Dr. Wetterneck, center, celebrates with her General Internal Medicine faculty colleagues (left to right) Elizabeth Trowbridge, MD, Kenneth D. Skaar, MD, Chair of Primary Care and chief; Mary Pak, MD, clinical professor; Shobhina Chheda, MD, MPH, professor; and Kathryn Miller, MD, associate professor

Dr. Tosha Wetterneck is honored with the Wisconsin Medical Society’s prestigious Director’s Award

Graduating 2024 internal medicine residents Zak Scherzer, MD, Habib Kedir, MD, and Alaina Kelly, MD, enjoy a walk by Lake Mendota.

2024 internal medicine residency graduates’ future plans

Dr. Kathryn Miller

Dr. Kathryn Miller on five years of the osteoarthritis management program at UW

Photo of Dr. Michael Houghan wearing a brownish-yellow button down shirt.

What's next for Chief Resident Dr. Michael Houghan?

Photo of Dr. Caroline Burkey wearing a striped sweater

What's next for Chief Resident Dr. Kelsey Holbert?

Photo of the 2023-2024 chief residents sitting in a row on a low wall outside

What's next for our 2023-24 chief residents?

Dr. Daniel To discusses his research at Research Day 2024.

DOM Research Day 2024: a celebration of health equity and collaborative science

Amy Bier, MD

What's next for Chief Resident Dr. Amy Bier?

Dr. Caroline Burkey

What's next for Chief Resident Dr. Caroline Burkey?

Dr. Mazen Almasry standing in front of a white board in a classroom, wearing a blue button down shirt and smiling..

Rising Chief Resident Dr. Mazen Almasry to pilot a curriculum for first-year international medical graduates

Dr. Heather Machkovech in the lab.

Dr. Heather Machkovech, ID fellow and PSTP trainee, is lead author of paper on persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection

Close-up photo of the UW crest and golden stars on the front of a white lab coat.

Match Day 2024: Welcome incoming residents!

Photo of PG-1s Kara Donovan, MD; Yasgh Hegde, MD; and Tyler Rubeor, MD, trying their hand at vegetable preparation in the Bakke Recreation Center.

First-year residents learn about cooking and nutrition at Wolf Teaching Kitchen

From left, Allison Ishizaki, MPH, assistant director - education; Amy Zelenski, PhD, associate professor, General Internal Medicine, and director of education innovation and scholarship; and Christine Sharkey, MD, clinical associate professor, Rheumatology, discussing the innovative new DOM Educator Academy.

Learning celebrated at DOM Education Day 2024

Sam Murray-Bainer in the classroom

Featured alumni: Samantha Murray-Bainer, MD

Research signage

UW Department of Medicine climbs to 12th in the nation for NIH funding

Dr. Tattersall (center) in the University of Wisconsin Atherosclerotic Imaging Research Program (AIRP) lab with AIRP associate lab manager Kristin Hansen.

Dr. Matt Tattersall: Framing patient conversations about incidental coronary artery calcium findings

Photo of a Department of Medicine white coat with embroidered University of Wisconsin crest in red and gold

Department faculty mentoring programs complete second full year

Miriam Shelef, MD, PhD, associate professor, Rheumatology, examines slides under a microscope.

Shelef lab discovers unique rheumatoid factors in COVID-19 patients

Books on a shelf

What we published in December 2023

Residents who matched

Fellowship Match Day 2023 an outstanding success

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What we published in November 2023

A white lab coat with Department of Medicine stitched in red under the UW–Madison crest.

Getting to Know You: Q&As from new faculty joining the Department of Medicine in 2022-23

Christopher Purtell, MD

New faculty Q&A with Christopher Purtell, MD

New faculty Q&A graphic

New faculty Q&A with Sarah Maria Donohue, MD

Matthew Blum

New faculty Q&A with Matthew Blum, MD, MHS

Maggie Walker

New faculty Q&A with Margaret Walker, MD, MPH

Connor Gullstrand

New faculty Q&A with Connor Gullstrand, MD

Sriram Gonakoti

New faculty Q&A with Sriram Gonakoti, MD

Grace Devadas

New faculty Q&A with Grace Devadas, MD

Peter Marogil

New faculty Q&A with Peter Marogil, DO

David Kerbl

New faculty Q&A with David Kerbl, DO

Philip Palmon

New faculty Q&A with Philip Palmon, MD

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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