UW-Madison Department of Surgery

11/21/2025

A UW Health story shares the importance of early detection for lung cancer. Last year, Dr. Andrea Axtell performed a life-saving procedure on a patient whose lung cancer was detected early.

Shannon underwent a biopsy and tumor removal surgery under one anesthesia at UW Health and is now lung cancer free.

11/20/2025

Earlier this fall, Dr. Kristin Long, Vice Chair of Global Surgery, and Dr. Clayton Marcinak, general surgery resident, helped develop and present at the ACS H.O.P.E. Surgical Education Workshop in Hawassa, Ethiopia, the first teaching workshop of its kind in the country. Dr. Long presented on simulation training and entrustable professional activities. Dr. Marcinak presented about the role of residents as teachers, based on his observations from his month-long, global surgery elective rotation in Ethiopia. https://go.wisc.edu/m5w0a2

11/19/2025

Dr. Lacey Stelle, assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, shares about the impact of a generous gift to the Margaret M. Rudolph Endowment Fund on cancer patients at the UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital.

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11/17/2025

This week for Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Andrea Axtell shares about some of the lung cancer treatments that are available at UW Health.

11/14/2025

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and our surgeons are helping give patients a second chance at life. A UW Health story shares how Dr. Sharon Weber, Chair of the Division of Surgical Oncology, performed a life-saving procedure on a patient.

Claudia McCormick of Beloit, Wisconsin, hopes to someday be the world's longest living pancreatic cancer survivor. She's got the battle scars to prove it.

11/13/2025

The 2025 U.S. News & World Reports survey ranks UW Health Kids and American Family Children's Hospital in the top 50 hospitals for Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery. Congratulations to Drs. Petros Anagnostopoulos and Joshua Hermsen for their involvement in this achievement!

11/12/2025

It's Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Dr. Andrea Axtell, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, answers some common questions about lung cancer surgery.

11/11/2025

Today we honor all those who have served. Thank you for your dedication, sacrifice and service to our country.

11/10/2025

November is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. Our surgeons in the Division of Surgical Oncology help provide care to those diagnosed with stomach cancer. Learn more: https://go.wisc.edu/i6vu17

11/07/2025

Cancer is a growing problem for low- and middle-income countries. Drs. Syed Nabeel Zafar and Muhammad Murtaza are using their cancer research to make an impact abroad.

The UW Carbone Cancer Center global oncology program joins aims to make cancer detection and treatment more equitable around the world.

11/07/2025

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Andrea Axtell, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, shares an overview of lung cancer including some markers for increased risk and potential symptoms.

11/06/2025

It's Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Our surgeons are helping move pancreatic cancer prevention and treatment forward through surgeries, clinical trials and the Pancreas Cancer Prevention Program. A UW Health story shares how one family had nearly five extra years with their dad after his original diagnosis because of the extraordinary work being done our faculty. Read more:

Jack's family gets to spend years together after an initial prognosis was a matter of days.