Vision and Mission
Our vision is that all faculty, staff, and trainees in the Department of Pediatrics will flourish in their personal lives and professional careers.
Our mission is to create and maintain relevant and innovative growth opportunities for faculty, staff and trainees within the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics. These opportunities are guided by principles of diversity, equity and inclusion to address personal and professional well-being. Professional development opportunities will be developed based on the needs of faculty and staff within our department and through the recognition of national and local issues affecting pediatric clinical care, education, quality improvement, research, and advocacy. Consistent with the Wisconsin Idea, the impact of our professional development education will benefit the children and families that we serve in our communities and throughout the state.
Regularly Scheduled Series & CME
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Thursday's from 7:30-8:30 a.m. via Zoom
Pediatric Grand Rounds is a weekly multidisciplinary conference designed to improve participant's ability to practice pediatric medicine. These sessions are for CME and MOC Part II credits.

Medical Education Scholars in Pediatrics
Medical Education Scholars in Pediatrics is a monthly conference for faculty and trainees to conduct research in medical education, viewing medical education as a primary focus for academic scholarship.

Pediatric Collaborative Care Behavioral Health Conference
The Pediatric Collaborative Care Behavioral Health Conference is a bi-monthly interactive lecture series that focuses on core behavioral health clinical topics encountered in pediatric primary care settings.

Conferences
Clinical Care Week
September 18-22, 2023
This weeklong conference highlights innovations in clinical care through state and nationwide lenses.
Medical Education Week
March 18-22, 2024
This week long conference highlights medical education and scholarship for faculty, staff and trainees.
Research Week
May 13-17, 2024
This weeklong conference highlights the latest advances in pediatric research.
Lectureships
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The Allen Inspiring Children Lecture
The Allen Inspiring Children Lectureship welcomes our new trainees each July. This lectureship is grounded in motivating, creating connections and sparking passion in these new learners, by sharing the experiences that have made faculty wiser clinicians and to keep learning and growing from patients.
The Gilbert-Barness Lecture
The Gilbert-Barness Lectureship, as designated by its endowment, invites University of Wisconsin medical community individuals who will provide state-of-the-art, contemporary information and ideas in the areas of pediatrics and pathology. The lectureship is co-administered by the Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics. The lectureship embodies the highest ideals of academics. It broadens the learning potential of both departments and will bring to the entire University community fresh ideas on which to contemplate. This lectureship happens every fall.
Norman Fost Lecture on Skepticism and Critical Thinking
The Norman Fost Lecture on Skepticism and Critical Thinking will be presented on a topic that reflects the engagement of skepticism and critical thinking about a health care issue that may be guided by conventional wisdom rather than facts, preferably about an ethical issue related to pediatrics. If no speaker is available to speak about ethics, the lecture could address any area of medicine or health care that challenges conventional wisdom. This lectureship happens in February.
The Murray Katcher Child Health Advocacy Lecture
The Katcher Lectureship will feature speakers who address the challenges and successes of such advocacy. Murray Katcher, MD’75, PhD, emeritus professor of pediatrics, retired from the Department of Pediatrics in 2012 after 35 years as both a clinician and a focused, tireless, prodigious advocate for the health and safety of children and vulnerable adults. The Katcher Lectureship will feature speakers who address the challenges and successes of such advocacy. This lectureship happens every April.
The Iams-Tuffli Lecture
The Iams-Tuffli Lecture is an annual lecture series on the practice of pediatrics. The series is named after the late Alexander Iams, MD, and Gordon Tuffli, MD, two Madison-based pediatricians and friends who embodied the lecture series’ goal of promoting camaraderie in the field of pediatrics. After Iams passed away in 1984, his family – including son and daughter-in-law Jay and Pat Iams – established a memorial fund and lecture series to honor his 35+ years in pediatrics. The annual lecture covers a diverse range of topics relevant to pediatricians in both private and academic settings. Additionally, the memorial fund generously pays for the registration fees for all participants. This lectureship happens every April/May.
The Odell Lecture
The Odell Lectureship was established in 1994 to honor Dr. Gerard B. Odell, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Odell was internationally recognized for his research in the field of neonatal jaundice and bilirubin metabolism. In addition to the lectureship, the Gerard B. Odell Research Award was established to honor Dr. Odell’s distinguished career in pediatrics research, academics, clinical practice and education. The award is given to an assistant or associate professor of pediatrics in recognition of outstanding research accomplishments and demonstrated potential for future contributions in basic or translational research. This lecture happens every May during Research Week.
Current Workshops and Series
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Flourish Hour 2023-2024 Sessions
The Department of Pediatrics hosts a variety of workshops and series throughout the year for all departmental faculty, staff and trainees. Click on the tabs below to read through the different, and upcoming, offerings.
ourish Hour is accessible to all faculty, staff, and trainees and these sessions are created to support department members in flourishing in their careers. Sessions may include a variety of topics that relate to our department’s strategic priorities, as well as topics such as finding passion in your work, how to utilize time management strategies, and how to live a healthier life. These sessions are recorded and can be accessed on the DOP Intranet. If you are interested in hosting, teaching and/or suggesting a future professional development event, please complete the Professional Development Activity Request Form.
2023-2024 Flourish Hour Schedule
12-1 p.m. via zoom
Date | Topic | Speaker |
September 7 | Well-Being | Sarah Webber, MD |
October 26 | Fall Adventures | Reva Finkelman, MS
Heidi Kloster, MD Julia Clemens, MD |
November 30 | Passion and Purpose | Casey Freymiller, MD FAAP
Arij Beshish, MD, PhD Dominic Co, MD, PhD |
January 25 | Life Hacks | Sushant Srinivasan, MD, MHPE |
February 29 | Advocacy/DEI | Megan Yanny, MD
Alex Wolfe, MD |
April 4 | Passion and Purpose | |
June 27 | Summer Adventures |
Academic Lunch and Learn - 4 part series
Academic Lunch and Learn series is a four part series aimed at helping department members with their scholarly work, such as: writing abstracts, creating poster presentations and more!
These session will be more 12-1 p.m. via zoom.
Date | Topic | Speaker |
August 31 | Abstract Writing | Brad Kerr |
November 9 | Presentation Skills for an Academic Meeting | Bernadette Gillick, PhD |
February 22 | Power Point Presentations and Data Sharing | Jenna Contreras |
June 20 | Inclusive Leadership | Mala Mathur, MD |
MESP Day & Workshop
Date: Thursday, February 8th
Time: 9:15 to 11 a.m.
Mike Weisgerber, MD – professor, Medical director of Medical Education, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Children’s Wisconsin
Time: 9:15 to 11 a.m.
*This workshop will follow Dr. Weisgerber’s Pediatric Grand Round from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. via zoom and in-person in HSLC 1335.
Residency Education Workshop
Date: Thursday, February 22nd
Time: 9:15 to 11 a.m.
Stuart Slavin, MD – Senior Scholar for Well-Being, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
*This workshop will follow Dr. Slavin’s Pediatric Grand Round from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. via zoom and in-person in HSLC 1335.
Medical Improv Workshop
Date: Thursday, March 21st
Time: 9:15 to 11 a.m.
Amy Zelenski, PhD – associate professor, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
*This workshop will follow Dr. Zelenski’s Pediatric Grand Round from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. via zoom and in-person in HSLC 1335. This workshop is apart of Medical Education Week 2024.
Finding Your Passion
Date: Friday, March 22nd
Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. I HSLC 1335
Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH – professor, interim department chair, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Mala Mathur, MD, MPH – associate professor, director of professional development, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Professional Development Calendar
The below calendar includes: Pediatric Grand Rounds, Medical Education Scholars in Pediatrics, Conferences, Lectureships, Flourish Hours and workshops/series.
Pediatric Grand Rounds – Erin Lowery, MD, MS *ABP MOC II
Via ZoomDate: Thursday, December 7, 2023 Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m. CST Zoom Link Title: Adolescent Lung Transplant: A Changing Landscape in a New Era of Transplantation Speaker: Erin Lowery, MD, MS - associate professor, Division of Pulmonary & Critical …
Pediatric Grand Rounds – Nikki Orlov, MD
Via ZoomDate: Thursday, December 14, 2023 Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m. CST Zoom Link Title: Coaching for Change: Using a Coach Framework to Foster Growth in Your Learners Speaker: Nikki Orlov, MD - associate professor of pediatrics, University of Chicago …
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Pediatric Grand Rounds- Lindsey Boyke, MD, MPH * ABP MOC II
Via ZoomDate: Thursday, January 11, 2024 Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m. CST Zoom Link Title: Going Beyond the Curve: Diagnosis and Management of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Speaker: Lindsey Boyke, MD, MPH, Non-Operative Pediatric Orthopedic fellow, Department, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University …
Pediatric Grand Rounds- Winter Research Potpourri- Mala Mathur, MD, MPH & TBD
Via ZoomDate: Thursday, January 18, 2024 Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m. CST Zoom Link Title: Forthcoming Speaker: Mala Mathur, MD, MPH, assistant professor, director of professional development, Divison of General Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin …
Pediatric Grand Rounds- Raina Voss, MD, MPH
Via ZoomDate: Thursday, January 25, 2024 Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m. CST Zoom Link Title: Promoting Sexual Health for LGBTQ+ Adolescents and Young Adults Speaker: Raina Voss, MD, MPH, assistant professor of pediatrics, Northwestern Medicine, Fedinberg School of Medicine Please …
Flourish Hour- January 2024
Via ZoomTheme: Life Hacks Speakers: Sushant Srinivasan, MD Zoom Link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96720043144 Flourish Hour is accessible to all faculty, staff, and trainees and these sessions are created to support department members in flourishing in their careers. Sessions …
Pediatric Grand Rounds- Pooja Tandon, MD
Via ZoomDate: Thursday, February 1, 2024 Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m. CST Zoom Link Title: Play Equity to Promote Health Equity Speaker: Pooja Tandon, MD, associate professor, General Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital Please text the 6-letter code provided in the …