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What we published in October 2023

Jacqueline Kruser, MD, assistant professor, Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, in the ICU. Credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine.

Jacqueline Kruser, MD, shows how careful communication leads to better care

Donors Fran Fogerty, PhD, and Deane Mosher, MD, with Moniba Nazeef, MD.

Mosher gift will strengthen clinical research program for adults with sickle cell disease

The clinic’s initiating core faculty (back row, from left): Ann Chodara, MD, assistant professor, Rheumatology; Amy Malik, MD, associate clinical professor, Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; and Dr. Sharkey. They are assisted by (front row, from left) Kelsy Richardson, PharmD, clinical pharmacist, and Laura Zunker, RN, nurse navigator. Credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine.

Rheumatology and APCC faculty start clinic for interstitial lung disease

Leila Famouri

Leila Famouri, MD, MPH, begins as director of the residency program's Health Equity Pathway

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What we published in September 2023

Sara McCoy, MD, PhD, in her lab.

Sara McCoy, MD, PhD, named to new national leadership program for female physician-scientists

Featured alumni, Gopal Allada

Featured alumni: Gopal Allada, MD

Dr. Craig January

Retirement honor: Craig January, MD, PhD

Dr. Ed Vasilevskis

Meet Dr. Eduard Vasilevskis, new division chief of Hospital Medicine

Faculty and residents

Department faculty and learners have strong showing at 2023 ACP–Wisconsin meeting

Dr. William Busse, MD

Dr. William Busse to receive Lifetime Contribution Award from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)

Iliya Amaza, MBBS, assistant clinical professor, Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Jane Pearson, MD, associate clinical professor, Cardiovascular Medicine; Kerry Rees, MD, assistant clinical professor, General Internal Medicine; Aga Silbert, MD, associate clinical professor, Cardiovascular Medicine; Rachna Tiwari, MD, assistant clinical professor, Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine.

In PHLITE School, Department of Medicine faculty hone their understanding of public health

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What we published in August 2023

Matthew Churpek, MD, MPH, PhD

Machine learning techniques may help identify individualized treatments for critically ill patients

Miriam Shelef

Miriam Shelef, MD, PhD, receives patent for rheumatoid factor-binding peptides

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What we published in July 2023

Research

2023 Department of Medicine Research Pilot Program Awards announced

Department of Medicine

Medical Education Innovation Grants awarded to eleven faculty and learners

Parag Tipnis, MD

The American Society of Echocardiography showcases research by Cardiovascular Medicine faculty, Parag Tipnis, MD

Photo of Kelsey Holbert, Michael Houghan, Caroline Burkey and Amy Bier

Meet the 2023-24 chief residents

Fellowship program director Sara Johnson in the simulation center.

Realistic, high-acuity simulations define Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship

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What we published in June 2023

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Get to know new Chief Resident Dr. Caroline Burkey

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Get to know Chief Resident Dr. Kelsey Holbert

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Get to know new Chief Resident Dr. Michael Houghan

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Get to know new Chief Resident Dr. Amy Bier

Doug Jorenby, PhD. Credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine.

Retirement honor: Doug Jorenby, PhD

The 2023 internal medicine residency graduates.

Graduation ceremony celebrates 2023 internal medicine residency graduates

Left to right: Matias Fabregat, PhD, MSc, in the lab with his mentor, Andrea Galmozzi, PhD. Credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine.

UW–Madison postdoc receives Pew Latin American Fellowship to continue research in cancer wasting syndrome

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The 2023 Department of Medicine Trainee Research Awards

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What we published in May 2023

Alexis Eastman, MD, associate clinical professor, Geriatrics and Gerontology. Credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine

Alexis Eastman, MD, receives aging advocacy award from Madison nonprofit

Graduating 2023 internal medicine residents Amy Bier, MD, Ivana Surjancev, MD, and Ran Tao, MD, enjoy a quiet moment by Lake Mendota. Credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine.

2023 internal medicine residency graduates’ future plans

Gabby Waclawik, MD, MPH, chief resident.

What's next for Chief Resident Gabby Waclawik?

John Davis, MD

What's next for Chief Resident John Davis?

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What we published in April 2023

Sarah Floden, MD

What's next for Chief Resident Sarah Floden, MD?

Nadia Sweet, MD

What's next for Chief Resident Nadia Sweet, MD?

Ann Sheehy, MD, MS, poses outside UW Health.

Dr. Ann Sheehy named UW Health Senior Medical Director of Population Health, ACO President

The 2022-23 chief residents, in a group outside and wearing their white coats.

What's next for our 2022-23 chief residents?

An aerial view of UW Health and environs

UW Health joins national initiative to implement practice-improving research findings more quickly

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What we published in March 2023

Department of Medicine signage

Match Day 2023: Welcome incoming residents!

Dr. Alan Bridges, on left, facing Madison VA director John Rohrer, MPH, at the unveiling of the commemorative plaque that will hang outside the newly-named Alan J. Bridges Auditorium at the Madison VA..

Madison VA auditorium renamed in honor of outgoing chief of staff, Alan Bridges, MD

Internal medicine resident David Deemer, MD, MS, shares advocacy tips for trainees

Internal medicine resident David Deemer, MD, MA, shares advocacy tips for trainees

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What we published in February 2023

Photo of the 2023 DOM Education Award winners, left to right, between department chair Lynn Schnapp, MD (far left) and Laura Zakowski, MD (far right): Tiffany Lin, MD; Mark Reichelderfer, MD; Zachary Goldberger, MD, MS; Sandesh Parajuli, MD; Laurel Romer, MD; Christine Sharkey, MD; Andrea Schnell, MD.

Inspiration and Innovation shine at the 2023 DOM Education Day

Dr. Sandesh Parajuli, Division of Nephrology, in conversation with a patient.

Nephrology faculty lead medical education on kidney transplant patient care

Drs. Uboha (left) and Hematti (right) with their patient, Steve Larson of Iowa City, Iowa, during his first infusion treatment. Photo was provided by the patient.

Department faculty deliver innovative new T-cell therapy for cancer