News & Announcements
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce Dr. Derek Steinbacher’s recent appointment as Medical Director for Innovation and Emerging Technologies, effective Jan. 1. In his new role, Dr. Steinbacher will serve as a Faculty liaison to Yale Innovations and industry partners, in order to identify, implement, and integrate emerging technologies and initiatives across the department’s surgical specialties.
- December 22, 2021
The newly appointed Vice Chair of DEI and Associate Professor of Surgery (plastic & reconstructive) will join the Yale School of Medicine Department of Surgery in April 2022.
- December 21, 2021Source: Yale New Haven Health - Greenwich Hospital
Barbara A. Ward, MD, has been named chair of Surgery at Greenwich Hospital, becoming the first woman to lead the hospital’s team of surgeons.
- December 14, 2021
It's the time of year to deck the halls, and indeed, we have, with the installment of our updated leadership wall at the start of the Department's Farnham Memorial Building hallway on the YSM campus. The wall features portraits and titles of Yale Surgery leaders at each of our network hospitals, Vice Chairs, Division Chiefs, and Section Chiefs; and a large map, detailing our current locations, and designed to "grow," with new locations, as the footprint expands.
- December 13, 2021
The Department of Surgery is recruiting for a YNHHS Surgical Critical Care Chief. This new position will coordinate intensive care services across our health system to ensure a signature of care.
- December 10, 2021
Dr. Nina Horowitz has retired, culminating more than 40 years of patient care, research, and mentorship as a Yale Medicine breast surgeon and clinician educator. She performed her last surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital on Nov. 10, 2021.
- December 02, 2021
The Extra Mile Award is a quarterly award that recognizes four individuals per year who consistently go above and beyond the call of duty. The Yale Surgery Citizens Helping Hand award recognizes an individual’s extraordinary contribution toward a specific project, initiative, or circumstance.
- November 09, 2021
A multidisciplinary team of surgeons from Yale's Aortic Institute and the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, both part of Yale New Haven Health’s Heart and Vascular Center, is among the first in the country to employ a novel aortic stent graft system for the minimally invasive treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.
- November 08, 2021
Executive Vice Chair of Operations, Dr. Mehra Golshan, presented the Department-level commitments toward the AY22 'fourth mission' goal of creating a 'great place to work,' across the surgical sites. The proposal comes as a response to feedback shared at the September 2021 Faculty Retreat, where several requests were prioritized.
- November 01, 2021
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Vincent Mase Jr. to the position of Associate Program Director for Assessment to support the growth and integrity of its General Surgery Residency Program. In this new role, Dr. Mase will focus primarily on developing mechanisms that ensure the timely exchange of feedback among faculty and trainees across the system; in addition to maintaining compliance with regulatory bodies.