More than 250,000 elderly are hospitalized for hip fractures every year, an injury that often has a lasting negative impact on an individual’s independence. Over 30% of people with a hip fracture will die in the following year, and even more ...
April 11th, 2016 Theodore Shinners, MD, is a Badger through and through. He studied at UW for the entirety of his medical education; from medical school through his fellowship in 2003, and he fondly remembers his time in Madison. “UW prepared me well. I still ...
March 9th, 2016 The UWMF Breast Biopsy Program celebrated it?s 20th anniversary in 2015. With nearly 6000 procedures performed, the program has come a long way from the small corner office it occupied on West Washington Ave. Breast biopsies are the only definitive ...
March 9th, 2016 “It was the biggest award of my career — and I almost didn’t make it to Berlin,” said Jamey Weichert, Ph.D., about his hurried efforts to get to Germany to receive the 2015 Harry Fisher Award for Excellence in Contrast Media ...
January 22nd, 2016 Charles Mistretta, Ph.D., who has pioneered outstanding advances in vascular imaging, was honored in late November when he was awarded the 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology. ...
January 22nd, 2016 Elizabeth Sadowski, MD, has always placed a great deal of importance on addressing women’s health issues through imaging. The imaging appearance of ovarian cancer is a particular interest of hers, and she spent much of this year’s ...
January 22nd, 2016 Experts across the country use cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to take both still and moving pictures of a beating heart. The tool allows them to look at the heart’s structure and function to assess potential treatment. Department ...
January 21st, 2016