Congratulations to Endocrinology/Diabetes fellows Kimberly Henrichs, MD, Tasa Seibert, MD, and Alison Pollock, MD for being selected as recipients of the Pediatric Endocrine Society’s Travel Award. Each received $800 to support their travel costs to …
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Pediatrics Physicians Receive 2014 UW Health Patient Experience Champion Awards
Congratulations to Drs. Carol Diamond, Chris Healy, John Hokanson, Kathleen Maginot and Amy Plumb for receiving the 2014 UW Health Patient Experience Champion Award. This recognition is in honor of their Avatar survey scores, which …
Dr. Kirstin Nackers to Speak at 7th Annual Healthy Classrooms Foundation Symposium
Kirstin A. M. Nackers, MD, will be joining a panel of speakers at the 7th Annual Healthy Classrooms Foundation Symposium on Saturday, May 3, 2014, 2-6pm, at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Dr. Nackers will …
Drs. Frohna and Beshish Elected into Alpha Omega Alpha Society
John Frohna, MD, residency program director and Assad Beshish, MBBCh, third year resident, were recently elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Society (AOA), a professional medical organization that recognizes and advocates for excellence in scholarship …
Bruce Klein, MD, Joins Team Searching for New Antibiotics
The National Institutes of Health have awarded a five year, $16 million grant to a group of researchers including Bruce Klein, MD, to find new sources of antibiotics to combat the rising number of deadly …
‘Hidden’ Outcomes of Prematurity
Researchers in the laboratory of Marlowe Eldridge, MD, MSME, have found that young adults born prematurely but who are otherwise healthy may still have ventilatory impairments that manifest in low-oxygen environments. Their study, recently published …
Dr. Allen Wilson Receives UW Health Physician Excellence Award
Please join us in sending well-deserved congratulations to Al Wilson, MD, for receiving this year’s UW Health Outreach Excellence Award. Each year UW Health honors its most outstanding physicians with these awards. Thank you so …
Allison Redpath, MD, Chosen to Attend AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
Congratulations to Dr. Allison Redpath, who has been chosen at the funded candidate for the AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar by the Dean for Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs. Designed for women …
UW Bioethics Symposium Features Pediatric Speakers
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will host its 6th annual Bioethics Symposium on Thursday, April 10. Titled “Sex, Drugs and Sports: ethical controversies in athletics,” the symposium will cover three …
Study Seeks to Improve Asthma Therapy for African-Americans
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee are collaborating on a new clinical study to determine what combination and dosage of medications work best …