May 14 - Alexander L. Okun, MD, has been appointed Associate Professor of Pediatrics (special needs) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He sees patients at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Okun is board certified in general pediatrics, developmental-behavioral pediatrics and hospice and palliative medicine. His clinical interests include providing team-based multidisciplinary care for children with complex chronic conditions.
Awareness of sports-related concussions and their potential long-term effects has increased greatly due to emphasis by the National Football League as it pertains to the health of its players and ensuing national media coverage. Athletes of any age risk concussion, and improving outcomes is as much about truthful self-reporting as it is about medical advances. Alumni who treat concussion patients note the challenges of diagnosis and treatment of an injury for which there is no definitive test.
The 911th Forward Surgical Team lost most of its personal possessions in a September rocket attack in Iraq. The Medical College departments of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, however, teamed with Tushaus Computer Services to donate nine computers to the Soldiers who lost theirs.
William Rhead, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics and section chief of genetics, discusses the potential clinical application of whole genome sequencing for a local family whose two sons have an undiagnosed genetic disease. Wauwatosa Patch
April 24 - The Saturday Clinic for the Uninsured, a joint venture between the Medical College of Wisconsin and Columbia St. Mary’s, will begin seeing pediatric patients. The clinic is staffed by medical student volunteers and volunteer physicians from the community. Milwaukee Community Journal
Apr. 24 - The Saturday Clinic for the Uninsured, a joint venture of the Medical College of Wisconsin and Columbia St. Mary’s, will expand its services to include pediatric patients not covered by health insurance.
April 17 - Robert Chun, MD, assistant professor of otolaryngology, discusses his new paper in the Archives of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery. The study explored the rate of necrotizing fasciitis cases in children over the past decade, and the need for early diagnosis and treatment. Fox News
Apr. 13 - Venkatesh Sampath, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) at the Medical College of Wisconsin, has received the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) 2012 Mentored Career Development Award (KL2).
Apr. 11 - People with food allergies often also have asthma, but does the presence of asthma lead to higher reaction rates during oral food challenges? New research out of the 2012 annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) found that patients with asthma actually had a lower failure rate than those without asthma when undergoing oral food challenges.
Apr. 11 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to investigate a gene linked to vascular anomalies in infants and children.
Apr. 05 - The MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc.) and Trek Bicycle Corporation are hosting the 23rd annual Trek 100 Ride for Hope on Saturday, June 9. The MACC Fund is the College's largest single donor, contributing nearly $36 million overall to the College’s pediatric cancer and blood disorder research efforts since its inception in 1976. Proceeds from the event support pediatric cancer and related blood disorder research.
Apr. 03 - On April 2, Wisconsin became the 32nd state to adopt youth concussion laws. With support from the state legislature, the National Football League and dozens of physicians and families around the state, Assembly Bill 259 (and the companion Senate Bill 243) was signed into law by Governor Scott Walker at Lambeau Field.
March 27 - Howard Jacob, PhD, Warren P. Knowles Chair of Genetics and Director of the Human and Molecular Genetics Center, will be featured in a new “NOVA” on PBS Wednesday, March 28 at 8:00 PM. Wauwatosa Patch
Dr. Joseph E. Kerschner recently became the third alumnus of the medical school to be named its Dean and the first in history with a Medical College of Wisconsin diploma. In a new interview, he discusses his path to this leadership role, his ideas and motivations, and his thoughts on alumni engagement.
March 26 - Fasiha M. Saeed, MD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She is a hospitalist in the pediatric intensive care unit practicing at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
After practicing pediatrics for more than a decade, Dr. Beth Blodgett left her career, her homeland and even her name to care for the needy in Honduras through monastic service as the recently professed Sister Alegría.
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.
Mar. 20 - David C. Gregg, MD, Assistant Professor and Vice Chief of Pediatric Radiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, has been appointed Medical Director of Imaging at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
Mar. 19 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a four-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences to investigate the interactions between bacteria that live in the intestine and the intestinal immune system.
Mar. 15 - The annual March of Dimes’ March for Babies is being held Saturday, April 28, at O’Donnell Park on Milwaukee’s lakefront. Proceeds from the event will be used to support research and programs that help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives. The March of Dimes currently supports two grants at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Mar. 14 - Arthur B. Meyers, MD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He sees patients at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and at Children’s clinics in New Berlin and Greenfield.
Mar. 13 - Tara Sander, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Scientific Director of Molecular Diagnostics at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, has been selected by The Business Journal to be in its 2012 Forty Under 40 list.
Mar. 13 - Rowena Punzalan, MD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She sees patients at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Board certified in pediatric hematology/oncology and blood banking transfusion medicine, Dr. Punzalan’s clinical interests include thrombosis in children, bleeding disorders, and immune cytopenia (a deficiency in healthy blood cells due to an immune system reaction or to some medicines like heparin).
Mar. 13 - Michele Polfuss, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, a Pediatric endocrine & diabetes Nurse Practitioner with the Medical College of Wisconsin, and a researcher with Children’s Research Institute, has received funding from the Spina Bifida Foundation to further her work.
Mar. 12 - The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a five-year, $10 million National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Program Project Grant to continue genetic studies that seek to improve the molecular and clinical understanding of Von Willebrand disease (VWD), the most common hereditary bleeding disorder.
Mar. 08 - Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He will see patients at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Rao is board certified in pediatric hematology, pediatric oncology and general pediatrics, and his clinical interest is in bone marrow transplant.
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.
February 28 - Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH, Kellner Professor of Pediatrics, director of the Center for the Advancement of Underserved Children, and director of the Health Equity and Urban Clinical Care Partnerships, co-authored an opinion editorial regarding local media coverage of Milwaukee’s black-white infant mortality gap. Milwaukee Community Journal
Mar. 05 - In honor of Women’s History Month, the Medical College of Wisconsin has created a series of video vignettes and stories that will be posted on InfoScope during the month of March. The vignettes highlight many of our women faculty, staff and students and the contributions they have made. The stories highlight MCW programs that improve women’s health or help women develop as students, physicians, researchers, educators and leaders.
Mar. 02 - Michael Lawlor, MD, PhD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Pathology (Pediatric Pathology) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is Director of the Pediatric Pathology Clinical Neuromuscular Laboratory, which performs pathological diagnosis of all nerve and muscle biopsies performed at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Children’s Research Institute. Board certified in anatomic pathology and neuropathology, Dr. Lawlor’s clinical interests include pediatric neuromuscular disease (diseases that impair muscle function in children) and neuropathology (the study of diseases affecting nervous system tissue).
Feb. 27 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a four-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to investigate the underlying mechanism that generates errors in embryonic vascular development, which can lead to vascular anomalies.
Feb. 22 - The Medical College of Wisconsin has named two additional community partnership teams for its Youth Violence Prevention Initiative (VPI). The teams selected for three-year awards are “Ripple Effect Milwaukee: Spreading Peace and Building Communities” and “Safe Schools Healthy Students Lindsay Heights Initiative.” These two programs join two current VPI partners, the Holton Youth and Family Center Collaborative and the United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (UNCOM) Violence Prevention Initiative.
Feb. 21 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Eye Institute to investigate the mechanisms underlying the development of Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome, which can lead to glaucoma and other birth defects.
Feb. 21 - Leslie Mortland, MD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She sees patients at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Mortland is board certified in general pediatrics, and her clinical interests include pediatric oncology, musculoskeletal oncology, and the design and conduct of clinical trials with special emphasis on Phase I studies.
February 17 - James Tweddell, MD, professor of surgery, and chair of cardiothoracic surgery, discusses the Berlin Heart study, which was conducted to evaluate the device’s safety and efficacy as a bridge-to-transplant in pediatric patients. WUWM’s “Lake Effect”
February 17 - Rodney Willoughby, MD, professor of pediatrics, discusses the Milwaukee Protocol and how it is being used to treat rabies patients today. Radiolive New Zealand
Feb. 16 - New animal research suggests that common practice in caring for premature infants might exacerbate a condition that can lead to permanent brain damage.
Feb. 09 - Jack Routes, MD, and Stuart Berger, MD, were asked to participate in the recent meeting of the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services’ Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, held Jan. 26 in Washington, D.C. The two faculty members provided public comments on the need to conduct newborn screening for 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q DS, also known as DiGeorge syndrome), a disorder caused by a genetic deletion of a small piece of chromosome 22.
The MACC Fund has contributed to the success of pediatric cancer treatments and improved survivorship today.
Feb. 08 - Jeremy Affolter, MD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is a pediatric critical care specialist at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Affolter is board certified in pediatrics, pediatric critical care and internal medicine. His clinical interests include systemic inflammation associated with cardiopulmonary bypass and adult congenital heart disease.
Jan. 18 - Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Research Institute (CRI) have published new research that suggests the types and levels of bacteria in the intestines could be a predictor of a person’s likelihood of having a heart attack.
Jan. 16 - June M. Dobbs, MD, MPH, former faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Child Development Center at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin for 29 years, dies Jan. 10 at her home in Keystone, Colo. She was 82.
Jan. 13 - Randall Kuhlmann, MD, PhD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chief of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, has been named program director of the Fetal Concerns Center of Wisconsin by Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. The center is a joint program of Children’s Hospital, Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Jan. 09 - John V. Kryger, MD, has been appointed Professor of Urology (Pediatric Urology) and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Urology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and medical director of the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Pediatric Urology Program.
January 9 - Andrea Moosreiner, RD, a research dietitian in the CTSI’s Translational Research Unit, discusses a controversial proposal to combat childhood obesity. WTMJ-AM
December 30 - Joshua Field, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology, and associate medical director at the BloodCenter of Wisconsin, received a prestigious Doris Duke Foundation award to study a new treatment for sickle cell disease. Milwaukee Community Journal
Dec. 22 - The Medical College of Wisconsin and BloodCenter of Wisconsin have received a three-year, $486,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to study a new treatment for sickle cell disease.
Dec. 22 - A year ago an enthusiastic Michael E. Kelly, MD, PhD, lauded the progress of an ambitious five-year plan to overhaul the research infrastructure for cancer and blood disorders at the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Department of Pediatrics.
Dec. 20 - The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a $1.9 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study a new mechanism of blood vessel formation that happens in cancer and other ischemic and inflammatory diseases.
Dec. 15 - Praveen Goday, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, has received the 2012 Excellence in Nutrition Support Education Award from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. This award was established to recognize a nutrition support educator’s excellence in the delivery of professional education.
Dec. 16 - Julie Panepinto, MD MSPH, Director of the Center for Clinical Effectiveness Research and Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant) at the Medical College of Wisconsin, has been selected as a scientific reviewer for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
Dec. 15 - The 35thannual Milwaukee Bucks MACC Fund game is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Bradley Center. Proceeds from the game will go to the MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc.), the College's largest donor, and be used for pediatric cancer and related blood disorder research.
Dec. 14 - When former Milwaukee Buck Jon McGlocklin formed the MACC Fund in 1976 with longtime Bucks announcer Eddie Doucette, he never thought about what future heights the organization might reach. He was too focused on helping kids with cancer to concern himself with labels and financial goals.
Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin, an endowment of the Medical College, has awarded funding to 250 projects to date, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention in Wisconsin communities.
Project Staying Alive aims to improve the lives of Milwaukee youth who are at risk for violent intentional injuries. The program is a collaboration of the Medical College, Milwaukee Public Schools, the Milwaukee Fire Department , and the Children's Service Society's Project Ujima.
The Medical College has committed 8.2 million over five years to support the Violence Prevention Initiative, which is engaging community leaders and agencies in planning and implementing violence prevention programs in high-risk communities.
Medical College scientists and pediatric specialists are examining the genetic makeup of a child with an extremely rare disease, looking for abnormalities linked to the disease and then searching for potential therapies.
An advanced genetic screening method, developed by Medical College physicians and scientists, is helping couples to have a baby born free of inherited disease.
Medical College researchers are national leaders in discovering genes linked to obesity and its complications, and are committed to finding medical therapies that will prevent or reverse the development of obesity.
Throughout his training and practice, pediatrician Arthur Kaemmer, MD, observed how frightening the hospital experience can be for kids, and he took measures to lessen their worry. He and his wife recently endowed the Kaemmer Professorship in Pediatrics: The “Super Kid” Chair in Special Needs at The Medical College of Wisconsin to inspire and implement creative programs that improve morale and quality of life for hospitalized children.
The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Global Health Program is forging new partnerships to advance education, research, clinical care and public and community health training. A new collaboration joins the College with Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize around the areas of emergency medicine, injury prevention, pediatric intensive care and health professional education.
Some fill openings in their own communities. Others practice medicine across the globe. Some are just beginning their careers. Others are finding new passion post-retirement. In all cases, alumni in locum tenens and other traveling roles enjoy the go-go lifestyle.
Nov. 22 - 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.
November 22 - Tempo Milwaukee awarded Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH., Kellner Professor in Pediatrics and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Underserved Children, a 2012 Mentor award. Business Journal
November 21 - Mitchell Grayson, MD, associate professor of pediatrics (allergy and immunology) discusses new research in which he identifies a possible link between norovirus and food allergies. WISN 12
Nov. 16 - Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin have found a possible link between norovirus, a virus that causes “stomach flu” in humans, and food allergies. The findings are published in The Open Immunology Journal, Volume 4, 2011.
November 8 - The Medical College’s Adolescent Health Program has awarded grants totaling $600,000 to six agencies in southeastern Wisconsin to provide education and programming to prevent teen pregnancy. Beloit Daily News
November 2 - Raj Rao, MD, professor of orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery, discusses the link between squat lift exercise and spine injuries in young athletes. JSOnline
Nov. 4 - One of the ongoing priorities of the Medical College of Wisconsin is to increase the diversity among our medical students, graduate student and residents and to provide support for their educational success as a foundation for a promising career. Each year, the MCW community comes together to celebrate this important initiative at the President’s Diversity Reception, planned in conjunction with the Office of Student Affairs/Diversity.
Nov. 2 - Dorothy Cheung, MD., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin, has received a $100,000 American Thoracic Society Foundation / Merck Translational Research Grant to support her research in asthma.
Nov. 1 - The Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) has awarded a three-year re-accreditation to The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) program for pediatric and adult autologous and allogeneic transplantation at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital.
Oct. 31 - Dr. B Li, Professor of Pediatrics, received the 2011 Murray Davidson Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics at the annual meeting of the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. This award recognizes an ‘outstanding clinician, educator and scientist who has made significant contributions to the field of pediatric gastroenterology’.
Oct. 14 - Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH, Kellner Professor in Pediatrics and Director of the College’s Center for the Advancement of Underserved Children, and Mikel Holt, Associate Publisher and co-founder of the Milwaukee Community Journal and President of Malik Communications, were chosen to be the first two recipients of the President’s Diversity Award. Holt and Dr. Willis will be honored at a special reception on Nov. 16. The reception runs from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Center.
Oct. 11 - An article recently published in Neurogastroenterology and Motility by Adrian Miranda, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology), has been selected as a “must-read” by Faculty of 1000, an online academic group that periodically highlights the most important and significant papers in a given field of biological research.
Sept. 27 - John Routes, MD, Professor of Pediatrics (Allergy and Immunology), has been appointed Co-Director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) by Reza Shaker, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research and the Joseph E. Geenen Professor in Gastroenterology. In his new role, Dr. Routes will represent Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin on the CTSI executive committee.
Sept. 16 - The Division of Pediatric Pathology is hosting the 2011 fall meeting of the Society for Pediatric Pathology from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. The event will include poster and platform presentations highlighting state-of-the-art research in pediatric pathology, a scientific symposium on vascular tumors and malformations and a perinatal symposium entitled, Beyond the Laundry List-Diverse Perspectives on Nonimmune Fetal Hydrops.
The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to support geriatrics training for physicians in hospital-based residency programs.
Aug. 23 - The 2011 Pediatric Critical Care Conference will be held Thursday, Sept. 15, and Friday, Sept. 16, in the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s Briggs & Stratton Auditorium. This year’s event, TYKES: Treating Your Kids’ Emergency Situations, will focus on pediatric emergent and critical issues.
Aug. 19 - Researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin investigating latex allergy in health care workers have demonstrated the most effective public health strategy to prevent allergic sensitization is by stopping the use of powdered latex gloves.
August 16 - Dr. Venkatesh Sampath, assistant professor of pediatrics, collaborates with Dr. Ronald Hines, professor of pediatric pharmogenetics, Dr. Calvin Williams, professor of pediatric rheumatology, and scientists at UWM to find the causes of Milwaukee’s high infant and fetal death rates. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Aug. 02 - John Meurer, MD, MBA, has been selected as the Director for the Institute for Health and Society. Dr. Meurer was selected through an internal search committee with both faculty and community representation and will assume his new responsibilities on Sept. 1.
August 1 - Dr. John Raymond, president, CEO and professor of medicine, speaks about the future of the Medical College and proposed collaborations in Milwaukee. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 29 - In 2009, 35% of the 94 homicides in Milwaukee were among people under 24 years of age. In addition, over 2,500 children and young adults each year in Milwaukee are treated or hospitalized for injuries caused by violence. The cost of emergency department treatment and/or hospitalization of Milwaukee youth injured through violent actions exceeded $10 million in 2009.
July 28 - In 2009, 35% of the 94 homicides in Milwaukee were among people under 24 years of age. In addition, over 2,500 children and young adults each year in Milwaukee are treated or hospitalized for injuries caused by violence. The cost of emergency department treatment and/or hospitalization of Milwaukee youth injured through violent actions exceeded $10 million in 2009.
July 28 - An international team of researchers has identified the genetic mutation that causes Proteus syndrome, a rare disorder in which tissue and bone grows massively out of proportion. The discovery, which has implications for potential drug therapies and even cancer, appears in the July 27 early online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Throughout his career in academic pediatrics, Dr. Steven Shelov has focused on the next generation – of children, of parents, of students, of residents. Serving vulnerable populations and providing high-quality and accessible education are at the crux of his practice. For his great work, he was named Alumnus of the Year. And to think most medical schools overlooked him.
July 22 - Ronald N. Hines, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics (Pharmacogenetics), has been named Chair of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Environmental Health Sciences Review Committee for the remainder of his term, which runs through 2014.
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.
At The Medical College of Wisconsin’s 2011 commencement ceremony on May 20, Dr. Edwin “Bud” Montgomery became the first person in College history to receive a new degree on the same day as his 50th medical school reunion, earning a Master of Arts in Bioethics.
July 19 - Pediatrician Arthur W. Kaemmer, MD, and his wife, Martha Kaemmer, have established an endowed chair at The Medical College of Wisconsin that will provide enduring resources to the Department of Pediatrics, and will serve to inspire and reward care to children with special medical needs. Their gift created the Kaemmer Professorship in Pediatrics: The “Super Kid” Chair in Special Needs. John B. Gordon, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, has been named the first Kaemmer Professor in Pediatrics: “Super Kid” Chair in Special Needs.
July 14 - Boston Store’s perennial pink promotions continue to provide welcome resources to Medical College of Wisconsin breast cancer research programs. Since 1998, Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., the parent company of Boston Store, has contributed approximately $655,000 to The Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center. The most recent gift in 2011 totaled $26,000.
July 15 - The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a five-year, $2 million competing continuation award from the Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professions for its Academic Fellowship in Primary Care Research program.
July 05 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) have announced receipt of a research grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to investigate the mechanisms underlying Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Commonly known as an increase of the size and weight of the heart, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy is a common and major risk factor for heart disease and heart failure due to high blood pressure or diabetes.
June 24 - Project ADAM™ (Automated Defibrillators in Adam’s Memory) announced that 50 lives have been saved since it was founded in 1999. Project ADAM is 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), is Medical Director of the program.
June 30 - Pediatrician Steven P. Shelov, MD, MS, a leader in academic medicine and a Class of 1971 alumnus of The Medical College of Wisconsin, was recently named Alumnus of the Year by The Medical College of Wisconsin/Marquette Medical Alumni Association. The award was presented at the Association’s annual alumni awards banquet.
June 17 - Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Children’s Specialty Group, a joint venture between Children’s Hospital and Health System and The Medical College of Wisconsin, have named physician leaders to new positions in Ambulatory Services, Inpatient and Emergency Services, and Surgical Services and Anesthesia. In their new roles, these physician leaders will help ensure effective operations of the hospital, including optimizing resources, workforce planning, financial accountability, quality and service oversight, and meeting growth goals.
July 6 - Dr. Nicole St. Clair, assistant professor of pediatrics and director of the Pediatric Global Health Program, comments on the need for collaboration between medical professionals.WTMJ-TV4
July 6 - Dr. Mitch Grayson, associate professor of pediatrics/allergy, discusses reasons for increased allergy symptoms.WTMJ-TV4
July 6 - Dr. David Dimmock, assistant professor of pediatric genetics and Dr. David Margolis, assistant professor of pediatric hematology/oncology, comment on the Nic Volker case. Ivanhoe
June 27 - Dr. Leah Solberg Woods, assistant professor of genomic pediatrics, and Dr. Omar Ali, assistant professor of pediatric endocrinology, discuss the increase in type 2 diabetes among children and diabetes research in Wisconsin. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
June 28 - Dr. David Dimmock, professor of pediatrics/genetics, discusses PKU, a rare genetic condition. WTMJ-TV
June 9 - Medical College researchers discover bottled water may be prone to contamination. TIME.com, WTMJ-TV-4, CBS NEWS