University Hospital was recently named the 7th best teaching hospital with a cardiovascular residency program by IBM Watson Health, a division of IBM committed to helping build smarter health ecosystems. The ranking places University Hospital …
Honors and Awards
Surgery Professor Earns Perfect Score on NIH Grant
Winning a nearly $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health is an accomplishment. Receiving a perfect score on the application for that grant is nearly unheard of. Susan Thibeault, PhD, professor of otolaryngology …
Eugene “Chip” Foley Honored at Retirement with Namesake Fund
After 14 years with the Wisconsin Department of Surgery, Professor Eugene “Chip” Foley, MD, FACS, made the decision to retire in late September, 2021. But rather than sending him off with a party and a …
Physician Assistant Anna Schmidt Wins UW Health APP Excellence Award in Teaching
Anna Schmidt, MMSc, MS, PA-C, a physician assistant with the Wisconsin Surgery Division of Otolaryngology, received the UW Health Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Excellence Award in Teaching on October 13, 2021, as part of the …
Wisconsin Surgery, UW Hospital, and UW-Madison Achieve National and State Rankings
On July 27, U.S. News & World Report ranked University of Wisconsin Hospitals, including University Hospital and UW Health at The American Center, as No. 1 in Wisconsin for the 10th consecutive year as part …
Wisconsin Surgery Residents Win Cover Art Contest for Journal of Surgical Research
The October issue of the Journal of Surgical Research will feature the artwork of two Wisconsin Surgery residents on the cover as winners of the Association for Academic Surgery’s Ethics Committee art contest. The residents, …
Two Wisconsin Surgery Faculty Receive Awards from Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association
This April, Ann O’Rourke, MD, MPH, and Louis Bernhardt, MD, received two of only nine 2021 Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association awards. Dr. O’Rourke received the Early Career Achievement Award, which honors an alumna/alumnus within 20 …
Dr. Hau Le Recognized as “Rising Star”
In a virtual ceremony on December 7, pediatric surgical oncologist Dr. Hau Le received the UW Health Rising Star Clinical Practice Award for 2020. Dr. Le’s accomplishment is part of the annual Physician Excellence Awards, …
Department of Surgery Advanced Practice Providers Honored
Congratulations to our department’s Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) who were nominated for the 2020 UW Health APP Excellence Awards, and to Amanda Meyer, PA-C, who won the Excellence in Leadership Award! Seven of this year’s …
Surgery Sett podcast celebrates 100th episode
Congratulations to the team behind the Surgery Sett podcast, which recently produced its 100th episode. The podcast, led by Jonathan Kohler, MD, has been downloaded more than 45,000 times by listeners across the nation and …