In the photo, left to right, are Drs. Allie Hurst, Tom Brazelton, and Nathan Lepp. The end of August saw the dedication of the emergency ambulance bay at American Family Children’s Hospital for the …
Neonatology & Newborn Nursery
New Faculty Focus: Marisa Brant
Q&A with Marisa Brant, MD, visiting associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery Hometown: Evanston, Illinois Educational/professional background: I earned my BA in Spanish and anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis and subsequently …
American Family Children’s Hospital NICU celebrates a decade of operation
This year (on May 13, actually) the American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) marks its 10th year of operation. A world-class Level IV NICU, it is one of only two such …
Grant from Gerber Foundation will support Paige Condit’s patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) research
Paige Condit, MD, a PGY 4 fellow in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, has been awarded a Gerber Foundation Research Grant for her project, “Development of a Novel Kidney-focused Approach to Treatment of a PDA …
Nathan Lepp is the new medical director for Med Flight Neonatal Critical Care Transport
Nathan Lepp, MD, MPH, associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, was selected to be the medical director for UW Health Med Flight Neonatal Critical Care Transport starting May 1. He has worked closely …
Three department members receive UW Health Safety Leadership Awards
During Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 11–15, the UW Health Patient Safety leadership team honored providers who show exemplary leadership and go above and beyond to improve patient safety in their work areas. Three Department …
Oresta Rule receives UnityPoint Health – Meriter Foundation grant supporting a project to provide human donor milk to infants needing supplemental feeding
Oresta Rule, MD, assistant professor in both the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the UnityPoint Health – Meriter …
Two Department of Pediatrics members, Ryan McAdams and Kelly McGregory, contribute their art to the Wisconsin Medical Journal’s double issue on COVID-19
The latest publication of the Wisconsin Medical Journal (WMJ) is an important double issue of 170 pages, entitled, “Lessons Learned from the Pandemic.” Its many articles are accompanied by artwork throughout. Two physicians from the …
Bikash Pattnaik named Silver Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, was named a fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and a member of the Silver Fellows Class of 2024. ARVO …
New Faculty Focus: Anudeepa Sharma
Q&A with Anudeepa “Anu” Sharma, MBBS, MBA, assistant professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery Hometown: New Delhi, India Educational/professional background: I earned my MBBS at G.R. Medical College in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. I …