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  Emergency medicine fellows’ future career plans, Class of 2025

  Eight physicians graduate from their emergency medicine fellowships at the University of Wisconsin this week. Take a look at where they're headed to next...

  June 13, 2025
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  Clinical study tests AI-guided ultrasound to detect deep vein thrombosis

  The technology being tested in the multi-site, double-blind study uses real-time AI guidance with handheld ultrasound and a software data...

  June 11, 2025
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  What’s next for the Residency Class of 2025 after graduation

  Thirteen emergency medicine residents are heading to seven states upon completing their graduate medical education training at the UW...

  June 10, 2025
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  UW Health honors emergency medicine faculty with 2025 Physician Excellence Awards

  Dr. Allie Hurst and Dr. Brian Patterson were recognized for their contributions and leadership to clinical practice at UW Health...

  May 28, 2025
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  New Faculty Q&A: Dr. Nicholas Genthe

  Q&A with Nicholas Genthe, MD (he/him), assistant professor of emergency medicine with a focus in addiction medicine...

  May 22, 2025
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  New Faculty Q&A: Dr. Emmy Hakes

  Q&A with Emmy Hakes, MD (she/her), assistant professor of emergency medicine with a focus in addiction medicine...

  May 21, 2025
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  David Tillman recognized by UW SMPH students for excellence in clinical teaching

  Dr. Tillman was awarded the 2025 Clinical Science Teaching Award for Madison, which is chosen by fourth-year medical students...

  May 19, 2025
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  Exploring Pediatric EMS with Dr. Michael Kim

  Dr. Kim has spent nearly two decades strengthening pediatric EMS across Wisconsin, ensuring first responders are ready to care for the youngest patients...

  May 18, 2025
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  Antibiotics still overprescribed for COVID-19 and viral respiratory infections in U.S. hospitals, study finds

  Published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, the study authors stress that judicious prescribing remains essential as antibiotic resistance grows...

  May 16, 2025
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  Benjamin Schnapp named Residency Program Director

  Dr. Schnapp brings extensive leadership experience and a deep commitment to medical education to the role, which he formally begins in July...

  May 11, 2025
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  Exploring Emergency Medicine with Dr. Corlin Jewell

  For Dr. Jewell, emergency medicine offers an ideal blend of adrenaline, teamwork and purpose. Driven by his passion for shaping the next generation of...

  May 2, 2025
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  Exploring Emergency Medicine with Dr. Adam Nicholson

  According to Dr. Nicholson, an assistant professor, “Emergency Medicine is the most exciting 15 minutes of any specialty." He finds inspiration in being part...

  April 29, 2025
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  Flight physicians reflect on 40 years of UW Health Med Flight

  Forty years ago, UW Health Med Flight answered its very first call — a flight to Adams-Friendship on April 23, 1985, that would set the tone for decades...

  April 28, 2025
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  Disrupting the status quo: How the Emergency Care Systems Lab is redesigning emergency care

  A new research and innovation hub is dedicated to making emergency care safer, smarter and more efficient by addressing major challenges in modern emergency...

  April 14, 2025
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  Department of Emergency Medicine receives Orion Initiative grant to improve rural emergency care for children

  The Wisconsin STARS (Simulation Training to Advance Rural Services) for Children Program provides EMS training tailored to local communities...

  April 11, 2025
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  New harm reduction vending machine placed outside BerbeeWalsh Emergency Department

  Stocked with free supplies like naloxone, the machines aim to lower barriers to life-saving care by placing resources directly where they’re most needed.

  April 9, 2025
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  Department of Emergency Medicine joins national Match Day celebration, welcomes Residency Class of 2028

  The Department of Emergency Medicine welcomes 13 medical students into its residency program for the next academic year...

  March 21, 2025
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  Emergency medicine chief residents announced for 2025-26 academic year

  Congratulations to Megan Barthels, Mitchell Butterbaugh, and Gregory Raupp, current PGY-2 residents who were named as chief residents for their third year....

  March 17, 2025
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  UW Goes Global: Resident Brandon Pagni reflects on elective experience with Navajo Area Indian Health Service

  Third-year resident Dr. Brandon Pagni spent four weeks working at the emergency department at the Gallup Indian Medical Center...

  February 24, 2025
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  Ten lifesaving years — BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine celebrates a milestone

  The department marks a decade of outstanding patient care, education, and research as an academic department at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health...

  February 12, 2025
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  Azita Hamedani to depart UW–Madison after 18 years of transformative leadership

  The tenured professor and founding chair of emergency medicine will assume a senior leadership role at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

  January 16, 2025
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  Exploring Emergency Medicine with Dr. Joshua Gauger

  Dr. Gauger always wanted to be a doctor, but it wasn't until his first emergency department rotation during medical school that he knew he had truly found his passion...

  January 7, 2025
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