Recent News
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Third Class of Aspirus Scholars Named to Tackle Physician Shortage
The Aspirus Health Foundation’s Aspirus Scholars Program has awarded $550,000 to four medical students from the Medical College of Wisconsin-Central Wisconsin campus (MCW-CW)
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Medical College of Wisconsin Doctor & Professor Named Hastings Center Fellow
Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Julia and David Uihlein Chair in Medical Humanities and professor of Bioethics and Emergency Medicine has been named a fellow of the Hastings Center.
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Transformative cancer treatment now available at the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center
Radiation oncologists at the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center at Froedtert Hospital, part of the Froedtert & MCW Cancer Network, treated their first cancer patient with the Elekta Unity MR-linac
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Roy L. Silverstein, MD, Begins Term as 2019 ASH President
Roy L. Silverstein, MD, a highly regarded expert in platelet and vascular cell biology as well as clinical non-malignant hematology and thrombosis, will serve as president of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) for a year-long term through December 2019.
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American Board of Pathology Announces Appointment of Jason Jarzembowski to the Test Development and Advisory Committee of Pediatric Pathology
For a physician to be appointed to a TDAC, one must be considered an established subject matter expert in their subspecialty field while being updated on the latest patient care advances in the continually evolving field of pathology.
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African-American Liver Cancer Patients May Live Longer After Liver Transplant if Their Donors Are the Same Race
Among African-American adults undergoing liver transplant to treat liver cancer, patients whose organ donor was also African American lived significantly longer than those with a racially unmatched donor, report authors of a new study using national data.
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MCW leads the way in statewide innovation competition sponsored by Foxconn
Foxconn’s goal for this grant competition is to invest in a broad spectrum of new ideas generated by college and university teams throughout the state to improve the health and quality of life of Wisconsin communities.
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Five Community Leaders Join the Medical College of Wisconsin Board of Trustees
The elected members of the board are business executives, philanthropists, and distinguished community leaders who pool their wealth of knowledge and experience to advance these missions to enhance the health and vitality of our community.
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Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment Announces $3.1 Million in Awards to Advance Community Health Initiatives and Accelerate Health Research Projects
Funding supports $1.95 million in community initiatives and $1.19 million in research studies aimed at improving health outcomes statewide.
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Multi-Agency Collaboration Updates Sex Trafficking Report
The Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission, the Medical College of Wisconsin Institute for Health and Equity, Rethink Resources, Milwaukee Sexual Assault Review, and Milwaukee Police Department – Sensitive Crimes Division released a report estimating the magnitude of sex trafficking in Milwaukee.