Education

Medical Student Education

Highlights

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UW SMPH) launched “Human Family Tree,” the fourth course in its new ForWard curriculum. Gregory Rice, MD, was the course’s integrated block leader, and Allison Pollock, MD, and Ashley Kuhl, CGC, were assistant integrated block leaders.
Department faculty continued to play key roles in the design and implementation of the ForWard curriculum, as follows:

Curriculum Transformation Steering Committee

Anna Huttenlocher, MD
Gwen McIntosh, MD, MPH
Elizabeth Petty, MD

Longitudinal Teacher/Coaches

Eileen Cowan, MD
Troy Kleist, MD
Kathleen DeSantes, MD
Amy Plumb, MD

Phase 1: Human Family Tree

Gregory Rice, MD
Ashley Kuhl, CGC
Allison Pollock, MD

Phase 2: Care Across the Life Cycle

Eileen Cowan, MD
Kirstin Nackers, MD (integrated block leader and department block leader)
Casey Reiser, MS, CGC

Phase 3 Activities

Matthew Harer, MD, (pediatrics portion of internship prep course design leader) with Melissa Cercone, MD, Mary Ehlenbach, MD, Sushant Srinivasan, MD, and many Pediatrics fellows, residents and collaborators.

Residency

Highlights

University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty, residents and staff partnered with the Midwest Consortium of Global Child Health Educators to pilot a “boot camp” to prepare learners for the clinical, emotional and ethical challenges of a global health experience.
Resident Derek Spindler, MD, attended the national conference of Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS), a network of children’s hospitals that aims to create universally safe healing environments. Building on the affiliation with SPS, he was the resident representative for a working group that developed Culture of Safety classes at American Family Children’s Hospital, which have since been rolled out hospital-wide. He was also the resident representative on an American Family Children’s Hospital task force to improve the process by which stat medications are ordered and delivered in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and participated in a project to reduce the risk of tissue damage due to calcium chloride extravasation.
Dr. Spindler and resident Alison Taber, MD, were also members of the UW Health Resident Quality and Safety Council, a multi-specialty working group that reviews and reports on patient safety issues, participates in root cause analysis sessions, and brainstorms ways for quality improvement.
Residency faculty presented research at the spring meetings of the Pediatric Academic Society and the Association of Pediatric Program Directors showing that peer assessment of residents at our institution highly correlated with faculty assessment of residents, particularly among senior residents assessing interns and with respect to professionalism. These results demonstrate that peer assessments are a valid tool for our clinical competency committee (CCC) to use when assessing residents’ sub-competency milestones.
In addition, the CCC incorporated comments from patients at residency continuity clinics, and from nurses who directly observe residents on the wards, into resident performance assessments. The committee synthesizes this feedback, along with statements on current progress and future directions, and provides it to residents twice a year to integrate into their individualized learning plans.
Resident Matthew Rysavy, MD, received the department’s 2017 resident research award for his analysis of ways to improve reporting of extremely preterm birth outcomes, and was the lead author in the resulting article published in the September 2016 issue of Pediatrics. In 2017, he was a co-author on a New England Journal of Medicine article on survival and neurodevelopmental outcomes of infants born at the borderline of viability.
In an effort to expand educational opportunities for learners, the department matched its first joint Pediatrics-Neurology resident, Hui “Katie” Li, MD, PhD, in 2017. Dr. Li earned her MD and PhD in neurology at China’s Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology. In academic year 2017-2018, she’ll begin the first of two years in the UW Department of Pediatrics before completing the shared residency in the UW Department of Neurology.

Incoming Resident' Medical Schools 2017 Graduating Residents' Future Plans 2017

2016-2017 Residents


Nicole Bentley, MD Medical School University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine; Iowa City, IA	Ashley Carver, MD Medical School University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Grand Forks, ND	Alissa Enzenberger, MD Medical School Michigan State University College of Human Medicine; East Lansing, MI	Alexandra Erdmann, MD Medical School University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Madison, WI

Jennie Godwin, DO Medical School Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine; Kansas City, MO	Alexander Golec, MD Medical School Michigan State University College of Human Medicine; East Lansing, MI	Daniel Gorski, MD Medical School Creighton University School of Medicine; Omaha, NE	Dane Hammer, MD Medical School University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Grand Forks, ND

Hou-Xuan Huang, MD Medical School National Taiwan University; Taipei, Taiwan	Santhi Logel, MD Medical School Eastern Virginia Medical School; Norfolk, VA	Kristen Marten, DO Medical School Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine; Des Moines, IA	Katherine Omernick, MD Medical School University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Madison, WI

Anisha Rimal, MD Medical School University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Kansas City, MO	Michael Smith, MD Medical School St. George’s University School of Medicine; Granada, West Indies	Helen Waterman, DO Medical School Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University; Downers Grove, IL


Christina Amend, MD Medical School Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee, WI	Jeff Clark, MD Medical School University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Madison, WI	Thomas L. Devries, MD Medical School University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Madison, WI	Alexis J. Gumm, MD Medical School University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford; Rockford, IL

Erick Jimenez, MD Medical School National University of Columbus; Bogota, Columbia	Nicole N. Kamps, MD Medical School University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Madison, WI	Perry J. Krumenacher, MD Medical School Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee, WI	Ashley Przybilla, MD Medical School University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Madison, WI

Matthew A. Rysavy, MD, PhD Medical School University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine; Iowa City, IA	Kathryn M. Schmit, MD Medical School St. George’s University; St. George’s, Granada, West Indies	David Shafique, MD Medical School University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA	Sadie J. Skarloken, MD Medical School University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Grand Forks, ND

William Stanford, MD Medical School Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University; Downers Grove, IL	Jennifer E. Szmanda, DO Medical School Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine; Des Moines, IL	Diana Vu, MD Medical School Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee, WI


Amanda Becker, MD Postgraduate Plans Pediatric intensive care fellowship, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; Chicago, IL	Michael Fenster, MD Postgraduate Plans Hospitalist fellowship, University of Utah School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics; Salt Lake City, UT	Daniele Gusland, MD Postgraduate Plans Pediatric infectious diseases fellowship, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Pediatrics; Madison, WI	Tyce Kearl, MD, PhD Postgraduate Plans Pediatric hematology/oncology/blood and marrow transplant fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin affiliated hospitals; Milwaukee, WI

Allison Lindell, MD Postgraduate Plans General pediatrician, Mercy Hospital Rockford; Rockford, IL	Mitchell Luangrath, MD Postgraduate Plans Pediatric intensive care fellowship, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics; Iowa City, IA	Kathleen Miller, MD Postgraduate Plans Chief resident, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Pediatrics; Madison, WI	Rachel Petro, MD Postgraduate Plans Hospitalist, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; Chicago, IL

Nicholas Pytel, DO Postgraduate Plans Pediatric hematology & oncology fellowship, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Pediatrics; Madison, WI	Derek Spindler, MD Postgraduate Plans Chief resident, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Pediatrics; Madison, WI	Shannon Summers, MD Postgraduate Plans Anesthesiology residency, Virginia Mason Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology; Seattle, WA	Allison Taber, MD Postgraduate Plans Pediatric intensive care fellowship, University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital; Minneapolis, MN

Mariam Wahidi, MD Postgraduate Plans Pediatric allergy/immunology fellowship, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Pediatrics; Dallas, TX

Fellowships

In academic year 2016-2017, we had 29 fellows in nine programs.

Highlights

Allergy and immunology fellow Halie Anderson, MD, (mentor: Daniel Jackson, MD) received the Asthma Diagnosis & Treatment Interest Section Fellow-in-Training Outstanding Abstract Award at the 2017 American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) annual meeting. Her abstract, “Increased rhinovirus-induced innate immune response in peripheral blood during infancy is associated with improved lung function at school age,” was also selected for the meeting’s featured poster session.
Hematology, oncology and bone marrow transplant fellow Miriam Kim, DO, received a two-year St. Baldrick’s Fellowship Award that, with her mentor Christian Capitini, MD, will support her project, “Developing MSC-derived exosomes to enhance HSCT for pediatric leukemia.”
Infectious diseases fellow Emma Mohr, MD, PhD, received the 2017-2019 Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society’s Stanley and Susan Plotkin and Sanofi Pasteur Fellowship Award for her project, “Development of a Macaque Congenital Zika Syndrome Model: Fetal Zika Virus Tissue Distribution and Pathology.” Dr. Mohr was also a co-author on PLoS Pathogens articles on maternal-fetal Zika virus transmission in pregnant rhesus macaques and the mechanisms of Pegivirus in a macaque model of HIV infection.
Infectious diseases fellow Joseph McBride, MD, was a co-author with Dr. Klein on a Clinical Chest Medicine article reviewing the clinical manifestations and treatment of blastomycosis.

2016-2017 Fellows


Claudette Adegboro, MD Subspecialty Neonatology & Perinatal Medicine Prior Residency Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center; Chicago, IL	Daniel Adu, MD Subspecialty Neonatology & Perinatal Medicine Prior Residency Marshfield Clinic/Ministry St. Joseph Hospital; Marshfield, WI	Evelyn Angulo, MD Subspecialty Allergy & Immunology Prior Residency University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL	Tarun Malkani, MD Subspecialty Pediatric Critical Care Prior Residency Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center; Chicago, IL

Yashoda Naik, MD Subspecialty Endocrinology & Diabetes Prior Residency Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI	Lucianne Olewinski, MD Subspecialty Primary Care Sports Medicine Prior Residency University of Colorado; Denver, CO Postgraduate Plans Family physician, University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC	Sima Ramratnam, MD Subspecialty Allergy & Immunology Prior Residency Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA	Cheryl Steiman, MD Subspecialty Allergy & Immunology Prior Residency University of Chicago; Chicago, IL

Julie Voeller, MD Subspecialty Hematology & Oncology Prior Residency University of Texas Austin Dell Children’s Medical Center


Halie Anderson, MD Subspecialty Allergy & Immunology Prior Residency University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Madison, WI Postgraduate Plans Private practice; Rapid City, SD	Christina Barreda, MD Subspecialty Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine Prior Residency University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Madison, WI	Adam Bauer, MD Subspecialty Neonatology & Perinatal Medicine Prior Residency University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Madison, WI	Kelly Bush, MD Subspecialty Hematology & Oncology Prior Residency University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Madison, WI

Jamee Castillo, MD Subspecialty Allergy & Immunology Prior Residency University of Chicago; Chicago, IL Postgraduate Plans Private practice; Chicago, IL	Erin Hammer, MD Subspecialty Primary Care Sports Medicine Prior Residency University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health – Family Medicine; Madison, WI	Lauren Kanner, MD Subspecialty Endocrinology & Diabetes Prior Residency North Shore – Long Island Jewish Health System; Manhasset, NY	Miriam Kim, DO Subspecialty Hematology & Oncology Prior Residency Advocate Children’s Hospital; Oak Lawn, IL

Angela Lager, PhD Subspecialty Genetics & Metabolism Doctoral Degree Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, OH Postgraduate Plans Completed ABMGG cytogenetics fellowship; continuing with a one-year ABMGG molecular genetics fellowship	Kristy Lee, PhD Subspecialty Genetics & Metabolism Doctoral Degree University of Arizona; Tucson, AZ Postgraduate Plans Completed ABMGG molecular genetics fellowship; continuing with a one-year ABMGG cytogenetics fellowship	Emma Mohr, MD, PhD Subspecialty Infectious Diseases Prior Residency Emory University; Atlanta, GA	Vu Trieu Nguyen, MD Subspecialty Critical Care Prior Residency Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center; Los Angeles, CA

Imran Sayed, MD Subspecialty Critical Care Prior Residency Texas Tech University; Lubbock, TX	Subspecialty Critical Care Prior Residency Creighton University Medical Center; Omaha, NE


Maria (Cora) Astorga, MD Subspecialty Neonatology & Perinatal Medicine Prior Residency University of Illinois College of Medicine; Chicago, IL Postgraduate Plans Neonatologist, UnityPoint Health; Cedar Rapids, IA	Christina Bryndzia, DO Subspecialty Critical Care Prior Residency Advocate Children’s Hospital; Park Ridge, IL Postgraduate Plans University of Texas McGovern Medical School Division of Pediatric Critical Care; Houston, TX	Joseph McBride, MD Subspecialty Infectious Diseases Prior Residency Loyola University Medical Center; Maywood, IL Postgraduate Plans Medicine/Pediatrics fellow; will complete fellowship in four years	Robert Strait, MD Subspecialty Endocrinology & Diabetes Prior Residency University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Madison, WI Postgraduate Plans Faculty, Louisiana State University School of Medicine; New Orleans, LA

Adam Szadkowski, MD Subspecialty Critical Care Prior Residency Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Medical College of Virginia; Richmond, VA Postgraduate Plans Cardiology Fellowship, Royal Children’s Hospital; Melbourne, Australia	Khoon Queenie Tan, MD, PhD Subspecialty Genetics & Metabolism Prior Residency Duke University Medical Center; Durham, NC Postgraduate Plans Consulting associate, part-time faculty, Duke University; Durham, NC

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Highlights

- Approximately 130 primary care physicians, nurses, and physician assistants attended the 2017 Seminars in Pediatrics to learn about current trends in pediatric research and clinical practice. This year’s focus was on opioid and substance use disorders in children; Kristin Shadman, MD, and Mala Mathur, MD, MPH, served as course directors.
  
  Keynote speaker Lucien Gonzalez, MD, MS, FAAP—a pediatric addiction medicine expert at the University of Minnesota—gave two talks on the rise of pediatric opioid and substance use, and how pediatricians can better understand, identify and help children and young adults with these disorders.
  
  Two pre-conferences were also held prior to Seminars:
  - - “Adapted Motivational Interviewing Self-Assessment,” a facilitated American Board of Pediatrics Part 2 Activity; and
  - “Getting Down and Dirty with Fracture Splinting.”

- UW Department of Pediatrics faculty, residents, fellows, and students came together to spotlight research accomplishments during the department’s 2017 Spring Research Day, held Friday, May 12, 2017, at the Health Sciences Learning Center. This year’s Research Day also included 71 abstracts by faculty, fellows and residents, a 20 percent increase from 2016. Of these, 25 (35%) were accepted at the Pediatric Academic Society meeting: 13 as poster presentations, 10 as platform presentations and two as workshops.

- Patricia Emmanuel, MD, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of South Florida–Tampa, spoke at the department’s annual Gilbert Barness Lectureship. The title of her presentation was “The Pitfalls of Molecular Diagnosis in Infectious Diseases.”

- Several department faculty are testing a new American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) pilot to replace the traditional Cognitive Expertise — Secure Exam (Part 3). The ABP introduced a different method for assessing the knowledge of pediatricians as part of Maintenance of Certification (MOC). This pilot, called MOCA-Peds (Maintenance of Certification Assessment for Pediatrics) involves shorter, more frequent assessment of pediatricians’ knowledge and will include an additional learning component not typically found in other types of assessments.

- Maria A. Stanley, MD, FAAP, served as the committee co-chair for the 2017 Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group–USA (DSMIG-USA®) Annual Symposium. This national conference, held in Sacramento, California, brought together 115 attendees.

Mollie Kane, MD, MPH, along with residency alumna Jessica McGee, MD, facilitated the Iams lectureship ABP MOC Part 2 Activity, “Adolescent Medicine.”