News & Announcements
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce Dr. Vikram Reddy as the new Division Chief for the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, effective March 1, 2021. Dr. Reddy, an Associate Professor in the Division, succeeds Dr. Walter E. Longo, who led Gastrointestinal Surgery as Division Chief since 2003.
- February 11, 2021
The Department of Surgery's third annual Research Day will be held April 7, 2021. All residents, faculty, postdoctoral fellows, surgical APPs, and students are encouraged to submit an abstract for the poster competition.
- February 05, 2021
Clarence T. Sasaki MD, Charles W. Ohse Professor Emeritus of Surgery at the Yale School of Medicine, died peacefully on February 4, 2021. His prominent career is distinguished by his life-long passion for the academic mission, and as a champion of surgical leadership at Yale. He was the longest serving Chief of Otolaryngology, serving more than 30 years, between 1981 and 2012.
- January 29, 2021
Steve Kramer, Business Office Manager for the Department of Surgery, is retiring from Yale after 15 years of service.
- January 22, 2021
Dr. Sajid Khan has been appointed Section Chief of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) and Mixed Tumors in the Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery.
- January 21, 2021
Rachel Adams Greenup, MD, MPH, FACS, has been appointed as Associate Professor of Surgery (Oncology) and Section Chief of Breast Surgery for the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine.
- January 14, 2021
Interested investigators are asked to submit a two-page proposal by Feb. 15, 2021.
- December 22, 2020
Surgeons at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital performed the first pediatric heart transplant in the state of Connecticut on Oct. 23, 2020. The patient, a seventeen-year-old Connecticut resident, has been discharged from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
- December 22, 2020
The Clinical track was established by the Yale School of Medicine in 2019 in recognition of faculty whose primary focus is patient care.
- December 22, 2020
The Board of Permanent Officers approved the three faculty appointments at its Dec. 2, 2020 meeting.