Surgery

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

25 Wright State physicians and faculty named 2015-16 Best Doctors in America

Wright State physicians and faculty were named best doctors across a range of specialties ranging from pediatric pulmonology to family medicine and psychiatry to orthopaedic surgery. Continue reading

Communication conquest

Wright State’s Subhashini Ganapathy developing model to improve decisions in disaster response

Wright State assistant professor Subhashini Ganapathy receives National Science Foundation grant to improve communication and decision making during a disaster. Continue reading

Wright State Physicians Surgery welcomes new doctors in surgical oncology, vascular surgery

Wright State Physicians Health Center building

Vascular surgeon Kamran A. Jafree and surgical oncologist Rebecca Tuttle join Wright State Physicians Surgery and the Boonshoft School of Medicine. Continue reading