May 27 - Michael McCrea, PhD, explains how the brain reacts to traumatic injury in a BizTimes article on concussions. BizTimes
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.
May 6 - Frank Pintar, PhD, (Neurosurgery) received the Arnold W. Siegel International Transportation Safety Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers. Milwaukee Business Journal
May 28 - Michael McCrea, professor of neurosurgery and neurology and director of brain injury research at MCW, discusses a new collaboration between the NFL and GE which is aimed at increasing the accuracy and speed of concussion diagnosis, and ultimately leading to increased sports safety. BizTimes
May 17 - Transportation crashes, unfortunately, are a fact of life. Faculty and staff in the Vehicle Crashworthiness Laboratory (VCL) and the Neurosurgery Research Facility (NRF) at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center use their biomedical engineering expertise to minimize the effect crashes have on the people involved.
May 02 - Frank A. Pintar, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Director of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center Neuroscience Research laboratories, received the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Arnold W. Siegel International Transportation Safety Award. Dr. Pintar was recognized for his work on the biomechanics of side impact injuries that helped lay the foundation for the latest federal motor vehicle safety standards.
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 12 - Michael McCrea, PhD, (Neurosurgery and Neurology) will received the Wauwatosa Library Foundation’s Arthur B. Kohasky Leadership Award on March 19. WauwatosaNOW
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 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.
Feb. 12 - Dr. John Lynch (Neurology) was interviewed by Ladies Home Journal in a first-person article by one of his patients, a 41-year-old woman who experienced a stroke. Ladies' Home Journal
Feb. 12 - Dr. Osama Zaidat (Neurology) was part of a national team of researchers contributing to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that found that a stroke survivor's chances of living independently after 90 days are not improved by the use of devices inserted into the artery to dissolve or remove a stroke-causing clot shortly after the onset of symptoms. EurekAlert
Jan 29 - The fourth annual Louis F. Jermain M.D. Memorial Lectureship will be held Friday, Feb. 15, at 8 a.m., in conjunction with the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. Amir K. Jaffer, MD, MBA, Professor of Medicine and the Senior Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine and the Assistant Chief Medical Officer at Rush University Medical Center, will give a presentation titled, Perioperative Management of Old and New Antithrombotic Therapies for Non-Cardiac Surgery.
Jan 28 - Joseph Battocletti, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery, passed away Jan. 22. He was 87 years old. Dr. Battocletti still came to his office at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center almost daily.
Nov., 07 - A research team at the Medical College of Wisconsin received a three-year, nearly $400,000 AOSpine Research Network award from AOSpine International of Davos, Switzerland, to study imaging methods of spinal disc degeneration.
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.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has added a new crash test to its safety ratings, after research from MCW showed a particular type of crash can cause serious injuries. Consumer Reports
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.
Medical College of Wisconsin alumnus Dr. George M. Lange has been elected President of the Wisconsin Medical Society. Other alumni, faculty and students were also chosen for leadership positions in the Society.
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.
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.
Arshak Alexanian, PhD, associate professor of neurosurgery, received a grant to work with Primorigen Biosciences, a biomedical science company, to transform adult stem cells into nerve cells, and ultimately treat neurological disease and spinal cord injury. Wisconsin State Journal
July 03 - Connon Piencikowski, DC, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He sees patients in the SpineCare program at the Tosa Center in Wauwatosa.