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UW Surgery News
Dr. Greenberg awarded grants for Surgical Collaborative of WI
Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH, has been awarded a 2-year, $200,000 Opportunity Grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Education and Research Committee for her project, “Improving Access to High Quality Surgical Care in Wisconsin Communities.” The funds …
April 17, 2018Text to Teach: Improving Patient Experience at AFCH
In 2016, Brianna Schumacher, APNP, was awarded a UW Health Innovation Grant for her project “Text to Teach.” Tonsillectomy patients at the American Family Children’s Hospital will receive a series of automated pre- and post-operative …
April 17, 2018
Helping hearts beat in innovative trial
Image of the Heartmate 3 system provided courtesy of St. Jude Medical, Inc Some clinical trials proceed exactly the way investigators predict. Some fall flat. But other trials exceed everyone’s expectations for success, like the …
April 17, 2018Hartwell Foundation awards two UW Madison Investigators
The Hartwell Foundation officially announced the recipients of the 2017 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards, which will provide support for three years. Twelve individuals representing ten institutions received recognition as Hartwell Investigators. This year, two …
April 3, 2018Dr. Kaufman awarded year-long pilot grant
Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD, and co-investigator Igor Slukvin, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, were awarded a one-year pilot grant from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research for their …
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Educational Opportunities
- Surgery Grand Rounds
- Voice & Swallow Clinics Lecture Series
- GlovesOn
- Outreach Talks
- Clinical Simulation Program
Our online surgery Grand Rounds are offered each year, September through May, for free CE credit with self-assessment.
Our Voice & Swallow Clinics Lecture Series is comprised of expert lectures recorded live during private offerings held at the UW Voice & Swallow Clinic that you can review to earn CEU credit year round.
Learn more about our Voice & Swallow Clinics Lecture Series.
The GlovesOn goal is to educate the region’s surgeons on techniques available at UW Health to expand and enhance their surgical practice.
Our doctors are available to speak on a variety of surgery topics for your monthly or weekly journal clubs, case conferences, grand rounds and tumor boards.
The UW Health Clinical Simulation Program provides robust and realistic learning opportunities to prepare health care professionals for actual patient care situations. The center offers educational opportunities for students, faculty and staff from UW Health, the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, departments across UW-Madison and the community.