She wanted to be a professional musician, but crippling stage fright guided her back toward the field her parents had wanted her to pursue all along: medicine. A graduate of the UW School of Medicine …
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Use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) evolves in Department of Pediatrics divisions
Pediatrics is “playing catch-up” in POCUS use, according to Adam Bauer, MD, associate professor in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery. He is working to make that effort both rapid and effective.
Global Health Experience: Pediatric gastroenterology in Rwanda
Jonathan Wong, MD, writes about a recent trip to the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) in Rwanda to learn about local practices in pediatric gastroenterology.
New Faculty Focus: DeMarco Bowen
Q&A with DeMarco Bowen, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Divisions of Hospital Medicine & Complex Care and Global Pediatrics
Division of Global Pediatrics hosts the 15th annual conference of the Midwest Consortium of Global Child Health Educators
The Department of Pediatrics Division of Global Pediatrics hosted the 2024 conference for members of the Midwest Consortium of Global Child Health Educators over September 19 and 20 on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. About …
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health residents honor Nicole St Clair with clinical teaching award
Each year, the trainees in the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health residency programs honor their faculty teachers with teaching awards. This year, the program residents voted to honor Nicole St Clair, MD, MS, associate professor, …
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition offers a new transnasal endoscopic procedure, allowing pediatric patients to avoid anesthesia and OR visits
Clinicians within the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition are promoting a new endoscopic procedure for pediatric patients that saves time, money, and discomfort. Jonathan Wong, DO, assistant professor, Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition …
Two Department of Pediatrics members, Ryan McAdams and Kelly McGregory, contribute their art to the Wisconsin Medical Journal’s double issue on COVID-19
The latest publication of the Wisconsin Medical Journal (WMJ) is an important double issue of 170 pages, entitled, “Lessons Learned from the Pandemic.” Its many articles are accompanied by artwork throughout. Two physicians from the …
Global Pediatrics division members present TB research at recent international conference on lung health
Two members of the Division of Global Pediatrics presented their research on tuberculosis (TB) in children during the Union World Conference on Lung Health in Paris, France, November 15–18, 2023. Tony Garcia-Prats, MD, MSc, PhD, …
Tony Garcia-Prats appointed to WHO Technical Advisory Group on dosing of TB medicines
The World Health Organization (WHO) invited Anthony “Tony” Garcia-Prats, MD, MSc, PhD, associate professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and Division of Global Pediatrics, to serve as a member of the WHO Technical …