Wisconsin Partnership Program Turns 20
Being the sole doctor in a physician-shortage, resource-limited area of central Wisconsin would not be everyone’s cup of tea, but for Jenna Sebranek, MD ’13, it’s a dream come true.
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Being the sole doctor in a physician-shortage, resource-limited area of central Wisconsin would not be everyone’s cup of tea, but for Jenna Sebranek, MD ’13, it’s a dream come true.
More than 55 years after surgeons performed the first kidney transplant at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (now University Hospital) in 1966, the UW Health Transplant Center became the first and only transplant program in the Midwest to surpass 20,000 transplanted organs, according to Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD, FACS, medical director of the center.
The ambience of a playground feels natural for Peggy Scallon, MD ’92 (PG ’97), because she has championed physical activity and its mental health benefits to her children as well as her patients at Rogers Behavioral Health in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
Throughout his 41 years in practice as an orthopedic surgeon and the ensuing 11 years since his retirement, Lee Tyne, MD ’67, and his wife of 62 years — Margaret “Marge” Tyne — have generously shared their gratitude for the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH).
New need-based scholarships created in 2021
Total scholarships WMAA contributes to through fundraising or stewardship
Alumni-gifted stethoscopes for first-year medical students since 2013
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