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Surgeons learn skills at UW-Madison to save Ukraine's wounded soldiers

  • May 27, 2026
  • May 27, 2026 Updated 3 hrs ago
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Ukrainian surgeon Maks Makarenkov learns microsurgery techniques at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison the afternoon of April 2. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive trai

Ukrainian surgeon Maks Makarenkov learns microsurgery techniques at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison the afternoon of April 2. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive trai

Ukrainian surgeon Maks Makarenkov learns microsurgery techniques at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison the afternoon of April 2. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training.

Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Jou

Ukrainian surgeon Anya Ubovenko practices suturing the blood vessels in a chicken thigh during a microsurgery lesson at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons fo

Ukrainian surgeon Anya Ubovenko practices suturing the blood vessels in a chicken thigh during a microsurgery lesson at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons fo

Ukrainian surgeon Anya Ubovenko practices suturing the blood vessels in a chicken thigh during a microsurgery lesson at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training in April.

Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Jou

On left, Weifeng Zeng, senior scientist of UW Microsurgery, practices repairing blood vessels in a chicken thigh with Ukrainian surgeons at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison in April. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian

On left, Weifeng Zeng, senior scientist of UW Microsurgery, practices repairing blood vessels in a chicken thigh with Ukrainian surgeons at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison in April. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian

On left, Weifeng Zeng, senior scientist of UW Microsurgery, practices repairing blood vessels in a chicken thigh with Ukrainian surgeons at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison in April. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training.

Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Jou

Ukrainian surgeons practice repairing blood vessels in a chicken thigh with microsurgery, using blue dye to better see the vessels, at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline tra

Ukrainian surgeons practice repairing blood vessels in a chicken thigh with microsurgery, using blue dye to better see the vessels, at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline tra

Ukrainian surgeons practice repairing blood vessels in a chicken thigh with microsurgery, using blue dye to better see the vessels, at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training.

Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Jou

Weifeng Zeng, senior scientist of UW Microsurgery, Dr. Samuel Poore, chair of the UW Division of Plastic Surgery, and Dr. Aaron Dingle, assistant professor in the division, pose for a portrait in the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab.

Weifeng Zeng, senior scientist of UW Microsurgery, Dr. Samuel Poore, chair of the UW Division of Plastic Surgery, and Dr. Aaron Dingle, assistant professor in the division, pose for a portrait in the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab.

Weifeng Zeng, senior scientist of UW Microsurgery, Dr. Samuel Poore, chair of the UW Division of Plastic Surgery, and Dr. Aaron Dingle, assistant professor in the division, pose for a portrait in the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab.

Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Jou

Ukrainian surgeon Maks Makarenkov learns microsurgery techniques at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison in April. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training.

Ukrainian surgeon Maks Makarenkov learns microsurgery techniques at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison in April. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training.

Ukrainian surgeon Maks Makarenkov learns microsurgery techniques at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison in April. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training.

Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Jou

The view through a WiscVision Microscope. Blue dye injected through a catheter mimics blood, helping surgeons confirm their sutures won't leak.

The view through a WiscVision Microscope. Blue dye injected through a catheter mimics blood, helping surgeons confirm their sutures won't leak.

The view through a WiscVision Microscope. Blue dye injected through a catheter mimics blood, helping surgeons confirm their sutures won't leak.

Provided by Weifeng Zeng

Dr. Andrea Pusic, the chair of plastic surgery at Harvard University, teaches Rwandan plastic surgery resident Dr. Victoria Mukamitari microsurgery techniques using an iPhone during a 2023 trip. The lack of depth perception made the exercise challenging.

Dr. Andrea Pusic, the chair of plastic surgery at Harvard University, teaches Rwandan plastic surgery resident Dr. Victoria Mukamitari microsurgery techniques using an iPhone during a 2023 trip. The lack of depth perception made the exercise challenging.

Dr. Andrea Pusic, the chair of plastic surgery at Harvard University, teaches Rwandan plastic surgery resident Dr. Victoria Mukamitari microsurgery techniques using an iPhone during a 2023 trip. The lack of depth perception made the exercise challenging.

Provided by Samuel Poore

Ethiopian plastic surgery residents Dr. Asqual Yohannes, left, and Dr. Bezawit Kemal practice microsurgical care using a WiscVision telescope.

Ethiopian plastic surgery residents Dr. Asqual Yohannes, left, and Dr. Bezawit Kemal practice microsurgical care using a WiscVision telescope.

Ethiopian plastic surgery residents Dr. Asqual Yohannes, left, and Dr. Bezawit Kemal practice microsurgical care using a WiscVision telescope.

Provided by Adeyiza Momoh, Unive

Ukrainian surgeons watch Weifeng Zeng practice microsurgical care on a cadaver. Their training started with chicken thighs, and then graduated to cadavers in the second week of their two-week training at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Mad

Ukrainian surgeons watch Weifeng Zeng practice microsurgical care on a cadaver. Their training started with chicken thighs, and then graduated to cadavers in the second week of their two-week training at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Mad

Ukrainian surgeons watch Weifeng Zeng practice microsurgical care on a cadaver. Their training started with chicken thighs, and then graduated to cadavers in the second week of their two-week training at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison.

Provided by Sam Poore, Universit

Daniil, a Ukrainian military surgeon whose last name is being withheld for security reasons, learns microsurgical techniques useful for repairing war injuries, at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison on April 2. The plastic surgery divi

Daniil, a Ukrainian military surgeon whose last name is being withheld for security reasons, learns microsurgical techniques useful for repairing war injuries, at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison on April 2. The plastic surgery divi

Daniil, a Ukrainian military surgeon whose last name is being withheld for security reasons, learns microsurgical techniques useful for repairing war injuries, at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison on April 2. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training.

Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Jou

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