Dr. Petros Anagnostopoulos, professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, was invited to join a Congenital Heart Program Verification/Certification task force. This task force will establish the process and criteria for the verification of Congenital …
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Dr. Satoru Osaki Named One of America’s Leading Doctors 2025 by Newsweek
Dr. Satoru Osaki, professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, was named one of America’s Leading Doctors 2025 for Cardiothoracic Surgery by Newsweek. To identify the nation’s most respected specialists, Newsweek conducted an in-depth evaluation …
Welcome Dr. John Stulak as Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
John Stulak, MD, joins the Department of Surgery as a professor and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. In this position, Dr. Stulak will divide his time between clinical care, administrative/faculty development, and research/scholarly …
Long and Winding Road Leads to Madison: Dr. DeCamp’s impact validates unusual recruitment
Dr. Malcolm (Mac) DeCamp’s recruitment to the Wisconsin Department of Surgery was anything but straightforward. Dr. Michael Bentz was the interim chair of the department at the time. He was leading the search for a …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: April 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. Clara Angeles Receives Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship Award
Dr. Clara Angeles, Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow, recently received the Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship Award from the Thoracic Surgery Foundation. This fellowship awards up to $10,000 for a woman cardiothoracic surgeon to travel to another …
Welcome Our New Fellows
The Department of Surgery is excited to welcome our new fellows. Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship>> Aleksandra Vidovich Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship >> Christopher (Chris) Stahl Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship >> Vyacheslav …
100 Years of Surgery: Heart Surgery Follow Up 50 Years Later
After experiencing an increase of cardiac arrhythmias in 1973, Gary R. Weisman, a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry, visited UW-Madison’s Student Health Services. As a child, Weisman had been diagnosed with a congenital …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: March 2024
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 …
Department of Surgery Faculty Members Recognized as Healthcare Research All-Stars
Several Department of Surgery faculty members were recently recognized as healthcare research all-stars by Avant-Garde Health. These surgeons were selected for the quality and quantity of research that they authored and published during 2021 and …