March 25 - Christopher Pawela, PhD, provides expert comment on article in Brain Connectivity by a team of Dutch scientists that found that patterns of brain communication in toddlers with autism shows evidence of aberrant neural communication even at this relatively early stage of brain development. Brain Connectivity
Mar 25 - Shannon S. Dreier, MBA, has been named Administrator of the Department of Plastic Surgery by Robert J. Havlik, MD, Chairman and George J. Korkos, M.D. Professor in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Allen Bolton, Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Operating Officer.
March 12 - MCW named Dr. Robert Havlik as Chairman and the George J. Korkos Professor of Plastic Surgery. WauwatosaNOW
Mar 5 - Robert J. Havlik, MD, has been named the Chairman and George J. Korkos, M.D. Professor in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He will serve as the chief of plastic surgery at Froedtert Hospital, and will also see patients at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
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 10 - Working in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery with breast cancer survivors has made an impact on Kathy Mortl, RN. She has spent the past seven years supporting the survivors however she could during the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. First it was handing out cookies and trinkets during the walk, but last year she launched a new idea she thought would more greatly impact the survivors - she began collecting handmade cards from around the world to present to the survivors prior to the race.