February 14 is National Organ Donor Day, and we’re celebrating the history, possibilities, and gift of organ transplantation by re-sharing some of our favorite podcast episodes about transplantation. Listen online or download wherever you get …
Featured Alumni: Sarah Tevis, MD
Dr. Sarah Tevis with her family on a recent snowboarding trip in Colorado, where they now live. Catch up with Sarah Tevis, MD, a graduate of our general surgery residency. What year did you graduate? I …
Plastic surgery resident co-authors paper with faculty published in Annals of Surgery
Plastic surgery resident Dr. Oksana Babchenko co-authored “Psychological Theory as It Applies to Surgical Training,” recently published in Annals of Surgery. The paper explores what constitutes an effective resident training environment through the lens of psychology, neuroscience, and education …
Study participation opportunity: Partner2Lose
Partner2Lose is a weight loss and management study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with Principal Investigator Corrine Voils, PhD. The study is now enrolling couples into this 2-year program that will compare two ways for …
Dr. Jack Jiang receives NIH R01 Grant
Jack Jiang, MD, PhD, received a $1.9 million NIH R01 grant for his project, “Chaos in human phonation and its measurement,” beginning this May. This five-year project will study how voice dysfunction is detected and …
Dr. Josh Mezrich featured in numerous national news outlets
Josh Mezrich, MD, appeared in numerous national news outlets recently in coverage of his new book, When Death Becomes Life, including an Atlantic article discussing the ethics of transplantation for patients with alcoholism, an interview …
Dr. Jon Odorico interviewed on stem cell research at UW
Jon Odorico, MD, was interviewed in the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association’s magazine Quarterly as part of a feature story on stem cell research at UW. He discusses the role of stem cell therapies in diabetes …
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program awarded accreditation
Congratulations to faculty and staff that support UW Health’s Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, which was recently awarded a five-year accreditation from the Adult Congenital Heart Association for its excellence. It is only one of …
Winners of the 2019 Department Science Image Contest
Check out the winners and all submissions for our Behind the Lens: Surgery Science Image Contest, held annually as part of our Research Summit. Winner: “When death overtakes us, all that we have is left to …
Welcoming new leaders in the Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery
We are pleased to announce the appointments of two outstanding new faculty, Ben L. Zarzaur, MD, MPH, and Stephanie Savage, MD, MS. They will assume leadership positions in the recently created Division of Acute Care …