Surgical Research

Division News

Fanny Asmussen, an International Visiting Medical Student, will be visiting March - May 2023

February 2, 2023 by Division of Surgical Research

Fanny Asmussen, an International visiting medical student from Aarhus University in Denmark, will also be visiting from March – May 2023 to conduct research with Thomas Ahern, PhD as her faculty mentor. The project title is “Infection and risk of breast cancer recurrence: A Danish nationwide case-control study.”
Elisabeth Solmunde, an International Visiting Medical Student, Conducted Research with Faculty Mentor Thomas Ahern, PhD

February 2, 2023 by Division of Surgical Research

Elisabeth Solmunde, an International visiting medical student from Aarhus University in Denmark, Departments of Epidemiology and Clinical Medicine, conducted research with Thomas Ahern, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgical Research as her faculty mentor.
Congratulations to Somen Mistri, PhD of the Boyson Lab

February 2, 2023 by Division of Surgical Research

Many congratulations to Somen Mistri, PhD of the Boyson Lab who successfully defended his PhD in Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences in December 2022!
Dean's Celebration of Excellence in Research

November 21, 2022 by Division of Surgical Research

The Dean's Celebration of Excellence in Research is an annual three-day event highlighting the research being conducted by junior faculty, senior faculty, postdoctoral trainees, and graduate students at the University of Vermont and the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine.
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Brundage Invested as Green & Gold Professor in Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

June 29, 2022 by Christina Davenport and Jennifer Nachbur

In a formal ceremony held at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine on June 28, 2022, Associate Professor of Surgery William Brundage, M.D., was invested as the inaugural Green and Gold Professor in the Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.

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Our Mission

The mission of the Division of Surgical Research is to enhance patient care through the advancement of biomedical knowledge, and to employ cutting edge technologies to pursue new therapeutic breakthroughs. The research in the Division spans a variety of disciplines, and encompasses clinical, basic, and translational research.

Faculty

Jonathan E. Boyson, PhD Bio | Lab
Division Chief, Associate Professor, Roger G. Allbee Professor of Surgery

Thomas P. Ahern, PhD, MPH Bio
Associate Professor

Robert Chase Cockrell, PhD Bio | Lab
Assistant Professor

Dev Majumdar, PhD Bio | Lab
Assistant Professor

Brian L. Sprague, PhD Bio | Lab
Professor & Green & Gold Professorship in Surgical Research

Administrative Assistant

Amy Ligay

Department of Surgery