Dr. Luke Funk, Professor in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, was selected as a recipient of the 2024-2025 James IV Traveling Fellowship award. This fellowship is designed to promote communication and collaboration in the …
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Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: July 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 …
Dr. Amber Shada Awarded SSAT Visiting Grand Round Professorship
Dr. Amber Shada, Associate Professor in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, has been awarded the SSAT Visiting Grand Round Professorship by The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT). The SSAT-sponsored Visiting Grand …
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 …
Drs. Funk and Gibson Named as the New Vice Chairs of Research
The Department of Surgery recently named Dr. Luke Funk, Associate Professor in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, and Dr. Angela Gibson, Associate Professor in the Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery, as …
Voils and Mintz Awarded NIH Grant that Will Aid Planning of a Weight Loss Trial Using Personalized Levels of Incentives
Obesity affects 2 out of 5 American adults and causes an increased risk for a wide variety of serious diseases and health conditions, including those that can lead to stroke, heart attack, and death. While …
Dr. Corrine Voils Quoted in Recent NY Times Article
Dr. Corrine Voils, Professor in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, provided insight into medicine compliance in a recent New York Times article titled, “Patients hate ‘forever’ drugs. Are Ozempic and Wegovy different?” This article …
Voils Awarded NIH Research Education Grant for Behavioral Interventions Training Program
Corrine Voils, PhD, Professor in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Morgridge Distinguished Chair in Health Services Research, and Director of the Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program, has been awarded a four-year, $840,000 Research Education …
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 …