University of Wisconsin–Madison

Abdominal Imaging and Intervention News

  • Ground-Breaking #HOPE4LIVER Histotripsy Trial Begins at UW-Madison

    Several members of the Department of Radiology, including Fred Lee, MD, Paul Laeseke, MD, PhD, and Timothy Ziemlewicz, MD, have been conducting pre-clinical research on histotripsy, a new non-invasive, non-thermal method to destroy tumors and other tissue, for more than 5 years. “Histotripsy is a novel technology based…

  • Fred Lee Selected for 2021 Hector F. DeLuca Scientific Achievement Award

    Congratulations to Professor Fred T. Lee Jr., MD for winning the 2021 Hector F. DeLuca Scientific Achievement Award. The award will be presented during the 2021 Wisconsin Biohealth Summit on October 7th, 2021. The Biohealth Summit is presented by BioForward and provides an opportunity…

  • Guang-Hong Chen, Fred Lee, and Jamey Weichert Receive Distinguished Investigator Awards

    Guang-Hong Chen, PhD,  Jamey Weichert, PhD, and Fred Lee, MD, were selected as recipients of The Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research’s 2021 Distinguished Investigator Award. This award recognizes individuals for their outstanding…

  • Meghan Lubner Awarded ICTR Pilot Grant

    Congratulations to Professor Meghan Lubner, MD, for receiving an ICTR Novel Methods Pilot Award. The UW Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (ICTR) Novel Methods Pilot Program aims to foster development of interdisciplinary collaborations that…

  • Dr. Pickhardt Receives Multi-Million Dollar NIH Grant

    Perry Pickhardt, MD, professor in the Department of Radiology and Chief of Gastrointestinal Imaging, recently secured a multi-institutional multi-million dollar NIH R01 grant to continue his colorectal cancer and CT colonography work…

  • Dr. Pickhardt Named Most Influential Radiology Researcher

    October 26, 2016 is a good day to be Perry Pickhardt, MD. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Pickhardt was selected as the Most Influential Radiology Researcher for 2016 in The Minnies. From…