May 7 - The 9th Annual Block Melanoma 5K Run and 3K Walk, organized by Ann’s Hope Foundation, will be held May 19 at the Milwaukee County Zoo. WauwatosaNOW
May 7 - In an Appleton Post Crescent article, Dr. Louella Amos explains why toddlers may experience sleep terrors and offers advice for parents on how to handle bedtime problems with children. Appleton Post Crescent
May 1 - Drs. Grzegorz Telega , David Cronin II and Ellis Avner reported in Pediatric Transplantation on a new evidence-based, clinical algorithm they developed to help physicians treat complex patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. Science Codex
May 02 - Mitchell Grayson, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Allergy and Immunology), Medicine, and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and an investigator at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute, was elected to the prestigious American Society for Clinical Investigation at the Society’s annual meeting April 26 in Chicago.
Apr 29 - A collaborative team of physician-scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute has developed a new evidence-based, clinical algorithm to help physicians treat complex patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD).
With medical information in a constant state of evolution, academic detailing offers a personal form of educational outreach that places the most current, evidence-based data directly in the hands of practicing physicians.
April 23 - MCW and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin contributed to a University of Michigan-led study that found that children living in areas where there was wide-ranging and active support for improving outcomes for their chronic asthma were hospitalized less and made fewer visits to the emergency room. American Journal of Public Health
Apr 19 - Bryon D. Johnson, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology and Oncology) at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), has been appointed to the Cancer Immunopathology and Immunotherapy Study Section, Center for Scientific Review. The study section reviews research proposals addressing immunologic therapies of cancer and antibody-based therapies as potential cancer treatments.
Apr 12 - Calvin Williams, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Rheumatology, Pediatric Rheumatologist at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and member of Children's Specialty Group, has been appointed Chief Scientific Officer of Children's Research Institute (CRI).
April 4 - Dr. Mitchell Grayson provides expert comment on the association of sulfur emissions and nitrogen oxides on asthma attacks. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Apr 02 - Children and adolescents with recurrent or progressive brain tumors will have an opportunity to participate in a new Phase 1 clinical trial conducted by Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin investigating the safety of a novel brain cancer treatment.
March 25 - Appearing on NBC-TV/Channel 4’s “Wisconsin Tonight,” Dr. Paula Cody provides background on “Molly,” a new drug of abuse used by teenagers. Today's TMJ4
March 20 - Dr. Lynn Sheets was lead investigator of a study published in Pediatrics and cited by Time magazine that found that babies with suspicious minor injuries are more than four times more likely to become later victims of child abuse. Time & Milwaukee Courier
Mar 18 - The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute received a three-year, $2.5 million award from the United States Health Resources and Services Administration to continue funding a statewide, community-based HIV care system for women, infants, and children.
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.
Mar 13 - The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute received a two-year, $150,000 award from the National Institutes of Health’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The award will fund an investigation into the use of a compound to protect the lungs of newborns against damage from exposure to excessive levels of oxygen.
March 13 - Lynn Sheets, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, led a study that found early patterns of injury in abused infants. TIME
A partnership between the Medical College of Wisconsin and the United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee is working to increase healthy eating and physical activity for the city’s children.
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.
Physicians in primary care face mounting pressures, but their belief in the field and its value to society keep many in practice. In the first installment of a multi-part series, some alumni on the front lines of medicine share their experiences, challenges and inspirations in primary care.
Mar 07 - Shelisa A. Dalton, MBA, has been named Administrator for the Department of Pediatrics by Robert H. Lane, MD, MS, Chairman and Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and Allen Bolton, Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Operating Officer. She will begin in her new position June 17.
Mar 6 - Ramani Ramchandran, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics (Developmental Biology), has been selected to receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Georgia Regents University (formerly called Medical College of Georgia) College of Graduate Studies.
Feb. 27 - Dr. Kartikeya Makker (Pediatrics – Neonatology) participated in a Montefiore Medical Center-led study reported in the Journal of Asthma that found that even small amounts of excess weight can adversely affect lung function in Hispanic and African-American children. newswise
The Making Milwaukee smile program is helping to improve the oral health of thousands of children in Milwaukee schools. The program is a collaboration of The Medical College of Wisconsin, Columbia St. Mary's, Milwaukee Public Schools, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Dental Center, Marquette University School of Dentistry, and many other community organizations.
A coalition of La Crosse organizations and the Medical College of Wisconsin aims to reduce alcohol-related injuries and deaths among youth in La Crosse County.
A partnership between UW-Milwaukee, Children's Research Institute of Children's Hospital and Health System, and the Medical College is dedicated to understanding how environmental factors relate to reproductive and childhood diseases and finding ways to prevent them.
The MACC Fund has contributed to the success of pediatric cancer treatments and improved survivorship today.
Feb. 12 - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin was ranked fourth best children's hospital in the nation by Parent's magazine. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Parent's Magazine, The Business Journal, & WISN TV
Feb 04 - Parents magazine today revealed the exclusive findings from its 10 Best Children’s Hospitals survey, ranking Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin No. 4 in the nation. In addition, six specialty programs were ranked in the top 10, including preemie and newborn care No. 1, emergency care No. 3, orthopedic care No. 6, heart care No. 7, pulmonary care No. 8 and cancer care No. 9.
A young girl with a rare genetic condition is alive and thriving today because of a new treatment plan developed by Medical College of Wisconsin physicians at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
Jan 22 - A collaborative research team including a Medical College of Wisconsin pediatric neuropathologist successfully mitigated some of the effects of a muscular disease by using a new targeted enzyme replacement therapy strategy from 4s3 Bioscience.
Jan. 14 - Dr. Marc Gorelick, CEO of the Children’s Specialty Group, provided expert comment in a CBS-Channel 58 report on the Wisconsin’s shortage of pediatricians. CBS 58 News
Jan. 14 - A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel obituary notes that Dr. Starkey Davis, retired Chairman of Pediatrics, led the transformation of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin into a nationally-recognized academic health center. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jan. 9 - Dr. Starkey Davis, former chair of the department of pediatrics, is remembered for his commitment to children’s health. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jan. 7 - Dr. Robert Lane has been named Chairman of MCW’s Department of Pediatrics and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Lane comes to Milwaukee from the University of Utah School of Medicine. AAP News
Jan. 07 - Starkey D. Davis, MD, a pediatric infectious disease specialist and the former Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin, died Dec. 27, at the Lutheran Home in Wauwatosa following a prolonged illness. Dr. Davis was a Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
Dec. 07 - Paula North, MD, PhD Professor and Chief of Pediatric Pathology, has been awarded a 2012 Fogarty GEOHealth Hubs Planning Grant along with partners, Ronald Hines, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Cesar Augusto Cabezas Sanchez, MD of the Peruvian NIH (Institute Nacional de Salud) and Luis Vasquez, MD, President of the Yantalo Peru Foundation.
Dec. 10 - Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD, a pediatric gastroenterology researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, received a five-year, $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The award will fund an investigation into the link between intestinal bacteria and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Dec. 5 - The Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute and the Medical College of Wisconsin are recruiting patients for a clinical trial investigating a novel treatment for urea cycle disorders (UCD) in children.
Dec. 5 - A Wisconsin research team, including investigators at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute, received a federal grant to review the use of pulse oximetry (POX) screening in babies born in Wisconsin hospitals, birthing centers and home deliveries.
The Saturday Clinic for the Uninsured, a joint venture of the Medical College of Wisconsin and Columbia St. Mary’s, has expanded its services to include pediatric patients.
Gaining access to appropriate medical care can be difficult for patients limited by geography, disability or specialist availability. Alumni are engaging telemedicine in a number of creative ways to serve patients in the U.S. and internationally through distance technologies that allow for video conferencing, remote exams, diagnostics and follow-up care.
Nov. 26 - Stephen Gauld, PhD, an infectious and immunologic disease researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, received a $20,000 award from the Lupus Foundation of America, Wisconsin Chapter, during the organization’s annual Fall into Fashion Luncheon at North Hills Country Club in Menomonee Falls.
Nov. 20 - Scientists from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the BloodCenter of Wisconsin received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) to study new methods to treat solid tumors in pediatric patients.
Nov. 20 - The MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc.), the College's largest donor, has two items for sale this holiday season to raise money for pediatric cancer and related blood disorder research. All money raised from the sale of these items benefits the MACC Fund.
Nov., 08 - Stephen Gauld, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology) and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has been named the 2012 James Klinenberg Scholar by the Arthritis National Research Foundation
David Dimmock, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics (genetics) and pediatric geneticist at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, discusses a new database of DNA variants called ClinVar that will be helpful in pinpointing genetic causes of disease. Nature
Michael Chusid, MD, associate chair of pediatrics and section chief of infectious diseases, explains that the current vaccine for pertussis only provides protection for five to six years. WISN News
Julia Lechuga, PhD, assistant professor in psychiatry and behavioral medicine in the Medical College’s Center for AIDS Intervention Research, will investigate the decision-making processes between Latina girls and their mothers when it comes to obtaining the HPV vaccine. Hispanically Speaking News
Computerized baseline testing measures an athlete's cognitive skills. Today’s TMJ4
Oct. 29 - Adrian Miranda, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology), won the Neurogastroenterology and Motility Prize from the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition for his study entitled, Salivary Amylase as a Biomarker for Functional Abdominal Pain in Children: Role of Sleep and Melatonin.
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).
Oct. 19 - John Routes, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Medical Director of Allergy/Clinical Immunology at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and an investigator at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute, has been elected President of the Clinical Immunology Society for 2013-2014. Dr. Routes is currently a member of the society’s executive committee.
Oct. 17 - Joseph O’Grady Jr., MD, FAAP, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, received the Special Achievement Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics for distinguished service and his leadership and commitment to making improvements in mental health practices and training for primary care providers.
Oct. 12 - October is National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, and on the first day of the month, a 62nd life was saved as a result of Project ADAM, a Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin program that helps schools throughout the nation prepare for and respond to cardiac emergencies. Stuart Berger, MD, Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) at the Medical College of Wisconsin, is Medical Director of the program.
Oct. 11 - The MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc.) harnesses the power of people to make great things possible. The ability to rally the community to the cause of helping kids with cancer has been a character trait of the organization since its founding in 1976. That effort has led to the MACC Fund contributing nearly $34 million to the Medical College of Wisconsin for pediatric cancer and related blood disorders research. This year, research in the College’s MACC Fund Research Center is being supported by a donation of more than $1.67 million.
MCW’s David Dimmock, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, comments on the national use of faster DNA sequencing to diagnose rare genetic disorders in newborns. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct. 05 - The Medical College’s Pediatric Dermatology section hosted a successful conference earlier this summer for families with children affected by PHACE Syndrome. The conference was attended by 25 families from across North America (attendees were from 15 states and Canada), who had the opportunity to hear presentations on PHACE Syndrome from pediatric subspecialists, network with physicians and other families impacted by the syndrome, and participate in several ongoing clinical and translational research projects based at MCW.
Sept. 19 - The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s Max McGee National Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes received two grants totaling $400,000 from JDRF to study a biomarker identified as a potential predictive marker of the development of type 1 diabetes, and to identify pathways that could potentially lead to therapeutic interventions for patients who develop the disease.
Sept. 11 - A collaborative team at Marquette University, the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) to study the link between bacteria found in the gut and childhood and adult obesity.
Sept. 10 - A team of researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute defined a new treatment for a potentially fatal lung disease in patients with a primary immunodeficiency known as common variable immunodeficiency. The findings are published in the Journal of Clinical Immunology.
Sept. 06 - John Routes, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has been elected President of the Clinical Immunology Society for 2013-2014. Dr. Routes is currently a member of the society’s Executive Committee, and will assume the presidency in July.
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. 29 - Julie Biller, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, was asked to testify on behalf of the national Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at the Sept. 15 open public hearing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee. Dr. Biller will speak in support of tobramycin inhalation powder (TIP) for treatment of cystic fibrosis.
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 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a two-year, $420,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to investigate the interactions between bacteria that live in the intestine and the intestinal immune system.
Aug. 10 - The 2012 Pediatric Critical Care Conference, TYKES: Treating Your Kids Emergent Situations Focusing on Pediatric Trauma, will be held Thursday, Sept. 13, and Friday, Sept. 14, in the Health Resource Center Auditorium.
Rodney Willoughby, MD, professor of pediatric infectious disease, and the physician who developed the treatment that cured a Wisconsin girl of rabies, comments on a new study in which researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found a small number of isolated people in Peru who appear to have a natural resistance to rabies, caused by repeated low levels of exposure to the virus. Live Science
Aug. 01 - The 3rd annual Doctor's Dash will be held Saturday, Aug. 4, through the city of St. Francis. The five-mile run and two-mile fun run/walk begin at 9 a.m., and all proceeds generated from the event will support MCW juvenile rheumatoid arthritis research through the Madison Wied Pediatric Research Fund at the Medical College.
Now that technology has caught up to the concept, the patient-centered medical home is gaining momentum as an innovative approach that could help reform the health care system while improving quality of care for patients. By coordinating and integrating all aspects of a patient’s care and improving accessibility while compensating physicians for value added, the medical home concept could benefit doctors and patients. The Medical College’s Department of Family and Community Medicine is on the leading-edge of the concept, and is in the review process for certification of its residency sites as patient-centered medical homes.
All three recipients of The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Distinguished Service Awards this year are alumni. The award is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a Medical College faculty member.
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 20 - Keith T. Oldham, MD, Professor of Surgery and Chief of Pediatric Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), has been elected president of the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA).
July 19 - Scientists from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) to study acute kidney injury in children who have had cardiopulmonary bypass.
June 14 - The Sam Memorial Golf Outing will be held Saturday, June16, at Scenic View Country Club, 4415 Club Drive in Slinger. Proceeds from the event will support leukemia and other cancer research being conducted by David A. Margolis, MD, Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology).
June 12 - Jonathan Roberts, MD, second-year Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplant fellow, was one of two people selected nationwide to receive the National Hemophilia Foundation-Baxter Clinical Fellowship. The award, effective July 1, will provide Dr. Roberts with support for the research on von Willebrand Disease that he is conducting in Dr. Robert Montgomery's lab in the BloodCenter of Wisconsin’s Blood Research Institute.