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Dr. Robert Sweet

Harnessing New Tools to Support Our Teams and Advance Our Mission

VITALS – UW Medicine – July 30, 2025   We are excited to announce two new initiatives to help support our people, expand patient access, improve outcomes, increase efficiencies, produce cost savings, accelerate research and…

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2025 Surgery Synopsis Spring Cover Page

Surgery Synopsis | Spring 2025

Welcome to our Spring 2025 Issue of Surgery Synopsis. I am always grateful for the first signs of spring in the Pacific Northwest. It’s been a rather chilly spring, but nonetheless, flowers are blooming, showing…

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2025 Surgery Synopsis Winter Cover Page

Surgery Synopsis | Winter 2025

Welcome to the Winter 2025 issue of Surgery Synopsis. Several months back, we planned for this issue to focus on collaboration. Collaboration, I believe, is the bedrock of good healthcare, good research, and good medical…

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Douglas E. Wood MD, FACS, FRCSEd
The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair

I'm delighted to welcome you to the Department of Surgery website. I invite you to peruse the many facets of our Department described in this site - our nationally and internationally respected faculty, the nature and scope of our surgical programs, our highly regarded residency programs and our exciting research endeavors that include basic, translational, outcomes and clinical research. MORE

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