Department of Pediatrics Associate Professor Elizabeth Cox, MD, MPH, spoke to 300 community members about the importance of family-centered rounds at “Partnering with Patients in Health Care,” the most recent UW School of Medicine and …
2015 News
Resident Alum Receives NASPGHAN Research Award
Valentina Shakhnovich, MD, a 2011 Department of Pediatrics residency graduate, received the 2015 Young Faculty Clinical Investigator Research Award from the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN). Dr. Shakhnovich is a …
Diane Puccetti, MD, and Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, Among Newsweek’s Top Cancer Docs
Diane Puccetti, MD, and Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, were among 15 UW Carbone Cancer physicians named to Newsweek’s “Top Cancer Doctors 2015” list. The lists are whittled down from more than 100,000 nominations by a …
SUGAR Solution
When Department of Pediatrics Chief Resident Halie Anderson, MD, traveled to Ethiopia last year for a global health rotation, she encountered the challenges of caring for patients in a developing country: unfamiliar diseases, limited physical …
David Wargowski, MD, Receives Living Our Mission Award From St. Vincent
David Wargowski, MD, has been given the Living Our Mission award by St. Vincent Hospital. The Living Our Mission award is given to colleagues who demonstrate the core values of Respect, Care, Competence and Joy. …
Robert Lemanske, MD, Named ICTR Deputy Executive Director and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Robert Lemanske, MD, has been named the deputy executive director of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) and associate dean for clinical and translational research at the UW School of Medicine and Public …
John Hokanson, MD, and SHINE Project Awarded State Contract
In July 2014, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) added, by emergency rule, screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) by pulse oximetry to the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Program’s panel of conditions. This means …
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, Receives Prestigious NIH Outstanding Investigator Award
Congratulations to Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, on being awarded an R35 Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (NIH-NCI) for his project entitled, “Enhancing Antibody-directed Innate Immunity to Improve Cancer …
J. Muse Davis, MD, Wins IDWeek Travel Grant
Congratulations to J. Muse Davis, MD, who was awarded an IDWeek 2015 Trainee Travel Grant in the amount of $1,000 for travel to IDWeek, the annual scientific meeting focusing on infectious diseases, being held October …
Pediatric Faculty Promotions
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) CHS Appointments and Promotions Committee, and Dean Robert Golden, have approved the promotion to Associate Professor (CHS) for Sabrina Butteris, MD, Pelin Cengiz, MD, Shannon Dean, …