Dawn Elfenbein, MD, MPH, received a Clinical Teaching Award for 2022 at last March’s University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) Match Day celebrations. The Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) bestows teaching …
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University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery Hosts 2022 Rikkers Education Retreat
This past week, the University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery held our annual Layton F. Rikkers Education Retreat, with this year commemorating the 24th retreat and our first in-person since 2019. The theme for this …
University of Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: February 2022
University of Wisconsin Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting a few of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see the …
Welcome Dr. Courtney Balentine to the Division of Endocrine Surgery
The Department of Surgery is pleased to welcome Courtney Balentine, MD, MPH, who joined us April 1, 2022, as an Associate Professor in the Division of Endocrine Surgery. Dr. Balentine will be focusing mostly on …
Welcoming Our New Faculty
This fall, we are welcoming several new faculty to Wisconsin Surgery! Recruited from as far away as Baltimore to as close as Madison, our new faculty will help to move Wisconsin Surgery forward. Learn more …
2019 Forward Award winner: Dr. Rebecca Sippel
Every year we honor our talented alumni moving surgery forward by presenting one special alumnus with the Forward Award, which acknowledges outstanding alumni contributions by current or former residents, faculty, and fellows of the Department …
Welcoming Dr. Dawn Elfenbein to the Division of Endocrine Surgery!
Join us in welcoming Dawn Elfenbein, MD, MPH, to our faculty as an Associate Professor in the Division of Endocrine Surgery. Dr. Elfenbein will be joining the endocrine surgery team at the American Center. She …
Bringing surgery to the world
Five billion. That’s the number of people in the world who have no access to basic surgical care according to the Lancet Commission Report on Global Surgery. Historically, the Western medical community tried to address …
Dr. David Schneider awarded grant for text analysis research
David Schneider, MD, MS, received a $50,000 grant from ICTR for “Computational Text Analysis for Measuring Quality of Life in Cancer Care.” Dr. Schneider will be developing automated text analysis tools that will enable clinicians …
Endocrine surgery team shines at AAES Meeting
The Division of Endocrine Surgery recently shined at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons annual meeting. Highlights include: Kristin Long, MD, and Susan Pitt, MD, MPHS, were inducted as members David Schneider, MD, MS, presented …