Chris Green, MD, has been named senior vice president, Medical Affairs, and chief medical officer (CMO) at UWHC. In these roles, he will report to the UWHC president and CEO, Donna Katen-Bahensy. In addition, he …
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Greg Hollman, MD, Receives the Society for Pediatric Sedation Joseph P. Cravero Award
Congratulations to Greg Hollman, MD, recently awarded the first annual Joseph P. Cravero Leadership Award by the Society for Pediatric Sedation. This award is presented annually by the Board of Directors for the Society for …
UW Teaching Academy Inducts Drs. Hollman and Navsaria
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Academy has inducted two members of the Pediatrics faculty as Fellows – Gregory Hollman, MD, and Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD. They are included in the 26 new members for …
Drs. Conway and Williams Recipients of UW Health’s 2011 Physician Excellence Awards
Congratulations to Jim Conway, MD, and Gary Williams, MD, recent recipients of UW Health’s 2011 Physician Excellence Awards. Dr. Conway was awarded the Clinical Educator Excellence Award and Dr. Williams, the Clinical Practice Excellence Award. …
Dr. John Frohna Receives APPD Leadership Award
Congratulations to John Frohna, MD, MPH, for receiving the 2012 Robert S. Holm, MD Leadership Award from the Association of Pediatric Program Directors. This award honors a Program Director or Associate Program Director (past or …
Renewed Hope for Life-Threatening Cancer
A reopened clinical trial led by Department of Pediatrics Associate Professor Kenneth DeSantes, MD, may offer hope for children with life-threatening cancer that hasn’t responded to conventional treatment. The trial uses an experimental therapy called …
Dr. Christian Capitini Accepted into the University of Wisconsin Centennial Scholars Program
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, for his acceptance into the University of Wisconsin Centennial Scholars Program. This program provides a 3-year award of $75,000/year + fringe benefits and offers at least 50% protected research time. …
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Receives Mirus Research Award
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, was recently received a Mirus Research Award in the amount of $2,000 for his project, “Inwardly rectifying potassium channel dysfunction in retina.” The grant is for the use of Mirus Bio’s transfection …
Dr. Ellen Wald Awarded NIH-NICHD Grant Funding
Ellen Wald, MD, was recently awarded a National Institutes of Health-Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH-NICHD) R21 grant entitled, “An interactive web-based intervention to achieve healthy weight in young …
Greg Rice, MD, Receives School of Medicine & Public Health Dean’s Teaching Award
Congratulations to Greg Rice, MD, recently awarded one of the School of Medicine & Public Health Dean’s Teaching Awards. Established in 1992 to honor outstanding contributions to student education in medical school programs, recipients are …