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Nicholas B. Vedder, M.D.
Professor of Surgery & Orthopaedics; Chief of Plastic Surgery at the University of Washington
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Hand & Wrist |
| College: | B.S. in Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1977 | | Medical School: | M.D., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1981 | | Internship: | Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 1981-1982 | | Residency: | Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 1982-1986; Plastic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1988-1990 | | Fellowship: | Senior Research Fellow, Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 1986-1988; Clinical Fellow, Dept. of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, 1988-1990; Hand Surgery, Dept. of Orthopaedics, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle | | Articles, Videos and Publications: | Scientific Publications (PubMed Listing)
| | Memberships: | American Association for Hand Surgery
American College of Surgeons
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Association for Academic Surgery
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons | | Board Certification: | Board Certified | | Philosophy of care/General Information: | In 1981, Dr. Vedder received his medical degree from Case Western
Reserve. He completed a residency in surgery at the University of
Washington in 1986 and then began a research career with a NIH Research
Fellowship at the University of Washington from 1986 to 1988
investigating the molecular interactions during reperfusion injury. Dr.
Vedder completed a Plastic Surgery Residency at Harborview Medical
School/Massachusetts General Hospital in 1990. He completed a Hand
Surgery Fellowship at the University of Washington in 1991. Dr.
Vedder's research interests involve the investigation of
leukocyte-endothelial interactions and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Dr.
Vedder has a NIH funded research laboratory examining the mechanism of
reperfusion injury and novel methods of controlling this process
through modulation of adhesion interaction between leukocytes and
endothelium.
In addition, Dr. Vedder is involved in the field of Plastic Surgery
as a member of the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a Plastic
Surgery Representative to the American College of Surgeons. He served
on the Research Funding Committee on the Plastic Surgery Research
Council as the Chairman. | | Clinic locations and days of week: | Harborview Medical Center | | Appointment request information (web, phone, fax): | For new patient, please download Orthopaedic New Information Form. |
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An interview with Daphne M. Beingessner, M.D.
Dr. Beingessner was born and raised in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She completed Medical School and her Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Following residency training, she completed a Hand and Upper Limb Fellowship at the Hand and Upper Limb Center in London, Ontario. She traveled to Seattle, Washington to join the Trauma Advanced Clinical Experience program at Harborview Medical Center.
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The University of Washington Medical Center was again ranked highly for
orthopaedic surgery by US News and World Report, this year being listed as 15th
in the nation.
Dr. Beingessner, Assistant Professor, received 2008 spring quarter's HMC CARES Service Excellence Award.
Dr Henley has recently been appointed to the Board of Directors of the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Dr. Leopold lectured recently in San Francisco at the annual meeting of the
Hippocrates Winslow Babbage Foundation.
Dr. Maheshwari, orthopaedic resident, has been nominated by the Program Director and Chair of Orthopaedics to attend the 2008 AOA-OREF-Zimmer Resident Leadership Forum.
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