April 16 - The Milwaukee Business Journal reports that Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is transferring its robotic surgery center from the Wisconsin Heart Hospital to Elmbrook Memorial Hospital. Milwaukee Business Journal
Apr 19 - The Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery is hosting the Complex Abdominal Hernia Symposium on Friday, May 3, in the Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center, Conference Room K. The event targets general surgeons, plastic surgeons and allied health professionals involved in the care of patients who require abdominal wall reconstruction.
Apr 18 - The annual Medical College of Wisconsin and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Endocrine Surgery Update is scheduled for Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11, in The Medical College of Wisconsin Alumni Center.
Apr 12 - George F. Flynn, MD, a member of the Medical College of Wisconsin Board of Trustees from 1990-1996 and Emeritus Professor of Surgery, died April 10.
Apr 05 - The Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery is hosting the Acute Care Surgery: Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery Symposium on Friday, April 12, in the MCW Kerrigan Auditorium. The event targets medical professionals who are involved with the practice of emergency general surgery, surgical critical care and trauma care.
Mar 28 - The first Laughing for a Cure will be held Friday, April 26, at 6 p.m. at Milwaukee’s Comedy Café, 615 E. Brady Street. Proceeds from the event, which will include three live comics, will go to the Sebastian Raclaw Abdominal Cancer Research Fund at the Medical College of Wisconsin, which supports innovative abdominal cancer research.
Jan. 14 - Physicians from the Advanced Heart Failure Program at Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin pioneered the first operation in the nation outside clinical trials of the latest Ventricular Assist Device, which works to improve the lives of patients suffering from end-stage heart failure. BizTimes
Jan. 7 - M Magazine profiles Drs. John Densmore (Surgery – Pediatric) and Michael Cinquegrani (Medicine – Cardiology). M Magazine
A chain of kidney transplants from live donors helped save multiple lives across the nation. Dr. Johnny Hong, Dr. Chris Johnson and Dr. Allan Roza, all transplant surgeons at Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin, coordinated the transplant surgeries in the “chain of giving.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dec. 07 - John A. Weigelt, MD, Milton & Lidy Lunda/Charles Aprahamian Professor of Trauma, Professor of Surgery, Chief of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery, Associate Dean for Clinical Quality, and Medical Director of the Joint Quality Office, was selected by his peers as one of 18 Giants of Parkland Surgery. Parkland Hospital is located in Dallas and is affiliated with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where Dr. Weigelt completed his surgical residency.
Travis Webb, MD, associate professor of trauma and critical care at Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin, discusses the day of the Sikh Temple shooting in Oak Creek and his team’s efforts to save an Oak Creek police officer’s life. WISN TV
Oct. 17 - Elliot Asare, MD, and Hani Hasan, MD, residents in the MCW general surgery program, won second place in the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress Surgical Jeopardy session held earlier this month in Chicago.
Oct. 08 - The second annual Get Your Rear in Gear 5K run and walk will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13 at Hart Park in Wauwatosa. The event supports the Medical College of Wisconsin’s programs for colon cancer research, education, prevention and screening. Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, claiming more than 54,000 lives every year.
Sept 14 - Facing significant capacity constraints in surgical, outpatient and inpatient care areas, Froedtert Hospital will move forward with plans to construct a new building and renovate existing space on its academic medical center campus in Wauwatosa.
Aug. 28 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) received a four-year, $2.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to develop a more precise clinical test for predicting a patient’s risk of developing heart disease.
Aug. 27 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) received a four-year, $2.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to develop a more precise clinical test for predicting a patient’s risk of developing heart disease.
The Medical College of Wisconsin, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital, and BloodCenter of Wisconsin have formed a collaborative solid organ transplant program. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dr. David Cronin, II, MD, discusses the process by which patients are put on organ transplant lists. ABC News
Aug. 09 - The Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery is hosting a seminar on Saturday, Aug. 25, titled, Current State of Regional Therapies for Advanced Malignancies. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will be held at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
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.
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.
After a rewarding career as a general surgeon, Dr. Clifford Starr determined he still had more to give. He and his wife have since journeyed on 17 medical mission trips to rural Guatemala to serve displaced people with little access to care. For his humble generosity, he has received the 2012 alumni Humanitarian Award.
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 10 - Denise Leinss loved life, and when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, she vowed to someday help other women reclaim theirs from the disease. She told her mom, Colleen, that after she beat cancer, she wanted to become an advocate and give talks encouraging breast cancer victims and survivors.
June 27 - William J. Schulte, MD, a former MCW Professor of Surgery who established the bariatric surgery program at Froedtert Hospital and served as Chief of Surgery at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, died June 19. He was 83 years old.
June 13 - Kiran Turaga, MBBS, MPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery (Surgical Oncology), was recently appointed to the editorial board of the Annals of Surgical Oncology. The Annals of Surgical Oncology (ASO) promotes high-quality surgical oncology management by communicating advances in research and education that are relevant and valuable to the provision of contemporary multidisciplinary care for patients with cancer.