VIP Treatment: Gorilla Surgery

Vip was a 35-year old 435 pound silverback gorilla at the Woodland Park Zoo with a severe sinus infection. Enter Dr. Greg Davis, UW Medicine director of rhinology and endoscopic skull base surgery. Together, with Woodland Park Zoo’s Director of Animal Health, Darin Collins, they developed a plan to perform a special sinus surgery on Vip. Find out what happens after the 4-hour operation. Vip, gorilla, Woodland Park Zoo Greg Davis, director, Rhinology & Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, UW Medicine Darin Collins, director of animal health, Woodland Park Zoo