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A Vibrant Community

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Through the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA), you can connect with your fellow alumni, support students and build a strong future for the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH). We are proud of our more than 8,000 graduates and WMAA is here to keep you engaged in this vibrant community.

Once a Badger, always a Badger.

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Getting involved is the first step towards feeling connected and making an impact. From mentoring a student with an interest in your specialty to helping plan your 50th reunion, there’s an opportunity for you!

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SMPH continues to grow and innovate thanks to support from alumni like you. Your gift to the WMAA supports tangible, meaningful programs that benefit students and build relationships with alumni.

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Latest Quarterly Stories

Dean Golden having fun with Bucky Badger
Feature Story
January 17, 2025 • VOL 26 • NO 4

Celebrating Dean Golden's Legacy

A psychiatrist, a dean and a vice chancellor walk into a bar … This sounds like a set-up for a classic joke, but in this case, it is reality, referencing a leader who has made wise use of humor. As a holder of all three roles, Robert N. Golden, MD, has shared witty remarks throughout his more than 18 years as dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and vice chancellor for medical affairs at UW–Madison.
Bryan Bednarz and Tyler Bradshaw sitting at a computer
Feature Story
January 17, 2025 • VOL 26 • NO 4

New Strengths in Theranostics, Particle Beam Therapy

The new Initiative for Theranostics and Particle Therapy — launched in May 2024 in the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center — fosters collaboration among experts across medical oncology, radiation oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine, medical physics and other specialties to accelerate precision radiation therapy and imaging for patients.
Paul Harari, Howard Bailey and Thomas Grist
Awards & Honors
January 17, 2025 • VOL 26 • NO 4

Harari, Bailey and Grist Receive Belzer Award

The Folkert O. Belzer Award is the highest honor the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) bestows upon its faculty members for their lifetime achievements.
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Feature Story
January 17, 2025 • VOL 26 • NO 4

Emergency Medicine Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary

In 2024, the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) marked a decade of outstanding patient care, education, and research as an academic department at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH).
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Strength in Numbers

32

New need-based scholarships created in 2021

200

Total scholarships WMAA contributes to through fundraising or stewardship

1,936

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Keep Up With Classmates

Quarterly is your alumni magazine, published four times a year by WMAA and SMPH. The magazine includes news, alumni profiles, student-life stories, class notes and more. 

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