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Partners in Burn Healing from Restoration to Recovery

Posted on February 9, 2023

Many in the Madison are are aware that in 2020, UW Hospitals opened an expanded UW Burn and Wound Center, which provides comprehensive burn care to patients from the time of injury through rehabilitation. The …

Posted in Giving, NewsTagged burn, giving

Grateful Mother and Daughter Spread the Word about Hyperparathyroidism

Posted on January 20, 2023

When 20-year-old Alyssa Liebenow started experiencing fatigue, hot flashes, and unusual aches and pains, she and her mom, Joelle, knew something was wrong. Little did they know that it would start a five-year journey that …

Posted in Giving, NewsTagged endocrine, general surgery, thyroid

Anthony D’Alessandro, MD, Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted on August 15, 2022

University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery faculty member Anthony D’Alessandro, MD, was honored with the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations’ (AOPO) Lifetime Achievement Award at their 2022 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, this past June. …

Posted in Alumni News, Giving, Honors and Awards, NewsTagged awards, faculty, transplant

Remembering John R. Pellett, MD

Posted on March 22, 2022

As the news spread last fall that John Pellett, MD, an emeritus professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and esteemed general and thoracic surgeon at UW Health, …

Posted in Alumni News, Giving, NewsTagged cardiothoracic, general surgery, giving

William D. Turnipseed, MD: Pioneering Vascular Surgery at UW-Madison

Posted on December 28, 2021

Bill and Sandy Turnipseed Vascular Surgery Fund: This fund was established in 2021 by Dr. William D. Turnipseed, Emeritus Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. …

Posted in Clinical, Education, Giving, Global Surgery, NewsTagged global surgery, philanthropy, vascular

Eugene “Chip” Foley Honored at Retirement with Namesake Fund

Posted on December 6, 2021

After 14 years with the Wisconsin Department of Surgery, Professor Eugene “Chip” Foley, MD, FACS, made the decision to retire in late September, 2021. But rather than sending him off with a party and a …

Posted in Education, Giving, Honors and Awards, NewsTagged awards, education, faculty

A new place to heal: supporting burn survivors, transforming lives

Posted on February 25, 2020

Mike Wos knows what it’s like to be a firefighter and a paramedic. On the scene of many fires, he’s rescued people who have sustained life-altering burn injuries. Witnessing the struggle and courage of burn …

Posted in Alumni News, Giving, NewsTagged burn

Hawkeyes and Badgers unite to fight pancreatic cancer

Posted on December 16, 2019

Mike Oglesby dances with his daughter Shannon at her wedding.  Though it’s rare to find an Iowa Hawkeye who will show love for the Wisconsin Badgers, the “Faj Squad” is ready to give up the …

Posted in Giving, News, ResearchTagged cancer, pancreas, surgical oncology

A tragic fire prompts career shift to surgeon-scientist

Posted on July 22, 2019

Five months after finishing nursing school, Angela Gibson reported to UW Hospital’s burn unit for a night shift that changed her career and her life. A Madison Metro bus had been set afire when a …

Posted in Alumni News, Giving, News, ResearchTagged burn

Dr. Gretchen Schwarze awarded the Morgridge Professorship in Vascular Surgery

Posted on July 2, 2019

We’re pleased to share that Dr. Gretchen Schwarze has been awarded the Morgridge Professorship in Vascular Surgery. In addition to her vascular surgery practice, Dr. Schwarze is a nationally recognized medical ethicist, with expertise in patient-physician …

Posted in Giving, Honors and Awards, NewsTagged vascular
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