In September, Anne Marie Singh, MD, associate professor, took on the responsibilities of her new position of interim chief of the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology. She will lead the division’s successful programs that …
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Kerry Gannon-Loew leads new clinic for teens with substance use disorders
Reaching a goal she had pursued from the day she arrived at the Department of Pediatrics in May 2022, Kathryn (Kerry) Gannon-Loew, MD, MS, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, has opened …
Anna Huttenlocher publishes book about her father and his discovery of synaptic pruning
What is a sabbatical for? Travel, study, time away from the usual professional routine spent in ways that may enhance one’s work upon return — that is the norm. Anna Huttenlocher, MD, is a pediatric …
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition welcomes Daniel O’Connell as its interim chief
Daniel O’Connell, MD, associate professor, stepped into his new position as interim chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition on August 1. He will oversee the division’s clinical and research activities, as well …
Department of Pediatrics members’ work with UW Health Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Center is featured in ‘Quarterly’ magazine
The Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Center opened in March 2022. It works in tandem with the Center for Perinatal Care, a joint program between UW Health and UnityPoint Health–Meriter Hospital, where it is located. Recently …
Ellen Selkie named new director of pediatric fellowship programs
After two years as interim director of pediatric fellowship programs, Cathy Lee-Miller, MD, assistant professor and fellowship program director for the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, has handed the baton to a …
UW Health Transplant Center launches pediatric heart transplant program
Last month, UW Health announced a new pediatric heart transplant program at American Family Children’s Hospital. The new program makes the UW Health Transplant Center one of only six centers in the nation — and …
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month: Gregory DeMuri offers expert advice for news outlets across the state
With May’s warmth and rain, Wisconsin grows green and lush with grasses and budding shrubs. May also brings new generations of ticks, familiar brown dog ticks and less familiar but far more dangerous blacklegged ticks, …
One of the leaders of the UW’s cystic fibrosis program for more than 28 years, Michael Rock will retire in July
When Michael J. Rock, MD, professor, Division of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, arrived at the Department of Pediatrics to begin a pediatric pulmonology fellowship in 1986, he had no inkling that the research scene he …
Diane Puccetti, after more than 30 years of serving children with neurological cancers and their families, will retire in July
In less than two months, the UW American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) will see the exit of the medical director of its Pediatric Neuro/Oncology Clinic, the director of the Caring for Life Clinic — a …