Susan Isensee
Profile
November 15, 2016 VOL 18 NO 3

Making a Difference

When Susan Isensee, MD ’83 (PG ’86), was named the 50th president of the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) on July 1, 2016, she knew just what she would do with her two-year appointment.

Doctor helping patient use inhaler
Feature Story
November 15, 2016 VOL 18 NO 3

Advances in Asthma

When I started caring for asthma patients, children and adults with this condition didn’t do physical activity. Students got doctors’ notes to sit out of physical education classes,” recalls William Busse, MD ’66, who began his medical career in allergy at a military hospital near Seattle in the late 1960s.

Kids using watering cans to water plants at Troy Kids' Garden
Feature Story
November 15, 2016 VOL 18 NO 3

Preventing Obesity: Research and Community-Based Programs Tackle Statewide Public Health Challenge

More broccoli!” “Pass the onions!” This is not what you’d expect to hear among first- and second-grade students.