Every Friday morning, pediatric cardiologist Amy Peterson, MD, sees children who, due to family history, medical conditions, or obesity, are at greater risk for heart disease when they become adults. Reducing or eliminating those risks …
2012 News
Christine Sorenson, PhD, Receives National Institutes of Health Award
Congratulations to Christine Sorenson, PhD, on her recent award from the National Institutes of Health – National Eye Institute (NIH-NEI). The R21 research grant of $413,875 over 2 years is for her project entitled, “Bcl-2 …
Dr. Robert Lemanske Elected President of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
Congratulations to Robert Lemanske, MD, for recently being elected President of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI). The AAAAI is a professional organization with more than 6,600 members in the United States, …
Drs. Baker and Farrell Receive Legacy of Angels Foundation Research Award
Congratulations to Mei Baker, MD, FACMG, and Philip Farrell, MD, PhD, for their 2-year research award of $415,273 from the Legacy of Angels Foundation. Their project, “Improving IRT/DNA newborn screening for cystic fibrosis to reduce …
Dr. De-Ann Pillers Awarded National Institutes of Health Grant
De-Ann Pillers, MD, PhD, along with Dan Butz from Isomark, LLC were awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NIH-NICHD). This …
New Drug, New Hope for Cystic Fibrosis
Over 65 people gathered in person and via webcast at the UW Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) on Saturday, November 10, 2012, for the second Family Education Day for Cystic Fibrosis. At the event, people …
‘A Place for Kids’ in the ED
Children who need emergency care now have a place at American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) just for them. The new pediatric emergency unit, a separate area within the UW Hospital and Clinics Emergency Department (ED), …
Caring for the Amish Children of Wisconsin
In 1989, in a cornfield in southeastern Pennsylvania, Holmes Morton, MD, built a timber-frame clinic to care for the area’s Old Order Amish and Mennonite children, many of whom had poorly understood, complex medical problems …
Using Pulse Oximetry to Find Hidden Congenital Heart Defects
Each year in the United States, approximately 10,000 babies are born with critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs)—life-threatening anatomic problems that require surgery within the first month of birth. Fortunately, in nearly all cases, CCHDs are …
Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD Receives IMAP Physician Advocacy Merit Award
Congratulations to Dr. Dipesh Navsaria on being awarded the Physican Advocacy Merit Award by the Institute on Medicine as a Profession. The IMAP Physician Advocacy Merit Award seeks to give national recognition to two to …