After nearly forty years with the UW Department of Radiology, Medical Program Assistant Holly Jackson will retire in April. Since she joined, the department has undergone tremendous expansion and technical innovation.
With the establishment of the Fred Lee Jr., MD Professorship of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention; the department looks forward to the next generation of novel ideas that Dr. Lee’s legacy will inspire.
The Department of Radiology established a new tradition this year by hosting the first, annual University of Wisconsin Radiology Summit. During the week of January 20, 2025, radiologists from across the country convened to learn, connect and ski the beautiful mountains in Park City, Utah. Summit Co-Directors Tabby Kennedy, MD and Roberta Strigel, MD, MS …
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 …
A UW Department of Radiology team of interventional radiologists, led by Erica Knavel Koepsel, MD, performed the first clinical histotripsy-based ablation in Wisconsin since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the procedure. Performed on January 11, 2024, it was also the first completed by a radiology department in the United States. The procedure, approved by the …
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 …
Interventional Radiology Assistant Professor Erica Knavel Koepsel, MD joined the Department in spring 2021. She attended the UW SMPH for medical school, residency, and fellowship before going to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She is now back at UW as a Vascular and Interventional Radiologist. Learn more about her below. Q: Where are you …