UW Health’s pediatric primary care clinics increased from five to six on November 1, 2024, with the addition of newly renamed UW Health Kids Beaver Dam. Known previously as Community Pediatrics of Beaver Dam, it …
General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
New Faculty Focus: Hannah Wakefield
Q&A with Hannah Wakefield, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon Educational/professional background: I graduated with a BA from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and then …
New Faculty Focus: Sharwin Khot
Q&A with Sharwin C. Khot, MD, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Hometown: Twinsburg, Ohio Educational/professional background: I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in …
MedEdPORTAL names Emily Ruedinger an Outstanding Reviewer for 2024
MedEdPORTAL, an open-access journal of teaching and learning resources in the health professions published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), relies on the voluntary contributions of reviewers and associate editors to assess the …
UW–Madison Prevention Research Center receives $5 million from CDC to improve maternal and child health outcomes in Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Prevention Research Center has been awarded $5 million in grant funding for the next five years from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to facilitate community-engaged research addressing maternal …
Prassana Raman and Amy Plumb recognized in the Best Pediatrician category of the Madison.com People’s Choice awards
Madison.com announced its 2024 People’s Choice award winners in early September. Prasanna Raman, MD, associate professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, was named the winner in the “Best Pediatrician” category. Amy Plumb, MD, associate professor, …
Dipesh Navsaria contributes to updated AAP Literacy Promotion policy statement
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) encourages parents and caregivers to read aloud with their newborns and young children as an opportunity to foster loving, nurturing relationships during a critical time of brain development, and …
Jill Denson receives funding from Morgridge Center for Public Service and ICTR to support a project that aims to understand what it’s like for people who give birth while incarcerated
University of Wisconsin–Madison Prevention Research Center Director Jill Denson, PhD, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, recently received funding to support her research project, “Where do the babies go? Infants of incarcerated …
Two Department of Pediatrics faculty members are contributors to a book on telemedicine
A new book on telemedicine includes contributions from Emily Ruedinger, MD, MEd, associate professor, and Laura Dos Reis, MD, assistant professor, both in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, and Ellen Bryant, MD, …
WMAA honors David Bernhardt with Ralph Hawley Distinguished Community Service Award
The Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) honored its 2024 Distinguished Medical Alumni Award recipients during a banquet on April 19 at the Madison Concourse Hotel. Among the awardees was David Bernhardt, MD, professor, Division of …