Photo by Steve Apps, WI State Journal Dr. Angela Gibson’s burn research and clinical care was recently featured in the Wisconsin State Journal. They told Dr. Gibson’s amazing story of her path from a burn …
Honors and Awards
Dr. Greenberg awarded grants for Surgical Collaborative of WI
Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH, has been awarded a 2-year, $200,000 Opportunity Grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Education and Research Committee for her project, “Improving Access to High Quality Surgical Care in Wisconsin Communities.” The funds …
Dr. Neuman receives 2018 Clinical Investigator Award
Congratulations to Dr. Heather Neuman, recipient of the Society of Surgical Oncology’s 2018 Clinical Investigator Award. This 2-year, $100,000 award will support her study, “Understanding Socioeconomic Disparities in the Receipt of Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction.” Two awards …
Hartwell Foundation awards two UW Madison Investigators
The Hartwell Foundation officially announced the recipients of the 2017 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards, which will provide support for three years. Twelve individuals representing ten institutions received recognition as Hartwell Investigators. This year, two …
Dr. Kaufman awarded year-long pilot grant
Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD, and co-investigator Igor Slukvin, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, were awarded a one-year pilot grant from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research for their …
Dr. Michael Bentz and Dr. Alexandria McDow elected for AOA class of 2018
Congratulations to Michael Bentz, MD, and endocrine surgery fellow Alexandria McDow, MD, who were elected to the medical honors society Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) by the UW SMPH student AOA class of 2018. This …
Dr. Nilto De Oliveira promoted to Professor
Nilto De Oliveira, MD, has been promoted to Professor (CHS), effective July 1, 2018. Dr. De Oliveira performs all our aortic valve-sparing root replacement procedures and intervalvular fibrous body reconstructions for endocarditis. Since 2006, he …
Dr. David Upton promoted to Clinical Associate Professor
David Upton, MD, has been promoted to Clinical Associate Professor, effective July 1, 2018. He is the Chair of Otolaryngology at Meriter, and the Director of the Otolaryngology Residency program at 1 S. Park, where he …
Department Ranks 9th in Country in NIH Funding
Dr. Bo Liu advises research staff in her NIH-funded lab. The Department of Surgery ranked #9 in total amount of National Institutes of Health funding for surgery departments in 2017 according to the Blue Ridge …
Dr. David Foley promoted to Professor
Congratulations to David Foley, MD, who was promoted to the rank of Professor (CHS), effective July 1, 2018. The unanimous vote of the promotions committee reflects Dr. Foley’s outstanding service as a researcher and a …