Students from James C. Wright Middle School recently participated in career day in the department of medical physics, and this was not your average field trip. Thanks to teamwork from a wide variety of backgrounds …
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Fred Lee reflects on career upon receipt of the SIR Gold Medal
Fred Lee Jr., MD accepted the SIR Gold Medal at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s annual meeting inMarch. Fred Lee Jr., MD accepted the Gold Medal, the highest honor that the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) …
UW Department of Radiology performs first histotripsy-based ablation by a radiology department in the U.S.
Paul Laeseke, MD, PhD; Timothy Ziemlewicz, MD; Erica Knavel Koepsel, MD; and John Swietlik, MD performed the first clinical histotripsy-based ablation in Wisconsin. A UW Department of Radiology team of interventional radiologists, led by Erica Knavel …
Meghan Lubner Received Lifetime Honored Educator Award
Meghan Lubner, MD has received the 2023 Lifetime Honored Educator Award from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). This prestigious award is given to recognizes her investment to furthering radiologic education through the creation …
Faculty Share Their Stories in the OMA Speaker Series
A monthly dinner and speaker series hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) brings in a diverse array of accomplished faculty to share stories of their paths to medicine. In addition to encouraging diversity and inclusivity, …
Senator Baldwin Tours WIMR to Promote Wisconsin as a Tech Hub
On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, Senator Tammy Baldwin visited the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus. In her tour of the facilities, she visited the UW–Madison Cyclotron lab, Radiopharmaceutical …
Erica Knavel Koepsel Discusses Prostate Cryoablation on WKOW.com
On June 12, 2023, Erica Knavel Koepsel, MD was featured on WKOW.com to discuss her work in using noninvasive cryoablation techniques to treat prostate cancer. Traditional treatments for prostate cancer – like surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation – …
The Next Generation of Research: UW-Madison Radiology at 2023 Spring National Conferences
UW-Radiology’s long tradition of innovation continued at recent annual meetings across the country. In addition to giving talks, serving as panelists, presenting abstracts and exhibits, and leading hands-on courses and workshops, Department faculty and trainees …
UW-Radiology to Evaluate New Interventional CT Scanner
Image-guided procedures are an emerging and rapidly evolving technique for treatment of benign and malignant tumors. As technology advances, so do the exciting possibilities for this type of cancer therapy. In UW-Madison’s Department of Radiology, …
The 2nd Histotripsy Symposium Has Largest Turnout Yet
On November 3 and 4, 2022, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Radiology and Histosonics, Inc. hosted the 2nd Histotripsy Symposium – the first being in Ann Arbor, MI in 2019. The event drew 110 registrants …