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UW Surgery News
Welcome Paola Lopez Dones, URS Recipient!
This wasn’t Paola Lopez Dones’ first time in Madison: In fact, it was hardly her first of anything. She’s been to more of the United States than most people, having seen 30 states; she’s been …
Welcome Jasmine Peters, URS Recipient
When Jasmine Peters, participant in the Underrepresented in Surgery (URS) Visiting Elective Program, thought about the experiences that inspired her medical career, multiple memories flashed through her mind. An extra level of care for others …
Featured Alumni: Carolyn Rogers-Vizena
Catch up with Carolyn Rogers-Vizena, MD, a graduate of our plastic surgery residency. What year did you graduate as a fellow/resident? I graduated in 2012 as a resident. What was your area of surgical focus …
Physician Assistant Anna Schmidt Wins UW Health APP Excellence Award in Teaching
Anna Schmidt, MMSc, MS, PA-C, a physician assistant with the Wisconsin Surgery Division of Otolaryngology, received the UW Health Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Excellence Award in Teaching on October 13, 2021, as part of the …
Welcoming Our New Faculty
This fall, we are welcoming several new faculty to Wisconsin Surgery! Recruited from as far away as Baltimore to as close as Madison, our new faculty will help to move Wisconsin Surgery forward. Learn more …
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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.