Jami Simpson

Jami Simpson, MS, fellowship program manager for APCC, receives national award for trainee coaching

Dr. Marin Schweizer

Dr. Marin Schweizer named Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research

Dr. Sara McCoy in her lab.

Experimental cell therapy trial led by Dr. Sara McCoy treats first Sjögren’s disease patient for severe dry mouth

Dr. Amy Zelenski

New study proves virtual improv is an accessible way to improve med student empathy

Inset photo of Dr. Noelle LoConte on a background with a gold caduceus.

Dr. Noelle LoConte leads academic-community partnership to reduce radon risks in Native communities

Drs. Marina Sharifi, Dana Ley, and Sara Donohue watching someone out-of-frame speak

Celebrating Women in Medicine Month 2024

Dr. Dana Ley, MD

Women in Medicine: Dana Ley, MD

Dr. Sarah Donohue

Women in Medicine: Sarah Donohue, MD

Dr. Erin Lowery in clinic

Women in Medicine: Erin Lowery, MD

Dr. Ann Sheehy

Dr. Ann Sheehy to take leadership role in the Health Resources and Services Administration

Dr. Elaine Pelley, MD

Women in Medicine: Elaine Pelley, MD

Dr. Caroline Burkey

Women in Medicine: Caroline Burkey, MD

Kari Wisinski

Women in Medicine: Kari Wisinski, MD

Dr. Nadia Sweet with Rheumatology faculty Shivani Garg, MD, MS, assistant professor, and Sancia Ferguson, MD, MPH, assistant professor.

Featured alumna: Nadia Sweet, MD

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The 2024 Department of Medicine Trainee Research Awards

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

Dr. Kathryn Miller

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

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

Dr. Natascha Merten

Dr. Natascha Merten leads study improving prediction of midlife cognitive impairment and dementia

Sam Murray-Bainer in the classroom

Featured alumni: Samantha Murray-Bainer, MD

Dr. Blair Golden, MD, MS

New study led by Dr. Blair Golden shows that patient communication improves when doctors take a seat

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

Shelef lab discovers unique rheumatoid factors in COVID-19 patients

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

Sara McCoy, MD, PhD, in her lab.

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

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Pulmonologist Hasmeena Kathuria to lead UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention

Natasha Merten, PhD, MS

Study explores midlife factors associated with blood biomarkers of neurodegeneration and Alzheimer’s disease

Marina Sharifi, MD, PhD, and Josh Lang, MD, MS

Cancer diagnosis and treatment could get a boost from machine learning

Miriam Shelef

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

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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Get to know Chief Resident Dr. Kelsey Holbert

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Get to know new Chief Resident Dr. Caroline Burkey

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Get to know new Chief Resident Dr. Amy Bier

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The 2023 Department of Medicine Trainee Research Awards

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

Nadia Sweet, MD

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

Sarah Floden, MD

What's next for Chief Resident Sarah Floden, 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?

Amy Kind, MD, PhD, explains how to use the Neighborhood Atlas

Federal agency uses tool developed by DOM faculty to shape national health policy

Photo of Carey Gleason, PhD, in front of a background of green leaves.

Gleason research team leads study focused on Alzheimer's disease treatment and prevention in Black adults

Shivani Garg, MD, MS, of the Division of Rheumatology

Study finds lupus more likely to cause cardiovascular problems in Black patients

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

Jenna Brink, PA, Critical Care Medicine, BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine; Amy Chybowski, APNP, Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Department of Medicine. Credit: Treena Fischer/BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine.

Department of Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine APPs launch successful critical care partnership

Physician's white coat embroidered with UW logo and the words Department of Medicine, with a W red enamel pin and stethoscope.

2022 Department of Medicine Clinical Excellence Awards

Josh Lang, MD, co-director of the UW PSTP

Institutional support, excellent mentoring and extensive research distinguish UW’s Physician-Scientist Training Program

Department of Medicine faculty posing next to a Department of Medicine banner.

Faculty and donors celebrated at Department of Medicine 2022 Investiture Ceremony

Suzanne Norby, MD

Meet Dr. Suzanne Norby, new division head of Nephrology

Sara McCoy, MD, PhD, in clinic.

New study identifies key symptom-based clusters in Sjögren’s Disease, opening the door to more effective treatments and research