News

July 2012 - The American College of Surgeons has invited Dr. Wright to give a video presentation on damaged nerve identification during inguinal hernia repair surgery at its Annual Clinical Congress in Chicago Sept. 30-Oct. 4. His is one of only three hernia-related research presentations selected for the prestigious Annual Clinical Congress.

June 4, 2012 - Health Talks Series at Meridian Surgery Center. "Reflux: It's Not Your Mother's Heartburn: Causes, Prevention and What You Can Do About GERD."

May 14, 2012 - Health Talks Series at Meridian Surgery Center. "Ouch! What's That Pain in My Groin? Causes, Fixes, and How You Cand Descrease Your Risk for Hernia."

May 9, 2012 - Puyallup Herald Features Dr. Wright. 
Highlighting Dr. Wright's Health Talks, the article discusses hernias and the one-year anniversary of the Cascade Hernia Institute, a center that focuses on his peer-reviewed hernia-related research. Disussing the need to treat hernias early on before they become an urgent matter, Dr. Wright was quoted as saying, “The greater the pain you have before it’s fixed, the greater the chance you will have chronic pain following surgery.” View the online article.

April 30, 2012 - Health Talks Series at Meridian Surgery Center. "A Bitter Taste - Heartburn, Acid Reflux and Hiatal Hernias. What’s the Difference Between Them, How Can They Harm Me and What Can I Do?"

March 28, 2012 -- Puyallup Surgeon to Speak at Conferences in New York, Hawaii

 

Publications

• Superior Lymph Node Resection is Achievable with Laparoscopic Colectomy 
  
  
• Improvement of Laringopharynegeal Reflux Laryngopharyngeal Symptoms After Laparoscopic Hill Repair
  
  
• Inguinal Neuritis is Common in Primary Inguinal Hernia

 

 

 

 

Meridian Surgery Center and Cascade Hernia Institute are conveniently located in the heart of Pierce County, just south of Seattle and east of Tacoma, in the city of Puyallup, Wash.