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The OSCAR Project Offers New Prognostic Tools

The use of abdominal computed tomography (CT) is increasingly common in Western medicine. While CT scans are useful for specific clinical purposes – for example, determining the cause of a patient’s acute abdominal pain – they also provide a wealth of supplementary data that often goes unused. CT scans can quantify bone mineral density, visceral …

Undergraduates Mentored by McMillan and Weichert Present in Research Symposium

The 25th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium was held at Union South on Friday, April 28, 2023. The symposium offers an opportunity for undergraduate researchers from all areas of study to showcase their work in a professional setting, which helps students build public speaking and presentation skills.  Research mentorship is a priority to the faculty in …

What We Published This Month (April 2023)

Abdominal Imaging and Intervention     Buchanan, M.E., Fishman, E.K., Azadi, J.R. CT Evaluation of the Esophagus: The Role of CT Imaging and CT Imaging Findings in Diagnosing Esophageal Abnormalities. (2023) Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2023.03.002.  El Homsi, M., Golia Pernicka, J.S., Lall, C., Nougaret, S., Paspulati, R.M., Pickhardt, P.J., Sheedy, S.P., Petkovska, I. Beyond squamous cell …

2023 Zach Clark Research Symposium

The 2023 Zach Clark Radiology Research Symposium will take place this Saturday, May 6, 8am-12pm in the Health Sciences Learning Center. Join us in-person or tune in virtually to see amazing work by our trainees! To join virtually via WebEx: WebEx link: https://uwmadison.webex.com/uwmadison/j.php?MTID=m17670893d73d18914d48b62f7bd6e7e6Webinar number: 2621 407 0235; Webinar password: Resident (73743368 from phones and video systems)Join …

Exceptional Trainee-Led Research Recognized at 2023 Zach Clark Symposium

The annual Zachary Clark Radiology Research Symposium celebrates high-caliber research projects conducted by our residents and fellows. This year’s symposium took place on Saturday, May 6 in the Health Sciences Learning Center (as well as virtually via WebEx).  This research symposium is dedicated to the memory of Zachary Clark MS, MD, one of our former …

Elizabeth Burnside Promotes NIH’s All of Us Research Program

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program is working to build one of the world’s largest and most diverse datasets to advance precision medicine research. Precision medicine – which takes individual factors like environment, lifestyle, family health history, and even genetics into account – might lead to reduced health care costs and improved patient outcomes.  Despite …

Highlights from the ARRS 2023 Meeting

The 2023 meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) took place from Sunday, April 16 to Thursday, April 20 in Honolulu, Hawaii. UW-Madison’s Department of Radiology made their presence known at the meeting. Each day, multiple faculty members, residents, and fellows presented their research, participated in panel discussions, or led courses. Take a look at …

Outreach Event Teaches Sonography Students the Basics of Musculoskeletal Imaging

On April 4th, Andrew Ross, MD and Christina Hendricks, the Ultrasonographer Lead, visited Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville, Wisconsin to bring musculoskeletal ultrasound education to a group of student sonographers.  The workshop was a mix of didactic lectures and hands-on learning led by Dr. Ross and Hendricks, respectively. Topics covered included ultrasound of the shoulder, foot/ankle, and hand/wrist.  …

UW Radiology at ARRS 2023

Join us at ARRS 2023 to see daily presentations by UW-Madison Radiology faculty and trainees. Sunday, April 16th Name Type Title Session Title Time Laura Eisenmenger Course Retropharyngeal Space and Perivertebral Space The Suprahyoid Neck – Pathology Through Anatomy 10 AM-12 PM Tabby Kennedy Panel — Wellness Summit: Developing a Road- map and Review of …

What We Published This Month (March 2023)

Abdominal Imaging and Intervention    Cheng, B.L., Duminie, S.P., Mitei, M., Pickhardt, P.J., Kanne, J.P., Parker, R.K., Hartung, M.P. CT without borders: Comparison of diagnoses for abdominal pain from a teaching hospital in rural Kenya and a US academic medical center. (2023) Abdominal Radiology. DOI: 10.1007/s00261-023-03869-2.  Kliewer, M.A., Bockoven, C.G., Reeder, S.B., Bagley, A.R., Sadowski, E.A., Iruretagoyena, …