More than 280 guests were in attendance on April 30, 2018 at the Kohl Center as a collective 3,240 years of service at UW Health were recognized at the 2018 Honoring You event. 

Honoring You is an annual event that recognizes faculty and staff with long tenure, starting at 25 years and increasing by 5-year service milestones. Honorees included nine faculty members with the Department of Medicine.

Members of the Department of Medicine who were recognized, and their years of service, are as follows:

25 Years

• Alan Bridges, MD, professor (CHS), Rheumatology
• Diane Elson, MD, clinical professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• Joel Miller, DO, clinical associate professor, General Internal Medicine
• Karen Loomans, MD, clinical associate professor, General Internal Medicine
• Karen Griffin, PA-C , physician assistant, General Internal Medicine
• Lora Wiggins, MD, associate professor (CHS), Geriatrics and Gerontology
• Melanie Witte, NP, nurse practitioner, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• Richard Cornwell, MD, associate professor (CHS), Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

35 Years

• H. Ian Robins, MD, PhD, professor, Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care