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A. O. Smith Fellowship Scholars Program: The heart of cardiovascular research

Cardiovascular

A. O. Smith Fellowship Scholars Program: The Heart of Cardiovascular Research

Innovation and discovery are at the heart of the A. O. Smith Corporation’s 50-year partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW).

Singing for a healthier heart

Cardiovascular

Singing for a Healthier Heart

What if you could improve your heart health just by singing? Dr. Jacquelyn Kulinski investigates.

MCW scientists are the first to demonstrate a role for transfer RNA fragments in hypertension

MCW Magazine

A New Puzzle Piece

MCW scientists are the first to demonstrate a role for transfer RNA fragments in hypertension.

Harps of Comfort | Innovative program helps COVID-19 patients find comfort with music

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Innovative Program Helps COVID-19 Patients Find Comfort with Music

Harps of Comfort was created to help patients experiencing helplessness due to COVID-19.

A team of paramedics and healthcare providers offers new hope

MCW Magazine

When a Heart Stops

A team of paramedics and healthcare providers offers new hope.

Josh Meskin, MD, FACC

Cardiovascular

Reimagining Care: Josh Meskin, MD, FACC

In the wake of the global pandemic, MCW faculty, staff and students are reimagining how they provide care and services.

Working backwards from bedside to bench image

Cardiovascular

Working Backwards: From Bedside to Bench to Bedside

MCW physician-researchers are investigating the effect of vitamin B12 on patients with sepsis through an innovative clinical trial.

This Is Chuck

Cardiovascular

Chuck's Story

With the clock ticking on Chuck's second heart, an MCW transplant team raced to give him a third chance at life.

Julie Freed, MD, PhD

MCW Magazine

Protecting the Heart

Physician-Scientist seeks to prevent cardiovascular disease.

John Kummer

Cardiovascular

Crossing Paths

One of the many people John Kummer helps cross the street each day at the MCW-Milwaukee campus is the physician who saved his life.

This Is Sally

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Sally's Story

It took an integrated team to take care of Sally's complex health issues.

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Philanthropy at the "Heart" of Progress in Cardiovascular Care

The power of philanthropy supports initiatives and programs at MCW and Froedtert Hospital that have improved patient care and advanced...

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Meet David and Lyle

The admiration that Dr. David Joyce has for his father, Dr. Lyle Joyce, extends beyond their work together as a superstar cardiothoracic...

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Education Innovation

Born to Discover

Nabeel Quryshi, one of the nation’s top young investigative minds, will present this year at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm,...

Training the next generation of cardiovascular researchers

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Training the Next Generation of Cardiovascular Researchers

The Medical College of Wisconsin Cardiovascular Center National Institute of Health T32 Postdoctoral Training Program is drawing top talent...

Helping the Heart

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Helping the Heart

MCW doc's message to heart patients: Don't give up on yourself.

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Education Innovation

A Summer of Growth in the Research Lab and the Clinic

Sai-Suma Samudrala shares her summer fellowship experience studying congenital heart disease in the lab of Dr. Aoy Tomita-Mitchell and Dr....