May 7 - Martin J. Hessner, PhD, received a three-year, $857,000 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to continue to develop an assay shown to detect inflammation linked to the development of Type 1 diabetes before patients are symptomatic. WauwatosaNOW
Apr 18 - The annual Medical College of Wisconsin and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Endocrine Surgery Update is scheduled for Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11, in The Medical College of Wisconsin Alumni Center.
Mar 29 - The love affair between U.S. residents and salt is making us sick: high sodium intake increases blood pressure, and leads to higher rates of heart attack and strokes. Nonetheless, Americans continue to ingest far higher amounts of sodium than those recommended by physicians and national guidelines.
Mar 28 - Shailendra Patel, MD, Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition) and Staff Attending at the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Medical Center, has been elected President of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Diabetes Association. He will serve a one-year term.
Jan. 7 - The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel identifies a $4.3 million NIH grant awarded to MCW as one of 15 Wisconsin brainstorms for 2012. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The James M. Ross Professor of Diabetes in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Dr. Anthony McCall has established himself as an expert in diabetes treatment, research, and education.
Oct. 26 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute received a four-year, $4.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to investigate the genes involved in type 1 diabetes (T1D).
The Senior Awards Dinner for the Medical School Class of 2011 was held May 19, 2011, at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee. The night was an opportunity to celebrate four years of accomplishment with friends and family.
Commencement was held for graduates of The Medical College of Wisconsin on May 20, 2011, at the Milwaukee Theatre. A total of 275 degrees were awarded to students of the Medical School and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, consisting of 206 MD, 21 PhD, 25 MS, 12 MA, and 11 MPH degrees.
The 99th annual commencement took place on May 18 at the Milwaukee Theatre, at which the Medical College of Wisconsin and its Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences awarded 202 MD, 38 PhD, 27 MS, 4 MA, and 18 Master of Public Health degrees, as well as bestowed numerous honors.
July 20 - Froedtert Hospital is ranked in a total of 12 specialty areas in U.S. News & World Report’s 2012-13 “Best Hospitals” list, released July 17. Froedtert received national ranking in diabetes/endocrinology, gastroenterology, nephrology, and urology. This places Froedtert Hospital among the top 50 US hospitals in these areas. Additionally, Froedtert ranks as a regional high performer in eight specialties: cancer, cardiology and heart surgery; ear, nose and throat; geriatrics; gynecology; neurology and neurosurgery; orthopedics; and pulmonology.
Age-related eye disease and debilitating eye conditions are on the rise in Wisconsin, according to a new report. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel