Congratulations to Dr. Juan Boriosi, who was presented with the James Sutherland Award at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research. The Sutherland Award is presented for the outstanding abstract presentation …
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Peds GI Clinical Initiatives Flourish
Children who have complex intestinal disease or who are failing to thrive benefit from new pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition clinical initiatives at American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH)—initiatives that parallel the AFCH specialty’s improved ranking by …
Med Students Experience the Third Year Clerkship
Third-year medical student Jasmine Zapata was a little nervous before her pediatrics clerkship. Not because she thought it would be too challenging, but because it might not be challenging enough. “I knew the inpatient part …
Pediatrics Faculty Honored as Madison Magazine Top Doctors
For its annual Top Doctors feature, Madison Magazine asked doctors in the Madison area which local physicians they would recommend to their friends, family and loved ones. In the 13 pediatric specialties, the overwhelming answer …
Ken DeSantes, MD, Awarded Solving Kid’s Cancer Foundation Funding
Ken DeSantes, MD, has received an award of $136,000 from the Solving Kid’s Cancer Foundation to develop and pursue a collaborative research study titled “Phase I Trial of Ex-Vivo Expanded Haploidentical NK Cells and Hu14.18-IL2 …
Dr. Christian Capitini Awarded UWCCC Funding
Dr. Christian Capitini has received an award of $48,942 from the UWCCC to pursue pilot studies of “Monitoring of 19F-labeled NK cell trafficking for cancer immunotherapy using MRI”. This work is developing a new way …
Philip Giampietro, MD, PhD, Given the ‘Heart of the Matter’ Award by the National Marfan Foundation
Congratulations to Philip Giampietro, MD, PhD, who was honored with the 2012 ‘Heart of the Matter’ award by the National Marfan Foundation at their annual conference in Chicago. The Heart of the Matter Award is …
James Conway to SMPH Class of 2012: “Demand Change”
“Be an agent of change.” It’s a simple message, but in medicine, as in life, it can change the world. It’s also the message James Conway, MD, an associate professor in the Division of Pediatric …
Adam Wolfe, MD, PhD, Selected for NIH-Loan Repayment Program Grant Award
Please join us in congratulating Adam Wolfe, MD, PhD, as he was selected for a very competitive NIH-Loan repayment grant award. This application process involves submission of a detailed grant application, with a well-justified experimental …
Dr. John Hokanson Awarded Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Demonstration Grant
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 …