American Family Children’s Hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) has instituted a protocol that has reduced central line associated blood stream infections (CLA-BSIs) — and likely decreased the time very sick patients spend in the …
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Three Pediatrics Faculty Receive UW Health Physician Excellence Awards
Jamie Limjoco, MD, Kathleen Maginot, MD, and David Wargowski, MD, were among 10 UW Health physicians who received Physician Excellence Awards at a May 5, 2015, ceremony at the Health Sciences Learning Center. The awards …
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, Among Speakers at June 4 “Partnering With Patients” Mini Med School
Elizabeth Cox, MD, and colleagues from the UW Center for Patient Partnerships and the UW Departments of Family Medicine and Surgery, will speak at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s upcoming Mini Med …
Endocrinology Team Members Receive Pediatric Endocrine Society’s Travel Award
Congratulations to Endocrinology/Diabetes fellows Tasa Seibert, MD, Allison Pollock, MD, and Robert Strait, MD for being selected as recipients of the Pediatric Endocrine Society’s Travel Award for 2015. Each received $750 to support their travel …
Margo Hoover-Reagan, MD, Receives ICTR Voucher Award to Study Prevention of Mucositis in Bone Marrow Transplant
Margo Hoover-Reagan, MD, was recently awarded a $5,000 voucher from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), for her project entitled, “Topical Phenylephrine to Prevent Mucositis in Bone Marrow Transplant.” This funding mechanism …
Sabrina Butteris, MD, to Chair American Board of Pediatrics Global Health Task Force
Sabrina Butteris, MD, was just named the next chair of the American Board of Pediatrics Global Health Task Force. She will assume her new role in October 2015. She will succeed Steven Ludwig, MD, medical …
Celebrating Norman Fost, MD, MPH
On December 4, 2014, the Department of Pediatrics celebrated the accomplishments of Norman Fost, MD, MPH, a professor emeritus and bioethics pioneer who is retiring after 40 years of service. ‘Monumental Contributions’ The day began …
Graduate Student Receives American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation Seed Grant
The research team led by James Gern, MD, has made a key discovery about a cold-causing virus that is strongly associated with severe asthma attacks. The findings point to a new target for reducing both …
Drs. Cox, Kelly to Speak at Society for Hospital Medicine Webinar on Family-Centered Rounds on April 22
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, and Michelle Kelly, MD, will be speaking about family-centered rounds at a Society of Hospital Medicine webinar on Wednesday, April 22 at 10:30-11:30 AM CDT. The webinar will review the development, …
Cengiz Lab Researcher a Winner of UW-Madison Cool Science Image Contest
A micrograph of cultured mouse neurons created by Eshwar Udho, a postdoctoral fellow in the Waisman Center lab of Pelin Cengiz, MD, was one of 12 winning entries in the 2015 UW-Madison Cool Science Image …