On Friday, Jan. 19, the Department of Surgery celebrated its 15th annual Research Summit. The theme of this year’s summit was “Celebrating 15 Years of Innovation, Collaboration, and Discovery.” Our keynote speaker was Dr. Katherine A. …
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Vascular Surgery Resident Receives Grant to Test Curriculum Aiming to Improve Patient-Clinician Communication
Congratulations to Carly Sobol, MD, a second-year integrated vascular surgery resident who recently received a Trainee Research Fellowship Award in Education from the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) and the Association for Academic Surgery Foundation. The award …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: November 2023
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 …
Transplant Faculty Member Awarded 2023 UW Fall Research Competition Grant
David Al-Adra, MD, PhD, a surgeon-scientist and Assistant Professor in the Division of Transplantation, was recently awarded a one-year, $65,000 grant from UW’s 2023 Fall Research Competition, which is administered by the Office of the Vice Chancellor …
Dr. Luke Funk accepted into Society of Clinical Surgery
Luke Funk, MD, MPH, associate professor in the Wisconsin Department of Surgery and Director of MIS Research, was recently accepted into the Society of Clinical Surgery. Dr. Funk has been at UW-Madison since 2013 and …
Welcoming Our New Faculty
This fall, we welcomed several new faculty members to the University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery. Learn more about them below. Ana De Roo, MD, MSc, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Colon …
Kisat Awarded Career Development Research Grant from the American College of Surgeons
Mehreen Kisat, MBBS, MS, a surgeon-scientist and Assistant Professor in the Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery, was recently awarded the George H.A. Clowes Jr., MD, FACS, Memorial Research Career Development Award from …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: October 2023
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 …
In My Own Words: Dr. Maloney’s Medical Mission to Rwanda
Planning for my visit to King Faisal Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda, started long before my August trip, with Zoom-based case conferences and What’sApp communication so that we could hit the ground running. However, we knew …
Dr. Nabeel Zafar Leads Push for Global Cancer Surgery Solutions
Dr. Nabeel Zafar, the Director of Global Oncology at the Carbone Cancer Center and an Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology at UW-Madison, co-authored a recent Lancet Oncology Commission report that included more than 50 global …