Jenna Sebranek meets with the parents of a baby she delivered in an exam room
Feature Story
August 2, 2024 VOL 26 NO 2

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.

Transplant recipient Lucy Sughroue smiles while flexing her muscles and holding a stuffed toy
Feature Story
August 2, 2024 VOL 26 NO 2

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.

Peggy Scallon
Profile
August 2, 2024 VOL 26 NO 2

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.

Janmesh Patel and Lee Tyne
Impactful Giving
August 2, 2024 VOL 26 NO 2

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).

Ophthalmologists Joshua Vrabec, Lucy Young, and Nikhil Wagle
Class Notes
August 2, 2024 VOL 26 NO 2

Class Notes & Alumni Updates From Ophthalmologists

Ralph Hawley
In Memoriam
August 2, 2024 VOL 26 NO 2

In Memoriam: Ralph A. Hawley, Gloria Sarto, V. Craig Jordan, John E. Showalter