Quick Snips: Topics in Surgery
Building a Better Search Committee
Dr. Tanya Anand, clinical assistant professor of surgery at the University of Arizona, led a group of women in medicine to craft a first-of-its-kind framework for building an appropriately diverse search committee.
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Lending a Hand: Transforming Transplant Possibilities
With the help of grant funding from the U.S. Department of Defense, Dr. El Rasheid Zakaria, an assistant professor of trauma, surgical critical care, burns, and acute care surgery in the Department of Surgery, has developed a new technique that will help improve treatment for combatants injured in the battlefield.
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Skin Cancer: Not Just a Summer Concern
Just because the days are shorter and it’s not as hot out doesn’t mean we shouldn’t still be taking measures to protect ourselves from exposure to the sun and its potential health consequences, such as melanoma and other types of skin cancers. Skin surgical oncologist Dr. James Warneke discusses why we should be concerned about skin cancer and how to prevent it.
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