News & Announcements
A message from Department of Surgery Chair, Dr. Nita Ahuja
- March 04, 2024
The Department of Surgery ranks 16th in the nation for NIH funding, with an allocation of $11.18 million, according to the Blue Ridge Report for 2023. The achievement exceeds a goal set by the department back in 2018, aiming to elevate its research standing into the top 20 within five years. The accomplishment marks a substantial leap from its previous position at #42, where it had less than $2 million in NIH funding — a testament to strategic planning and steadfast dedication of the department's research team.
- March 01, 2024Source: HCPLive
Older adults who are ≥ 90 years old, have dementia, are frail, and are undergoing vascular surgery have greater hospital readmission rates within 180 days.
- March 01, 2024
The Department of Surgery has achieved a significant milestone, ranking 16th in the nation for NIH funding, with an allocation of $11.18 million, according to the Blue Ridge Report for 2023.
- February 29, 2024
The Yale Department of Surgery has received $1.2M grant from Johnson & Johnson (J&J). Led by the Vice Chair Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Paris Butler MD, MPH, the Diverse Surgeons Initiative or DSI 2.0 aims to diversify the academic surgical workforce by preparing Black and Latino surgical residents for fellowship attainment and faculty positions.
- February 28, 2024Source: YaleNews
A new Yale study is the first to describe the short- and longer-term risk of hospital readmission for older persons who have had major surgery.
- February 28, 2024
Monica G. Valero, MD, assistant professor of surgery (oncology) and director of the Hispanic Breast Cancer Program, has received a prestigious one-year pilot grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to advance breast cancer care among the Hispanic population. The prestigious award affirms the Department of Surgery’s commitment to tackling health inequities on a national scale and locally.
- February 27, 2024
Tsung-Ting (Tim) Kuo, PhD, has been recruited as a faculty member in the Section of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science (BIDS) with a secondary appointment at the Department of Surgery at the Yale School of Medicine, effective July 1, 2024. Dr. Kuo, a trailblazer in his field, focuses his federally funded work centers on blockchain technologies, machine learning, and natural language processing, with a particular emphasis on transformative applications in biomedical, healthcare, and genomic studies.
- February 22, 2024
The Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine/Yale New Haven Health System announced the commencement of a nationwide search for the next program director of the General Surgery Residency Program.
- February 20, 2024
For Milford residents, a newly upgraded three-floor medical clinic at 849 Boston Post Road in the center of downtown, brings access to Yale’s gold-standard Otolaryngology and Vascular Surgery teams one step closer to home. Division Chiefs Benjamin L. Judson, MD, MBA and Raul Guzman, MD, were among the Department and Health System leaders who celebrated the official opening of the clinic at a ribbon cutting ceremony held Jan. 30.