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Month: February 2019

Giving back from a big life

Posted on February 22, 2019

Mark Fischer lived a big life. A Boston-native, Mark was internationally renowned for his expertise in copyright law and intellectual property on the internet. As a longtime Red Sox fan, he could frequently be found …

Posted in Giving, NewsTagged transplant

Podcast series focuses on the educational path to surgery

Posted on February 22, 2019

The Surgery Sett, our Department’s podcast, recently explored the educational path to a career in surgery with a series of related episodes. Medical student education In this bonus episode, Dr. Ann O’Rourke discusses innovations to …

Posted in Education, NewsTagged podcast, residency

Improving the Quality of Hernia Operations through Surgical Coaching

Posted on February 20, 2019

Musicians, athletes, and even business executives use coaching to improve performance. Why not surgeons? While we may not associate coaching with surgery, Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH, and her team in the Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research …

Posted in News, Research, WiSORTagged coaching, hernia, WiSOR

Department ranks 8th in 2018 Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research Rankings

Posted on February 19, 2019

Our Department ranked #8 of U.S. surgical departments in the 2018 Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research Rankings, with funding of $12,338,374. We have increased over $4 million in funding and moved up one ranking place …

Posted in Honors and Awards, News, Research

Dr. John Rectenwald wins 2019 Association for Surgical Education Award

Posted on February 19, 2019

Congratulations to John Rectenwald, MD, MS, who was named the 2019 recipient of the Philip J. Wolfson Outstanding Teacher Award from the Association for Surgical Education. This award is given to individuals who are actively …

Posted in Education, Honors and Awards, NewsTagged education, residency

Welcoming Amy Fiedler, MD

Posted on February 14, 2019

This month we welcome Amy Fiedler, MD, to our faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Fiedler is a graduate of The George Washington University School of Medicine and completed …

Posted in Clinical, Employment News, NewsTagged cardiothoracic, transplant

Celebrate National Organ Donor Day with a transplant podcast

Posted on February 12, 2019

February 14 is National Organ Donor Day, and we’re celebrating the history, possibilities, and gift of organ transplantation by re-sharing some of our favorite podcast episodes about transplantation. Listen online or download wherever you get …

Posted in NewsTagged podcast, transplant

Featured Alumni: Sarah Tevis, MD

Posted on February 12, 2019

Dr. Sarah Tevis with her family on a recent snowboarding trip in Colorado, where they now live.  Catch up with Sarah Tevis, MD, a graduate of our general surgery residency. What year did you graduate? I …

Posted in Alumni News, NewsTagged residency

Plastic surgery resident co-authors paper with faculty published in Annals of Surgery

Posted on February 6, 2019

Plastic surgery resident Dr. Oksana Babchenko co-authored “Psychological Theory as It Applies to Surgical Training,” recently published in Annals of Surgery. The paper explores what constitutes an effective resident training environment through the lens of psychology, neuroscience, and education …

Posted in Education, ResearchTagged education, plastic

Study participation opportunity: Partner2Lose

Posted on February 6, 2019

Partner2Lose is a weight loss and management study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with Principal Investigator Corrine Voils, PhD. The study is now enrolling couples into this 2-year program that will compare two ways for …

Posted in News, Research
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