Quarterly is published four times a year by the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association and UW School of Medicine and Public Health and includes news, alumni profiles, student-life stories, class notes and more.
Cover story
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences turned 50 in 2020, celebrating half a century of innovations in curing and mitigating blinding diseases.
More feature stories
The future of transplantation is here and it is amazing!
The UW Health Transplant Center is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in the nation. In 2020, a record 548 patients received transplants, even though the COVID-19 pandemic forced University Hospital to shut down its Transplant Center for several weeks.
Grateful transplant recipient Pleasant T. Rowland gives back to UW
A $10 million gift will support creation of the Pleasant T. Rowland Transplant Clinic, which will be located near the main entrance of University Hospital.
Elaine Alarid nurtures the next generation of mentors
From her earliest days as a budding scientist, Alarid says she’s always had someone in her corner, which has made all the difference.
Vivian Gama reflects on her journey pursuing a medical degree as an immigrant
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Gama moved at age 5 with her family when they immigrated to the United States in 2000 for her father’s job.
Past issues
Volume 23, No. 1 (2021)
Cover story: UW–Madison celebrates 25 years of amazing stem cell research discoveries
Also: Christian Capitini and Christopher "Rufus" Sweeney profiles, Prevention Research Center focuses on mother-baby health
Volume 22, No. 4 (2020)
Cover story: Wisconsin Partnership Program fighting health inequalities through collaboration
Also: Molly Carnes and Paul Wertsch profiles, The Ride pedals virtually through pandemic
Volume 22, No. 3 (2020)
Cover story: Wisconsin Partnership Program COVID-19 grant initiatives
Also: Gina Green-Harris and Mark Fenlon profiles, medical student bioethics essay contest winner
Volume 22, No. 2 (2020)
Cover story: The school's COVID-19 response
Also: 100 years of caring for children, David and Brittany Allen profile, Ralph Olsen profile and polio essay, comparing COVID-19 pandemic to 1918 influenza
Volume 22, No. 1 (2020)
Cover story: Expansions in telehealth
Also: State Lab of Hygiene, Outstanding Women of Color, Mary Landry profile, William J. Little profile, Ann Palmenberg profile, student medical technology group, On Call: neurologists
Volume 21, No. 4 (2019)
Cover story: Building a pediatric heart program at American Family Children's Hospital
Also: modern medicine helps Amish, Patrick Remington wins Belzer Award, Dennis Maki earns Distinguished Alumni Award, On Call: nephrologists
Volume 21, No. 3 (2019)
Cover story: Lincoln Ramirez Neurosurgery Operative Skills Laboratory
Also: Wisconsin Partnership Program goals, rural medicine program skills training, Pathway programs, Henry A. Anderson III profile, Kathryn Budzak profile
Volume 21, No. 2 (2019)
Cover story: Graduation recap
Also: antibiotic resistance, neuroscience, Mary Finta profile, precision medicine, bioethics essay contest, WMAA awards, reducing opioid addiction's impact
Volume 21, No. 1 (2019)
Cover story: Outstanding Women of Color Awards
Also: Diversity Summit, school orchestra, celebrating the Carbone Cancer Center, Jasmine Zapata profile, Elizabeth Burnside profile, Blooming Bucky art project, cellular pharmaceuticals and the Wisconsin Idea
Volume 20, No. 4 (2018)
Cover story: 20 years of stem cell research at UW
Also: Native American Center for Health Professions, Brita Lundberg profile, Sheri Johnson profile, Marc Drezner receives lifetime achievement award, Procedures Fair recap
Volume 20, No. 3 (2018)
Cover story: An international conference highlights UW's research in oncogenic viruses
Also: New WMMA President Daniel Jackson profile, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Robert Fettiplace wins Kavli Prize, Dorothy Farrar and the All of Us Research Program, Julianne Lee endows scholarship
Volume 20, No. 2 (2018)
Cover story: 50 years of advances since first bone marrow transplant
Also: Hmong health, Byron Crouse profile, how the school is preparing students for internships, annual Bioethics Symposium, TRIUMPH, biotechnology
Volume 20, No. 1 (2018)
Cover story: Lily's Fund for Epilepsy Research
Also: Inaugural diversity summit, new surgery professorship, Stephen Meyn profile, medical student thank-you notes, milestones in genetic counseling, Gundersen physicians
Volume 19, No. 4 (2017)
Cover story: Fundus Photograph Reading Center
Also: Learning from patients, Eileen Smith lifetime achievement award, healthy classrooms, E. Richard Stiehm, Mini Med School, honoring Humberto Rodriguez
Volume 19, No. 3 (2017)
Cover story: sleep research
Also: Science of Successful Again Summit, Indigenous Health and Wellness Day, Kathleen Shannon profile, Stethoscope Program, Class of 1967 Great People Scholarship Fund
Volume 19, No. 2 (2017)
Cover story: Tobacco addiction
Also: Match Day and graduation, Survey of the Health of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association awards, Gail Allen and Elizabeth Neary profile, Mini Med School, Tibetan collaboration
Volume 19, No. 1 (2017)
Cover story: SPORE grant
Also: Historic letter collection, interprofessional health education, alumni winter event, John Drawbert profile, Wi2 and Orion agreement
Volume 18, No. 4 (2016)
Cover story: Immunotherapy
Also: Middleton Society, Advancing health equity, Fall reunion weekend, Angela Gibson profile, Belzer Lifetime Achievement Award, Alan Kaplan profile, The Ride for cancer research, Trout family profile
Volume 18, No. 3 (2016)
Cover story: Obesity prevention
Also: White coat ceremony, Advances in asthma research and care, Alumni weekend and reunions, new alumni association president, Mini Med School, Greg Landry profile, medical student research
Volume 18, No. 2 (2016)
Cover story: Melding medicine and public health
Also: Match Day and graduation, the ethics of transplantation, alumni awards and scholarships, Lauree Thomas profile, internal medicine residency reunion, Robert and Marlene Hartzman profile, Ethiopia partnership
Volume 18, No. 1 (2016)
Cover story: Alzheimer's chorus
Also: Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health program, pathway to college, team approach to Alzheimer's, Alumni Host Program, alumni winter event, Jeff Thompson and Sue Turney profile, Mini Med School, advancing palliative care, preparing physician-scientists, Ironman Wisconsin
