UW–Madison’s long history with integrative health practices began nearly 25 years ago when David Rakel, MD, professor and chair in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, founded the Integrative Medicine Program. Initially it …
Neonatology & Newborn Nursery
Neonatal Education Simulation and Training Center opens at UnityPoint Health – Meriter
UnityPoint Health – Meriter opened the Neonatal Education Simulation and Training Center (NEST) to educate and train medical professionals in newborn care. The NEST provides a space for learners to practice and discuss their performance …
Use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) evolves in Department of Pediatrics divisions
Pediatrics is “playing catch-up” in POCUS use, according to Adam Bauer, MD, associate professor in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery. He is working to make that effort both rapid and effective.
Experts urge expanded screening for the most common newborn infection
Congenital cytomegalovirus, cCMV, is the most common viral infection that newborns can have at birth. Most babies have no symptoms, but “a small percentage of those newborns with no symptoms can go on to have …
Prestigious Gerard B. Odell Research Award and Ellen R. Wald Research Awards will be presented during Pediatrics Research Week in May
The Department of Pediatrics will present its important annual research awards, the Gerard B. Odell Research Award and two Ellen R. Wald Research Awards during Pediatrics Research Week, which will be held May 12–15, 2025.
Department of Pediatrics newborn hospitalist team cares for the newest members of our community at UnityPoint Health–Meriter
Approximately 5,000 pregnant patients per year give birth to their babies at UnityPoint Health–Meriter Hospital (UPH Meriter) in central Madison, the largest number of any Wisconsin hospital with birthing services. Newborns delivered at UPH Meriter …
Laura Chen assumes role as course director of Phase 3 Inpatient Acting Internships–Pediatrics
Phase 3 of the SMPH ForWard Curriculum is dedicated to specialty-specific competency development and internship preparation with opportunities for individualized electives, career advising, and special projects. Laura Chen, MD, assistant professor, Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex …
Pelin Cengiz and team wins Meriter Foundation Grant for Healthy Little Eyes project
Pelin Cengiz, MD, professor, Division of Critical Care, and her team members Bikash Pattnaik, MD, associate professor, and Ryan McAdams, MD, professor, both in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, have been awarded $99,970 from the …
Adam Bauer wins Meriter Foundation Grant for neonatal lung ultrasound research
Adam Bauer, MD, associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, has been awarded a one-year Meriter Foundation grant of $28,838 for his project entitled, “Lung Ultrasound to Predict Extubation Success in Neonates.” The grant began in …
2024 Shapiro Summer Research Program student Kayla Sifre wins Excellence in Student Research
Second-year medical student Kayla Sifre won the Excellence in Student Research award at the School of Medicine and Public Health’s 23rd Annual Medical Student Research Forum in November. Forty students were selected through a competitive …