverage to patients...

Dr. Derek Dosdall, PhD, was recently named Associate Director of the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI).

Benjamin McCormick, MD, is a urologic surgeon at the University of Utah specializing in gender-affirming surgery, complex GU reconstruction, and trauma.

Welcome to our two incoming fellows: Nicolas Contreras-Peraza, MD and Praveen Sridhar, MD

The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Integrated Residency Program is a 6 Year training program which includes 2 Years of Professional Development. The program was approved for initial accreditation on December...

On June 18, 2021, the Division of Cardiothoracic held the Second Annual Rumel Research and Innovation Symposium. Inspired by the work of Dr. William Ray Rumel, the first thoracic surgeon...

The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery has published 144 PubMed indexed papers over the past year. This productivity was driven by the work within the sections that make up the division...

Priyanka Bearelly, MD, has joined the Division of Urology as a fellowship-trained urologist specializing in Male Infertility and Men’s Health.

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