Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 6-8 p.m.
Tripp Commons, Memorial Union
Join us as we celebrate the 2025 inductees to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. Each year, the inductees are celebrated at an invitation-only banquet, held this year on Tuesday, April 8 at Tripp Commons in Memorial Union, located at 800 Langdon Street, Madison, WI.
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Program and parking
A social hour will begin at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The induction ceremony for the Class of 2025 will take place following dinner.
Paid lot parking can be found across Park Street from Memorial Union underneath Helen C. White library. If this lot is full, you can find additional parking lots on Lake Street or Frances Street.
Instructions for AOA Student Inductees
Students have received a registration link in their emails to sign up for the Alpha Omega Alpha Banquet. Students will need to RSVP for themselves and their guest(s) and select the meals they would prefer.
If you are a student inductee and did not receive this link, reach out to smphevents@med.wisc.edu.
Instructions for AOA Faculty, AOA Faculty Inductees, AOA Alumni, House Staff Inductees and House Mentors
The Dean’s Office is pleased to host all invited guests.
In the spirit of our long tradition of “paying it forward” for new inductees, we invite you to make a donation to the SMPH Strategic Priorities Fund at supportuw.org/giveto/smph. When you donate to this fund, you are supporting the school’s highest priorities.
AOA Dr. David de Harter and Diane de Harter Visiting Professor
Hillary Lum, MD, PhD, is the 2025 AOA Dr. David de Harter and Diane de Harter Visiting Professor. Dr. Lum is an associate professor of medicine-geriatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, CO. She will address the 2025 inductees at the banquet and also give a public talk.
Public talk
Caring Matters: Innovative Practices to Support Family Care Partners of Persons Living with Dementia
Tuesday, April 8, from 8-9 a.m.
Alpha Omega Alpha
“Be worthy to serve the suffering.”
— William W. Root, MD, AOA Founder, 1902
Founded in 1902, today Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) has 132 chapters. As the only national honor medical society, its mission has been to recognize and enhance professionalism, academic excellence, service, and leadership within the profession of medicine.
2024 AOA Dr. David de Harter and Diane de Harter Visiting Professor
Hillary Lum, MD ’08, PhD ‘06, is the 2025 AOA Dr. David de Harter and Diane de Harter Visiting Professor. She is an associate professor of medicine-geriatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, CO. Lum completed the Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, followed by her internal medicine residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is a geriatrician and palliative medicine physician. As a researcher, she is passionate about implementing care interventions for older adults with serious illnesses, including people living with dementia and their family care partners. Clinically, she provides primary care for older adults and serves as the medical director for the CMS GUIDE dementia program. Her work includes interventions related to advance care planning, use of the patient portal and dementia support programs. Her research team seeks to actively partner with patients, family members, healthcare practitioners and community organizations.
Generous gift makes visiting professorship possible
DJ de Harter, MD, is a retired radiation oncologist and medical director who grew up in Wisconsin and earned his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 1968.
As a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society and a philanthropist, Dr. de Harter — along with his late wife Diane — decided to create the David J. and Diane L. de Harter/Alpha Omega Alpha Visiting Professorship at his alma mater.
They hope their gift will encourage other physicians and families to consider what they might do through activism or targeted giving to help the profession of medicine.
Questions about this event? Contact SMPH Signature Events at smphevents@med.wisc.edu.
Accessibility statement:
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is committed to accessibility. If you need an accommodation to attend or participate in this event, please contact the SMPH signature events team at smphevents@med.wisc.edu. We ask that accommodation requests be made no less than two weeks before an event. We will make a thorough attempt to fulfill requests made after this date but cannot guarantee they will be met.