In an engaging and reflective piece for the “Life After Surgery” column, Byers W. Shaw Jr., MD, FACS, explores the profound shifts in his life and career. From a childhood...
Andrea M. Steely, MD, is an adult cardiac surgeon who specializes in multiple arterial coronary revascularization, valve repair, and replacement. She is also interested in native valve preservation and elective...
Priya Lewis, MD, is a former gender-affirming surgery fellow in the Transgender Health Program. Her work, focused on transgender health, provides patients with validating surgical care for every situation.
The 9th annual Russell M. Nelson Visiting Professorship Lecture was held on November 7, 2023. The keynote speaker this year was Dr. Joseph Woo, who currently serves as the Norman...
The 12th annual Utah Cardiac Recovery Symposium (U-CARS) was held February 8-9, 2024, at the Salt Lake City Marriott University Park. Once again, the gathering proved to be compelling and...
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is invested in innovative science through a broad range of research interests from genetic markers of aortic diseases to testing new surgical grafts to modeling...
With 40,000 children born with a congenital heart defect each year in the United States, the value of a pediatric cardiac surgical team cannot be understated. Serving University of Utah...
Transplant surgeon Motaz Selim, MBBCH, MD, PhD, MSC, proposed and received the first TACC accreditation for the two-year fellowship through an incredible departmental collaboration.
After losing 100 pounds with the help of bariatric surgery, Ashlea Wilkes is reflecting on how U of U Health’s Comprehensive Weight Management program helped her gain self-confidence and a...
The Division of Urology, with support from the Center for Global Surgery, launched the Global Urology Initiative and Multinational Partnership for Advancing Capacity and Training in Surgery (GU-IMPACTS) in 2023.
Dr. Johnson was a pioneer in children’s surgery in Utah and on a global scale. He made indelible contributions to pediatric surgery over his decades of service to the patients...
Listen to the Behind the Knife podcast featuring Sudha Jayaraman MD, MSC, FACS, and colleagues as they discuss discuss the definition of global surgery today and how health infrastructure interacts...
University of Utah Health’s Department of Surgery is thrilled to announce that Thomas Varghese Jr, MS, MD, MBA, FACS, MAMSE, was installed as the 85th President of the Society of...
The University of Utah’s Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine and Primary Children’s Hospital are launching an innovative multi-center study, under the leadership of Katie Russell, MD, to build a...
The Meaningful Use Committee has approved funding for University of Utah’s Bariatric Surgery program to implement an innovative chatbot program, inspired by the success in orthopedics, to support and enhance...
Ariel Rodgers, MD, is a surgical critical care fellow in the Division of General Surgery. Her work in critical care helps ensure trauma patients receive the care they need when...
