In less than two decades, 3-D printers have raised the public’s eyebrows so often that their manufacturers might've reasonably been accused of grandstanding. Last month, a working automobile of...
Nestled in the beautiful Kootenai National Forest is the small mining town of Libby, Mont. Only 2,500 people call Libby home, but they are served well by Dr. Greg Rice, a family physician and co-...
Future surgeons must be good communicators, team players, and continuing learners who can hone their surgical and clinical skills throughout their careers, according to a new study.
The study,...
The patient story is usually incomplete. This is the challenge that Sarah Kolnik, a general surgery intern, faced during her four-week rotation on the burn intensive care unit at Harborview Medical...
The University of Washington’s School of Medicine today once again earned the No. 1 spot among primary-care medical schools in U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 rankings.
The UW school also...
Sixty percent of the 2015 University of Washington School of Medicine graduating class will enter primary- care residencies this fall.
Their participation in the National Residency Matching Program...
An overview of the U.S. food system and its impact on public health includes nuggets you may find hard to digest:
During 2013, an estimated 14.3 percent of American households were “food-insecure...
In a one-hour window at Harborview Medical Center, Maria Paulsen moves between gurneys of five people with apparently serious wounds – from a motorcycle crash, a car crash, a gunshot, a stabbing and...
The Alaska Track of the UW-Seattle Children’s pediatric residency program has graduated its first group of new physicians.
The four young doctors had spent four months out of each of the past three...
Recognition of depression as a global problem has increased dramatically over the last decade, partly through the efforts of University of Washington faculty to broaden awareness and treatment in the...