Like most children, five-year-old Lexi Frye will likely have a viral upper respiratory infection (URI) at least once this year. She may suffer though sniffles, cough, and congestion—and then recover. Or, she may be one …
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Faculty Receive UW Health Physician Excellence Awards
Please join us in sending well-deserved congratulations to Ken DeSantes, MD, and Diane Puccetti, MD, for receiving this year’s UW Physician Excellence Awards. Each year UW Health honors its most outstanding physicians with these awards. …
Pediatric Residents Receive Awards
Asaad Beshish, MBBCh, received the Outstanding Resident Teaching Award from the 4th year medical students at last week’s Match Day celebration. Kelly Bush, MD, won the Academic Pediatric Association Region VI travel grant to present …
Dr. Norman Fost Presenting at Fifth Annual Bioethics Symposium
Dr. Norman Fost, MD, MPH, will be introducing the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health’s Fifth Annual Bioethics Symposium this April. The theme of this year’s Symposium is “Ethical Issues in Obesity,” …
James Gern, MD, Inducted Into AOA Honor Medical Society
Congratulations to James Gern, MD, who has been chosen as a faculty inductee to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society this March. Each year the AOA elects around 3000 students, alumni, house staff, and …
J. Carter Ralphe, MD, Receives Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation Award
Congratulations to J. Carter Ralphe, MD, for his recent $50,000 award from the Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation for his project titled, “Human IPS cells and ECT in the study of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.” The goal of this …
Pediatric Residents Receive American Academy of Pediatrics – CATCH Award
Congratulations to PL1 Residents Jennifer Kolb, MD, and Kathryn Gannon, MD, for their recent award of approximately $3,000 from the American Academy of Pediatrics – CATCH program. Their project, “Teen Time,” will provide education and …
James Conway, MD, Receives the 2013 WMAA Clinical Science Teaching Award
Congratulations to James Conway, MD, for his selection by a vote of the 4th year medical students to receive the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association’s (WMAA) Clinical Science Teaching Award in Madison for 2013. Each year …
Michael Porte, MD, Awarded Meriter Foundation Funding
Michael Porte, MD, was recently awarded $19,450 from the Meriter Foundation for his project, “aEEG for Education of Staff and Investigation of Subclinical Brain Function in Neonates.” This funding will support a 12-month training and …
Dr. Kathleen DeSantes Awarded Wisconsin Rural Physician Residency Assistance Program Funding
Kathleen DeSantes, MD, was recently awarded approximately $27,000 from the Wisconsin Rural Physician Residency Assistance Program (WRPRAP). This funding will provide for an elective rural medical rotation for pediatric residents, consisting of two four-week rotations …