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August 18, 2010 — Dr. Michael Phillips, a PGY-2 General Surgery resident, and Dr. Matt Coward, a PGY-4 Urology resident, are the Surgery recipients of the 2010 Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award. The awards were presented at the annual Whitehead Lecture and Awards Ceremony on August 18.

August 1, 2010 — The Department of Surgery welcomes three new attendings to our faculty:

July 20, 2010 — Carrie Nielsen, Social and Clinical Research Specialist in Abdominal Transplant, was presented the Big Buddy Award at the Employee Forum Peer Recognition Award Ceremony on Tuesday, July 20th. The Big Buddy Award recognizes individuals who have taken the time to mentor a fellow employee.

July 15, 2010 — A team of Lineberger researchers led by Dr. Jen Jen Yeh has discovered a genetic marker that can predict the aggressive nature of pancreatic cancers.

July 1, 2010 — The Department of Surgery would like to welcome the following new Attendings to our faculty:

June 30, 2010 — The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society has named C. Scott Hultman, MD, a recipient of the 2010 Edward D. Harris Professionalsim Award. Dr. Hultman, chief of ºÚÁÏÍø’s Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery division, will receive a $16,000 award to support his project, “Understanding and Achieving Professionalism...

June 21, 2010 – Dr. Jeffrey Dehmer, a general surgery resident, was awarded one of the fourteen Plus People Awards for the Summer 2010 quarter. The ºÚÁÏÍø Plus People Award is a long standing tradition which recognizes 1% of ºÚÁÏÍø Health Care employees each quarter that exemplify our Commitment to...

June 7, 2010 — The faculty elected three Medical Staff Executive Committee at-large members last week. Each faculty member will serve a three-year term on the MSEC. The winners of the elections are: David Henke, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (re-elected); Eldad Hadar, MD,...