Jeffrey Menn Receives Max Fox Preceptor Award

Madison, Wisconsin - Dr. Jeffrey Menn, a popular pediatrician at the Hirsch Clinic in Viroqua, Wisconsin, was honored on June 2, 2011, when officials from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) presented him the Max Fox Preceptor Award.

The Max Fox Preceptor award is given annually to an outstanding preceptor whose effective service as a mentor and teacher has guided UW medical graduates. Some 50 physicians across the Badger State volunteer in the preceptorship program.

Menn has been a preceptor to School of Medicine and Public Health students for 31 years, welcoming them into his practice to shadow him and learn as he cares for his patients. In the past 11 years alone, he has served as preceptor to 68 medical students.

Menn has many Amish patients, and often makes house calls when a horse and buggy make it difficult for patients to get to him.

Medical students greatly appreciate their experiences with Menn.

Wrote one student in an evaluation: "I enjoyed spending time in different clinics and getting a taste of what health care in Viroqua had to offer - alternative medicine, psychiatry, rural medicine for the Amish - including house calls. This was really a terrific experience. It was the perfect length, everyone was flexible about allowing me to tailor my own experience, and the community was very welcoming, plus I saw a lot of variety."

Menn earned his MD from the UW School of Medicine and Public Health in 1974. He completed his residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and a fellowship at Milwaukee Children's Hospital. He has been with the Hirsch Clinic since 1977 and was a part-time emergency physician at UW Hospital and Clinics from 1977 to 2006.

Much beloved in Viroqua, he was named Physician Citizen of the Year in 2006.

The Max Fox Preceptor Award was created by Dr. Herman Shapiro in 1969, to honor his preceptor, Dr. Max Fox. During his 46 years of practicing medicine, Fox greatly influenced the careers of some 4,000 physicians.