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DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY NEWSLETTER • WINTER 2019/20 SURGERY Synopsis of what has inspired them Please read the entire issue to capture to give to our Depart- the flavor, depth and breadth of the phi- Chair’s Message ment would fill a book: A lanthropy support of our Department. patient, grateful to be alive after a difficult surgery UW at ACS Clinical Congress shows their gratitude with a gift – large or The DOS was well represented and fre- small; the family of a patient, in gratitude quently honored during the American or in memory, sets up a fund to advance College of Surgeons (ACS) Annual Clinical research related to their disease; alumni Congress, held in San Francisco in late grateful for the outstanding education October. Some of the highlights: Dr. they received give to make sure that Pellegrini was honored with an “Icon of commitment to education continues; Surgery” award; Dr. Verrier was inducted staff members who are proud of the into the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon mission and demonstrated expertise in Educators; Dr. Mika Sinanan was elected this Department, give to help carry on Secretary of the ACS Board of Governors; their good work. And our faculty give Dr. Ron Maier concluded his very suc- back because they helped to build this cessful year as ACS President; and Dr. department and want to ensure its future Valarie Rusch, a UW Surgery Alumnus greatness. became President of the ACS. There Scattered throughout this issue you will were numerous faculty and residents Douglas E. Wood, MD, read several vignettes from individuals who were invited to speak or present. FACS, FRCSEd (ad hom) who have supported the department in Please read all about the Department’s The Henry N. Harkins meaningful ways and describe what moti- representation at the ACS Clinical Con- Professor and Chair vates their giving. We believe you will find gress on page 8. these narratives inspiring and appreciate Innovation and Introductions the motivations that are common to many. ithout philanthropic giving from We have also taken a look at the gifts Clinically, the Department proudly con- W our friends, patients, alumni and that support our Department’s tri-part tinues at the forefront of innovation. The current staff and faculty, our mission to missions: teaching, research and clinical University of Washington Medical Center “improve the health of the public” would care, and describe how giving relates to received the very first Robotic Surgery be compromised; research to advance our initiatives to become an ever-more Center of Excellence (COE) designation innovation would be curtailed, some diverse and inclusive Department. As the on the West Coast, a recognition of many clinical programs reduced in scope, holder of the Harkins Endowed Chair, I individuals, but with special apprecia- investments in our residents and fel- can tell you that sustained gifts such as tion to the leadership of Dr. Jim Park in lows diminished, and our commitment endowments and professorships have taking us to this level in robotic surgery. to vulnerable populations threatened. given us the ability to recruit new talent, Read about it on page 18. grow important and life-saving programs Giving Back and launch new initiatives in our Depart- The annual Harkins Symposium and ment. Without these gifts, our Department Strauss Lecture were held in October. We are fortunate that the Department of would not be the powerhouse it is today. We were honored to have Dr. Valerie Surgery (DOS) has a number of individu- As Chair, I am grateful to each and every Rusch as our 70th Alfred A. Strauss als who support the mission with their donor. Visiting Professor, a former resident and philanthropy, and we are grateful and faculty at the University of Washington appreciative of those gifts. The stories (continued on page 2) Chair’s Message — Surgery Synopsis Continued from page 1 Table of Contents and current President of the ACS. Dr. Rusch was also honored by the Harkins Chair’s Message ..........................................page 1 Society as this year’s Distinguished Alumnus. We provide highlights of these always important and inspiring events on page 17. Our Mission, Our Support ....................... page 3 We welcomed some new faculty since the last issue. Please read their bios on Surgery News ............................................ page 8 page 13 and join us in welcoming them to our Department. And, we learn more about Dr. Catherine Kling in our popular #GettingtoKnowDoS on page 19. 2019 ACS Clinical Congress ................ page 8 Dr. Edward Verrier Selected I wish each and all Happy Holidays and a promising New Year. Puget Sound Business Journal Physicial Educator of the Year ....... page 10 Sincerely, Dr. Carlos Pellegrini's ESA Honorary Member Lecture Douglas E. Wood, MD, Published in Annals of Surgery ....... page 11 FACS, FRCSEd (ad hom) The Henry N. Harkins Dr. Benjamin Starnes Professor and Chair Elected Western Vascular Society President ................................ page 11 Contributing Writers Susan Marx Elected Association of Academic Surgical Administrators Vice President .........page 12 Matthew Bartek, MD, Lara Oyetunji, MD, Assistant Professor, General Surgery Chief Resident Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Section American Society for Metabolic Chief of Cardiac Surgery at the Veterans & Bariatric Surgery Foundation's Administration Puget Health Care System Christine Cannan, MPA, 'Walk from Obesity' ............................page 12 Executive Assistant to Douglas Wood, MD, The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair, Carlos Pellegrini, MD, Professor Emeritus, former 2019 New Faculty ...............................page 13 Department of Surgery UW Medicine Chief Medical Officer and UW Vice President for Medical Affairs Publications .........................................page 15 E. Patchen Dellinger, MD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery Judith Rapp, Assistant Director, Human Resources, Harkins' Corner ........................................page 16 David Flum, MD, MPH, Professor, Faculty Affairs & Communications Division of General Surgery 2019 Annual Dr. Alfred A. Strauss Jorge Reyes, MD, Professor & Chief, Lecture and Harkins Symposium ........ page 17 Michael Hilleary, Public Information Specialist Division of Transplant Surgery Clinical Highlight— Suzanne Inchauste, MD, Assistant Professor, Samuel Rice-Townsend, MD, Robotic Surgery .......................................page 18 Division of Plastic Surgery Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric General Surgery Department of Surgery— Catherine Kling, MD, Assistant Professor, In the Media .............................................page 18 Division of Transplant Surgery Kate Rimmer, MBA, Administrator, Research Manager & Communications Manager #GettingToKnowDOS— Ron Maier, MD, Professor & Chief, Division of Trauma, Burn & Critical Care Jonathan Sham, MD, Dr. Catherine Kling ..................................page 19 Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgery Rebecca Maine, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Trauma, Burn & Critical Care Surgery Mika Sinanan, MD, Professor, Division of General Surgery Susan Marx, MBA, PMP, CPC, Department of Surgery Benjamin Starnes, MD, Professor and Chief, Director of Finance and Administration Division of Vascular Surgery Erin Miller, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Nicholas Vedder, MD Plastic, Surgery and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Professor of Surgery & Orthopaedics Department of Orthopedic Surgery Jamie Hunter Endowed Chair Chief of Plastic Surgery; Vice Chair, Surgery Stacy Nagy, Program Operations Specialist Ed Verrier, MD, Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Deepika Nehra, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Trauma, Burn & Critical Care Surgery Nicole Zern, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgery Grant O'Keefe, MD, MPH, Professor, Division of Trauma, Burn & Critical Care Surgery Douglas Wood, MD, The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery SURGERY SYNOPSIS • WINTER 2019/20 • PAGE 2 DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY our mission, our support Howie Surgery Research "Why I Give" Endowment Fund Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRCS Ed (Hon), FCSHK (Hon), FCCS (Hon) Jane and Donald D. Trunkey Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery University of Washington School of Medicine hilanthropy has played a critical role Surgeon-in-Chief Harborview Medical Center P in the development of the Depart- ment’s research agenda and the “Howie” ’ve now spent nearly 39 years, endowment has been foundational in this I essentially my entire surgical and work, impacting every division across the academic career, at the University department. of Washington Harborview Medical Center. Why have I stayed and why Named for Ruth and Raymond Howie, the do I contribute? Howie Surgery Research Endowment Fund was established in 1981 with a $1.5M I have always found that the environ- gift after Mrs. Howie underwent surgery ment at Harborview Medical Center at University Hospital, now UW Medical and at the University of Washington Center, where she met Dr. K. Alvin Merendino Department of Surgery has been (pictured left). Dr. Merendino was a pioneer- excellent for my personal maturation, clinical activities and research ing open-heart surgeon who led the team that performed the Northwest's first endeavors. I have had outstanding leadership, primarily with Dr. Pel- open-heart surgery in 1956 at Harborview Medical Center, and was Chair of ligrini, and now with Dr. Wood, and have had numerous outstanding the Department of Surgery (DOS) from

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