UW-Madison Department of Surgery

02/27/2026

A big thank you to our residents for all that they do throughout the year! We are so lucky to have you in our department.

02/17/2026

Ramadan Mubarak

02/17/2026

Happy Lunar New Year!

02/14/2026

"As a transplant surgeon, its not lost on me that our entire specialty relies on people's generosity in donating their organs. To those families, I would say thank you." - Dr. Nikole Neidlinger, Associate Professor in the Division of Transplantation

For National Donor Day, we want to say thank you to all donors and donor families. We are so grateful to those who have made the ultimate gift. To learn more and register, visit heroicdeed.com

02/12/2026

Dr. Krystle Lange, assistant professor in the Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery, shared about the importance of getting screened for hernias. Learn more:

02/11/2026

Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We are so proud of the life-changing work that all of the women at Wisconsin Surgery do!

02/10/2026

“We take great pride in serving these patients and helping them return to full, healthy lives.”

Drs. Dixon Kaufman and Dan McCarthy discuss the extraordinary results of the UW Health Transplant Center in 2025.

The UW Health Transplant Center performed more than 520 adult and pediatric organ transplants in 2025 and set records during a milestone year for the program.

02/09/2026

This Black History Month, UW-Madison is celebrating Black Love in all its forms: self-love, family, friendship and romance. For more information about events, visit: go.wisc.edu/bhm

02/06/2026

Today is National Wear Red Day, which should be easy for ! Wear Red Day raises awareness for women's heart health. Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women. Show your support for women across the nation by wearing red.

02/05/2026

It's National Burn Awareness Week. We are proud of the outstanding clinical care, exceptional education and ground-breaking research efforts of our Burn and Wound Care Team. Read more about our advancements in burn care:

Left to right: Kristin Friedl, RN, DNP, ACACNP-BC; Lee Faucher, MD ’96; patient Ryen Reif; Angela Gibson, MD ’09, PhD ’07 (PG ’14, ’15); and Mary Junak, MD, gather near the entrance to the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research in June 2025.

02/04/2026

This World Cancer Day, read about how Drs. Nabeel Zafar and Muhammed Murtaza, members of our Division of Surgical Oncology, are making an impact on cancer research and detection abroad:

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

02/03/2026

It's National Women Physicians Day! We have over 100 exceptional women surgeons and trainees in our department. We are so proud of all the extraordinary work that our women physicians do for the Department of Surgery and beyond.