Faculty members and fellows from the Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care. Front row, left to right: Sarah Webber, MD; Kirstin Nackers, MD; Mary Ehlenbach, MD; Laura Chen, MD; Heidi Kloster, MD; Ann Allen, …
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After three decades of diverse service in genetics practice and regional outreach, David Wargowski will retire
From his arrival at the Department of Pediatrics in 1990 and for the next 30-plus years, David Wargowski, MD, professor in the Division of Genetics and Metabolism, has served tirelessly, addressing genetically based diseases and …
Department of Pediatrics 2024 Research Week, including the Gerard B. Odell Lecture and Award, is coming in May
Next month, the Department of Pediatrics will offer its 2024 Research Week over five days, May 13–17. Through a combination of live-streamed lectures, in-person events, and interactive sessions with faculty members and trainees, audience participants …
Longtime director of the UW program for pediatric patients with HIV, Sheryl Henderson, will retire in June
In a few months, Sheryl Henderson, MD, PhD, associate professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, will step away from her long career in research and clinical practice and begin her retirement. Since 2011 when she joined …
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition offers a new transnasal endoscopic procedure, allowing pediatric patients to avoid anesthesia and OR visits
Clinicians within the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition are promoting a new endoscopic procedure for pediatric patients that saves time, money, and discomfort. Jonathan Wong, DO, assistant professor, Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition …
After two years in planning, the Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Program marks its first year of successes
After two years of planning and preparation from 2020 to late 2022, Allison Redpath, MD, associate professor and medical director of pediatric dialysis, Division of Nephrology, and Melissa Cercone, MD, associate professor and fellowship director, …
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 …
Megan Moreno invited to participate in White House roundtable discussion addressing child online safety
Responding to a January 24 invitation, Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, professor and interim chair, Department of Pediatrics, traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate as one of the advocates and experts in a Kids Online …
Beth Van Den Langenberg will retire from pediatric diabetes clinics after more than 30 years in nursing
After more than 30 years of nursing service, including the last 21 with UW pediatric diabetes clinics, Beth Van Den Langenberg, MS, CPNP, APNP, senior nurse practitioner in the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, will …
Norman Fost Lecture on Skepticism and Critical Thinking honors Fost’s groundbreaking work and long leadership in bioethics
The inaugural presentation of a new lectureship in the Department of Pediatrics, the Norman Fost Lecture on Skepticism and Critical Thinking, will take place on February 15, 7:30–8:30 a.m. In honor of the nationally known …