University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Erica Knavel Koepsel, MD is no stranger to innovation in the field of interventional radiology at UW-Madison. She has been a Badger since medical school, where she was mentored by Fred Lee, MD, a nationwide leader in ablation. Through his mentorship, Dr. Knavel Koepsel gained an interest in Radiology. She went on to complete her Diagnostic Radiology …
David Bluemke, MD, PhD, MsB has served as Editor for the Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA)’s publication Radiology for five years. Over the past year, the journal’s impact factor has seen a remarkable increase to 29.1 from 11.1 from the previous year. “The impact score of a journal is calculated as a ratio of two numbers. The …
We are excited to announce that Pallavi Tiwari, PhD will be joining the University of Wisconsin – Madison as part of a cross-campus collaboration to expand the UW’s leadership in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) through a university-wide cluster hire. Dr. Tiwari’s cluster hire was supported by investments made by the Department of Radiology, …
Scott Perlman, MD, MS recently received approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use 18F-Fluorocholine to improve detection and localization of parathyroid adenomas that had previously been difficult to localize. Dr. Perlman and the Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging resident Josiah Magnusson, MD collaborated with a cross-disciplinary team, including Department of Surgery Chief …
For the past six years, Meghan Lubner, MD has served on the leadership of the Medical Board of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics. “I agreed to go on the ballot but did not think I would be elected,” Dr. Lubner stated. However, Dr. Lubner was indeed elected and has served consecutive roles within the leadership …
Lin, W., Wilkinson, J.T., Barrett, K.E., Barnhart, T.E., Gott, M., Becker, K.V., Clark, A.M., Miller, A., Brown, G., DeLuca, M., Bartsch, R., Peaslee, G.F., Engle, J.W. Excitation function of 54Fe(p,α)51Mn from 9.5 MeV to 18 MeV. Nuclear Physics A, 1021, art. no. 122424. (2022). Lee, S., Elton, D.C., Gulley, J.L., Pickhardt, P.J., Dahut, W.L., Madan, R.A., Pinto, …
Veena Nair, PhD and Nagesh Adluru, PhD received their first R01 grant awarded as Principal Investigators from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and National Institute on Aging (NIA) for their project, “Stroke connectome MRI biomarkers for vascular contributions to cognitive impairments and dementia (VCID) risk assessment.” The team was awarded $3.5 million to be used over a 5-year …
Scott Reeder, MD, PhD and Diego Hernando, PhD recently received an R01 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their project, “Fully Automated High-Throughput Quantitative MRI of the Liver.” The team was granted nearly $1.5 million in direct costs and a total award of $2.1 million to …
The Society of Interventional Oncology Meeting kicked off in San Francisco, CA on March 24, 2022! Our Department represented UW-Madison well in presentations and abstracts. Some highlights from the event: Annika Rossebo, an undergraduate student, received high praise from faculty members who attended her presentation. Scott Mauch, MD won Best Oral Presentation on his presentation, “Hepatic …
Andrew Wentland, MD, PhD recently was inducted into the Council for Early Career Investigators in Imaging (CECI2), a program hosted by The Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research. The CECI2 program provides an opportunity for early career investigators to meet one another and engage in workshops focused on radiology research advocacy, NIH funding, and career development. “When I learned …