Clinical Care
Message from the Chair
Timothy Pawlik, MD, PhD, MPH
It’s an exciting time to be a Buckeye surgeon with The Ohio State University Department of Surgery! Our team has much to celebrate and even more to look forward to. As a department, we strive to apply our collective values — which include Excellence, Integrity, Innovation, Education, Quality and Diversity — to all of our work. Throughout this Year-in- Review brochure, we hope you’ll see how this led to incredible new ideas in patient care, research and education in FY2023.
Department of Surgery FY2023 at a Glance
- 14,761 total OR cases
- No. 6 general surgery residency program
- No. 8 in NIH funding
- $20M total research funding
- 386 publications
Department Highlights
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Robotic surgery program celebrates 30,000 surgeries
Clinical Care
Surgeons perform first thyroid radiofrequency ablation in central Ohio
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Groundbreaking work in organ transplantation
Education
Teaching the next generation of Buckeye surgeons
Research
Buckeyes are determined and inquisitive
Philanthropy
The power of philanthropy
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Why are diversity, equity and inclusion important?
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