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On the job and ready to go! Please join us in welcoming Dr. Rebecca Minter, @MinterWiscSurg, our new Chair!
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Remembering our colleague and friend, Kelsey Musgrove, MD, who was an excellent surgeon and an even better person.
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We're thrilled to see all of the interest in our #GenSurgMatch2022! In the spirit of transparency, we have the following statement to inform what to expect for recruitment season. We'll see you real soon, virtually and hopefully in-person, and On, Wisconsin!
#Match2022 #MedEd
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Congratulations to Dr. Gretchen Schwarze, who was awarded a 5-year R01 Award from @Alzheimers_NIH for her study "Best Case/Worst Case: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial of Scenario Planning for Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease."
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September is #WomenInMedicineMonth, and we're proud to celebrate our amazing women surgeons, teachers, and researchers. Thank you for all you do to move #surgery forward! #ILookLikeASurgeon
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We're so proud of the amazing female surgeons in our past and present! Learn about the history of women surgeons at UW and how current generations are moving gender equity in surgery forward: zcu.io/o2uo
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Welcome to Wisconsin, Dr. Vidrí! We are excited to have you at @WiscSurgery.
After many years and a couple of detours...
Future Complex Surgical Oncology fellow at @WiscSurgery, 2021.
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Congratulations to John Rectenwald, MD, MS, for his new appointment as Wisconsin Surgery's Vice Chair of Education! In this role, he'll be the Susan Behrens MD Surgery Education Chair, leading the Division of Education.
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Congratulations to Dr @susieQP8, 2018 recipient of the Exceptional Mentor Award of the @AMWADoctors, which celebrates exceptional mentors making an impact on the lives of students in medicine. Great work!
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Dr @CapriceGreenber recently received an NIH R01 for her surgical coaching research. Congrats to Dr Greenberg and the @WiSOR_group on this great accomplishment! zurl.co/zxWJ
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We are so proud to welcome @WiscSurg Dr. Rebecca Minter as our next Chair, starting Jan 2018! Read more: bit.ly/2x8gZWg
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We're having a great time hosting crocheting phenomenon Jonah Larson today to explore a career in surgery. In news coverage of his talents, Jonah mentioned wanting to be a surgeon, so we're nurturing that interest with a day of learning about surgery! #hookedonsurgery
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Amy Fiedler, MD, has been chosen for the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program. Based on her work to improve the social good, she was selected for plans to develop the first surgical unit in Rwanda to address rheumatic heart disease. zurl.co/tBWh #PLScholars
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Excited to bring in the new year by introducing our new Chair, @MinterWiscSurg! Learn more about her vision and accomplishments: bit.ly/2zMUA1f
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Never underestimate the power of a hashtag to bring women in #surgery together. 2 viral movements, started by Drs. @LoggheMD + @susieQP8 on Twitter, honor women surgeons + examine the challenges they face. More on our podcast: zurl.co/agK69 #ILookLikeASurgeon
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Join us in welcoming Drs. @benzarzaur and Stephanie Savage to our Dept as leaders in our Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery: zurl.co/5QFS
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Brigitte Smith, MD, MHPE, (@Brig13Smith1) returns to Wisconsin Surgery as an Associate Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery and as our Vice Chair of Education. She completed medical school at @uwsmph and her vascular surgery residency with us. Welcome back, Dr. Smith!
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Meet our new residents! We're so glad to welcome you to Wisconsin Surgery!
See comments below for more...
#MatchDay2021 #Match2021 #WhyWiscSurgery #OnWisconsin #MedEd #SurgEd
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Congrats to @AngieIngrahamMD on being selected as a member of the Future Trauma Leader Program, organized by @AmCollSurgeons Committee on Trauma!
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Congratulations to Dr. Luke Funk and Dr @susieQP8 who were both recently appointed leadership positions in the @AcademicSurgery! We're excited for you both and the future of #surgery and #leadership in medicine.
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Congratulations to Wisconsin Surgery's @lmfunk2 on his election to @AcademicSurgery Treasurer!
#WhyWiscSurgery #OnWisconsin #MedTwitter #SurgTwitter #MovingSurgeryForward #ASC2022
It was a big week at #ASC2022 for our @AnnalsOpen editorial team! Congratulations on your leadership positions!
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Dr, Gretchen Schwarze who was awarded a 1-year R56 Award from the National Institute on Aging for her study, “A Randomized-Clinical Trial of a Communication Tool to Improve Access to Palliative Care for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease.” Congrats, Dr. Schwarze!
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Congrats to Dr. Gretchen Schwarze on being awarded the Morgridge Professorship in Vascular Surgery! zurl.co/T04o
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Congratulations to Dr. John Rectenwald for being named the Chair of the Division of Vascular Surgery! Dr. Rectenwald has been a Vascular Surgery professor at UW-Madison since 2018. Read more here: surgery.wisc.edu/2024/02/20/…
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Congrats to Dr @rebecca_sippel and Dr @LeeWilke on being inducted into the American Surgical Association!
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Congratulations to @mehreenkisat, who recently received a five-year, ~$1 million grant from @NIGMS! Dr. Kisat's research focuses on better identifying and treating sepsis in trauma patients.
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This past September, Dr. Eugene "Chip" Foley retired after an impactful career at Wisconsin Surgery. Now, his legacy will live on through the Chip Foley Fund to sponsor an annual grand rounds visiting professorship!
Thanks, Chip, & On, Wisconsin! surgery.wisc.edu/2021/12/06/…
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A feat so rare, it's like seeing a unicorn! 🦄
Congratulations to Dr. Susan Thibeault on her momentous achievement: a PERFECT score on her grant application with the @NIH!
#WhyWiscSurgery #research #surged
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We are so excited to announce our new residents! Welcome to the Badger family, future surgeons! #MatchDay2020 Meet the new residents: zurl.co/uFow
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Congratulations to all of our General Surgery interns! We can't wait to welcome you! #matchday22
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Congratulations to Devashish Joshi, MD, a third-year general surgery resident, who was awarded a $75,000 fellowship from the National Cancer Institute to study a form of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma.
Learn more: surgery.wisc.edu/2023/10/02/…
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Welcome to our new vascular surgery resident, soon-to-be Dr. Kate Telma! #Match2023 #WhyWiscSurgery #OnWisconsin
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For the 18th year in a row, Wisconsin Surgery is among the top academic surgery departments in the country for National Institutes of Health funding! Congratulations to all of our Badgers as they continue moving surgery forward in research!
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Emily Winslow, MD, MS, (@EmilyWinslow4) returns to UW as a Professor in Acute Care and Regional General Surgery. She earned her MS in Clinical Investigation through @UWITCR and was an Asst. Professor and Assoc. Professor in General Surgery from 2009-19. Welcome back, Dr. Winslow!
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Alum Dr Matt Koopmann couldn't make alumni dinner, so we're sending Badger cheer to him! He's returning from service in Afghanistan w/@USArmyReserve as gen and vasc #surgeon. Now he can rep @UWMadison wherever he serves w/ Badger scrub cap. Thx for your service, Dr Koopmann!
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"The embodiment of everything I hope to be in my professional career. She is kind, respectful, and dedicated to providing the best care possible" -#medstudent on Dr @Eliselawson. Major kudos Dr. Lawson!
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Congratulations to Dr. Gretchen Schwarze, Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery, for receiving a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation (@macyfoundation). Read more: go.wisc.edu/42v52z
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#DayoftheGirl shoutout to the girls who grew up to be rock star #surgeons, #researchers, #teachers in our dept! #ILookLikeaSurgeon
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Happy #NationalDoctorsDay! Thank you to our staff, alumni, and colleagues for your contributions to patients, communities, and research. We're proud to partner with you!
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Welcome to our new general #surgery residents! We're so glad to have you join the team. On Wisconsin! #MatchDay2018 @WisconsinHernia
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Congratulations to @WiscMIS' Dr. Luke Funk for his @DeptVetAffairs grant for his study, "Teaching Obesity Treatment Options to Adult Learners (TOTAL): A Multi-site RCT!"
ALT A picture of Dr. Luke Funk, wearing a navy suit jacket, white shirt, and red tie, smiling at the camera.
ALT The logo of the Department of Veterans Affairs of the USA, featuring an eagle holding two US flags.
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Congratulations to Dr. Luke Funk, who was selected to serve as one of three Associate Editors for a new open-access journal, The Annals of Surgery - Open: Perspectives of Surgical History, Education, and Clinical Approaches.
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Congrats to Dr John Rectenwald on winning 2019 Philip J. Wolfson Outstanding Teacher Award from @Surg_Education! zurl.co/vfs7
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Happy National Women Physicians Day to our extraordinary women surgeons! #iamblackwell #nwpd #womendocsinspire #ilooklikeasurgeon
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Thank you to our lab residents for presenting at the Wisconsin Surgical Society meeting this past weekend! And a special shoutout to Dr. Johnson, who won best oral abstract presentation! 🎊🥼
#whywiscsurgery #Match2022 #gensurgmatch2022 #academicsurgery #research #WomeninSTEM
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Celebrating the anniversary of Dr @susieQP8 #NYerORCoverChallenge today! Proud of all our women surgeons. #ILookLikeASurgeon
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Learn about new Wisconsin Surgery faculty member Dr. Jacqueline Garonzik Wang's work on organ #transplantation and #COVID19 ➡️ news.wisc.edu/new-faculty-fo… via @uwmadison
@jgaronzikwang @uwsmph #SurgeryResearch #AcademicSurgery #MedTwitter #SoMe4Surgery #WhyWiscSurgery
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Dr. Gretchen Schwarze awarded Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award for her excellence in teaching & research. Congrats Dr. Schwarze!
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Congrats to @AngGibson01, Co-PI on project selected for UW2020 award! Dr. Gibson and colleagues in Dept of Materials Science and Engineering & @UWiscRadiology will study using electrical simulation for enhanced wound healing.
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We are thrilled to welcome Dana Hayden, MD, MPH, as our new Chair of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery! A longtime Chicagoan, Dr. Hayden joins us following many years at @RushMedical/@RushSurgery.
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Congrats to Drs. Catharine Garland and @AngGibson01, who were accepted into @AAMCtoday's 2020 Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar.
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Congratulations to Dr. Ann O'Rourke, who was selected by 4th year medical students to receive the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association's Clinical Science Teaching Award!
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Congrats to @FiedlerAmy who received a @CTSurgeryFdn International Medical Volunteer Scholarship to support her work with Team Heart in Rwanda. #globalsurgery
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Congratulations to Dr. Syed Nabeel Zafar (@NabeelZafarMD) of the Division of Surgical Oncology who received a $120,000 grant from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment to support the work he is doing in Sub-Saharan Africa.
To read more: surgery.wisc.edu/2023/09/27/…
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Congratulations to @AngGibson01 and her team on their recent grant from @NIGMS! Totaling over $1 million, their investigation into identifying dead tissue will aim to eventually decrease excessive surgeries for burn injury patients!
#WhyWiscSurgery
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We are excited for Jackie Murtha (@jmurtha5) to join us as our new Surgical Oncology Fellow starting in the summer of 2025!
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Proud to host visiting surgeons and healthcare leaders from Zambia + Ethiopia this week to discuss ongoing surgical collaboration w/Hawassa University!
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Victoria Rendell, MD, returns to Wisconsin Surgery as an Asst. Professor in @WiscMIS. Dr. Rendell was a research fellow and general surgery resident at @uwsmph from 2015-22. She recently completed a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at @PennStHershey. Welcome, Dr. Rendell!
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Tx fellow @joeladler got a med student shout-out for his teaching: "Possibly one of the kindest physicians I’ve met. Always made us feel like our work on the team mattered." Great job Dr. Adler!
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In 2015, Dr @LoggheMD launched #ILookLikeASurgeon, a worldwide movement sparking conversation about women in #surgery. Listen to our interview on the latest episode of The Surgery Sett: zurl.co/VadnK
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Congratulations to @jerectenwaldmd, who has been selected to join the American Surgical Association. Members are selected for their academic achievements and leadership in the field of surgery.
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We are thrilled for Riccardo and Vanessa to join the UW Transplant Family in the summer of 2025!
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Congratulations to @ronnekleivkelly, @pcarney24, @pbscwar, and the rest of their team for their recent grant totaling over $500,000! Their work hopes to identify potential ground-breaking treatments for a deadly form of liver cancer, FLC. #WhyWiscSurgery
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Congratulations to Vascular's own @GretchenSchwa10 for an amazing weekend in Birmingham with @UABSurgery! Keep your eyes peeled for the next Champ Lyons Lectureship in Surgical Ethics: uab.edu/medicine/surgery/new…
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Congratulations to Dr. Mehreen Kisat (@mehreenkisat) of the Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery for receiving the George H.A. Clowes Jr., MD, FACS, Memorial Research Career Development Award from @AmCollSurgeons.
Read more: surgery.wisc.edu/2023/11/29/…
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We are thrilled to bring back our Match Pledges for all four divisions this #matchday! Applicants: TOMORROW we will be offering interview slots for our general surgery residency. We’ll see some of you real soon, and as always, #OnWisconsin! #WhyWiscSurgery
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Happening today at ACS! Wisconsin Surgery's @CapriceGreenber gives the Jonasson lecture, encouraging surgeons to leverage technology disruptions of the pandemic for professional growth. #MedTwitter #MedEd acsccnews.org/jonasson-lectu…
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Happy #WomenInScience Day! We're lucky to have so many talented and inspiring women scientists on our Wisconsin Surgery team, including our Chair, @MinterWiscSurg !
#WhyWiscSurgery #SurgTwitter #Match2021
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Congrats to @gttefera for receiving a @UWGlobalHealth grant for simulation training for trauma and emergency care in Ethiopia! zurl.co/YJKj
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Ana De Roo, MD, MSc, joins us as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Dr. De Roo recently finished a fellowship in colorectal surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Welcome, Dr. De Roo!
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Congrats to Dr @gttefera & Molly Vaux on their UW-Madison Global Health Institute Seed Grant for "Accident, Disaster, and Emergency Care Action in Hawassa, Ethiopia."
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Congratulations to Dr. Luke Funk (@lmfunk2) of @WiscMIS for being accepted into the Society of Clinical Surgery! The Society of Clinical Surgery is one of the most prestigious surgical honor societies in the country.
Read more: surgery.wisc.edu/2023/12/07/…
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Kelly Collins, MD, is an Assoc. Prof. in transplant & is @UW_Health's Surgical Director for the kidney and liver pediatric transplant programs. Dr. Collins comes to us from @HenryFordHealth/@ChildrensDMC, but started her career here as an undergrad! Welcome back, Dr. Collins!
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General surgery resident Dr. Elle Kalbfell was accepted into the Surgical Ethics Fellowship at the MacLean Center, supported by a scholarship from @AmCollSurgeons. Congrats, Dr. Kalbfell!
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Congrats to @LeeWilke, who has been named Associate Director of Clinical Research at the @UWCarbone.
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Congrats to Dr. Jacob Greenberg, who was selected to serve on the Board of Governors for @SAGES_Updates! @WisconsinHernia
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Two of our Wisconsin Surgery members ended the school year on a high note, receiving teaching awards!
Shoutout to @DawnEmick and Dr. James Barrett, who won a Dean's Teaching Award and Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, respectively: surgery.wisc.edu/2023/06/07/…
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Hey everyone! I’m Toria (@ToriaRendell), one of the general surgery chief residents here at UW-Madison, and I’m taking over this twitter today to tell you all how unbelievably awesome this program is! Follow along for my #WhyWiscSurgery!
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Dr. Zafar has made so many waves since he joined us just over two years ago, and we're proud to see him acknowledged for all his hard work! Congratulations!
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Congratulations to @NabeelZafarMD on being awarded the SAAS Early Career Development Award! @WiscSurgery
This grant supports the attendance of the @AcademicSurgery and @UnivSurg Mid-Career Surgical Investigators' Course.
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Congratulations to Assistant Professor David Harris for his recent pilot award from UW's Institute for Clinical & Translational Research! Dr. Harris will be studying the effects of bariatric surgery on Alzheimer's Disease.
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Congratulations to Dr. Amber Shada, Associate Professor in @WiscMIS, and Dr. Gretchen Schwarze, Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery, for receiving a CESERT Platinum Award from the Association for Surgical Education Foundation. Read more: go.wisc.edu/11p87l
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Congratulations to Dr. Kristin Long, Associate Professor in the Division of @UWEndoSurg, for being selected as the Society of University Surgeons Global Surgery Scholar Award winner! Read more: go.wisc.edu/o62ly7
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Dr @susieQP8's research on surgery decisions + patient preferences recently covered in @AmCollSurgeons newsletter: bit.ly/2gXpoct
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In case you need another reason to consider Wisconsin Surgery for residency, fellowship, or employment...
#WhyWiscSurgery #MedTwitter #MedEd #Match2021
Wisconsin autumn is truly unbe-leaf-able🍂
Photos by @ChrisReeceWX
ALT trail completely covered in leaves
ALT colorful trees alongside a lake
ALT red, orange and yellow leaves on trees along a trail
ALT changing leaves on trees along a road
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Today, we celebrate all of the hundreds of women moving science forward at Wisconsin Surgery, in addition to the women at @UWMadison and across the world!
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We're proud to announce that we moved up three spots from last year in the Blue Ridge @NIH research funding rankings to #8! Thanks and congratulations to all our dedicated research professionals!
Read more: go.wisc.edu/3i1q2j
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We're proud of our talented and hard-working women surgeons, who, along with many other great women leaders, help Madison rank #1 for most successful women per capita! 👩⚕️bit.ly/2vyzJiH
So fantastic to see Madison as #1 on this list from Forbes - These 10 U.S. Cities Have The Most Successful Women Per Capita @WiscSurgery
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It's time to give a big Wisconsin welcome to our new residents! Read our thread to see everyone joining us, and have a happy #MatchDay2022 🥼🏥😍👐
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Join us in welcoming Darren Gordon, PhD, as a part of the Underrepresented in Surgery Visiting Elective Program! Dr. Gordon comes to us from @UToledoMed, completing a rotation in @WiscPlasticSurg. Thank you for visiting us, Dr. Gordon!
#WhyWiscSurgery #MedicalTwitter
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We're excited to welcome Jonah Larson and family today to explore all things surgery. Jonah's interested in a career in surgery, and we can't wait to help nurture that interest with a fun day of learning! Let's help get him #hookedonsurgery!
"I see crochet as a positive way to bring the world together."
Meet Jonah Larson, the 11-year-old self-taught crochet prodigy who's using his craft to give back.
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Congrats to @Eliselawson for her @AmericanCancer grant for her rectal cancer outcomes research!
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We're so proud to share that 11 Wisconsin Surgery faculty earned promotions this year! We thank them for their tireless dedication to moving surgery forward through excellent clinical care, innovative research, and education. Congratulations!
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