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.
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
Jan. 7 - M Magazine profiles Drs. John Densmore (Surgery – Pediatric) and Michael Cinquegrani (Medicine – Cardiology). M Magazine
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
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 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.