Department of Surgery

General Surgery Resident News

Award Winners, 2023 Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science/Department of Surgery Research Day

Posted on April 26, 2023

 

On April 19, 2023 we held our 21st Annual Research Day and Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science. Attendees were treated to an outstanding presentation, "Leading the Way: Applying American Surgical Leadership Principles to Improve Health Care for All" by this years’ Richard L. Simmons lecturer, Dean Adil Haider from Aga Khan University Medical College . 

Alum Dr. Brock Generalovich Named 2023 Awardee of Distinction

Posted on March 22, 2023

Brock Generalovich, DO, was honored as a part of the Pitt Varsity Letter Club Awardee of Distinction Class of 2023. On February 24th, Pitt Varsity Letter Club celebrated him as well as eight other Forever Panthers. Dr Generalovich completed his general surgery residency training with our department. In the past, Dr. Generalovich has been a contributor to the department's Pietzman Professorship. Dr. Generalovich continues to be a steward of the medical profession and is specializing in plastic surgery at his private practice in Boardman, OH. 

Dr. Yeahwa Hong Receives Thoracic Surgery Foundation Resident Research Fellowship Award

Posted on February 18, 2022
Dr. Yeahwa Hong

 

Congratulations to Yeahwa Hong, MD, who received the 2022 Thoracic Surgery Foundation Resident Research Fellowship Award for his research project, “Development of a Novel Ambulatory Pulmonary Assist System For Long-Term Respiratory Support.”

 

NIH/NHLBI to Fund F32 Fellowship Award to Dr. Jurgis Alvikas

Posted on August 14, 2019
Dr. Jurgis Alvikas

 

Congratulations to our general surgery resident Jurgis Alvikas, MD, who received notice from the National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health that they will fund his F32 fellowship award, “The role of platelet-specific NLRP3 inflammasome in venous thrombosis after trauma.” The purpose of the F32 award program is to enhance the research training of promising postdoctoral candidates with the potential to become productive, independent investigators.