Surgery Sett

Apr 27 2017 15 ep. 15 mins 135
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The Surgery Sett is dedicated to exploring the ideas, inventions and innovations of the worldwide surgical community and their intersections with the Department of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin. Host Dr. Jonathan Kohler interviews surgeons and other medical professionals who visit the UW Department of Surgery, along with surgeons and researchers from our own department.

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Investigations into Parkinson’s Disease

Apr 27 2017 19 mins  
Episode 14, Michelle Ciucci In this episode, we hear from Dr. Michelle Ciucci, an associate professor at UW-Madison in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders with a joint appointment in the Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Ciucci discusses her research on Parkinson’s Disease and covers a broad spectrum of topics r

#ILookLikeASurgeon

Apr 24 2017 8 mins  
Episode 14, Susan Pitt In this special edition of the Surgery Sett, host Jonathan Kohler sits down with Dr. Susan Pitt, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Endocrine Surgeon here at UW, who’s received a lot of media attention lately. Earlier this month (April 2017), Dr. Pitt made waves when she decided to recreate the cover of The New Yorker’s annual Health, Medici

Exploring Ways to Control Pain

Apr 13 2017 16 mins  
Episode 13, Alaa Abd-Elsayed Dr. Alaa Abd-Elsayed, or Dr. Al, as he likes to be called, is both an assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at UW, as well as the medical director of the UW Pain Services and the Chronic Pain Management Program. Dr. Al discusses the various facets of pain management, including pre and postoper

Discovering New Ways to Combat Burns

Mar 29 2017 19 mins  
Episode 12, Angela Gibson In this episode we hear from Dr. Angela Gibson, an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, and a member of the care team at the UW Health Burn Center. Dr. Gibson talks about her passion for treating burn victims and discusses her journey from registered nurse to certified burn surgeo

Cancer Researcher Shares Years of Experience

Mar 16 2017 12 mins  
Episode 11, James Economou In this episode, guest host, Dr. Daniel Abbott, a surgical oncologist and health sciences researcher at UW- Madison, speaks with Dr. James Economou, professor of surgery and division chief of surgical oncology at UCLA. Dr. Economou has studied cancer treatment for more than two decades and has acquired a vast trove of wisdom along the way. The two

The Cutting Edge of Endoscopic Surgery

Feb 13 2017 13 mins  
Episode 10, Amber Shada In this episode, Dr. Amber Shada, an assistant professor at UW-Madison in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, talks about her experiences in endoscopic surgery and discusses the procedure Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) and its unique relevance to surgeons. In addition, Dr. Shada also explores the future of endoscopic surgery and the exciti

Doctor and Writer: Two Careers, Two Perspectives

Feb 13 2017 12 mins  
Episode 9, Pauline Chen In this episode, guest host Dr. Angela Ingraham, a trauma and acute care surgeon at the University of Wisconsin, talks with physician, bestselling author, and New York Times columnist, Dr. Pauline Chen. The two chat about Dr. Chen’s careers as both a clinician and writer and discuss how she’s been able to balance them both within her life. Dr. Ch

Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Jan 25 2017 15 mins  
Episode 8, Oya AndacogluOur guest Dr. Oya Andacoglu, a Turkish born, former general surgery resident here at UW-Madison, discusses her transition from foreign medical student to general surgery resident and elaborates on some of the challenges foreign residents might face. In addition, Dr. Andacoglu and our host Dr. Jonathan Kohler go over some of the details of living donor l

Patient-centered Approaches to Improving Surgical Care

Jan 19 2017 16 mins  
Episode 7, Philip Goodney Dr. Phillip Goodney is a vascular surgeon and health services researcher at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He is also director at the Center for the Evaluation of Surgical Care for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and co-director of the VA Outcomes Group at White River Junction VA. In this episode Dr. Goodney joins us to discuss regiona

The Importance of the Rural Surgeon

Dec 27 2016 12 mins  
Episode 6, Karen DeveneyIn this episode, our guest host, Dr. Benjamin Andrew, a resident in our rural general surgery residency program, speaks with Dr. Karen Deveney, professor of surgery and vice chair for education in the Department of Surgery at Oregon Health and Science University. The two discuss the increasing need for rural surgeons across the United States and hit on the i