For every story we tell, a hundred more are unfolding. Across the University of Utah Health's Department of Surgery, people are challenging assumptions, making discoveries, advancing care, and training those who will push the work further. Hear directly from the people making it happen in our new Voices of Surgery podcast and annual report, and discover what our people believe is possible next.
Niki Tonks and Keslie Ta'afua turn the microphones on each other to talk about what it’s really like behind the scenes, creating an annual report, podcast, and website as a team of two in just four months. They stand feet from the operating table, sit across from the people willing to share their stories, laughing, and even shedding a few tears.
Find out how a trip to the bookstore turned into a podcast and annual report, and why they’re still in awe of the team they get to tell stories about.
4 Oct 2026
34. The Saphenous Senders
Burnout feels inevitable in health care, say two colleagues who live it: a medical assistant and a physician assistant in vascular surgery. What started as an informal after-work mountain biking habit grew into the "Saphenous Senders," a group where MDs, PAs, MAs, and colleagues ride as equals: no white coats, no hierarchy.
Find out how John Daines and Sam Sainju say getting on a bike together changed the way they show up for each other, and for their patients.
3 Oct 2026
33. Naming the Dragon
For years, many vascular surgeons didn’t consider median arcuate ligament syndrome (a vascular compression condition) a real disease. In the last two to three years, that changed enough that it became the leadoff topic at the field’s national meeting.
Find out how Dr. Libby Weaver diagnoses patients whose pain has been written off, sometimes for years, and what it means to be finally believed and relieved.
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