Michigan Surgery

Congratulations to General Surgery Resident Vanessa Niba, MD, for receiving the 2025 ACS H.O.P.E. Lusaka Resident Research Scholarship! The award recognizes her passion for global health & understanding of the needs in Lusaka, Zambia, home of a surgical training hub.

“Caring for my patients is a privilege. I’m motivated by the opportunity to combine my clinical practice and research to fuel innovative advancements that ultimately enhance the quality of care I can provide for my patients.” -Drew Braet, MD, Vascular Surgery Resident

After President Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, vascular surgeon @AndreaObiMD joined the @AP to explain the condition, symptoms and treatments. Watch here: michmed.org/yg42K

Thanks to @CraigBrownMD and @KyleSheetz for leading today’s session in our 5th Annual @UMichCHOP boot camp for new fellows!

A new match is in: Bailey N. Johnson, MD, will join us for breast surgical oncology fellowship in 2026. Welcome to the Department of Surgery, Dr. Johnson!

Amazing! Proud to be a part of this team! #GoBlue

The results are in! For the fifth year in a row, we've been ranked as the top surgery residency program in the nation by Doximity.

Our plastic surgery residency program is holding strong in the Doximity rankings! For the second year in a row, the program was ranked third nationwide.

Delighted to share that one of our own residents, Jeremy Figeuroa-Ortiz, DMD, MD, will continue his training with us as our Head and Neck Oncology fellow in 2026!

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) just elected a new president: Our own John Magee, MD! We're confident the organization will benefit greatly from his leadership. Congratulations!

“I am constantly reminded of what a privilege it is to be entrusted by our patients to care for them and help transform them in profound ways.” -Hannes Prescher, MD, Craniofacial Surgeon #WeAreUMichSurgery

2 amazing talks from @UMichSurgery this year at @AWRConference - @jennyshaomd on strengths/limits of robotic TAR & @DanaTelem on hernia repairs in emergent settings. And @YewandeAlimiMD representing @GUMedicine on robo TAPP! Thanks to @MedStarGUH for hosting a great conference.

💪Challenge accepted 🏆Challenge funded Congrats to Alvaro Rojas Pena, M.D. & his team, who are among the winners of the Kahn Pediatric Critical Care Grand Challenge! They'll continue work on nitric oxide releasing intravascular catheters: medresearch.umich.edu/research-news/…

Thrilled to share that Lucas Fair, MD, will be joining us in 2026 for minimally invasive surgery fellowship. Welcome to the Department of Surgery!

For Grand Rounds this Thursday: The 12th Berguer Lecture on Ethics with Margaret "Gretchen" Schwarze, MD, MPP. Dr. Schwarze will give her talk, Better Conversations for Better Informed Consent. Location: Ford Auditorium

Bypass and Beyond: Redefining Roles and Mechanisms of Obesity Treatment at ENDO 2025 endocrinenews.endocrine.org/bypass-and-bey…

Pancreatic cancer researchers, mark your calendars! We (@UMICHpancreas) will be hosting #PancMidwest2025 in Ann Arbor this Fall. Link below, registration is open! And check out the super speaker line-up @umichmedicine, @HenryFordHealth, @michiganstateu, @LifeAtPurdue, @UMNews,…

Timothy Frankel, MD, and his team took a look at what happens when interleukin-22, which plays a major protective role in healing from acute and chronic pancreatitis, isn't regulated appropriately. The full story on their findings: michmed.org/ByGdM

“I love the deep focus and problem-solving in the OR, as well as the challenge of making complex clinical concepts digestible for patients and families. When patients realize that we are allies, there is nothing more meaningful.” -Paris Rollins, MD, General Surgery resident

Researchers at @umichmedicine uncovered a key mechanism that regulates blood pressure & vascular remodeling — increasing future risk of heart attack and stroke — in people with a genetic variant linked to high BP, a @jclinicalinvest study suggests: michmed.org/ZxZ8d