Apr 17 - Nikki Johnston, PhD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Tina Samuels, Research Associate II in Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, and Clive Wells, Program Manager II in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, received the Broyles-Maloney Award for best original thesis at the annual meeting of the American Bronchoesophagological Association.
March 20 - Christina Runge, PhD, received a $20,000 grant from the American Hearing Research Foundation to perform genetic hearing screening on newborns at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. News-Medical.Net
Mar 15 - The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a one-year, $20,000 grant from the American Hearing Research Foundation to perform genetic hearing screening in newborn babies at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
With donations from otolaryngology faculty and alumni, the Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences has created the Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Kidder Endowed Mentorship Fund to honor the Kidders.
March 5 - Dr. David Friedland (Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences) will participate in the American Hearing Research Foundation’s free, day-long educational symposium on dizziness and balance disorders in April in Chicago. newswise
Mar 04 - Thomas Kidder, MD, cares for people in their time of need. Certainly, this should be said of all physicians, but Dr. Kidder may have been called to do so more often than most. His selflessness has permeated his clinical work, his dedication to teaching and his love for his family. With his recent major gift in response to the establishment of the Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Kidder Endowed Mentorship Fund, his generosity extends to future generations of medical students and trainees.
Feb. 19 - A New York Times article cites Dr. David Friedland’s (Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences) research that found that low-frequency hearing loss could be an early indication that a patient has vascular problems. The New York Times
Feb. 12 - A New York Times article references Dr. David Friedland’s research into the link between hearing loss and cardiovascular disease. New York Times
Jan. 29 - In a study reported in Infectious Diseases in Children, Dr. Michael McCormick (Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences – Pediatrics) noted characteristics associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in children. Healio
Jan. 29 - Dr. David Friedland (Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences) reported in The Laryngoscope on the relationship between cardiovascular and hearing health. WUWM FM & Providence Journal
David Friedland, MD, PhD, professor and vice chair of otolaryngology and communication sciences, discusses his research into the link between hearing loss and heart disease. WUWM-FM
Bruce Campbell, MD, professor of otolaryngology, talks about the complexities in relationships between doctors and patients in this audio essay featured on WUWM’s Lake Effect. WUWM-FM
Sept. 05 -The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute received a five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. The study will investigate ear infections and explore potential new treatments.
Joseph Kerschner, MD, executive vice president and dean of the medical school, received a $1.6 million grant from the NIH to target new potential treatments for ear infections in children. BizTimes
Aug. 21 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) received a one year, $50,275 supportive care research grant from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to study new therapies for hearing loss in pediatric cancer patients.
Aug. 14 - John S. Rhee, MD, MPH, John C. Koss Professor and Chairman of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, has been appointed to the Applications for Clinical Trial and Translational Research on the Chemical Senses Study Section of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. The study section reviews research proposals that will advance our knowledge of the senses of taste and smell by evaluating different treatment and intervention strategies and decisions.
Aug. 01 - Nikki Johnston, PhD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, has been elected Vice Chair of the Otolaryngology Committee of the World Organization for Specialized Studies on Diseases of the Esophagus. Her appointment runs through calendar year 2012.
July 31 - Joel H. Blumin, MD, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences and Chief of Laryngology, has been elected a Fellow of the American Laryngological Association (ALA). Membership in the ALA is an honor as members are recognized by their peers as specialists in the management of diseases of the upper aerodigestive tract. This includes diseases or dysfunction related to voice production, swallowing and breathing. Membership is by invitation.
Seriously ill and terminal patients often weight quality of life against quantity of life, and physicians are involved in those difficult decisions. Bruce Campbell, MD, professor of otolaryngology and chief of head and neck oncology, discusses a parable of two patients in this special “Lake Effect” presentation on WUWM-FM. WUWM-FM
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.
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.
July 06 - Otolaryngology and Communication Science’s 24th annual Roger H. Lehman Lecture and Alumni Event is planned for Friday, July 13, and Saturday, July 14, in the MCW Health Research Center Auditorium. Jesus E. Medina, MD, from the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center Department of Otorhinolaryngology in Oklahoma City, will give the Lehman Lecture at 4 p.m. The title of his presentation is, Professionalism in Today’s Medicine.