Honoring Professor Pettersen
Five mornings per week for 35 years, James C. “Jim” Pettersen, PhD, professor emeritus of anatomy at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), introduced first-year medical students to the study of the human body in Gross Anatomy, one of the foundational and most-remembered courses in the study of medicine and human health. What kind of teacher was he?
Gonzalez Pays It Forward
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).
Family of Badgers Creates Scholarship
With nine University of Wisconsin–Madison degrees in their family, Linda and Thomas Kloosterboer, MD ’82 (PG ’86), are grateful for their education and that of their adult children, who earned undergraduate degrees as Badgers.
Scholarship Donors Help Support Future Physicians
Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association matching funds helped create 32 new scholarships and enhance 16 existing scholarships.
Karges Family Psychiatry Scholarship Encourages Mental Health Trainees
Steve and Lynn Karges understand firsthand the importance of a community having quality psychiatric providers. Scholarship recipient Raizman Velasquez, MD, aims to expand quality care to the Latinx community.
Wisconsin’s Mary Lasker a Driving Force Behind National Cancer Act
Lasker is widely credited as one of the driving forces behind the National Cancer Act.
Grateful Transplant Recipient Pleasant T. Rowland Gives Back to UW
A $10 million gift will support creation of the Pleasant T. Rowland Transplant Clinic, which will be located near the main entrance of University Hospital.
The Ride Inspires Participants and Powers Innovative Cancer Research
The Ride attracted more than 850 registrants in 2020, a remarkable accomplishment in a year when many events had to cancel completely.
Ann Palmenberg Gives Back After Surviving Cancer
Ann Palmenberg has generously supported UW Carbone Cancer Center after surviving Stage 4 T-cell lymphoma.
Juliane Lee Establishes Scholarship to Honor Parents and Former Faculty Member
Named in memory of her parents, Kiuck Lee, PhD, and OkSoon Lee, MD, and in honor of Stuart Knechtle, MD, a liver transplant surgeon and former member of the school faculty, Lee says the scholarship is simply her way of “paying it forward.”
Professorship Bolsters Next Generation of Surgeons
"Someday, these young surgeons may be taking care of us, and we all want great people taking care of us," says Bruce A. Harms, MD, MBA, about the need to support excellence in research, education and patient care in the field of surgery, and particularly colorectal surgery. To that end, he and his wife, Judith, have established a professorship in colorectal surgery.