News, Special Recognition, and Awards

Department of Surgery Recognition at

 2011 Convocation and Research Day

RESEARCH AWARDS
Clinical Fellows and Resident Awards:
     Basic Research - Rebecca Rentea, MD

Junior Faculty Awardees:
     Non-Basic Research - Amanda Kong, MD

INTRODUCTION OF NEW DEANS
Alonzo P. Walker, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Diversity

INSTALLATION OF ENDOWED PROFESSORS
Jon C. Gould, MD
Alonzo P. Walker Professor in Surgery

Sam G. Pappas, MD
Sharon K. Wadina Professor in Sarcoma Research

MCW SOCIETY OF TEACHING SCHOLARS
Travis P. Webb, MD
Surgery - Trauma and Critical Care

MARVIN WAGNER, MD, CLINICAL PRECEPTOR AWARD
Lyle Henry, MD, FACS
Surgery

LEONARD TOW HUMANISM IN MEDICINE AWARD
Presented by the Arnold Gold Foundation
Karen J. Brasel, MD, MPH
Surgery - Trauma and Critical Care

LONG-TERM FACULTY SERVICE (THRU JUNE 30, 2011)
45-Year Faculty
Stuart D. Wilson, MD
Surgery – Administration

30-Year Faculty
George B. Haasler, MD
Surgery – Cardiothoracic

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS (2010-2011)
Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD
Surgery – Trauma and Critical Care
Received the Harold Yuker Award for Research
Excellence from the Rehabilitation Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association

David Gourlay, MD
Surgery – Pediatric
Received the Brave Heart Health Care Award from the American Red Cross in Southeastern Wisconsin

Keith T. Oldham, MD
Surgery – Pediatric
Elected President-Elect of the American Pediatric Surgical Association

Named Chair of the Organization of Children’s Hospitals Surgeons-in-Chief
Mary F. Otterson, MD
Surgery – Colorectal
Served as one of two physician members of the Data Monitoring Committee of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation

Philip N. Redlich, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Curriculum
Surgery – General
Re-elected as Medical School Section Representative to the Wisconsin Medical Society Board of Directors