May 6 - Piero Antuono, MD, professor of neurology, pharmacology, and toxicology and director of the Dementia Research Center, discusses the importance of clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease. Oshkosh Northwestern
April 4 - MCW’s Neuroscience Research Center invites the public to a presentation of three short discussions and interactive exhibits demonstrating the way our brains work on Wednesday, April 3 at MCW. WauwatosaNOW
April 4 - In a report on NBC-TV/Channel 4, Dr. Piero Antuono (Neurology) offers expert comment on the impact of smartphone use on intellect. Today's TMJ4
March 20 - In an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio, Dr. Thomas Chelimsky discusses his research reported in the Clinical Journal of Pain that found that most primary care physicians are untrained in chronic pain. Wisconsin Public Radio
March 20 - Dr. Jorge Marquez de Leon told the Milwaukee Business Journal that federal Medicare cuts will have a bigger impact on neurological services than on other lines. Milwaukee Business Journal
A neurosciences team, led by Michael McCrea, PhD, and supported by a $2.2 million Department of Defense grant, is evaluating four screening tools to determine the most effective method for assessing concussions and determining recovery.
March 6 - Michael McCrea, PhD, professor of neurosurgery and neurology, will be presented the 2012 Arthur B. Kohasky Leadership Award from the Wauwatosa Library Foundation for his efforts to advance traumatic brain injury research and testing. WauwatosaNOW
Mar 06 - Patients who experience chronic pain may experience improvement in symptoms if their primary care providers are specifically trained in multiple aspects of pain, including emotional consequences.
Mar 05 - Michael McCrea, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology and Director of Brain Injury Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, has been selected to receive the 2013 Leadership Award from the Wauwatosa Public Library Foundation.
The Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University jointly offer a PhD program in Functional Imaging, which integrates experience in biomedical science and applied engineering in studies related to the brain.
Patients in the Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Program benefit from the expertise of Medical College faculty, as well as Froedtert’s advanced technology and specially trained health professionals.
Jan. 24 - Michael McCrea, PhD, professor of neurosurgery and neurology and director of brain injury research, discussed the mechanisms behind traumatic brain injury and lifelong health ramifications of multiple concussions. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jan. 14 - Michael McCrea, PhD, (Neurosurgery) will be a panelist at Marquette University’s January 28 “Marquette Presents” breakfast forum on “Concussion – Societal Impact of Sports-related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.” Marquette University News
Oct. 29 - Frank A. Pintar, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center Neuroscience Research laboratories, received the Award of Merit from the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) at their annual meeting in Seattle. The AAAM Award of Merit is the association’s highest honor and was given to Dr Pintar for his significant contributions to injury biomechanics and to the field of automotive safety.
Oct. 26 - Osama (Sam) Zaidat, MD, MS, Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology and Chief of Neurointerventional Neurology, served as editor of the Endovascular Acute Ischemic Stroke Therapy: Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology Roundtable Proceedings, the largest and most comprehensive supplement on endovascular ischemic stroke therapy recently published in the Journal of Neurology.
Sept. 25 - Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin have discovered a link between chronic sleep loss and bone and blood production. Results of a new study show chronic sleep restriction leads to an arrest in bone remodeling that could potentially affect healing, along with significant changes in cells produced in bone marrow.
Sept 14 - The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a $40,000 grant from the ALS Association’s Jeff Kaufman Fund to study the impact of skeletal muscle on the progression of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, as it’s commonly known.
Aug. 02 - Scientists from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Froedtert Hospital received a one-year, $20,000 grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) to investigate the use of personalized therapies to treat a common type of cancerous brain tumor, called glioblastoma multiforme.
An expert in cerebral vascular and skull base tumor surgery, alumnus Dr. Philip Stieg is Professor and Chairman of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
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.
July 24 - Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin received a one-year, $20,000 grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) to study the use of blue light as a possible therapy for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in humans.
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.
Graduating medical students were matched to their residency positions via the National Residency Matching Program on March 16. Of the 202 fourth-year medical students at the Medical College, 196 students obtained first-year residency positions on Match Day.
June 19 - The National Association of Epilepsy Centers re-designated Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin a Level 4 epilepsy center . Level 4 centers have the professional expertise and facilities to provide the highest level of medical and surgical evaluation and treatment for patients with complex epilepsy.
Michael McCrea, PhD, professor of neurosurgery and neurology and the director of brain injury research, is partnering with the United States Army to study assessment tools for mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion. United States Army News