With the goal of building and maintaining the highest performing teams in academic surgery, a multifaceted approach to recruit new faculty at all ranks was implemented in the Department of Surgery at The University of Michigan.
"What I witnessed was the extremely positive impact the program had on my colleagues who went through it, the impact on the Department, and the way that others both inside and outside the institution viewed this opportunity."
The Michigan Promise represents our commitment to creating a culture in which diversity is imbedded into our professional lives as surgeons, educators, and investigators.
The Michigan Promise represents a longitudinal investment in the faculty of the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan, recognizing that success is due to the talent, commitment, and vision of its faculty.
The Department of Surgery is committed to excellence in Patient Care, Education, Scientific Inquiry, Professional Development, Inclusion.
The new Michigan Center for Global Surgery provides a unique, multi-faceted opportunity for Michigan surgeons to affect care on a global scale.
Learn about Dr. Gilman's annual medical missions to Cartagena, Colombia.
“I hope I get to look back at seven years of work and see that we are leading the way towards creating not only an excellent, but also diverse workforce in medicine.”
The Department of Surgery launches innovative initiatives.
The potential for certain plant products as anti-cancer drugs.
The Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network, or Michigan-OPEN ( michigan-open.org ), aims to reduce excess opioid prescribing, post-operative use and unintended opioid diversion into local communities.
Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS, and Stewart C. Wang, MD, PhD, FACS, both recently received Dean’s Awards.
Dr. Teitelbaum was a wonderful clinician, a devoted teacher and a brilliant researcher.
Find out more about Dr. Chung and Dr. Brown's advanced hand reconstruction technique workshops in Huế, Vietnam.
Dr. Chung collaborates with Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan.
John C. Magee, MD and Michael J. Englesbe, MD help start up of Michigan Journal of Medicine.
General Surgery Residency program will welcome an expanded class of residents for the first time in 30 years.
Partnerships like UM-AIIMS benefit the U-M on a number of other levels.
