Third-year medical student Jasmine Zapata was a little nervous before her pediatrics clerkship. Not because she thought it would be too challenging, but because it might not be challenging enough. “I knew the inpatient part …
Month: August 2012
Pediatrics Faculty Honored as Madison Magazine Top Doctors
For its annual Top Doctors feature, Madison Magazine asked doctors in the Madison area which local physicians they would recommend to their friends, family and loved ones. In the 13 pediatric specialties, the overwhelming answer …
Ken DeSantes, MD, Awarded Solving Kid’s Cancer Foundation Funding
Ken DeSantes, MD, has received an award of $136,000 from the Solving Kid’s Cancer Foundation to develop and pursue a collaborative research study titled “Phase I Trial of Ex-Vivo Expanded Haploidentical NK Cells and Hu14.18-IL2 …
Dr. Christian Capitini Awarded UWCCC Funding
Dr. Christian Capitini has received an award of $48,942 from the UWCCC to pursue pilot studies of “Monitoring of 19F-labeled NK cell trafficking for cancer immunotherapy using MRI”. This work is developing a new way …
Philip Giampietro, MD, PhD, Given the ‘Heart of the Matter’ Award by the National Marfan Foundation
Congratulations to Philip Giampietro, MD, PhD, who was honored with the 2012 ‘Heart of the Matter’ award by the National Marfan Foundation at their annual conference in Chicago. The Heart of the Matter Award is …