Department News

Fall 2009 

• Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Program Turns a Life Around
  
  
• Ventricular Assist Device Program Gains Prestigious Accreditation
  
  
• New Cancer Research Angle from a Surprising Source
  
  
• On the Job: Meet Sharon Molotsky, Clinical Research Nurse Project Manager
  
  
• Family Member Helps Philly Get Its “Rear in Gear” to Prevent Colon Cancer

Spring 2009 

• Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
  
  
• Acute Care Surgery Expands Faculty, Facility & Research
  
  
• Surgical Resident Cancer Research Projects
  
  
• On the Job: Meet Zi-Xuan, PhD
  
  
• Survivor Turned Supporter: Marianne Connolly

Fall 2008 

• First U.S. Patient Enrolls in Groundbreaking Clinical Trial
  
• Jefferson Pancreas Tumor Registry
  
  
• Contributions to Stem Cell Research
  
  
• On the Job: Meet Tanya Wynder, MSN, CRNP
  
  
• The Nicoletti Family Professorship in Transplantation Surgery

Spring 2008 

• Minimally Invasive Procedures Offer Reduced Pain & Shorter Recovery

• Nursing: Collaboration for Optimal Patient Care

• Transplants and Pregnancy: A Surprisingly Good Fit

• On the Job: Meet our Director Clinical Operations

• The Face of Medical Education: The Philip J. Wolfson, MD, Memorial Education Fund

Fall 2007 

• Heart Transplant Program Offers a New Lease on Life

• Comprehensive Breast Program Continues to Set the Trend

• More Veggies, Less Breast Cancer: Unlocking One Secret to Prevention

• On the Job: Meet our Director of Development

• Those Who Give

Spring 2007

• Pancreatic Cancer: When the Stakes are High

• Acute Care Surgery Division Expands

• Innovative Therapies for Pancreatic-Related Cancers

• On the Job: Meet our Residency Program Coordinator

• Recent Gifts to the Department of Surgery

Sept/Oct 2006

• Second Chance at Life: A Liver Transplant Success Story

• Trends in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Visualizing New Possibilities in Vascular Surgery

• On the Job: Meet our Editor-in-Chief

• Honoring Dr. Francis E. Rosato Sr.

May/June 2006

• Renewed Appetite for Life: Colon Cancer survivor has been cancer-free for more than eight years

• Building a Better Bypass Graft: Jefferson Vascular surgeon obtains three research grants.

• Coming of Age: Surgical Research Gains Division, Preps for Expansion

• On the Job: Meet Nurse Pat Sauter

• Honoring Dr. Herbert Cohn