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.
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The UW School of Medicine and Public Health's COVID-19 response spans clinical care, research and education.
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A century of care for children
2020 commemorates the 100th year in which UW-Madison faculty and staff have been caring for hospitalized children.
Father, daughter take turns being "the other Dr. Allen"
David and Brittany Allen share a title but are making their own impacts in the Department of Pediatrics.
Healer's Journey: An ode to my ladies
Christine Seibert reflects on the concept of a social recession as her patients find themselves isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ralph Olsen: 73 years of memories, service and support
Tag along as Ralph Olsen takes his family through a tour of campus.
Three incredible months in 1955
Alumnus Ralph Olsen shares his experience living through the Wisconsin polio outbreak of 1955.
On Call: Three psychiatrists tell Quarterly what they've been up to
These three University of Wisconsin graduates chose psychiatry as their specialty and share with Quarterly what they've been doing in the years since graduating.
Goodbye, dear friend: Beth Potter
With heavy hearts, we share that Beth Potter, MD, associate professor (CHS) in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, passed away on March 31, 2020.
Goodbye, dear friend: Donata Oertel
We are saddened to share that Donata Oertel, PhD, Mary Herman and Lucien Rubinstein Distinguished Chair of Neuroscience, passed away on April 22, 2020 after a prolonged illness.
Goodbye, dear friend: Alex Tucker
Esteemed Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) Board Member Alex S. Tucker, MD ’75, died on March 21, 2020.
Goodbye, dear friend: Jon A. Wolff
Genetic therapy pioneer Jon A. Wolff, MD, died on April 17, 2020.
Know your class representatives
Each graduating class has one or more class representatives who play an integral role in working with the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association. Meet class reps planning virtual reunions for fall 2020.
Perspectives: Once in a lifetime
Having meticulously curated an exhibit on World War I and the 1918 influenza pandemic, Micaela Sullivan-Fowler compares that outbreak to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Past issues
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
