Department of Surgery News Search

Let's welcome our new residents as they celebrate Match Day and look to the future with the Department of Surgery! 

Dr. Genevieve Melton-Meaux talks about the role of AI in healthcare today on 830 WCCO radio with Chad Hartman.

Learn more about the achievements of the accomplished women in the Department of Surgery all #WomensHistoryMonth long!

Supporting her efforts to provide patients with the best innovative care, Dr. Madhuri Rao was awarded the Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship Award to study robotic lung segmentectomy for early-...

Division Chief of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dr. Pranava Sinha, is committed to serving underserved populations around the globe to establish sustainable pediatric cardiac care.

Founding Division Chief of Computational Health Sciences, Dr. Rui Zhang, to develop first-of-its-kind informatics framework for reducing improper dietary supplement use.

According to the CDC, nearly 5.7 million Americans are currently affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD); by mid-century, this number will more than double, with an estimated 13.8 million people...

The significant accomplishments across health informatics, translational, clinical, and educational exploration have resulted in moving from #28 to #13 in the NIH Blue Ridge Ranking. 

Robert Bulander Jr., MD, PhD, has accepted the role of Interim Chief in the Division of Acute Care and Critical Care Surgery.

The Surgical Education Office would like to announce Dr. Randi Lassiter as the new UME Surgery Clerkship Director.

Dr. Humphrey served as the interim Department Chair of Surgery in the early '90s and was honored as the Surgical Alumnus of the Year in 1997.

Chief Surgery Residents, Drs. Alexa Robbins and Steven Qi were each selected to receive a 2023 Gold Humanism Award.

Dr. Soon is a historian of medicine and modern China and Taiwan. An expert in Asian disease, he is interested in how international practices of medicine, institutional building, and diaspora have...

The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery has appointed K. Joshua Wong, MD, as an assistant professor to the team.

Dr. Melissa E. Brunsvold is the recipient of the 2023 Shubin-Weil Master Clinician/Teacher: Excellence in Bedside Teaching Award from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). 

The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the creation of our new Division of Computational Health Sciences!  The Division's mission is to drive innovative approaches to discover...

The Liver Transplantation Program in the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School is reaching significant milestones.  Ten years ago, the Liver Transplant Program...

The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the recognition of Joseph Sushil Rao, MBBS of the Transplantation Tolerance Lab within the Schulze Diabetes Institute, for being named a 2022 U of M...

We are pleased to announce the Match Day results of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program for the 2023-2024 academic year. Our newly matched fellows are: Mohammad Al...