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.
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Exceptional People. Extraordinary Results.
https://www.surgery.wisc.edu/
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. go.wisc.edu/fil4xh
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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. go.wisc.edu/fil4xh
The DOS Book Club had such a great time discussing the 2025 @uwmadison.bsky.social Go Big Read book, "James" by Percival Everett.
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The DOS Book Club had such a great time discussing the 2025 @uwmadison.bsky.social Go Big Read book, "James" by Percival Everett.
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. go.wisc.edu/7pe0au
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December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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. go.wisc.edu/7pe0au
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 go.wisc.edu/76fv96
UW researchers tackle diabetes from multiple angles - School of Medicine and Public Health
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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December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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 go.wisc.edu/76fv96
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@mebrown4.bsky.social explores the nexus of PSC biology and immunology and investigates the mechanisms underpinning the immune response to PSC-derived cell therapies. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @wiscsurgery.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/brown/
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
@mebrown4.bsky.social explores the nexus of PSC biology and immunology and investigates the mechanisms underpinning the immune response to PSC-derived cell therapies. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @wiscsurgery.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/brown/
Congratulations to Cynthia Kelm-Nelson, PhD, Director of Biological Sciences and senior scientist III in the Department of Surgery, for receiving the UW School of Medicine and Public Health Dean's Research Staff Award. #ExceptionalPeople go.wisc.edu/4ld59b
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Photo courtesy of Media Solutions
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Congratulations to Cynthia Kelm-Nelson, PhD, Director of Biological Sciences and senior scientist III in the Department of Surgery, for receiving the UW School of Medicine and Public Health Dean's Research Staff Award. #ExceptionalPeople go.wisc.edu/4ld59b
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Photo courtesy of Media Solutions
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Muhammed Murtaza's research team developed an approach for analyzing cancer DNA from blood spot samples that could allow collection of samples in clinic or at home. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @wiscsurgery.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/murtaza/
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Muhammed Murtaza's research team developed an approach for analyzing cancer DNA from blood spot samples that could allow collection of samples in clinic or at home. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @wiscsurgery.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/murtaza/
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.
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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.
A @uwhealth.bsky.social 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 go.wisc.edu/wqo9g3
Early action saves Shannon from lung cancer
Shannon underwent a biopsy and tumor removal surgery under one anesthesia at UW Health and is now lung cancer free.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A @uwhealth.bsky.social 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 go.wisc.edu/wqo9g3
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!
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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!
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 go.wisc.edu/m5w0a2
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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 go.wisc.edu/m5w0a2
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 go.wisc.edu/69cpfr
Transplant Surgeon-Scientist Receives New Investigator Award from Wisconsin Partnership Program - Department of Surgery
Dr. Jennifer Philip was recently award a two-year, $150,000 New Investigator Award from the Wisconsin Partnership Program.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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 go.wisc.edu/69cpfr
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.bsky.social SwedishAmerican Hospital. go.wisc.edu/96c1e7
Fun-loving Rockford woman's legacy lives on through support for breast cancer care at UW Health
By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — Shortly before her death from breast cancer in
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November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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.bsky.social SwedishAmerican Hospital. go.wisc.edu/96c1e7
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: go.wisc.edu/s69662
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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: go.wisc.edu/s69662
Congratulations to Dr. David Harris, assistant professor in @wiscsurgerymis.bsky.social, for receiving a Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award! @wiscosurgicalmetab.bsky.social #ExceptionalPeople go.wisc.edu/0ooy91
Dr. David Harris Honored with Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award - Department of Surgery
Dr. David Harris was awarded the Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Congratulations to Dr. David Harris, assistant professor in @wiscsurgerymis.bsky.social, for receiving a Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award! @wiscosurgicalmetab.bsky.social #ExceptionalPeople go.wisc.edu/0ooy91
Dr. Louise Davies joins UW-Madison as a professor jointly appointed in the Division of Endocrine Surgery and in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Her clinical practice focus is thyroid and parathyroid disease and cancers of the head and neck. Welcome, Dr. Davies!
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Dr. Louise Davies joins UW-Madison as a professor jointly appointed in the Division of Endocrine Surgery and in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Her clinical practice focus is thyroid and parathyroid disease and cancers of the head and neck. Welcome, Dr. Davies!
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and our surgeons are helping give patients a second chance at life. A @uwhealth.bsky.social story shares how Dr. Sharon Weber, Chair of the Division of Surgical Oncology, performed a life-saving procedure on a patient. go.wisc.edu/107wv9
Pancreatic cancer survivor Claudia uses her second chance
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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November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and our surgeons are helping give patients a second chance at life. A @uwhealth.bsky.social story shares how Dr. Sharon Weber, Chair of the Division of Surgical Oncology, performed a life-saving procedure on a patient. go.wisc.edu/107wv9
The 2025 U.S. News & World Reports survey ranks @uwhealth.bsky.social Kids and American Family Children's Hospital in the top 50 hospitals for Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery. Congratulations to Drs. Petros Anagnostopoulos and Joshua Hermsen for their involvement in this achievement!
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The 2025 U.S. News & World Reports survey ranks @uwhealth.bsky.social Kids and American Family Children's Hospital in the top 50 hospitals for Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery. Congratulations to Drs. Petros Anagnostopoulos and Joshua Hermsen for their involvement in this achievement!
Our residents had a great time at the Wisconsin Surgical Society annual meeting last week! Dr. Kate Lauer won best video abstract, Dr. Sydney Tan won best poster presentation, and Drs. Kate Lauer, Cori Praska, and Steven Morrison won this year's Top Gun skills competition.
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Our residents had a great time at the Wisconsin Surgical Society annual meeting last week! Dr. Kate Lauer won best video abstract, Dr. Sydney Tan won best poster presentation, and Drs. Kate Lauer, Cori Praska, and Steven Morrison won this year's Top Gun skills competition.
Apply to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship!
Complex General Surgical Oncology Applications via ERAS open on November 12, 2025.
SSO Website: go.wisc.edu/23w17c
ERAS Website: go.wisc.edu/z56316
Complex General Surgical Oncology Applications via ERAS open on November 12, 2025.
SSO Website: go.wisc.edu/23w17c
ERAS Website: go.wisc.edu/z56316
Surgical Oncology Fellowships - Society of Surgical Oncology
2025 CGSO Fellowship Interview Calendar Please pay close attention to the format of each interview and the date(s) available for each program. Complex General Surgical Oncology (CGSO) Fellowships The...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Apply to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship!
Complex General Surgical Oncology Applications via ERAS open on November 12, 2025.
SSO Website: go.wisc.edu/23w17c
ERAS Website: go.wisc.edu/z56316
Complex General Surgical Oncology Applications via ERAS open on November 12, 2025.
SSO Website: go.wisc.edu/23w17c
ERAS Website: go.wisc.edu/z56316
Today we honor all those who have served. Thank you for your dedication, sacrifice and service to our country.
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today we honor all those who have served. Thank you for your dedication, sacrifice and service to our country.
November is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. Our surgeons in the Division of Surgical Oncology help provide care to those diagnosed with stomach cancer. Learn more: go.wisc.edu/i6vu17
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
November is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. Our surgeons in the Division of Surgical Oncology help provide care to those diagnosed with stomach cancer. Learn more: go.wisc.edu/i6vu17
Cancer is a growing problem for low- and middle-income countries. Drs. Syed Nabeel Zafar and Muhammad Murtaza are using their cancer research to make an impact abroad. #ExceptionalPeople go.wisc.edu/5vx6yl
UW Carbone researchers fight cancer on a global scale
The UW Carbone Cancer Center global oncology program joins aims to make cancer detection and treatment more equitable around the world.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Cancer is a growing problem for low- and middle-income countries. Drs. Syed Nabeel Zafar and Muhammad Murtaza are using their cancer research to make an impact abroad. #ExceptionalPeople go.wisc.edu/5vx6yl
It's Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and our surgeons are helping move pancreatic cancer prevention and treatment forward. A @uwhealth.bsky.social story shares how our faculty helped give a family nearly five extra years with their dad after his original diagnosis. go.wisc.edu/053nrv
One more day with Dad? How about 1,800?
Jack's family gets to spend years together after an initial prognosis was a matter of days.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It's Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and our surgeons are helping move pancreatic cancer prevention and treatment forward. A @uwhealth.bsky.social story shares how our faculty helped give a family nearly five extra years with their dad after his original diagnosis. go.wisc.edu/053nrv
Congratulations to Dr. Courtney Balentine, associate professor in the Division of Endocrine Surgery, for being named the Executive Director of WiSOR and the Director of Data Science. #ExceptionalPeople #ExtraordinaryResults go.wisc.edu/77char
Dr. Courtney Balentine Named Executive Director of WiSOR and Director of Data Science - Department of Surgery
Dr. Courtney Balentine was named the Executive Director of WiSOR, effective Nov. 1, 2025, and the Director of Data Science.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Courtney Balentine, associate professor in the Division of Endocrine Surgery, for being named the Executive Director of WiSOR and the Director of Data Science. #ExceptionalPeople #ExtraordinaryResults go.wisc.edu/77char