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Month: February 2018

Dr. Rebecca Sippel’s 2018 AAS Presidential Address

Posted on February 27, 2018

Dr. Rebecca Sippel, Associate Professor and Chief of our Endocrine Surgery Division, recently gave a moving Presidential Address at the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS). As one audience member put it, “Absolutely blown away by address …

Posted in Honors and Awards, NewsTagged endocrine

Newly Appointed Leaders for Association for Academic Surgery

Posted on February 21, 2018

Congratulations to Luke Funk, MD, MPH, and Susan Pitt, MD, MPHS, who were recently appointed to leadership positions in the Association for Academic Surgery. Dr. Funk will be the Publications Committee Co-Chair, will serve on the …

Posted in Honors and Awards

NIH R01 Grant awarded to Jack Jiang, MD

Posted on February 13, 2018

Jack Jiang, MD, has been awarded a five-year NIH R01 grant for his project, “Optimization And Therapeutic Translation of Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Techniques,” through the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Dr. Jiang …

Posted in Honors and Awards, News, Research

Studying Communication and Swallowing Disorders in the Ciucci Lab

Posted on February 13, 2018

The research program of Michelle R. Ciucci, PhD., CCC-SLP  is dedicated to understanding how aging and neurodegenerative disease contribute to communication and swallowing disorders. Specifically, Parkinson disease has a complex pathology that causes early-onset voice …

Posted in ResearchTagged otolaryngology, voice and swallow

Surgery Research Image Contest Winners

Posted on February 6, 2018

With active clinical and basic science research programs, there’s always something cool under the scope in our Department. Check out the winners of our annual Surgery Research Image Contest to get a glimpse into some …

Posted in News, Research

Updates in Varicose Vein Treatment

Posted on February 6, 2018

A patient before (left) and after (right) varicose vein treatment.  By Richard L. Feinberg, MD, FACS Varicose veins can range from tiny, thread-like red or blue “spider veins” to large bulging veins exceeding 1 cm …

Posted in ClinicalTagged vascular

2017 Successful Year for Transplant Patients at UW Health

Posted on February 2, 2018

Surgeon Dixon Kaufman, MD 2017 was a successful year for the UW Transplant Program, led by Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD. Clinical highlights include: Pancreas transplant program, led by Jon Odorico, MD, was again the largest …

Posted in Clinical, NewsTagged transplant

Dr. Redfield honored with Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award

Posted on February 2, 2018

Congratulations to Robert Redfield III, MD, who has been awarded a Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award by the Office of the Provost at UW-Madison. This honor recognizes research and teaching excellence in faculty across …

Posted in Honors and Awards, NewsTagged transplant
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