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Faculty Spotlight: Jordan Fenner

Jordan Fenner, MD joined the Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention section in 2024.  She received her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University and completed her residency at the University of North Carolina Medical Center, where she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Fenner attended New York University for her Musculoskeletal Imaging fellowship where she was awarded Fellow Teacher …

Thomas Grist honored by academia and industry

Recognizing his profound contributions to the field of radiology, Thomas Grist, MD received two significant honors this fall. The UW School of Medicine and Public Health named Dr. Grist a recipient of the Folkert O. Belzer Award alongside Howard Bailey, MD and Paul Harari, MD. Additionally, the GE HealthCare Foundation gave funds to establish a …

Publications by UW Radiology Faculty Finalized in October 2024

Avey, Gregory D.; Koszewski, Ian J.; Agarwal, Mohit; Endelman, Levi A.; McDonald, Marin A.; Burr, Adam R.; Bruce, Justine Yang; Penn, Lauren; Kennedy, Tabassum A. Sinonasal Tumors: What the Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Board Wants to Know. Radiographics. 2024 Oct; 44(10):e240035.  Bupathi, Manojkumar; Garmezy, Benjamin; Lattanzi, Michael; Kieler, Minnie; Ibrahim, Nevein; Perk, Timothy G.; Weisman, Amy J.; Perlman, Scott B. Clinical …

Faculty connect in person at annual dinner

Department faculty members gathered at the beautiful Memorial Union for this year’s annual faculty dinner in early November. The event provided an opportunity to celebrate accomplishments from the past year and connect in person with colleagues throughout the department.  Chair Scott Reeder, MD, PhD highlighted the remarkable growth that the department is experiencing, both in personnel and …

Elizabeth Burnside receives Gold Medal from RSNA

Elizabeth Burnside, MD, MPH, MS, FACR, accepted the prestigious Gold Medal award from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) at the annual meeting in the first week of December. Dr. Burnside is the first radiologist from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and the 22nd woman, to receive this honor since the …

Faculty Spotlight: Michio Taya

Michio Taya, MD joined the Abdominal Imaging and Intervention section as an assistant professor (CHS) in 2024.  He obtained his medical degree and Master of Science in clinical research methods from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his internship at Virginia Mason Medical Center. Dr. Taya completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell …

Lisa Schmaltz retires after three decades serving patients

Lisa Schmaltz, MD, member of the Community Radiology section, retired at the start of October after three decades with the University of Wisconsin Department of Radiology.   After earning her medical degree at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, Dr. Schmaltz completed her residency and fellowship at UW Hospitals and Clinics. She joined the faculty in 1996 …

Faculty Spotlight: Matthew Niemeyer

Matthew Niemeyer, MD joined the Interventional Radiology section in 2024 as an associate professor (CHS).  He obtained his medical degree from University of Michigan Medical School and travelled to St. Louis for his residency at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. Dr. Niemeyer returned to the Midwest to complete his Vascular and Interventional Radiology fellowship at Northwestern …

Faculty Spotlight: Matthew Larson

Matthew Larson, MD, PhD, joined the Nuclear Medicine and Neuroradiology sections as an assistant professor (CHS) in 2024.   Dr. Larson obtained his Bachelor of Science in biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with Highest Honors and Highest Distinction. He then joined the Medical Scientist Training Program at UW-Madison, completing …

Kevin Johnson receives grant to solve pediatric imaging challenges

Kevin Johnson, PhD received a five-year, $3.5 million grant for “Pediatric Cardiopulmonary MRI using RF Navigators and High Dimensional Deep Learning” from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. This project aims to develop MRI technology to make it easier to image the cardiac and pulmonary systems in pediatric patients without sedation or …