Dr. Wright specializes in management of inguinal, incisional, hiatal and paraesophageal hernias, as well as athletic-related groin pain (“sports hernia”). He is also an expert in surgical treatment of complex esophageal and gastric disease like GERD (acid reflux), achalasia, and other esophageal motility issues. He is the Director of the Center for VideoEndoscopic Surgery at the University of Washington, Director of the UW Medicine Hernia Center, and Fellowship Director of the UW Advanced GI MIS / Foregut Fellowship. Dr. Wright is also recognized for pioneering the use of social media in surgical education, with over 4,800 followers on Twitter and over 5,000 followers on YouTube. His surgical education videos have been viewed over 1.2 million times and he helped create and run several closed groups for surgeons with combined membership of over 10,000 surgeons.

Dr. Wright academic interests are in improving patient safety, development of new surgical technology, surgical education, and patient outcomes of hernia and esophageal and gastric surgery with over 100 published articles, book chapters, and educational curricula. He speaks nationally and internationally on these topics and is on the leadership of a number of surgical societies. He spends much of his non-clinical time teaching surgical and communication skills in the UW's WWAMI Institute for Simulation in Healthcare (WISH).

• Hernia
• Foregut
• Robotics
• Career Development
• Education

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