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Fifty years ago, U-M surgeon Robert Bartlett helped invent a life-saving procedure called Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). Now researchers are using the next-generation of ECMO to give lungs a new life.

U-M works with St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa.

Medical mission work and a return to U of M.

In October, the Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society gathered in Ann Arbor to celebrate its 59th annual meeting – and commemorated the event with a group portrait. The photograph was taken after a day of scientific lectures from physicians and researchers.

In October, Mark B. Orringer, M.D., of the Department of Surgery was one of 25 University of Michigan professors — and the only one from the Health System — honored at the Distinguished University Professorships ceremony.

The RPNI is on track to revolutionize prosthetic technology and make life infinitely better for people who’ve lost limbs.

Paula Wiggins, of Cincinnati, lost her husband to esophageal cancer in 2008. Since then, not only has the family raised money for research into the early detection and treatment of the largely unknown disease, but their fundraising events may be helping to save lives more directly.

The U-M’s new chief of general surgery seeks to extend the window of opportunity for treatment of traumatic injuries.

The yearly vascular surgery award, endowed by Martin and Marilyn Lindenauer, recognizes the body of research completed by a trainee during their time at Michigan.