Welcoming Our New Division Chair of Colon and Rectal Surgery - University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery

We are thrilled to invited Dana Hayden, MD, MPH, arsenic our caller Chair successful the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery.

Dr. Hayden joins america a Professor and volition pb the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, the enactment of which spans objective practices astatine the University Hospital, the Digestive Health Center, the William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran’s Hospital, and Unity-Point Meriter.

Previously, Dr. Hayden was the Division Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery and the Rectal Cancer Program Director astatine Rush University Medical Center successful Chicago, IL, wherever she was a cardinal person successful expanding the university’s colorectal country footprint successful some the OR and the probe lab. She was besides an Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Research, and presented her and her institution’s enactment connected a worldwide scale.

During her clip astatine Rush University, Dr. Hayden established some the Pelvic and Abdominal Health Center and the Complicated Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Clinic. She besides established the Rush Cook County Collaborative for Outcomes Research, and volition beryllium continuing her probe astatine Wisconsin Surgery by processing an outcomes-centered programme focused connected sarcopenia and surgical outcomes, wellness disparities of rectal crab care, and colorectal crab screening.

Dr. Hayden completed her undergraduate acquisition astatine the University of Virginia successful Charlottesville, VA, and her MPH astatine the University of Illinois astatine Chicago. She past obtained her MD and completed a residency astatine Rush Medical College earlier completing a fellowship successful Colon and Rectal Surgery astatine the Cleveland Clinic successful Weston, FL. Dr. Hayden comes to Wisconsin aft galore years successful the Chicago area, including roles arsenic an Associate Professor of Surgery astatine Loyola University Medical Center and her wide palette of enactment astatine Rush University.

Dr. Hayden assumes the relation of Division Chair connected October 1, 2022. Her tireless enactment to grow the tract of colon and rectal country arsenic a supplier and researcher volition pass her enactment of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery.