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GREGORY J. BEILMAN, MD RECEIVES THE 2021 CHARLES BOLLES BOLLES-ROGER AWARD
Department of Surgery Professor, Gregory J. Beilman, MD, received the 2021 Charles Bolles Bolles-Rogers Award from the Twin Cities Medical Society Foundation (TCSMF). Candidates are nominated by their colleagues from local Twin City area hospitals and clinics for their achievement or leadership in medicine, contributions to clinical care, teaching, and/or research.
Dr. Beilman is the Senior Vice President of Acute Operations for the Minnesota Health Fairview Health System and is the Owen H. and Sarah Davidson Wangensteen Chair of Surgical Research at the University of Minnesota.
March 22, 2022 | Twin Cities Medical Society Blog
BABY RECEIVES LIVER TRANSPLANT AT 4 WEEKS OLD, YOUNGEST IN MINNESOTA
A four week-old baby was given a liver transplant, becoming the youngest patient in Minnesota on record to receive the operation. A milestone transplant was performed by Department of Surgery Faculty Member and M Health Fairview Transplant Surgeon, Dr. Srinath Chinnakotla and his clinical team members.
March 30, 2022 | KSTP-TV
Stratasys Donates Cutting-Edge 3D Printers to Visible Heart Laboratories at University of Minnesota Medical School
Big news for Dr. Iaizzo and the Visible Heart Laboratories on this invaluable partnership with Stratasys Ltd. and MakerBot 3D, who are putting printing technology into the hands of students and physicians to support medical research, education, and device product development.
February 14, 2022 | BusinessWire
What to know the Side Effects & Fears of Thyroid Surgery
Thyroidectomies are quite common— with more than 150,000 performed in the U.S. each year.
Surgical Oncologist, Dr. Maria Evasovich Swenson details what to know about the side effects regarding thyroid surgery fears.
January 14, 2022 | EndocrineWeb
‘I Got A Second Chance’
Last spring, a Sioux Falls father received a double-lung transplant after COVID-19 damage with the help of the Lung Transplantation Program.
Continuing care, he visits every three weeks for a checkup on his new lungs.
November 30, 2021 | WCCO-TV
Pilot Returns to Flight After Losing Colon
Air Force Reserve pilot, grounded after diagnosis, returns to the sky: “Everyone can be resilient.’ - Dr. Wolfgang Gaertner – WCCO
Minnesota pilot is first to return to Air Force flight duty after losing colon. - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Dr. Nick Ingraham shares risk factors for severe COVID-19
Minnesota makes progress in closing gap on COVID-19 vaccine disparities
Dr. Nick Ingraham shares retrospective study with Star Tribune The Medical News, and Medical Xpress and Fox 9 on how, regardless of socioeconomic status, non-English speaking and race or ethnicity remain the highest risk factors for severe COVID-19
How Dr. Chris Tignanelli is improving health care for all
2021 Health Care Heroes: Dr. Chris Tignanelli uses big data to improve health care for all Tignanelli also launched two clinical trials to determine if a commonly used high blood pressure medication could prevent hospitalization or lung injury. Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
Man survives Covid and Heart-lung bypass
Heart-lung bypass a COVID-19 rescue tool in Minnesota.
Dr. Melissa Brunsvold - Star Tribune
How to Build a Learning Health System
Drs. Genevieve Melton-Meaux and Chris Tignanelli share how they have found success in building learning health system capabilities over the past year in the midst of the pandemic.
New way to treat late-stage colorectal cancer
Novel possibility for late-stage colorectal cancer
Dr. Subree Subramanian – Medical Laboratory Observer
3 New COVID-19 Phenotypes Found
Study IDs COVID-19 phenotypes, could help guide care
Drs. Elizabeth Lusczek and Nick Ingraham – Medscape, 4/5/2021
Synthetic Heart Valves
UMN-developed synthetic heart valve shows promise after growing with several animal recipients Professor Richard Bianco – The Minnesota Daily
Guideline to Treat COVID-19
Healthcare providers and tech vendors partner to create industry-first FHIR-based computable clinical practice guideline to treat COVID-19
Dr. Chris Tignanelli – Business Insider, 3/9/2021 (syndicated by 36 other media outlets)
Remembering the the polio vaccine
Remembering another mass vaccination effort in Minn. for polio
[Audio] Jennifer Gunn, PhD was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio with Cathy Wurzer