Dr. Clara Angeles, Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow, recently received the Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship Award from the Thoracic Surgery Foundation. This fellowship awards up to $10,000 for a woman cardiothoracic surgeon to travel to another …
Year: 2025
Harris Lab Receives Research Funding from Two Campus-based Programs
The Wisconsin Surgical Laboratory in Metabolism (WiSLiM), run by Dave Harris, MD, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, conducts research on how bariatric surgery affects metabolism and aging, with the goal …
Dr. Brigitte Smith Receives Distinguished Mid-Career Educator Award
Dr. Brigitte Smith, Associate Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery and Vice Chair of Education, has been selected as the recipient of the Distinguished Mid-Career Educator Award by the Association of Surgical Education (ASE). …
Dr. Dinee Simpson Presents as the 2025 Belzer Visiting Professor
On Jan. 30, 2025, Dr. Dinee Simpson, Chief Health Equity Executive and Associate Professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, presented as the 2025 Belzer Visiting Professor. Her talk was about “Taking Disparities …
Vascular Surgery Resident Awarded ACS Research Scholarship
Kate Telma, MD, a PGY-2 vascular surgery resident, has been selected by the American College of Surgeons to receive a Resident Research Scholarship for the 2025-2027 award cycle. This two-year, $60,000 scholarship is supported by …
Dr. Luke Funk Selected as the New Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Surgery Open
Dr. Luke Funk, Professor in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, was recently selected as the new Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Surgery Open. Annals of Surgery Open: Perspectives on Surgical History, Education, and Clinical Approaches …
Department of Surgery Peer Support Quarterly Social Event
Members of the Department of Surgery Peer Support Team and their families gathered at Madison Axe this weekend for our quarterly social event. We beat the winter blues with ax throwing and other games. The …
Two Ethiopian Vascular Surgeons Supported to Travel to Sweden
The University of Wisconsin Division of Vascular surgery has a long-standing partnership with Addis Ababa University Department of Surgery, Vascular Surgery Division. Through this partnership vascular surgery fellows and residents from the UW have the …
Dr. Dan McCarthy Helps Give Milwaukee Mother a Second Chance at Life Through Lung Transplant
Dr. Muhammed Murtaza Receives 2024 Bothwell Prize
Dr. Muhammed Murtaza, Associate Professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, received the 2024 Bothwell Prize from the Carbone Cancer Center and the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research. This prize is awarded annually for a …