Academic Partner Directory
This summary list includes faculty and staff from the Medical College of Wisconsin who have indicated interest in partnering with community organizations to submit proposals to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program. Each have indicated their fields of expertise and interest that are linked to the Health Improvement Model. Areas that are not directly defined in the Health Improvement Model but are viable for project development have also been listed as "Other Expertise or Interest."
Please note that this list is not an exclusive representation of potential academic partners. Any Medical College of Wisconsin faculty member OR staff member serving in conjunction with faculty is eligible to serve as a partner.
We encourage you to review this information and initiate communication with potential academic partners. Staff at the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program are available to assist you in establishing contact with potential partners. If you would like assistance, please email us with a brief description of the proposed project and ideas for the role of the academic partner.
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John W. Adamson, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Hematology
Department of Medicine
414.456.6996
jadamson@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional
Areas of Expertise: Children and adolescents; Seniors; Men; Women; Community health improvement processes
Other Expertise or Interest: Integrated management of inherited and acquired bleeding and clotting disorders in the community; Thrombotic diseases
James Aiman, MD
Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
414.805.6600
eaiman@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; High risk sexual behavior; Children and adolescents; Seniors; Women
Areas of Interest: Cancer; Nutrition; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Substance abuse and addiction; Tobacco use and exposure; Uninsured; Heart disease
Other Expertise or Interest: Exercise prescription; Women's health maintenance, disease prevention and treatment.
Bruce Ambuel, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
262.548.6925
bruce.ambuel@phci.org
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Social and economic factors that influence health; Community health improvement processes
Other Expertise or Interest: Health care response to intimate partner violence and family violence; Violence prevention; Action research; Community empowerment.
Piero Antuono, MD
Professor
Department of Neurology/Pharmacology
414.805.5224
antuono@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Mental health and mental disorders; Seniors
Areas of Interest: Social and economic factors that influence health
Other Expertise or Interest: Alzheimer's Disease. Development of minority clinics to address the issue of dementia/Alzheimer disease and education of the community based MD for diagnosis and behavior management.
Tom P. Aufderheide, MD
Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
414.805.6452
taufderh@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Heart Disease; Community health improvement processes
Areas of Interest: Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Seniors; Men; Women; Urban
Other Expertise or Interest: Cardiac arrest with public access defibrillation programs; Cardiovascular disease. Dissemination of Public Access Defibrillation Programs throughout the Milwaukee area to improve outcomes from cardiac arrest and traumatic shock.
Vanessa Barnabei, MD
Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
414.805.6608
barnabei@mcw.edu
Other Expertise or Interest: Serves as the department liaison, providing coordination and facilitation for projects and partnerships related to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
R.P. Barthel, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
414.266.2932
rbarthel@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Mental health and mental disorders; Children and adolescents
Areas of Interest: Social and economic factors that influence health
Other Expertise or Interest: To improve the availability of information about infant mental health needs and increase availability of services in the state.
Karen Brasel, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Trauma/Critical Care
Department of Surgery
414.805.8624
kbrasel@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Nutrition; Social and economic factors that influence health; Seniors; Men; Women; Urban; Uninsured
Areas of Interest: Environmental and occupational health hazards; Racial and ethnic populations; Rural; Disabled; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce; Public health leadership and policy. Community consent for a clinical trial of different resuscitation fluids and strategies for trauma patients.
Suzanne Brixey, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
414.277.8900
sbrixey@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Children and adolescents; Specialization in motor vehicle passenger safety, with specific attention to the promotion of car seats and booster seats.
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy
Fredrik Broekhuizen, MD
Professor
Medical Director, Planned Parenthood
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
414.456.6624
fbroekhu@mcw.edu
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; High risk sexual behavior; Social and economic factors that influence health; Substance abuse and addiction; Women; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Cancer; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Project related to cervical cancer/HPV prevention, teen age sexuality/teen pregnancy and infant mortality.
Ulrich Broeckel, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine/Cardiovascular
414.456.4409
broeckel@mcw.edu
Areas of Expertise: Community health improvement processes for urban men and women; particularly emphasis in genetics and heart disease. Looking to expand the promotion of heart health in the community, especially within the minority populations throughout Wisconsin.
Edith Burns, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Geriatrics
Department of Medicine
414.384.2000 ext. 42775
eaburns@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Mental health and mental disorders; Nutrition; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Seniors; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations
Areas of Interest: Social and economic factors that influence health; Heart disease; Cancer; Stroke; Community health improvement processes;Sufficient and competent workforce
Other Expertise or Interest: Self management of chronic disease; Diabetes. To explore reasons why current guidelines for control of diabetes are not followed when managing older adults - discontinuity between what is recommended by guidelines and what physicians are telling patients (or what patients perceive they are being told) in terms of how well-controlled their disease is.
Sharon L. Busey, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
414.277.8900
sbusey@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Children and adolescents; Urban
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Nutrition; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Community health improvement processes
Dennis Butler, PhD
Professor
Director of Behavioral Science
Department of Family & Community Medicine
414.267.6533
dbutler@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional
Areas of Expertise: Access to mental health services; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Mental health and mental disorders; Seniors; Men; Women; Disabled
Areas of Interest: Rural; Community mental health improvement processes
Other Expertise or Interest: Interested in community partnerships to work on lessening the impact of traumatic events such as natural disasters, homicide & other crimes; injuries and loss due to community accidents and disasters; community efforts to reduce depression and prevent suicide.
Edward P. Callahan, MD, MS
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
414.805.6455
callahan@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Interest: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured; Heart disease; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce
Other Expertise or Interest: Obesity and lack of activity. Interested in developing a cultural awareness education module, teaching emergency medicine residents how to interact with patients and community clinics, from the perspective of the patient and community providers. This would benefit patients through improved care and impact a greater popluation through better trained residents.
Bruce Campbell, MD
Professor
Department of Otolaryngology & Comm. Science
Interim Director of the Cancer Center
414.805.5583
bcampbel@mcw.edu
Areas of Expertise: Head and neck cancer
Philip S. Clifford, PhD
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
414.384.2000 ext. 41584
pcliff@mcw.edu
Areas of Expertise: Heart Disease; Overweight, obesity and lack of physical activity
Mary Cohan, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Senior Health Program
414.456.7070/7074
mcohan@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Seniors
Areas of Interest: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Community and health improvement processes; Social and economic factors that influence health
Other Expertise or Interest: Dementia. A project that links medical students with older adults to teach interviewing skills, physical exam, and helps develop positive attitudes toward aging.
Christine E. Cronk, ScD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
414.456.4497
ccronk@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional
Areas of Expertise: Environmental and occupational health hazards; Nutrition; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Children and adolescents; Women; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Rural
Areas of Interest: Heart disease; Community health improvement processes. Seeking additional partners serving the Latino population in Milwaukee and Waukesha, as well as agencies serving the African American community for the creation of an explanatory model of community members and researchers for genetics, birth defects, fetal damage and health; evaluating and comparing social rules governing community group interactions with those governing interactions of researchers. Also seeking agencies/schools serving the Latino population in Milwaukee, Waukesha and elsewhere in Southeast Wisconsin for a Latino pediatric obesity project.
Dwight Cruikshank, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
414.805.6606
crukshnk@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: High risk sexual behavior; Women
Other Expertise or Interest: Teen pregnancy; Preterm birth; Sexually transmitted disease. Partnership experience includes collaborations with local Clinics to offer OB and GYN care to the underserved and a cervical cancer prevention project. Currently interested in forming partnerships to address the high teen pregnancy rate in Milwaukee and the prevention of cervical cancer.
Beth Damitz, MD
Medical Director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
414.527.8737
badamitz@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Diabetes
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Children and adolescents; Women; Heart disease; Community health improvement processes; Obstetrics
Other Expertise or Interest: Diabetes
Alan K. David, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Family and Community Medicine
414.456.4243
akdavid@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Mental health and mental disorders; Social and economic factors that influence health; Substance abuse and addiction; Tobacco use and exposure; Men; Women; Rural; Urban; Uninsured; Heart disease; Cancer; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce; Public health leadership and policy
Jesse DeGroat, MD
Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
262.6875630
jdegroat@sbcglobal.net
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Communicable diseases; Environmental and occupational health hazards; Mental health and mental disorders; Nutrition; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Substance abuse and addiction; Tobacco use and exposure; Disabled; Seniors; Public health leadership and policy
Kathryn Denson, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Geriatrics
Department of Medicine
414.384.2000 ext. 42775
kdenson@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Social and economic factors that influence health; Seniors; Disabled; Sufficient and competent workforce
Areas of Interest: Public health leadership; Community health improvement processes
Other Expertise or Interest: Prevention of institutionalization; Homebound frail elderly; Community-based geriatrics care/home care. Interested in partnering with a community based home care agency in the greater Milwaukee area who would partner with us to increase education of both physicians and home care providers. The partner would bring a knowledge of home care processes, patients, and its clinical providers and patient base. We would bring knowledge of inpatient/outpatient clinic and physician roles. The community partner would also provide a location for expanded involvement in student education, with opportunities for student physicians, nurses, and social workers to participate in the care of frail elderly patients in the home setting. The end goal of the project would be a community of home-bound elders who would receive excellent, coordinated care from physicians and home care agency providers in our area.
Timothy Dillingham, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
414.805.7343
tdilling@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Musculoskeletal Medicine; Seniors; Men; Women; Rural; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Disabled; Public health leadership and policy
Areas of Interest: Stroke; Community health improvement processes
Other Expertise or Interest: Rehabilitation; Home healthcare; Amputee rehabilitation; Spinal injury rehabilitation; Stroke rehabilitation; Musculoskeletal and workplace injuries and prevention. Currently seeking community partners interested in collaborating to bring state-of-the-art medicine and engineering to the care of disabled populations. Partnership experience includes a five year research project delineating the challenges that amputees face, their socioeconomic status, medical and prosthetic difficulties, and mental status including depression.
Beth A. Drolet, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Dermatology and Pediatrics
414.805.5304
drolet@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide
Areas of Interest: Children and adolescents; Women
Other Expertise or Interest: Hemangioma of infancy in preterm infants. Interested in partnerships studying associations with preterm labor or outcomes of multiple gestation and in-vitro fertilization.
Edmund Duthie, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Geriatrics/Gerontology
Department of Medicine
414.384.2000 ext. 42775
eduthie@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Seniors; Disabled; Sufficient and competent workforce; Public health leadership and policy
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Men; Women; Heart disease
Other Expertise or Interest: Other institutionalized, especially senior nursing facility residents; Geriatric syndromes, dementia, delirium, falls, incontinence; Serves as the department liaison, providing coordination and facilitation for projects and partnerships related to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program. Interested in partnering with a community based clinic with experience delivering primary care to elderly people under the direction of geriatricians who could oversee resident, and possibly student ambulatory training.
Charles Edmiston Jr., PhD
Associate Professor
Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery
414.805.5739
edmiston@mcw.edu
Other Expertise or Interest: Serves as the department liaison, providing coordination and facilitation for projects and partnerships related to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
Wendi Ehrman, MD
Assistant Professor, Interim Director
Department of Pediatrics
Milwaukee Adolescent Health Program
414.277.8910
wehrman@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: High risk sexual behavior; Substance abuse and addiction; Children and adolescents; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations
Areas of Interest: Communicable diseases; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Substance abuse and addiction; Tobacco use and exposure; Uninsured; Heart disease
Other Expertise or Interest: Sexually transmitted diseases; Risky behaviors in adolescents. Interested in broadening scope of STD testing, substance abuse screening and treatment among high-risk adolescent populations. Interested in working with pregnant teens to improve health outcomes and services and preventing initial and secondary pregnancies.
Seth Foldy, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
414.906.0036
sfoldy@sbcglobal.net
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Communicable diseases; Environmental and occupational health hazards; High risk sexual behavior; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Substance abuse and addiction; Tobacco use and exposure; Children and adolescents; Women; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured; Heart disease; Cancer; Stroke; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce; Public health leadership and policy
Areas of Interest: Intentional and unintentional injuries
Rose Franco, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
414.456.7040
rfranco@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional/Local area
Area of Expertise: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Seniors; Men; Women
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Children and adolescents; Heart disease; Stroke; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Sleep disorders. To partner with community support programs in increasing public awareness of sleep disorders and thereby foster improved detection and treatment rates among primary care and specialty care physicians.
Ken Friedman, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Medicine
414.937.6494
ken.friedman@bcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Blood related disorders
Other Expertise or Interest: Hematology, bleeding, clotting; Venous Thrombosis
Eric Gass, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
414-456-8767
egass@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Rural
Areas of Expertise: Community health improvement processes; public health leadership and policy; community parterships, worksite wellness, capacity building; Hhgh risk sexual behavior, mental health and mental disorders, Social and economic factors that influence health.
Thomas Gennarelli, MD
Chairman and Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
414.805.5410
tgenn@mcw.edu
Other Expertise or Interest: Serves as the department liaison, providing coordination and facilitation for projects and partnerships related to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
Ileen Gilbert, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
414.456.4194/4161
igilbert@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Social and economic factors that influence health; Tobacco use and exposure; Children and adolescents; Seniors; Men; Women; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured; Disabled; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce
Other Expertise or Interest: Asthma and obstructive lung disease prevention and education for patients and their healthcare providers; Healthcare providers; Interested in partnering with practice sites or healthcare systems that wish to develop or expand partnership programs aimed at reducing morbidity from obstructive lung disease through preventive clinical practices and patient and provider education
Joan Cox Gill, MD
Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine
414.258.2424
coxgillj@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Children and adolescents; Men; Women; Community health improvement processes
Other Expertise or Interest: Bleeding and clotting disorders
Cheryl Glisch
Administrator
Department of Radiation Oncology
414.805.4484
cglisch@mcw.edu
Other Expertise or Interest: Serves as the department liaison, providing coordination and facilitation for projects and partnerships related to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
John B. Gordon, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
414.266.3375
jgordon@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional
Areas of Expertise: Children with special health care needs - care coordination
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Rural; Urban; Uninsured; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy.
William Greaves, MD, MSPH
Associate Professor
Division of Public Health
Health Policy Institute
414.456.4500
wgreaves@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Environmental and occupational health hazards; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Tobacco use and exposure; Men; Women; Sufficient and competent workforce
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Heart disease; Cancer; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Employees as a specific population; Governmental public health services delivered to specific populations
L. Kevin Hamberger, PhD
Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
262.687.5626
lkh@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Mental health and mental disorders; Men; Women; Urban; Uninsured; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Rural; Seniors; Racial and ethnic populations; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Intimate partner violence as a health care issue. Collaborating with community-based domestic violence programs to enhance training of primary care resident physicians to more effectively provide primary and secondary domestic violence prevention services to patients.
Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
Director, Firearm Injury Center
Professor and Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
414.456.7676
hargart@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Children and adolescents; Seniors; Men; Women; Rural; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Public health leadership and policy
Areas of Interest: Social and economic factors that influence health
Other Expertise or Interest: Serves as the department co-liaison (with Mary-Beth Phelan), providing coordination and facilitation for projects and partnerships related to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program. Agencies and organizations interested in policies and programs to reduce violent injuries.
Sudaram Hariharan, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
414.456.6730
hari@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide
Areas of Interest: Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Seniors; Rural; Urban; Heart Disease; Cancer; Community health improvement process; Sufficient and competent workforce
Other Expertise or Interest: Kidney disease. Initiating renal transplant outreach clinics outside of Milwaukee.
Peter Havens, MD, MS
Professor
Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatrics
414.337.7070
phavens@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: statewide/regional/local
Areas of Interest: Community health improvement processes; Communicable diseases; High risk sexual behavior; Women; Rural; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Children and adolescents
Other Expertise or Interest: HIV/AIDS in infants, children, youth up to 25, women, and their families; Infants. Interested in new partners/collaborators to participate in its work on behalf of infants, children, youth up to age 25, and women with HIV and their families.
Raymond Hoffmann, PhD
Professor
Division of Biostatistics
Health Policy Institute
414.456.8359
hoffmann@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide
Areas of Expertise: High risk sexual behavior; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Substance abuse and addiction; Tobacco use and exposure; Seniors; Men; Women; Heart disease; Cancer; Stroke; Community health improvement processes
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Communicable diseases; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Children and adolescents; Rural; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Experienced biostatistician certified by the American College o Epidemiology with expertise in evaluation of the effectiveness of community programs and evaluating behavorial and medical interventions.
Karen Hulbert, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
262.687.5625
khulbert@mcw.edu
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; High risk sexual behavior; Nutrition; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Children and adolescents; Women
Areas of Interest: Communicable diseases; Social and economic factors that influence health; Rural; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured; Heart disease; Intentional and Unintentional injuries; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy
Kevin Izard, MD
Assistant Director
St. Michael Family Practice Program
Department of Family and Community Medicine
414.374.8890
kizard@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Social and economic factors that influence health; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy
Areas of Interest: Communicable diseases; High risk sexual behavior; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Children and adolescents;
Other Expertise or Interest: Diabetes
George Jacobson, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
414.456.8950
grjpsych@mcw.edu
Areas of Expertise: Mental health and mental disorders; Substance abuse and addiction; Tobacco use and exposure
Areas of Interest: Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Children and adolescents; Seniors; Men; Women; Rural; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured; Disabled; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Smoking cessation; Alcohol and tobacco-related illnesses
Michelle Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
414.805.4256
mjjohnso@mcw.edu
Areas of Expertise: Disabled; Stroke
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Children and adolescents; Seniors; Heart disease; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Rehabilitation after injury or disease; Serves as the department liaison, providing coordination and facilitation for projects and partnerships related to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
Joseph Kerschner, MD
Assistant Professor and Chief
Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
414.266.6486
kersch@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Environmental and occupational health hazards; Social and economic factors that influence health; Children and adolescents; Men; Women; Urban
Areas of Interest: Community health improvement processes
Other Expertise or Interest: Otitis Media; Health risk factor modification
Judy Kim, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
414.456.7875
judykim@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Environmental and occupational health hazards; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Children and adolescents; Seniors; Men; Women; Rural; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Interested in working with a community partner on a diabetic retinopathy screening project or other risks related to eye disease.
Colleen Lawton, MD
Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
414.805.4472
clawton@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Men; Racial and ethnic populations; Cancer
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Communicable diseases; Tobacco use and exposure; Seniors; Rural; Urban; Uninsured; Public health leadership and policy
Margaret M. Layde, MD
General Pediatrician
Department of Pediatrics
414.277.8900
mmlayde@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional/Local area
Areas of Interest: Children and adolescents
Other Expertise or Interest: Lead Poisoning
Peter Layde, MD, MSc
Professor
Department of Population Health
414.456.8762
playde@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Sufficient and competent workforce; Public health leadership and policy
Areas of Interest: Evidence-driven, community-based injury prevention coalitions
David W. Lillich, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
414.456.8189
dlillich@mcw.edu
Areas of Expertise: Seniors; Community health improvement processes
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Heart disease; Stroke
Ann Maguire, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Clinical Cancer Center, Department of Medicine
414.805-0819
amaguire@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Social and economic factors that influence health; Community health improvement processes
Areas of Interest: Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Urban; Women; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured; Disabled; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Diabetes; Racial disparity on chronic illness; Impact of welfare reform on health of vulnerable populations; Families participating in W2; Diabetes
Michael Mazzone, MD
Program Director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
262.548.6907
Michael.mazzone@phci.org
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Uninsured
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Substance abuse and addiction; Seniors; Community health improvement processes
Other Expertise or Interest: Unintended/unwanted pregnancy
Marlene Melzer-Lange, MD
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
414.266.2647
mmelzer@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area, regional, state-wide
Areas of Expertise: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Violence prevention; Mental health and mental disorders; Social and economic factors that influence health; Children and adolescents; Racial and ethnic populations; Community health improvement processes
Areas of Interest: Youth violence prevention / intervention
Hrair-George Mesrobian, MD
Professor
Department of Urology
414.266.3792
hmesrobi@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide
Areas of Expertise: Environmental and occupational health hazards; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Children and adolescents; Public health leadership and policy
John Meurer, MD, MM
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
414.456.4116
jmeurer@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Social and economic factors that influence health; Tobacco use and exposure; Children and adolescents; Urban; Uninsured; Racial and ethnic populations; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce
Areas of Interest: Environmental and occupational health hazards; Nutrition; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity
Linda N. Meurer, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
414.456.5724
lmeurer@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Nutrition; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Children and adolescents; Women; Heart disease; Sufficient and competent workforce
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Racial and ethnic populations; Community health improvement processes
H. Steven Moffic, MD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
414.456.8950
bpernitz@mcw.edu
Areas of Expertise: Mental health and mental disorders
Areas of Interest: Men; Women; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce; Public health leadership and policy
LuAnn Moraski, DO
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine and Pediatrics
414.266.6800
lmoraski@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Mental health and mental disorders; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Children and adolescents; Seniors; Women; Uninsured; Disabled; Heart disease
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Environmental and occupational health hazards; Social and economic factors that influence health; Substance abuse and addiction; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy
Jeff Morzinski, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor and Director
Professional Development Division
Department of Family and Community Medicine
414.456.4985
jmorzins@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Mental health and mental disorders; Public health leadership and policy
Areas of Interest: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Children; Seniors; Men; Women; Heart disease; Stroke; Sufficient and competent workforce
Michael Olivier, PhD
Assistant Professor
Human and Molecular Genetics Center
414.456.4968
molivier@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Men; Women; Heart disease
Areas of Interest: Mental health and mental disorders; Children and adolescents; Seniors; Rural; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations
Other Expertise or Interest: Obesity and related disorders; Diabetes
Rimas J. Orentas, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
414.456.4174
rorentas@mcw.edu
Areas of Expertise: Communicable diseases; Tobacco use and exposure; Children and adolescents; Men; Women; Cancer; Sufficient and competent workforce
Mary Beth Phelan, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
414.805.6452
mbphelan@mcw.edu
Other Expertise or Interest: Serves as the department co-liaison (with Stephen Hargarten), providing coordination and facilitation for projects and partnerships related to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
Frank A Pintar, PhD
Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
VAMC Research-151, 5000 W. National Ave, Milwaukee, 53295
414.384.2000 ext. 41534
fpintar@mcw.edu
Areas of Expertise: Post-crash vehicle extrication techniques; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Children and adolescents; Seniors; Men; Women
Other Expertise or Interest: Providing research and laboratory expertise to seek innovative techniques of occupant extrication after motor vehicle trauma. Would like to partner with a community organization that incorporates driver education and/or programming to help young drivers understand crash dynamics and the benefit of wearing seatbelts.
John Rhee, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
414.805.5585
jrhee@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Intentional and unintentional injuries; Children and adolescents; Cancer
Areas of Interest: Women
Other Expertise or Interest: Skin cancer and sun-protective behavior; Serves as the department liaison, providing coordination and facilitation for projects and partnerships related to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
David L. Rutlen, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Medicine
414.456.6737
drutlen@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Seniors; Men; Women; Rural; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Heart disease
Other Expertise or Interest: Development of cardiology outreach endeavors at rural health centers.
Mark Ruttum, MD
Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
414.456.7836
mruttum@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Children and adolescents
Other Expertise or Interest: Amblyopia; Children's vision screening programs; Serves as the department liaison, providing coordination and facilitation for projects and partnerships related to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
Svapna Sabnis, MD
General Pediatrician
Department of Pediatrics
414.2778900
ssabnis@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional
Areas of Expertise: Children and adolescents
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Community health improvement processes;Childhood and adolescent immunization; Missed opportunities for immunization; Improving immunization rates.
James Sanders, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor and Director Community Medicine Track
Department of Family and Community Medicine
414.267.6540
jsanders@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Areas of Expertise: Community health improvement processes
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Environmental and occupational health hazards; High risk sexual behavior; Mental health and mental disorders; Nutrition; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Substance abuse and addiction; Tobacco use and exposure; Children and adolescents; Seniors; Men; Women; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured; Disabled
Marilyn Schapira, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
414.456.8853
mschap@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Women; Heart disease; Cancer
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Social and economic factors that influence health; Seniors; Racial and ethnic populations; Community health improvement processes
Other Expertise or Interest: Literacy and health behavior.
Ken Schellhase, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Director of Research
Department of Family & Community Medicine
414.456.4723
kschel@mcw.edu
Areas of expertise: research design/methods; disparities in health outcomes and healthcare delivery; quality of care for survivors of cancer; cancer screening and prevention; caring for underserved populations.
Areas of interest: universal access to medical care; care of uninsured/underinsured populations; improvement of racial/ethnic/socioeconomic disparities in health and healthcare; health policy, especially universal health insurance; the interface between primary care and cancer specialists in caring for cancer survivors; access to oral health care for poor/uninsured patients.
Timothy R. Schum, MD
Associate Professor and Chief
Division of General Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
414.277.8909
tschum@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Children and adolescents; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured; Disabled; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Sufficient and competent workforce
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Mental health and mental disorders; overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Immunizations
David Seal, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine/Population Health
414.955.7750
dseal@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: High risk sexual behavior; Social and economic factors that influence health; Children and adolescents; Men; Rural; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations
Other Expertise or Interest: AIDS and HIV
William See, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
414.456.7058
wsee@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Men; Cancer
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity
Mark Simms, MD, MPH
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
414.266.2924
msimms@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Mental health and mental disorders; Children and adolescents; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Children in the foster care system
James Slawson, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
414.527.8488
jslawson@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Social and economic factors that influence health; Heart disease; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Chronic Illness Management, such as Diabetes
Janette Strasburger, MD
Professor and Director of Cardiac Services
Department of Pediatrics - Neenah / Fox Valley
920.969.7982
jstrasbu@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional
Areas of Expertise: Nutrition; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Tobacco use and exposure; Children and adolescents; Women; Rural; Racial and ethnic populations; Heart disease; Community health improvement processes
Other Expertise or Interest: Sudden death prevention
Michelle Wales
Center Administrator
Cancer Center
414.805.6393
mwales@mcw.edu
Other Expertise or Interest: Serves as the department liaison, providing coordination and facilitation for projects and partnerships related to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
Dian Wang, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
414.805.4496
dwang@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Environmental and occupational health hazards; Tobacco use and exposure; Cancer
Areas of Interest: Nutrition; Men; Women; Urban; Rural; Racial and ethnic populations; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce; Public health leadership and policy
Lance Weinhardt, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
414.955.7700
lsw@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Local area
Area of Expertise: High risk sexual behavior; Mental health and mental disorders; Substance abuse and addiction; Men; Women; Urban
Areas of Interest: Communicable diseases; Food security; Nutrition; Children and adolescents; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy; Urban and rural agriculture; Rural health.
Jo M. Weiss, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
414.456.8916
jmweis@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Mental health and mental disorders; Tobacco use and exposure; Men; Women; Urban
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Cancer; Stroke; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Community health improvement processes
Other Expertise or Interest: Psychosocial oncology
David Weissman, MD
Professor and Director of Palliative Care
Department of Medicine
414.805.4607
dweissma@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional
Areas of Expertise: Seniors; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Pain and Palliative Care; Terminally ill diseases
Jeff Whittle, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine - Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
414.384.2000 ext. 42682
jeffrey.whittle@med.va.gov
Project Geographic Preference: Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Social and economic factors that influence health; Seniors; Racial and ethnic populations; Heart disease; Cancer; Stroke; Community health improvement processes
Other Expertise, Partnership experience, or Interest: Former Director of Geriatrics and General Medicine at Kansas University Medical Center where he mentored medical students on community-based collaborative projects. Community partners included a variety of organizations providing healthcare and social services to persons with limited access to care, non-English speaking persons, and women and families affected by domestic violence. Current interest in developing a partnership that would enhance the care of persons with hypertension and/or diabetes - both by self education and effective patient-doctor communication.
Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH
Associate Professor and Director
Center for the Advancement of Urban Children
Department of Pediatrics
414.456.4177
ewillis@mcw.edu
Other Expertise or Interest: Serves as the department liaison, providing coordination and facilitation for projects and partnerships related to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
Marie Wolff, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Healthy Communities
Department of Family and Community Medicine
414.456.4726
mwolff@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Statewide/Regional/Local area
Areas of Expertise: Access to primary and preventive health services; Social and economic factors that influence health; Community health improvement processes; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Health policy and advocacy; Health disparities. Partnership experience includes working with local and goverment agencies to improve community health and quality of life, partnering with GAMP to evaluate a safety net system and quality of care, and parntering with community based programs to develop and implement curriculum in community health, domestic violence and geriatrics.
B. Tucker Woodson, MD
Professor and Director of Sleep Disorders
Department of Otolaryngology and Human Communications
414.805.7667
bwoodson@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional
Areas of Interest: Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce, Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Sleep disorders; Sleep apnea
Staci Young, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
414-456-8868
syoung@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Urban
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Nutrition; Overweight, obesity and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured;
Heart disease; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Community health improvement processes
Other Expertise or Interest:Worked extensively on partnerships focused on health in public housing and faith-based communities. These have included diverse organizational partners, medical students and other health professions students.
Lisa Zetley, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
414.277.8900
lwzetley@mcw.edu
Project Geographic Preference: Regional/Local Area
Areas of Expertise: Children and adolescents; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Community health improvement processes
Areas of Interest: Access to primary and preventive health services; Nutrition; Social and economic factors that influence health; Public health leadership and policy
Other Expertise or Interest: Children in foster care; Developmental delays; School problems; Medical neglect