Department of Surgery News Search

This year, the magazine honored 201 University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians) doctors, including 23 of our outstanding surgical faculty.

This award was established in the Fall of 2018 to recognize colleagues who help OGME and others achieve success. Dr. Brunsvold was selected as the May recipient of this award for writing and acting...

Dr. Rui Zhang, Professor and Chief of the Division of Computational Health Sciences, joined the 2026 Class of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows.

The Department of Surgery is proud to announce that Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD, has been named a McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor.

We are excited to welcome two new outstanding fellows to the University of Minnesota on August 1, 2027.

Congratulations are in order for our remarkable Surgery Grants & Contracts team for their well-deserved recognition at the National Council of University Research Administrators Conference in St...

Congratulations to one of our exceptional residents, Cheyenna Espinoza, MD, on receiving the April 2026 Office of Graduate Medical Education (OGME) VIP Partnership Award.

Elizabeth Lusczek, PhD, Associate Professor in the Division of Computational Health Sciences, along with collaborators at the University of Minnesota System, has been awarded a U.S. patent for...

Rawan Almutlaq, a PhD candidate in the Evans Lab within the Department of Surgery’s Division of Autonomic Neuromodulation, has been selected to receive both the J. Jacob Kaplan Award and the Dr....

Ten Department of Surgery faculty were recognized as Top Doctors: Rising Stars for 2026 by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine!

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

The Department of Surgery is proud to spotlight Michelle Bonapace-Potvin (She/They), MD, FRCSC, Assistant Professor in the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.

Pranava Sinha, MD, MBA, has been selected as a recipient of the Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) Every Heartbeat Matters Award for the tenth consecutive year.

Last week, the Experimental Surgical Services (ESS) Lab, led by John P. Carney, PhD, MBA, received well-deserved recognition when their article describing the development of a hybrid surgical...

Congratulations to our Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Cardiology, Advanced Cardiac Therapies, and Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care teams who successfully completed the first partial heart...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) have jointly awarded funding to support CIL-FLARE (Federated Learning for AI-driven Rare Disease rEcognition for...

The Academies for Excellence seeks to identify the most distinguished scientists, educators, and clinicians within our ranks. We are proud to share that two Department of Surgery professors are 2025...

Rosemary Kelly, MD, Professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, received the 2026 Nina Starr Braunwald Extraordinary Woman in Cardiothoracic Surgery Award from The Society of Thoracic...

Dr. Xie's research focuses on using artificial intelligence to better understand doctors' and nurses' written notes about newborn babies in the hospital. Their goal is to support clinicians with...

In late July, Dr. Melanie Graham had the remarkable opportunity to contribute to a milestone moment for Mauritius' scientific community.