Trissa Babrowski ’98 is a vascular surgeon at the University of Chicago Medicine. Last year, they had around 200 amputation procedures, of which one can cost up to $80,000. The U of C has a plan to reduce the amount of amputations by one half, however Dr. Trissa Babrowski says, “That goal won’t be met immediately.” The plan is to use preventative strategies to reduce the number of amputations.

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Drs. Ann Zmuda, Christopher Skelly and Trissa Babrowski, in an operating room at University of Chicago Medicine: “A lot of this is long-term preventative strategy,” Babrowski says.

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