Christian Capitini, MD, is leading a new clinical trial that will test a promising method of immunotherapy for children with relapsed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). The multi-site trial just opened at the University of Wisconsin …
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AFCH Pilots Bedside App to Improve Patient and Family Experience
American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) is the first pediatric hospital in the nation (and the first hospital in Wisconsin) to pilot a “MyChart Bedside,” a new tablet-based application that gives patients and caregivers access to …
Aaron Friedman, MD, Receives ASPN Founder’s Award
Congratulations to Aaron Friedman, MD, who has been selected to receive the 2015 American Society of Pediatric Nephrology’s Founder’s Award. Since 1996, the ASPN has used the Founder’s Award to recognize individuals who have made …
Dr. Anthony Wampole Receives Outstanding Resident Teaching Award
Congratulations to Anthony Wampole, MD, who has been selected to receive the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association’s (WMAA) Outstanding Resident Teaching Award for 2015. The award, which is awarded based on the votes of the 4th …
Genetics in Practice
On September 18 and 19, 2014, the Department of Pediatrics, along with American Family Children’s Hospital, held two back-to-back events focusing on clinical genetics: Seminars in Pediatrics and the Midwest Clinical Genetics Conference. Both events …
Dr. Sheryl Henderson Receives Grant for iPads for UW HIV Clinic
Sheryl Henderson, MD, PhD, was awarded a grant in the amount of $1,891 for her project entitled, “iPads to Enhance Health Education for Youth and Families in the UW HIV Comprehensive Care Clinic.” This project, …
Daniel Jackson, MD, Receives NIH Award to Research Respiratory Pathogen
Daniel Jackson, MD, was awarded $74,878 from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH-NIAID) for his project entitled, “Mechanisms of Enhanced Enterovirus (EV) D68 Pathogenicity.” EV D68 has emerged …
Smith Lab Researcher Mike Khan Receives Predoctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Mike Khan on funding of his Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH-NIAID). This …
Dr. Paul Grossberg Wins 2014 AMERSA Best Workshop Award
Paul Grossberg, MD, has been awarded the 2014 Best Workshop Award by the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse. The workshop, titled “Behavioral Change in Our Patients and Ourselves: Interdisciplinary, Experiential Teaching …
One of the First Patients to Benefit from AFCH Expansion Profiled in State Journal
The Wisconsin State Journal profiled Gabriel Kampka, a six-month-old baby who was one of the first patients treated at American Family Childrens Hospitals (AFCH) new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and hybrid catheterization lab. Gabriel—who …