Type 1 diabetes affects more than 1.6 million people in the U.S., including a growing number of children and adolescents. The disease develops when the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys the pancreatic islet cells, …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: September 2025 and October 2025
Wisconsin Department of Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting several of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see selections from …
Dr. Elise Lawson Completes Term as President of the Wisconsin Surgical Society
Dr. Elise Lawson, associate professor in the Division of Colorectal Surgery, recently completed her term as President of the Wisconsin Surgical Society. She concluded her presidency by giving at Presidential Address at the Wisconsin Surgical …
Transplant Surgeon-Scientist Receives New Investigator Award from Wisconsin Partnership Program
Over 12,000 patients in the state of Wisconsin are impacted by kidney failure. Receiving a new kidney from an organ donor can cure kidney failure, but there is nowhere near enough donor kidneys to meet …
Welcome Dr. Saad Sahi to the Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery
Saad Sahi, MD is an assistant professor in the Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery. Dr. Sahi will be based primarily at University Hospital. Clinically, he will participate in the Trauma, Emergency General …
Dr. Cynthia Kelm-Nelson Awarded Dean’s Research Staff Award
Cynthia Kelm-Nelson, PhD, Director of Biological Sciences and senior scientist III in the Department of Surgery, was recently awarded the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) Dean’s Research Staff Award. Dr. …
Welcome Dr. Louise Davies to the Division of Endocrine Surgery
Louise Davies, MD, MS is a professor jointly appointed in the Division of Endocrine Surgery in the Department of Surgery and in the Division of Head & Neck Surgical Oncology in the Department of Otolaryngology. …
Dr. David Harris Honored with Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award
Dr. David Harris, assistant professor in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, was awarded a Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award. This award will provide Dr. Harris with flexible research funding for three years. Dr. Harris …
Wisconsin Surgery Faculty and Resident Integral in Formation of Ethiopia Education Workshop
On Sept. 29 and 30, Dr. Kristin Long, associate professor in the Division of Endocrine Surgery and Vice Chair of Global Surgery, and Dr. Clayton Marcinak, general surgery resident, helped develop and present at the …
Welcome Dr. Ashley Krepline to the Division of Transplantation
Ashley Krepline, MD, returns to the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Transplantation. Dr. Krepline completed her Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship at the UW–Madison Department of Surgery earlier this …