Please join us in welcoming Justin Rodriguez to Wisconsin Surgery as a part of the Underrepresented in Medicine Visiting Student Scholarship Program! Justin is a medical student at University of Michigan Medical School. He is rotating with the Division of Vascular Surgery through the end of August.

Congratulations to Dr. Angela Gibson for receiving a three-year, $600,000 Collaborative Health Science Program award from Wisconsin Partnership Program. She will conduct this study with her co-PI in UW-Madison Department of Medical Physics, Dr. Brian Pogue, and research scientist, Dr. Aiping Liu. go.wisc.edu/cow445

On Nov. 1, 1973, Dr. Donald R. Kahn performed open-heart surgery on Gary R. Weisman, a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry. Fifty years later, Weisman's heart repair continues to be a success. #WiscSurgery100 Read more: go.wisc.edu/28p80a

Congratulations to Dr. Sean Ronnekleiv-Kelly, Associate Professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, for receiving a two-year, $276,000 grant from the Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation (Fibrolamellar Cancer). Read more: go.wisc.edu/6mf520

Today is National Surgical Oncologist Day! Our surgical oncology faculty are nationally recognized leaders, and through innovative research projects, state of the art patient care, and excellent surgical education programs, they move cancer surgery forward.

Congratulations to Dr. Amber Shada (Amber Shada), Associate Professor in UW Minimally Invasive Surgery, for receiving the SSAT Visiting Grand Round Professorship from The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT). Read more: go.wisc.edu/6d2xu5

Recently, UW Health shared a story about Kayla Love, a 39 year old who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer that spread to her liver. Kayla reached out to Dr. David Al-Adra, a transplant surgeon, about treating her cancer with a living liver transplant. go.wisc.edu/170433

Join us next Tuesday, Sept. 3 from 6-7pm CT for our general surgery residency virtual Meet and Greet! Come hear why our general surgery residents chose Wisconsin. Register: go.wisc.edu/3kunrn Future Gen Surg Residents #GenSurgMatch2025

Congratulations to Dr. Tiffany Glazer (Tiffany A. Glazer, M.D.), Associate Professor in Wisconsin Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, for having her article titled "Providing a Safe Pregnancy Experience for Surgeons: A Review" published in JAMA Surgery. Read more: go.wisc.edu/6q0x66

Congratulations to Dr. Alyssa Wiener, general surgery resident, on being inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society! Photos courtesy of SMPH Media Solutions.

Wishing you all a safe and happy Labor Day!

Every month, our faculty and staff engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications. We are highlighting several of these publications in our monthly Research Roundup series. See the July edition: go.wisc.edu/fja3fo

Wishing everyone a great start to the fall semester!

Congratulations to Dr. Brigitte Smith (Brigitte K. Smith, MD, MHPE), Associate Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery and Vice Chair of Education, for receiving a two-year, $70,000 grant from the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). Read more: go.wisc.edu/s5gw7n

Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Minter (Rebecca Minter), A.R. Curreri Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery, for being elected as the vice chair of the American Board of Surgery (American Board of Surgery) for the 2024-25 term. Read more: go.wisc.edu/w1k343