DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY - Key Persons
A. Strauss. Born in Germany in 1881, Dr. Strauss came to Colville, WA at the age of ten. An honor graduate of the University of Washington in 1904 and an outstanding member of the Alumni Association, he received the singular honor of the Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus in 1951.
Dr. Strauss was a football star as an undergraduate. As an alumnus, he was active in the recruitment and establishment of scholarships for athletes at the University of Washington. He personally recruited more than 75 football players from the Chicago area, five of whom became college "All-Americans." In 1981, he was elected to the Husky Hall of Fame.
He received his MD at Rush Medical College in 1908, graduating first in his class. He interned for two years at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and completed a brief period of study under Eugen Enderlen in Heidelberg, Germany. He then returned to Chicago, where he spent his entire medical career.
Dr. Strauss possessed a rare combination of skill, vision and drive, and was intimately involved with many "firsts" in the advance of medicine. In 1912, he devised a direct syringe-cannula technique to transfer warm blood from donor to recipient (Surg Gyn Obstet, Nov: 678-682, 1925). Subsequently, the method was applied extensively by physicians in the Army and Navy during World War II.
Dr. Strauss founded and organized the "Stomach Group" in 1914 at Michael Reese Hospital. This group, composed of specialists in various fields of medicine, surgery, psychology, and social work, was dedicated to the study of clinical and experimental problems related to the gastrointestinal tract, a multi-disciplinary approach that continues to gain popularity.
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- Member of the SENIOR LEADERSHIP Team
- Assistant Director, Finance Operations and Pre - / Post - Award Administration
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- Professor, Division of General Surgery / Adjunct Professor, Departments of Public Health and Pharmacy / Associate Chair for Research
- Vice Chair for Research
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- Director
- Member of the UNIT LEADERSHIP Team
- Director of Program Operations, Surgical Outcomes Research Center ( SORCE )
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- Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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- Member of the UNIT LEADERSHIP Team
- Associate Director of Finance and Research, Division of Healthcare Simulation Science, WISH, CREST
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- Division of General Surgery, UW
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- Adjunct Associate Professor
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- Professor & Chief, Division of Transplant Surgery
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- Vice Chair for Quality and Safety / DIVISION
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- Director
- Vice Chair for Education
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- Fellowship Program Administrator
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- Residency Program Operations Specialist and Recruitment Manager, Surgical Education
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- ADMINISTRATOR
- Member of the UNIT LEADERSHIP Team
- Administrator of Operations
Administrator of Operations: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transplant Surgery & Vascular Surgery
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- Member of the SENIOR LEADERSHIP Team
- Assistant Director, Academic and Staff Human Resources and Communications
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- ADMINISTRATOR
- Member of the SENIOR LEADERSHIP Team
- Associate Director, Clinical Finance
- Associate Director, Clinical Finance and Programs Interim Administrator of Operations
Associate Director, Clinical Finance and Programs; Interim Administrator of Operations: General Surgery and Plastic Surgery UW Medical Center
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery Medical Student Program Director
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program Director
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program Administrator
- Residency Program Administrator
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- ADMINISTRATOR
- Member of the UNIT LEADERSHIP Team
- Senior Administrator of Operations
Senior Administrator of Operations: Plastic Surgery and Trauma, Burn & Critical Care Surgery, Harborview Medical Center; General Surgery, Veterans Administration Healthcare (VAPHS); Surgical Education Programs/Education Division
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- Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development
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- DOS Medical Student Program Administrator
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- Member of the UNIT LEADERSHIP Team
- MAEdHD, Associate Director of Operations, Division of Healthcare Simulation Science, WISH
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- Member of the SENIOR LEADERSHIP Team
- Associate Director, Research and Finance
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- CHIEF of CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
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- Associate Professor of Surgery / Interim Program Director, General and Preliminary Surgery
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- Member of the SENIOR LEADERSHIP Team
- Director of IT Services, Department of Surgery and Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
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- CHIEF of TRANSPLANT SURGERY
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- Adjunct Assistant Professor
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- Member of the UNIT LEADERSHIP Team
- Administrator of Program Operations for Marketing and Communications
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- CHIEF of PEDIATRIC SURGERY
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- Vice Chair, Finance & Administration
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- Associate
- Program Director
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- TRANSPLANT SERVICE LINE DIRECTOR