Emeritus Faculty Awards
The University of Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association Emeritus Faculty Award recognizes outstanding service to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. It is offered to an emeritus faculty member who has exhibited exceptional commitment to the school over a period of years.
2011 Emeritus Faculty Award Recipient - Clinical Sciences
This award is given to a clinical scientist who demonstrated long and effective service to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health in teaching and/or research or noteworthy administration, including program development.
Charles M. Strother, MD
Dr. Strother, professor emeritus of radiology, has had an illustrious career dedicated to research and clinical service. During his 29 years at Wisconsin, he has been credited with key developments in the endovascular diagnosis and treatment of neurovascular diseases. He was a member of the team that created digital subtraction angiography, now the gold standard in cardiac and blood vessel imaging.
He continues to work on research that identifies characteristics of aneurysms that may be useful in predicting the risk of rupture, and developing better and more durable devices for use in endovascular treatment of aneurysms and ischemic stroke. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, books and other publications related to neuroradiology.
Dr. Strother earned his medical degree at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Following his internship in medicine at UW, he completed residencies in neurology and diagnostic radiology at Stanford and neuroradiology fellowships at Stanford and University of California, San Francisco.
2011 Emeritus Faculty Award Recipient - Basic Sciences
This award is given to a basic scientist who demonstrates long and effective service to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health in teaching and/or research or noteworthy administration, including program development.
Edward Schultz, PhD
Over 32 years, Dr. Schulz, professor emeritus of anatomy, has had a distinguished record of leadership in teaching, research and administrative service. In addition to his very popular gross human anatomy course for medical students, he taught anatomy classes for nursing, physician assistant and kinesiology students.
Students consistently rated his teaching as excellent, and his teaching colleagues considered him among the best.
Dr. Schulz is also a respected muscle biologist. During his active research period, he made several important discoveries about the role of satellite cells - the adult stem cells of skeletal muscle - during muscle regeneration and growth. His work paved the way for studies on myoblast implant therapy.
Dr. Schultz has served on numerous committees, including the school's Admissions Committee and Education Policy Council, and the university's Hilldale and Honorary Degree Committees. Nationally, he has served on committees ranging from the National Science Foundation to Paralyzed Veterans of America.
He earned his PhD at Temple University.