Department Announcements

Congratulations to members of the department who were voted Top Doctors in the Puget Sound region for 2026 by Seattle Magazine.  For more than two decades, Seattle magazine has published a list of the region’s top doctors.

Congratulations to Dr. Mac Donald who has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Department of Neurological Surgery’s Endowed Chair in Traumatic Brain Injury Research.  Funds from this endowment support Dr.

Congratulations to Kaity Hartl, Physician Assistant in the Neurological Surgery Clinic at UW Medical Center who is a recipient of the Spring UW Medicine Cares Award.  Kaity is recognized for her compassion, adapta

While renowned for its lifesaving emergency care, Harborview Medical Center also offers elective surgeries performed by some of the nation’s best-trained surgical teams in state-of-the-art

Traditionally, traumatic brain injuries were classified as mild, moderate and severe but this is a vague system based on different clinical definitions and doesn’t take unique patient factors into account.

After long careers as atmospheric scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Gerhard Kramm and his wife, Nicole Mölders, were enjoying their retirement in Alaska. They filled their days with activities they enjoyed together, like continuing their research and ballroom dancing.  

Dr. Ellenbogen received the prestigious Founder’s Laurel Award on October 14th at the 75th Annual Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) meeting which took place in Los Angeles.

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Thanks to the diligent, thoughtful work our faculty, residents, and staff have done to help attract the best and brightest residents to our department, for yet another year, we have matched our top candidates.

Dr. Jeff Ojemann has been appointed the inaugural holder of the George A.