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Surgery

President's Frontier Award

Trauma surgeon and gun violence survivor Joseph Sakran honored

Published Feb 16, 2024

Sakran, director of emergency general surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, will receive a $250,000 grant to further his work among medical professionals to reduce firearm injuries and deaths

Fou X-ray images of pelvic surgical procedure

Medtech

X-rays mark the spot

Published Nov 20, 2023

Machine learning could help improve efficiency of pelvic fracture surgery

A physician in scrubs instructs a group of undergrads

Biomedical engineering

Medicine's problem-solvers

Published May 23, 2018

Biomedical engineering program empowers undergrads to develop real-world solutions for improving patient care

Surgery

Hopkins performs world's first penis transplant

Published April 23, 2018

Recipient is a combat veteran who sustained injuries while serving in Afghanistan

Four students gather around a petri dish

Undergraduate research

A simple way to stop the bleeding

Published April 17, 2018

Engineering students devise blood-clotting 'super gel' that could make oft-repeated procedures more efficient and economical

Racial, economic factors contribute to differences in surgical care

Published Sept 20, 2017

Poor and minority patients receive less optimal pain management, are placed on enhanced recovery protocols later than wealthier, white counterparts / Hopkins Medicine