Department of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
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Tosha Wetterneck Inaugurated as Wisconsin Medical Society President
Tosha B. Wetterneck, MD, MS, FACP, of Madison was inaugurated as the 161st President of the Wisconsin Medical Society during the Society's Annual Meeting at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center on April 20.
Emergency Director of the Year - Dr Azita Hamedani
Dr. Azita Hamedani was selected as the National Outstanding Emergency Department Director of the Year. This award is given by the American College of Emergency Physicians, Blue Jay Consulting, and the Emergency Medicine Foundation. Dr. Hamedani was presented with her award at the ACEP Emergency Directors Academy on Monday, April 30, 2012 in Dallas, Texas.
Simulation (Front and) Center - Dr Joshua Ross
Healthcare Design Magazine
"Before the center opened I would have to try to find an open patient care room in the hospital-increasingly difficult-and then move all the equipment, set up, and breakdown by myself," says Director of Simulation for the Department of Pediatrics and the Division of Emergency Medicine, Joshua C. Ross, MD, FAAP.
Focus On Health: Shared Medical Appointments, Benefits - Dr Micah Chan
WMSN - Madison, WI
"Patients actually open up more in a group setting than one-on-one with me and that's something I didn't expect and we've seen that right from the start," said Micah Chan, MD, Nephrologist and founder of the Home Dialysis SMA at UW Health.
Video: Doctors Dispel Colonoscopy Myths - Dr Mark Benson
WISC - Madison, WI
Too few people have colonoscopies, and without the test, may die of colon cancer. UW doctors know it's not an easy subject, so they're helping outline some colonoscopy myths, with the hope that more people will schedule the test. David Douglas reports.