In December, 2023, I had the opportunity to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to participate in an international conference and an education workshop. I attended the 23rd annual College of Surgeons of East, Central and …
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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 …
In My Own Words: Dr. Farhat’s Medical Mission to Beirut
In a heartfelt and impactful two-week medical mission from Oct. 2-14, 2023, I journeyed to Beirut, Lebanon, with a commitment to providing critical medical care and education in the field of pediatric urology. My mission …
Wisconsin Surgery Faculty Receives Grant to Support Collaboration in Sub-Saharan Africa
This past April, Syed Nabeel Zafar, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, was awarded a 3-year, $120,000 grant from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment to support work he is doing in …
Welcome Dominique Dockery, URiM Participant!
Dominique Dockery knew she wanted to be a surgeon since her first year on campus as an undergrad, but during her first year of medical school at Brown University, she scrubbed in with her mentor, …
Welcome Musunga Mulenga, URiM Participant!
Musunga Mulenga is an aspiring surgeon with a deep appreciation for individualized solutions tailored to patients’ needs and a desire to make surgical care accessible to all those who need it. This summer, she shared …
Wisconsin Surgery Team Works and Educates in Rwanada with Team Heart
In November of 2021, a team of health care professionals from across the country, which included a number of individuals from the University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery led by Amy Fiedler, MD, traveled to …
William D. Turnipseed, MD: Pioneering Vascular Surgery at UW-Madison
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. …
Dr. Amy Fiedler’s Presidential Leadership Scholars Project Highlighted
In January 2020, cardiac surgeon Amy Fiedler got the exciting news that she’d been selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar. She started the program taking two of several planned trips to presidential centers to learn …