Amy Falk, MD, was awarded the Outstanding Resident Teaching Award from the 4th year medical students. She will receive the award at this month’s Match Day celebration. Congratulations Amy!
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Sharon Bartosh, MD, Elected to OPTN/UNOS Board
Sharon Bartosh, MD, was elected to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)/United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) 2015 board of directors as its at-large physician/surgeon representative. Members of the national organ donation and transplantation …
Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, Named Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow
Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, has been selected to join the 2015 class of Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows. The Ascend Fellowship invests in diverse leaders from different walks of life who have breakthrough ideas to …
David Allen, MD, and Patient Talk About Turner Syndrome
Brooke Schmidtke, a Rosendale, Wisconsin, woman with Turner Syndrome who is a patient of David Allen, MD, spoke to the Fond du Lac Reporter to raise awareness of the disease. In the article, Dr. Allen, …
Supporting Providers: Schwartz Center Rounds®
For people who work with hospitalized children—clinicians, therapists, child life specialists, hospital teachers, even housekeepers—the emotional aspects of that work can be challenging. Schwartz Center Rounds®, a national evidence-based program offered at American Family Children’s …
Christian Capitini, MD, Leads ‘Breakthrough’ Leukemia Trial
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 …
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 …