Each year, UW Health recognizes its most skilled and dedicated physicians with its Physician Excellence Awards. These awards recognize individuals who demonstrate exceptional skills in clinical practice, education, and leadership along with a commitment to …
Hospitalist-Complex Care Program News
Laura Chen awarded grant to improve implementation of clinical practice guidelines for hyperbilirubinemia treatment
Laura Chen, MD, assistant professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, received a $4,000 grant from Cars Curing Kids to work with other pediatric hospitalist physicians at the American Family Children’s Hospital as part of the Academy …
Three department members honored with named professorships at the inaugural SMPH Faculty Investiture Ceremony
Named professorships endowed by donors to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) convey both an honor and funds to recipients’ research and other endeavors. On October 12, at the Fluno …
Director of QI scholarship, Kristin Shadman, facilitates learning and applying QI concepts and methods, from research to clinical practice
When Kristin Shadman, MD, associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, was selected as the Department of Pediatrics’ first director of quality improvement (QI) scholarship, she brought years of interest and experience in the field. Before …
Michelle Kelly named deputy editor of new AAP open access journal
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) will launch its new journal, Pediatrics Open Science, in early 2023, under the leadership of Editor-in-Chief John Patrick Co, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, …
Seminars in Pediatrics delivers a day of ‘growth and development’
The Department of Pediatrics annual Seminars in Pediatrics took place on September 9 with both an in-person option for attendees who could be present at the UW–Madison Memorial Union and an asynchronous remote option. The …
Director of well-being, Sarah Webber, promotes foundational aspects of well-being and broader concepts of effective work
When Sarah Webber, MD, associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, was appointed director of well-being for the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics in July 2019, she brought an acute interest and several years of …
Jonathan Fliegel, Laura Chen recognized for clinical teaching excellence
Residents from the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health recently presented Clinical Teaching Awards to Jonathan Fliegel, MD, associate professor, Hospital Medicine, and Laura Chen, MD, assistant professor, Hospital Medicine.
Ann Allen receives AAP grant to improve discharge planning processes for infants with NOWS and their birth parents
Ann Allen, MD, assistant professor and fellowship director, Hospital Medicine, was awarded a Maternal–Infant Health and Opioid Use Virtual Learning Collaborative grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics for her work at SSM Health St. Mary’s …
Mala Mathur’s vision, progress as Director of Professional Development
The University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics’ strategic plan, first developed in mid-2018, took shape under the faculty and staff’s priorities, one of which was to create a culture in which people and ideas could …