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 …
Michael Porte, MD, Awarded Meriter Foundation Funding
Michael Porte, MD, was recently awarded $19,450 from the Meriter Foundation for his project, “aEEG for Education of Staff and Investigation of Subclinical Brain Function in Neonates.” This funding will support a 12-month training and …
Dr. Kathleen DeSantes Awarded Wisconsin Rural Physician Residency Assistance Program Funding
Kathleen DeSantes, MD, was recently awarded approximately $27,000 from the Wisconsin Rural Physician Residency Assistance Program (WRPRAP). This funding will provide for an elective rural medical rotation for pediatric residents, consisting of two four-week rotations …
Peter Wolfgram, MD, Receives Fellow’s Section Clinical Research Award From SPR
Congratulations to Dr. Peter Wolfgram, who was recently selected as a recipient for the 2013 “Fellow’s Section Clinical Research Award” by the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) for his abstract, titled “Non-Obese Girls Exhibit Differing …
Melissa Bates, PhD, Receives Caroline tum Suden Professional Opportunity Award From APS
Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Bates, who was recently awarded the “Caroline tum Suden Professional Opportunity Award” by the American Physiological Society (APS) for her research investigating the ability of beta adrenergic agonists to recruit intrapulmonary …
Dr. Murray Katcher Receives AMCHP Excellence in State MCH Leadership Award
Congratulations to Dr. Murray Katcher, who was recently awarded the “Recognition of Distinction” Excellence in State MCH Leadership at Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). This award recognizes an outstanding state MCH professional …