I finished my first month as faculty at the UW–Madison Department of Surgery by traveling to ALERT Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ALERT hospital partners with the Ministry of Health and University of …
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From the Operating Room to the Open Roads: Cycling to Cure Childhood Cancers
During his career as a pediatric surgeon, Dr. Jeffrey Du Bois spent countless hours in the operating room saving people’s lives. Now, as a retired surgeon, Dr. Du Bois is using his passion for saving lives …
Dr. Muhammed Murtaza Honored with Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award
Dr. Muhammed Murtaza, Associate Professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, was awarded a 2025 Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award. This award will provide Dr. Murtaza with flexible research funding over the next three years. …
Lab Student Recognized at 2025 Chancellor’s Undergraduate Award Ceremony
UW–Madison hosted the annual Chancellor’s Undergraduate Award Ceremony on April 28. This ceremony serves as an opportunity to celebrate the extraordinarily talented undergraduates for their academic excellence, public service, and undergraduate research. Brooke Miller, an …
Incoming Rural General Surgery Resident First to Graduate from Accelerated UW Med School Program
Dr. Sharon Weber Awarded the Medical Alumni Citation – Distinguished Alumni Award
Dr. Sharon Weber, Professor and Chair of the Division of Surgical Oncology, was awarded the Medical Alumni Citation – Distinguished Alumni Award by the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) at the WMAA Awards Banquet on …
OHNS Faculty Member Awarded Prestigious NIH Career Development Award
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Assistant Professor Ruth Davis, MD, was recently awarded a 5-year, $711,000 career development award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. NIH career development awards provide …
Dr. Hee Soo Jung Elected to the American Board of Surgery Council
Dr. Hee Soo Jung, Associate Professor in the Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery, was recently elected to the American Board of Surgery (ABS) Council. His six-year term will begin on July 1, …
Brown Lab Awarded Grant to Study Potential New Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes
The lab of Division of Transplantation Assistant Professor Matthew E. Brown, PhD, is hyper-focused on creating hypoimmune stem cells – cells that can evade recognition and destruction by the human immune system. Why? Because stem …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: March 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 …