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On a night of celebration, the Indiana University School of Medicine proudly welcomed Dr. Jasmine Lee and Dr. Dimitrios Stefanidis, 2024 inductees from the Department of Surgery, into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honors society.

It is with profound sadness that the Department of Surgery announce the passing of a distinguished colleague and revered member of our medical community, Dr. Dale Rouch. A devoted husband, father, grandfather and surgeon, who peacefully passed away on January 21, 2024. Dale is survived by his beloved wife, Dr. Debra (Conerty) Bergman Rouch, and leaves a legacy through his children: Rachel Bergman (Mel Yanson), Dr. Joshua Rouch (Maeghan), Stephanie Rouch, Andrea Laxton (Ben), and Evan Bergman.

Dr. Michael Murphy secures an NIH-NHLBI R01 grant of $1.79M. His research grant dives into limb preservation, specifically addressing Critical Limb Threatening Ischemia (CLTI) and its severe impact on patients, especially those with diabetes. Learn how Dr. Murphy's innovative approach using vertebral bone adherent mesenchymal stromal cells could revolutionize treatments, stimulate vascularization, and reduce the risk of amputations.

Bleeding out is the most common cause of preventable death after injury. We are participating in an international study to see if a blood clotting drug, given soon after arrival in the emergency department, can improve survival.

Surgery faculty member Damaris Ortiz is combatting violence in Indianapolis as leader of Prescription for Hope, a hospital-based program aimed at reducing violent injuries one survivor at a time.

The Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center encourages all cardiovascular trainees, fellows and junior faculty at the assistant professor level to submit an abstract for the Young Investigator Competition at the inaugural Krannert Biennial.

Clark Simons, MD, reaches out to underrepresented minority students—particularly Black males—to show them they can succeed in medicine. 

Investigators from the Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine and Engineering at Indiana University School of Medicine and the IU Health Comprehensive Wound Care Center have turned to community physicians to reach adult patients with diabetic foot complications. Left untreated, these patients could face disability, including limb amputation.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in 6 people with disabilities or 16.7% in the United States in 2018, had been diagnosed with diabetes, compared to 1 in 14 without disabilities. Currently, more than 37 million Americans have diabetes, or 11.3% of the U.S. population—11.2% of adults in Indiana.

The division of plastic surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine recently completed its first round of global health surgery rotations in cooperation with Moi University School of Medicine and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret, Kenya, as part of a new Global Plastic Surgery Program for residents that launched in 2022.