The Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR) West Wedge addition was completed in the fall of 2019, adding two floors above the existing single-story structure that houses the Surgical Pathology and Autopsy services on the …
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General Department of Pathology news postings.
Department welcomes two new faculty – Megan Fitzpatrick, MD, and Jeffrey Helgager, MD, PhD
Megan B. Fitzpatrick, MD – Dr. Fitzpatrick received her MD degree from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, NM. She then complete AP and CP residency training and a surgical pathology …
Dave O’Connor and Tom Friedrich catalyze a collective of scientists to work together to speed up COVID-19 research
Science magazine features their Slack workspace as an example of how communication between researchers is changing in the face of the fast-moving health crises such as COVID-19. Read the full story here.
Pathology Professor David O’Connor and other UW researchers start planning efforts to study the novel coronavirus
David O’Connor, a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and other UW researchers have started planning efforts to study the novel …
Xiaofei Zhang, MD, PhD, named 2019 Ride Scholar!
Dr. Xiaofei Zhang, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, was awarded The Ride Scholarship on January 18, 2020 at …
Welcome to Kathryn Swartz, Rakesh Sarda and Jennifer Xiao who join the department as new faculty!
Drs. Swartz, Sarda and Xiao join the department as part of Meriter Pathology Integration, effective Jan. 1, 2020. All three are former Chief Residents of our Department and we are happy to welcome them back! …
Daniel F. I. Kurtycz was inaugurated as the 68th President of the American Society of Cytopathology in November.
Daniel F. I. Kurtycz, MD, Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) was inaugurated as the 68 th President of the …
Resident Kelly Olson Awarded CAP Advanced Training Grant in Translational Diagnostics
Congratulations to Pathology Resident Kelly Olson on being awarded a College of American Pathologists (CAP) Advanced Training Grant in Translational Diagnostics. For this nationally competitive award, she will be traveling to Ventana Medical Systems in …
Eric Destrampe, John Weiss and Collaborators Receive Top Award for Trainees at AABB Annual Meeting
Congratulations to former transfusion medicine fellow, Eric Destrampe, and Pathology faculty, John Weiss, who along with their co-authors, were chosen to receive the Outstanding Abstract Award for Fellow/Post-doctoral Trainees at the 2019 American Association of …
Dr. Erin Brooks receives Outstanding Service Award from NAME
Congratulations to Erin Brooks, MD, who received an Outstanding Service Award from the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) during the organization’s October 2019 annual meeting. Dr. Brooks has served as Chair of the NAME …