Category: Injury Care

Originally published on 08/02/2023 by UW Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Dr. Brian Johnston, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics, was recently named by the Harborview Medical Executive Board as the incoming Associate…

For more than two decades, Seattle Magazine has published a list of the region’s top doctors.  HIPRC Core Faculty Member, Michele Curatolo, MD, PhD was voted one of the Top Pain Medicine Doctors in the Puget…

Return-to-Learn (RTL) is a fast, comprehensive assessment program for any high school student with a concussion. Establishing a student-centered RTL program may help reduce disparities in RTL care. A new study out of the University…

Concussions can negatively impact academic performance in schools. The need for Return-to-Learn (RTL) programs in schools, including tailored accommodations, for students with concussion is important to promote safe and timely recovery for successful return to…

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. Today, there are approximately 1.6 million trans adults in the…

  Dr. Saman Arbabi, Professor & Chief of Trauma, Division of Trauma, Burn and Critical Care Surgery, has been named by the Harborview Medical Executive Board and Harborview Board of Trustees to serve as the…

As the 2023-2024 WA State legislative session comes to an end, here are some of the Injury and Violence-related bills signed into law by WA Governor Jay Inslee. These laws will go into effect 90…

Originally posted to UW’s The Daily Concussions, once considered limited to high-contact sports like rugby and football, have now been shown to affect individuals of all ages and walks of life. Older adults, young children,…

The Harborview Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program consists of on-call nurses who respond quickly to providing forensic, trauma-informed medical care to patients who have been sexually assaulted or victims of domestic violence with strangulation….

Washington State is the first state to adopt a law regulating when and how students can return to sports after having a concussion. Seattle’s KUOW interviewed Dr. Monica Vavilala on the push for lawmakers to…

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