June 22 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a four-year, $1.5 million competitive grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to continue a study on how a common hormone affects blood flow in response to a high salt diet.
June 23 - 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 study the role of naturally produced hydrogen peroxide in controlling human blood flow. This process has considerable relevance for patients with coronary artery disease.
The Medical College of Wisconsin received a four-year, $1.5 million competitive grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to continue a study on how a common hormone affects blood flow in response to a high salt diet.
Eight pediatric specialties at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin have been ranked in "U.S. News" Media Group’s 2009 edition of "America’s Best Children’s Hospitals," published online and featured in the August issue of "U.S. News & World Report," available on newsstands starting July 21.
Sidney Grossberg, MD, Walter Schroeder Professor Emeritus in Microbiology and Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has been awarded honorary membership in the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research.
Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin is seeking nominations to fill a public member vacancy on the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Consortium on Public and Community Health in the category of health care advocate.
Businesses, communities and organizations around Wisconsin have pledged their support for the National Children’s Study’s Waukesha Vanguard Center.
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 study the role of naturally produced hydrogen peroxide in controlling human blood flow. This process has considerable relevance for patients with coronary artery disease.
The new Medical College faculty/staff telephone directories are being delivered to each department from now through June 26.
Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Breast Center has been accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. Just 10 breast care programs in Wisconsin have received this accreditation.
Marcy Neuburg, MD, Professor of Dermatology, has been awarded the Thomas L. Smallwood Award for Patient Care Excellence by the Board of Directors of Froedtert Hospital.
Researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin published the first initial paper describing the Milwaukee prevalence of the largest outbreak of novel swine origin influenza virus (S-OIV) in America in the June 11, 2009, online issue of "Viruses." This corresponded to the announcement by World Health Organization of the first influenza pandemic in 41 years.
Mara Pheister, MD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at The Medical College of Wisconsin and to the medical staff at Froedtert Hospital. A general psychiatrist, her clinical focus is on adult psychiatric care, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and women’s mental health.
This story on Dr. Andrew Chan, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplants, originally ran in the Spring 2009 issue of "MACC FUND TODAY," a publication of Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc., and is being reprinted with permission.
Medical College of Wisconsin radiation oncologists Mark Macedon, MD, and Roger Byhardt, MD, will provide radiation oncology services at the Alyce and Elmore Kraemer Cancer Care Center of St. Joseph’s Hospital in West Bend starting July 6.