![Drs. Raja Kandeaswamy, Melena Bellin, Bernhard Hering and Joseph Sushil Rao UMN](/sites/scope.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2023-10/surgery_conference_-_icymi.png?itok=_n7AHT7-)
October 2023
The Department of Surgery is celebrating 56 years of the History of Medicine Program!
Dr. Asitha Jayawardena was featured in a WCCO story about a newborn with meningitis who became the second youngest patient to ever receive a cochlear implant.
Certain hormones are linked to breast and ovarian cancer in women. Dr.
Dr. Jessica Nielson was appointed to the Governor's Psychedelic Medicine Task Force.