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Michael Hartung lends expertise to Radiopaedia

Michael Hartung, MD collaborated with Radiopaedia to launch a continuing medical education course, Abdominal CT Essentials, which covers abdominal CT protocols, search pattern, acute abdomen and cancer imaging. Through interactive cases and video lessons, Dr. Hartung addresses common diagnoses ranging from appendicitis and pancreatitis to liver tumors and cancer mimics. The course features two and …

Alumni Spotlight: Sharon D’Souza

Sharon D’Souza, MD, MPH is a former Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Breast Imaging fellow. Currently, Dr. D’Souza works at Tulsa Radiology Associates in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she combines her clinical practice with a passion for patient advocacy. What career milestones have you achieved since your time at UW–Madison?I’ve kind of carved my own path a …

Publications by UW Radiology Members Finalized in December 2024

Barkovich, Krister J.; Gibson, Amanda C.; Brahmbhatt, Sneh; Tadisetty, Sindhura; Wilds, Emory C.; Nelson, Leslie W.; Gupta, Meera; Gedaly, Roberto; Khurana, Aman. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of renal masses in the pre-transplant setting: literature review with case highlights. Abdominal Radiology. 2024 Dec; 49(12):4521-4530.  Bluemke, David A. Late gadolinium enhancement and the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. …

Faculty Spotlight: Nicholas Burris

Nicholas Burris, MD joined the Cardiovascular Imaging section as an associate professor in 2025. He completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency, a T32 postdoctoral research fellowship and clinical fellowship in Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging at University of California, San Francisco.   Prior to joining the department, Dr. Burris practiced at University of Michigan with a dual appointment …

Faculty Spotlight: Veena Nair

Veena Nair, PhD joined the Clinical Imaging Physics section as a professor (CHS) in 2025. Prior to her faculty appointment, she worked in the department as a scientist for a decade.   Dr. Nair attended Old Dominion University for her master’s in psychology and University of South Carolina for her graduate fellowship and doctorate in …

Faculty host mentoring event for medical students

This fall, Women Professionals in Radiology (WPR) co-chairs Erica Knavel Koepsel, MD, Jade Anderson, MD, and Leslie Nelson, DO hosted Radiology Roundtable: Jeopardy & Mentorship Night. The event was in partnership with the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Radiology Interest Group (RIG), which Venkata (Vinny) Meduri, MD and Matthew Lee, MD lead.    Medical students engaged with the mentors in small groups on the …

Bluemke and Pickhardt receive Lifetime Honored Educator Awards

At the annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting, David Bluemke, MD, MSB, PhD and Perry Pickhardt, MD were honored for their outstanding contributions to radiology education; each receiving a Lifetime Honored Educator Award from the society. This prestigious award recognizes individuals who further radiologic education through the creation of high-quality educational content.  Dr. Bluemke has been an …

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 …

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 …

Pallavi Tiwari awarded $3.4M NIH/NCI grant to study use of AI to detect tumor extent in Glioblastoma

Pallavi Tiwari, PhD received a $3.4 million, multi-institutional grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute for the project “Radiomic spatial maps for identifying viable tumor extent on multi-parametric MRI for Glioblastoma.” This novel project will be the first to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to detect hard-to-see glioblastoma tumor edges during a clinical trial.  …