From Summer Scholars to Physician-Scientists
In summer 2024, nine undergraduate students trekked to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) to gain experience in research laboratories.
Gonzalez Pays It Forward
Brothers, Roommates and Future Physicians
As third-year medical students at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), Barnabas T. “Barni” and Natnael T. “Nathaniel” Shiferaw are on parallel but distinctively different paths.
Clark-Forsting Receives Max Fox Award
Alma Center, Wisconsin, is a tiny dot on the map. Located just north of Black River Falls, it has a population of 577 and covers all of one square mile. Every year, a community festival celebrates its status as Wisconsin’s “Strawberry Capital.”
New WMAA Board Members
As of July 1, 2024, four University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) alumni joined the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) Board of Directors for their initial three-year terms.
Class Notes & Alumni Updates From Neurologists
In Memoriam: Murray L. Katcher
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.
20,000 Organs Transform Lives
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.
Dr. Peggy Scallon Takes the Helm
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.
Tyne Family Pays it Forward
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).
Class Notes & Alumni Updates From Ophthalmologists
In Memoriam: Ralph A. Hawley, Gloria Sarto, V. Craig Jordan, John E. Showalter
TRIUMPH Program Supports the Latina Community
In the words of Coretta Scott King: “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.”
Firearm Safety Training for Effective Communication
Whether you are an experienced physician, a resident venturing into practice or a medical student, you likely spend much of your time in a hospital or clinic setting.
Jeannette Munro: A Woman Who Broke Boundaries
At a time when female physicians were rare and when many general practitioners questioned the necessity of specialists, Jeannette Munro, MD ’27, who earned her medical degree in the University of Wisconsin Medical School [now the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH)] Class of 1927, became the first pediatrician and first female physician in Princeton, New Jersey.[1]
PA Program Meets Wisconsin's Need for Rural Providers
Virginia “Ginny” Snyder, PhD, PA ’01, wasn’t seeking another major professional challenge when she attended the Tri-State Regional Health Care Summit at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 2017.
MD Student Turns Hardship Into Opportunity
Sonam Dolma’s journey to medical school began in Bir Tibetan Colony, a Tibetan refugee settlement in Northern India, where she was born in 1997. Her father, Gyurmey Namgyal, and his brother had fled there on foot from Eastern Tibet to escape the Chinese Communist regime.
