John Hokanson, MD, was awarded one of the six demonstration grants from the US Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS-HRSA) of approximately $900,000 for his 3-year project, “Wisconsin Critical …
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Faculty Honored with 2012 UW Health Patient Experience Physician Champion Award
Congratulations to our faculty members on being honored with the first 2012 UW Health Patient Experience Physician Champion Award. They rank among the top 5 percent of the 769 physicians being surveyed by Avatar in …
Facebook Use Does Not Lead to Depression, According to New Study by Dr. Megan Moreno
A newly published study in the Journal of Adolescent Health provides the first evidence to refute the supposed link between depression and the amount of time spent on Facebook and other social-media sites. Researchers led …
2012 Faculty and Resident Teaching and Patient Care Awards
Congratulations to the 2012 recipients of the Departments various teaching and patient care excellence awards. Award winners were announced at the recent resident graduation ceremony: Charles C. Lobeck Medical Education Award: Margaret Bartholomew, MD Varness …
Mallery Olsen Receives Pediatric Oncology Student Training Award
Mallery Olsen, a medical student in the lab of Christian Capitini, MD, was recently awarded a Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) award from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. This $6,000 award is for her project, “Tracking …
Endocrinology Fellows Receive Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society’s Travel Award
Congratulations to endocrinology fellows Jennifer Rehm, MD, Peter Wolfgram, MD and Kimberly Richards, MD, for being selected as recipients of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society’s (LWPES) Travel Award. Each received $700 to support their …
Mario Otto, MD, PhD, Receives Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Award
Congratulations to Mario Otto, MD, PhD, for his recent award from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for his project, “Development of An Innovative Treatment Strategy for Neuroblastoma and Other Pediatric Tumors: A Novel Phospholipid Ether Analogue …
American Family Children’s Hospital Moves Up in US News Annual Rankings
American Family Children’s Hospital has moved up substantially in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings of children’s hospitals. The hospital is ranked among the top 50 children’s hospitals in seven medical and surgical …
Pediatric Residents Placed into Fellowships
Congratulations to our current residents who have been placed into fellowship programs following completion of their UW residency: Dan Beissel, MD: Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at University of Missouri-Kansas City Kelly Bush, MD: Pediatric Hem/Onc fellowship …
Tricia Smith, PNP, Wins Best Abstract Award
Congratulations to Tricia Smith, PNP, AFCH Diagnostic and Therapy Center, who was recently awarded the best abstract, non-physician category at the Society for Pediatric Sedation Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, for Oral Midazolam Premedication Reduces Propofol …