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Surgeons Less Likely to End Life Support if Surgical Mistakes Occurred
Madison, Wisconsin - Surgeons who believe their technical error harmed a patient are much less likely to honor that patient's request to withdraw life-supporting therapy than if the patient's complications were not clearly the result of a surgical mi...
5/16/2012 | Surgeons Less Likely to End Life Support if Surgical Mistakes Occurred
Mitman Receives Welch Medal for 'Breathing Space'
Gregg Mitman, Nelson Institute interim director and Vilas Research and William Coleman Professor of History of Science, Medical History and Environmental Studies, has been awarded the William H. Welch Medal for his book Breathing Space: How Allergies...
5/15/2012 | Mitman Receives Welch Medal for 'Breathing Space'
Family Medicine Faculty Recognized for Notable Achievements
Several faculty members from the Department of Family Medicine in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health recently earned awards and have made notable achievements in education and patient care. David Deci, MD, director,...
5/14/2012 | Family Medicine Faculty Recognized for Notable Achievements
Josh Coon Wins Klaus Biemann Medal for Mass Spectrometry Research
Madison, Wisconsin - Josh Coon's work has weight. It's right there in the name: mass spectrometry. It's there in the results, too, enabling science by giving researchers an ever-sharper understanding of the molecules that make up living things.&...
5/11/2012 | Josh Coon Wins Klaus Biemann Medal for Mass Spectrometry Research
Medical Isotope Project Receives $20.6 Million in Federal Funding
Madison, Wisconsin - The Morgridge Institute for Research has received a $20.6 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration to support development of a new process and manufacturing plant for a medical i...
5/11/2012 | Medical Isotope Project Receives $20.6 Million in Federal Funding
Medical Student Colby Cantu Earns Cancer Research Award
Colby Cantu, a student in the MD Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, has earned a Medical Student Rotation Award from the Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Cantu will...
5/10/2012 | Medical Student Colby Cantu Earns Cancer Research Award
Experiments by Manucher Javid, Paul Settlage Made Modern Neurosurgery Possible
Madison, Wisconsin - Neurosurgeons operating on the brain 50 years ago often confronted a serious problem: "fungus cerebri," a condition in which pressure forces the brain to mushroom out of a hole in the skull. But two University of Wisco...
5/09/2012 | Experiments by Manucher Javid, Paul Settlage Made Modern Neurosurgery Possible
Three from SMPH Named to Wisconsin Medical Society Leadership Positions
Madison - The Wisconsin Medical Society's House of Delegates confirmed the elections of the following Madison-area physicians and medical student to leadership positions at its Annual Meeting April 20-21. Those elected from the University of Wis...
5/02/2012 | Three from SMPH Named to Wisconsin Medical Society Leadership Positions
