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  • Den, Jennifer

    Dr. Den Receives Thayer Award

    January 11, 2024, 15:16 PM by John Carstens

    Jennifer Den, MD received the Fall 2023 Thayer Award for Excellence in Teaching from the John P. McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine.

  • Surgical Sciences

    New Publication: Surgical Sciences

    March 7, 2024, 13:45 PM by John Carstens

    Erick Ditmars (MS4) and Dr. William Fagg’s article, “Amniotic Membrane Resolves Treatment-Resistant Chronic Wounds: Evidence from a Multi-Center Retrospective Study Journal of Wound Care,” was accepted by the Journal of Wound Care.

  • Transplant

    Transplant Surgery is Published in Surgery in Practice and Science

    February 7, 2024, 12:34 PM by John Carstens

    Dr. Trine Engebretsen, Dr. Michael Kueht, and third year medical student John Johnson authored “Donor Hepatitis C status is not associated with an increased risk of acute rejection in kidney transplantation” in the journal Surgery in Practice and Science.

  • Dr. Mosquera’s Review published in CMTR

    October 17, 2023, 11:54 AM by John Carstens

    Dr. Camilo Mosquera recently published a narrative review, titled “Submental Artery Island Pedicled Flap, Indications, Tips, and Pitfalls,” has been published in the Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction Journal.