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Transitions in Hematology/Oncology
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 George Wilding, MD, is stepping down from his role as division chief for Hematology and Oncology and as the director of the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center. During Wilding's tenure as director, the UWCCC has experienced enormous growth in all of its missions. It enjoys a well-deserved outstanding national reputation for excellence, as evidenced by the recent successful renewal of its NCI core grant. Wilding has spearheaded major important innovations and developments, including enormous growth and renewal of facilities, the support of the recruitment of a large cohort of outstanding investigators, and the initiation of exciting new international relationships in China and other important regions. As division head, Wilding integrated two divisions and fellowship programs, hematology and medical oncology, and recruited many excellent clinicians, researcher and educators, serving as mentor to all. He is leaving behind a strong foundation on which we can continue to build and expand both our comprehensive cancer and division activities for future generations. Wilding will refocus on his academic activities as the Anderson Professor of Medicine.
 Eliot Williams, MD, PhD, has agreed to serve as interim chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology, starting September 1, 2013. Williams received his MD and PhD at Indiana University and then took residency and chief residency here at the University of Wisconsin. He is board certified in hematology and internal medicine and has served as a member of our faculty since 1980, having been promoted to professor of medicine in 2005. He is also an affiliate professor of pathology. Williams is a highly respected leader in the division, department, UW Health and the university, serving in several capacities (currently the Funds Flow Oversight Committee and the Faculty Senate).
 Howard Bailey, MD, has agreed to serve as interim director of the UWCCC, effective September 1, 2013. Bailey has been a faculty member of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health since 1994 and is a professor of medicine in the Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics-Gynecology. Bailey graduated from the University of North Dakota Medical School and received his internal medicine training at Southwestern Michigan Area Health Education Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan. He underwent fellowship training in medical oncology at UW-Madison and completed a research fellowship at the cancer center. Bailey's clinical expertise is in gynecologic malignancies and sarcomas, and his research focus is in anti-cancer drug development. He is associate director for clinical programs of the UW Carbone Cancer Center and principal investigator of the UW Chemoprevention Consortium and faculty leader of the Wisconsin Network for Health Research.
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Liver Biopsy Simulation Aids Fellowship Training
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 Transplant Hepatology hosted a liver biopsy simulation on July 26, 2013. Using the UWHC state-of-art Simulation Center, Transplant Hepatology designed a hybrid simulation with a standardized patient and simulated biopsy. They presented four cases that required the trainee to realize that liver biopsy is not always the best option given the data presented. The trainee also experienced post liver biopsy complications. Previously, these skills have been taught when the situation presented itself in a real care setting. (More)
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Undergraduates in the Lab and on Film
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 Several students from UW Parkside gathered in Arjang Djamali’s lab for the filming of a short documentary on students involved in the Rural and Urban Scholars in Community Health (RUSCH) pipeline program designed to recruit and prepare motivated students who wish to serve rural and urban communities. Djamali, MD, is the division chief for Nephrology.
Tom Mehner is a featured student in the documentary and has been working in Djamali’s lab since early June of this year. He was working on Djamali’s Nox2 oxidative stress project by helping stain kidney tissue for markers of oxidative stress.
The RUSCH program and students will be part of a film presented to the Board of Regents during their fall meeting. Each hosting campus is given an hour to showcase their university. The documentary will be available on the UW Parkside website after the meeting.
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IMPORTANT: DO NOT RESPOND
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 As often as our wonderful IT department tries to tell us not to respond to certain emails, or other types of electronic messages, we continue to respond. Phishing is the use of email and fraudulent web sites to trick people into disclosing personal financial or identity information. As a rule, UW-Madison WILL NOT ask you to disclose PERSONAL identity INFORMATION via email. (More)
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Team GFR Shows Support at the Capital City 5K
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Team GFR showed their support at the Capital City 5K Walk/Run, sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin July 27, 2013. (GFR stands for glomerular filtration rate which is used by nephrology to determine how well a kidney is filtering or working.) The team consisted of four nephrologists, nephrology PA and nephrology staff at Wisconsin Dialysis (social worker, dietician and nurse). Kate McComb, PA-C, coordinated the team by gathering participants from the nephrology division, the kidney clinic and the dialysis center.
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First Row: Shawn Djamli, Aji Djamali, MD, Adam Korbitz, Anastasia Korbitz, LCSW (WDI), Ann Mader, RD (dietician at WDI), Michelle Walker (head nurse at WDI), and her friend Vicki.
Second Row: Rhonda French (friend), Jesse Roach, MD, and Kate McComb, PA-C.
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 Hazel Esplanada Abad
February 23, 1972 - July 21, 2013
The UW Health community lost a valued colleague, UWHC nurse clinician Hazel Abad, who passed away July 21, after a sudden illness. Hazel worked in Inpatient Hemodialysis at the CSC and was a compassionate nurse who brought dignity and skill to her care of patients. She is survived by her husband, Leonard "Jun," and four children ages 16, 13, 10 and 8. Our thoughts are with Hazel's family and loved ones at this time of loss. Contributions to assist the family with burial costs and transportation to the Philippines can be made online thru the Department of Medicine, Nephrology Fund for Excellence/Hazel Abad Memorial, or by contacting Joan Watson at JWatson@uwhealth.org. Further information can be found in Nephrology.
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Burkard's Research Highlighted in HealthCanal
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Scientists at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health wanted to find a way to attack cancers that had too much DNA. Based on a study published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences and recently reported by HealthCanal.com, roughly 14 percent of breast cancers and 35 percent of pancreatic cancers have extra sets of chromosomes, compared to normal cells that have two. “We want to find a way to destroy those cancers with a medicine,” said Mark Burkard, member of the UW Carbone Cancer Center and assistant professor of hematology/oncology in the Department of Medicine. “We thought that would be a good target because the medicine would potentially destroy the cancer that had twice as much DNA but leave the healthy cells with normal amounts of DNA untouched.”
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Hear Kelly on "All About Living with Carol Koby"
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 Annie Kelly, MD, director of outpatient services in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, appeared on “All About Living with Carol Koby” July 26. Kelly took listeners to the new same day access to cardiology care program and gave highlights on how the changing delivery of healthcare is working with and for patients. In case you missed it, the program will be posted on carolkobyradio.com.
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Fiore Talks Live on Larry Meiller
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 Turn your dial to the Larry Meiller show to hear Michael Fiore talk about e-cigarettes on Tuesday, August 6, from 11:00 to 11:45. Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA, professor at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, is also the founder and director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention. WERN FM 88.7 or online.
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In response to an Avatar survey after an appointment in Geriatrics: "I had no idea what to expect when I met Dr. Sager on May 30. What a nice surprise! He is just the nicest, most humane person I have met in a very long time. How refreshing; he not only listens, he hears!! I feel privileged to have met him. Perhaps he could be 'cloned'!! What an asset to anyone's staff!"
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Next Week: UW–Madison Day at the Wisconsin State Fair!
 Your visit to the State Fair on August 7 can help benefit Milwaukee-area children who are in need of school supplies for a successful year, UW–Madison is sponsoring a school supplies drive. Simply bring new, unopened school supplies to a State Fair admissions gate and receive $4 off adult admission until 4 p.m. One discount per item donated.
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Sign up by August 12
 Time to get your legs and teammates warmed up for the eighth annual UW Health Faculty and Staff Kickball Tournament on Tuesday, August 20 from 5-8:30 pm on the fields next to the Natatorium.
You need to sign up by August 12 to participate. It's a great event and a great way to build comradery with fellow employees. For more information, check out uconnect in the newsroom section. (Rain date August 21.)
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2013 UW Health Physician Champions
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Congratulations to two physicians from the UW Department of Medicine who earned the “Fast Tracker” award, which recognizes physicians who have made significant gains in survey items involving physician/patient communication: sensitivity and concern, chance to provide input in decisions about health care and physician explaining illness or treatment for patient understanding.
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 Christine Seibert, MD
Internal Med, East
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 Anne Traynor, MD
Oncology, 600 Highland Ave
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Fagan Named President Elect
 Julie Fagan, MD, was named as the president-elect of the Dane County Medical Society. She is currently clinical associate professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine.
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Anderson Wins Nathan Shock Award
 Rozalyn Anderson, PhD, assistant professor in Geriatrics, has won the Nathan Shock New Investigator Award. This award is given annually for innovative and influential publications. Established in 1986 to honor Dr. Nathan Shock, the award is designed to acknowledge outstanding contributions to new knowledge about aging through basic biological research. This award will be presented to her at the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting in November. (More)
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Davis and Kimple Councilors for AFMR
  Dawn Davis, MD, PhD, (left) and Michelle Kimple, PhD, (right) were recently elected to serve as Councilors for the American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR) Midwest Section for a four-year term. As councilors, they will attend the yearly meetings, promote the AFMR mission and participate in meeting planning. Kimple hopes to recruit new UW members to this organization and encourage participation in their annual meeting.
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Kimple Named to Editorial Board
 Michelle Kimple, PhD, was named to the editorial board of a new open access journal, The Journal of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity. Kimple is an assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.
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Weiss Named to Expert Panel
 Jennifer Weiss, MD, was named to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Yale-CORE Technical Expert Panel to determine measures of high-acuity care visits after outpatient endoscopy or colonoscopy procedures. The goal of the panel is to develop measures that can be used to measure and improve the quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. She is an assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
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Alka Choudhary, Robert F. Lera, Melissa L. Martowicz, Kim Oxendinec, Jennifer J. Laffinc, Beth A. Weaver, and Mark E. Burkard. Interphase cytofission maintains genomic integrity of human cells after failed cytokinesis. 10.1073/pnas.1308203110 PNAS July 22, 2013.
Kimple ME, Keller MP, Rabaglia MR, Pasker RL, Neuman JC, Truchan NA, Brar HK, Attie AD. Prostaglandin E2 receptor, EP3, is induced in diabetic islets and negatively regulates glucose- and hormone-stimulated insulin secretion.Diabetes. 2013 Jun;62(6):1904-12. doi: 10.2337/db12-0769.
King BJ, Gilmore-Bykovskyi AL, Roiland RA, Polnaszek BE, Bowers BJ, Kind AJ. The consequences of poor communication during transitions from hospital to skilled nursing facility: a qualitative study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jul;61(7):1095-102. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12328. Epub 2013 Jun 3.
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Co-PIs: Tim Kamp, MD, PhD/Ravi Balijepalli, PhD in CVM received a competing continuation on their R01 titled: “Caveolae and Cardiac Repolarization.” Cardiac arrhythmias can be life threatening and are manifestations of many different forms of heart disease. This research investigates how ion channels localized to specialized regions in the cell membrane called caveolae regulate how long each electrical impulse in the heart lasts, which will provide new insights for the prevention of and therapy of cardiac arrhythmias.
Adam Gepner, a 1st year CVM fellow, received a 2013 AOA Postgraduate Award for his work “Ultrasound Assessment of Carotid Arterial Stiffness with Speckle Tracking: A New Use of a Novel Imaging Technique for Predicting Cardiovascular Disease Risk.”
Carey Gleason, PhD, Geriatrics, was awarded a UW ITCR Pilot Award Type II for “Living Well with Memory Partners.”
Michael Kim, MD, Emergency Medicine, received a UW ITCR Pilot Award Type I for “Development and Evaluation of Point of Care Clinical Trial Alert Application.”
Michelle Kimple, PhD, Endocrinology, received a Translational Medicine starter grant from the PhRMA Foundation to explore the link between certain inflammatory mediators and type 2 diabetes prognosis in human populations. Kimple also received a travel award from the Central Society for Clinical and Translational Research (CSCTR) to attend this joint CSCTR/AFMR meeting and present her abstract titled "Cholecystokinin protects pancreatic beta cells from apoptosis.”
Josh Lang, MD, Hematology/Oncology, was funded by the Prostate Cancer Foundation for his grant titled: “Biomarkers of Therapeutic Response and Resistance to Androgen Receptor Signaling Inhibitors.” Lang also received a UW ITCR Pilot Award Type I for “Genomic Studies of Circulating Tumor Cells Novel Metastatic Biomarkers,” with co-funding from the UW Carbone Cancer Center.
Jane Mahoney, MD, Geriatrics, received a UW ITCR Dissemination /Implementation Research Award for “Stepping On” to Pisando Fuerte: Adapting an evidence-based falls prevention program for Latino seniors.
Ryan Westergaard, MD, PhD, MPH, Infectious Disease, received a UW ITCR Pilot Award Type II for “A community-based, behavioral intervention to improve screening for hepatitis C among high-risk young adults in Wisconsin.”
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Kimple lab mates (Left to right) Allison Brill, Harpreet Brar, Michelle Kimple, Nathan Truchan, Renee Pasker, and Mark Cadena (Front kneeling) Joshua Neuman.
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Trainee Awards from Kimple’s Lab
Allison Brill, an undergraduate research assistant, received a fellowship from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), helping her to complete a one-year research internship in medicine before heading to graduate school next fall.
Harpreet Brar, an undergraduate research assistant, was awarded a Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship, which will give her valuable research experience before applying to MD/PhD programs.
Joshua Neuman, a graduate research assistant, received a Young Investigator Award from the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine where he presented his thesis research, “Identification of key signaling molecules downstream of cyclic AMP that regulate insulin secretion“ at Experimental Biology in Boston, MA.
Renee Pasker, a research specialist, received the top poster award (out of 62 posters) at the Midwest Islet Club in May in Ann Arbor, MI, for her work characterizing a potentially novel pathway in protection from beta-cell death in mouse models of type 1 diabetes.
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New Department of Medicine Faculty
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New faculty will be listed after their photos are available.
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 Ashley Brown, MD,
Clinical Instructor,
Emergency Medicine
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 Ian Grimes, MD,
Asst Professor (CHS),
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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 Eric Johnson, MD,
Instructor (CHS),
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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 Andrew Lee, MD,
Asst Professor (CHS),
Emergency Medicine
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 Alexander Lepak, MD,
Asst Professor (CHS),
Infectious Disease
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 Jeniel Nett, MD, PhD,
Assistant Professor,
Infectious Disease
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 Henry Riter, MD,
Clinical Asst Prof,
Cardiovascular Medicine
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 Miriam Shelef, MD, PhD,
Assistant Professor,
Rheumatology
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 Jasdeep Sidhu, MD,
Clinical Asst Prof,
Cardiovascular Medicine
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 Matthew Tattersall, DO,
Clinical Instructor,
Cardiovascular Medicine
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 Martha Tzou, MD, MPH,
Clinical Instructor,
Cardiovascular Medicine
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 Rebekah Zechariah, MD,
Clinical Asst Prof,
Geriatrics
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New Department of Medicine Staff
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New staff will be listed after their photos are available.
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 Kaitlin Chambers,
Associate Research Spec,
Rheumatology
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 Eva Gray,
Univ Svc Program Associate,
Geriatrics
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 Vamsi Ithapu,
Research Assistant,
Geriatrics
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 Bridgett Molinar,
Financial Specialist 3,
Cardiovascular Medicine.
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 Courtney Maxcy,
Associate Research Specialist,
Rheumatology
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 Michelle Olsen,
Medical Proram Assistant Associate,
Hospital Medicine
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 Mary Peng,
Assistant Researcher,
Infectious Disease
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 Lauren Weeth-Feinstein,
Research Specialist,
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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