Surgery

Trauma care

Wright State engineering professor Pratik Parikh to lead research designed to optimize locations of hospital trauma centers

Reshaping the network of hospital trauma centers to increase their effectiveness in saving lives and better utilize resources is the goal of research led by Wright State. Continue reading

Bocce tournament to raise funds, awareness for lymphedema

Living with Lymphedema is organizing the seventh annual Bocce for Lymphedema Tournament on June 2. Continue reading

Wright State physicians and faculty named 2017-2018 Best Doctors in America

Five of the 43 physicians are Boonshoft School of Medicine alumni, and nine are alumni of the medical school’s residency programs. Continue reading

Clinical assistant professor committed to fighting blindness in developing nations

Boonshoft School of Medicine’s Zaiba Malik has traveled to India, Fiji and Ecuador on medical mission trips, performing cataract surgeries and teaching local eye care providers. Continue reading

Surgeons travel to Sri Lanka to teach, share knowledge

Boonshoft School of Medicine professors traveled to Sri Lanka to teach residents and surgeons about the latest developments in trauma and minimally invasive surgery. Continue reading

Bariatric symposium to explore comprehensive approach to weight loss and wellness

The bariatric symposium will explore the latest updates in nutritional guidelines, operative procedures and patient management for the bariatric surgery patient. Continue reading

Wright State’s Caroline Cao awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholar fellowship to work in Vietnam

Wright State medical researcher Caroline Cao will spend the spring semester at the International University of Vietnam National Universities as a Fulbright Scholar fellow. Continue reading

Wright State Physicians to offer educational session about bariatric surgery

Joon Shim, a fellowship-trained, minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon with Wright State Physicians Surgery, will give her talk on Nov. 15 in the Wright State Physicians Health Center. Continue reading

Wright State biomedical researchers selected to present invention at prestigious statewide forum

Wright State medical researcher Caroline Cao

Wright State researchers will seek funding and feedback for their revolutionary medical device that could eliminate the need for radiation-emitting X-rays in certain procedures. Continue reading

Boonshoft School of Medicine offers symposium on comprehensive cancer care

The free symposium on surgical oncology is for physicians, obstetrician-gynecologists, gastroenterologists, oncologists and surgeons. Continue reading