University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: August 2022

2022 Shapiro Summer Research Program Concludes with Final Presentations

Another summer, another set of amazing Shapiro Summer Research projects! This 10-week UW School of Medicine Public Health program is an opportunity for medical students to work with faculty mentors on a research project during the summer between their first and second years of school.   This summer also marked the third year of the Department of Radiology’s …

UW Radiology Organizes Madison Urban League Field Trip

Dr. Tim Szczykutowicz presenting to the Madison Urban League scholars. Tim Szczykutowicz, PhD, Ivan Rosado-Mendez, PhD, Lori Mankowski Gettle, MD, MBA, and James White, Research Specialist organized and presented at the 2022 Urban League UW Radiology/Medical Physics/Biomedical Engineering Field Trip. The purpose of the field trip is to expose middle schoolers from underrepresented backgrounds to radiology, medical physics, and biomedical …

Faculty Spotlight: Martin Wagner

Martin Wagner, PhD has joined the UW Department of Radiology as a Clinical Physics Support – MRI in the Imaging Sciences section. Dr. Wagner completed his graduate education at Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg with his thesis, “Cerebral perfusion imaging using slowly rotating C-arm CT systems.” Keep reading to learn more about him below:  Q: Where …

Bluemke, Lubner, Reeder, and Woods Receive 2022 RSNA Honored Educator Awards

Dr. Scott Reeder Dr. Meghan Lubner Dr. Ryan Woods Dr. David Bluemke           David Bluemke, MD, PhD, Msc, Meghan Lubner, MD, Scott Reeder, MD, PhD, and Ryan Woods, MD, MPH were selected as Honored Educators from the Radiologic Society of North American (RSNA). According to RSNA, “This achievement recognizes your dedication to …

2022 Departmental Faculty Promotions Announced

The Department of Radiology is excited to announce the following promotions, effective July 1, 2022.   Jonathon Engle, PhD, MS – Associate Professor (Tenure)  Jonathan W. Engle is an Associate Professor with tenure in the Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology at the University of Wisconsin. He completed his PhD from the University of Utah and his …

Tim Szczykutowicz’s Research on CT Shortage Published in JAMA

Over the last few months, the world has been affected by the global contrast shortage. Tim Szczykutowicz, PhD, along with collaborators Matthew Davenport, MD, Philip Chu, MS, and Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, has been busy researching a way to conserve iodinated intravascular contrast media. These findings were recently published in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in the …

2021-2022 Graduating Trainees’ Future Plans

Pictured: The Resident Class of 2022 The Department of Radiology is excited to celebrate our graduating trainees. We have been fortunate to spend the past four years with some incredible radiologists-in-training, though luckily for us, many of our residents will not be going far. Seven of our eight diagnostic trainees will be continuing their training …