Elizabeth Goetz, MD, MPH; Sheryl Henderson, MD, PhD; and Julie Kessel, MD, were presenters at the Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care (WAPC) meeting, held in Madison April 21-23, 2013. As part of the “High Voltage …
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Understanding Predictors of Acute Sinusitis in Children
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 …
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 …
Christine Sorenson, PhD, Receives Retina Research Foundation Award
Congratulations to Christine Sorenson, PhD, for her recent award of $25,000 from the Retina Research Foundation for her project, “Retinal Vessel Rarefaction and Bim Expression.” This proposal aims to determine whether Bim expression in astrocytes …
Access Community Health Center Pediatric Asthma Clinic Receives Evjue Foundation Gift
Kate Swenson, NP, Pediatric Pulmonology; Dr. Theresa Guilbert, and Kathleen Shanovich, NP, Pediatric Allergy are pleased to announce a $7,000 gift from the Evjue Foundation to support their Access Community Health Center South Park St, …
Dr. Daniel Jackson Awarded the 2013 Klosterfrau Award for Research of Airway Diseases in Childhood
Congratulations to Daniel Jackson, MD who was recently awarded the Klosterfrau Award for Research of Airway Diseases in Childhood 2013 for his research entitled “Evidence for a Causal Relationship between Allergic Sensitization and Rhinovirus Wheezing …
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 …