We're proud to celebrate #WomeninMedicineMonth and honor the incredible women whose innovation, leadership, advocacy and compassion are transforming the world of medicine and inspiring the next generation. Read more: ow.ly/5GVM50WZmmQ

A new project started by Dr. Marissa LoCastro is bringing learners and faculty together, "highlighting that this is a shared experience and we're all in this together," she says. Read some of the tiny stories and more about the project: ow.ly/ZbfX50WY6qs

Sara McCoy seeks to define how Sjӧgren's disease and dryness develop, with the goal of improving diagnostics and treatment options for patients with the disease. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social‬ @uw-medicine.bsky.social‬ https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/ip_mccoy/

Our faculty, staff and learners' remarkable research is highlighted in many impactful publications, and we round up a summary of all the articles each month: ow.ly/EVLR50WUCg8

Congrats to Sara McCoy, MD, PhD, #Rheumatology, who was recently selected as the recipient of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine's 2025 Early Career Leadership Award!

Join us in welcoming health services research expert Joan Neuner, MD, MPH, as the Division of General Internal Medicine's new associate chief for research! Learn more in a Q&A with her: ow.ly/SrOY50WS7RP

ICYMI: Aurora Pop-Vicas, MD, PhD, associate professor, Infectious Disease, is co-leading a new collaborative research project seeking better clinical tests to measure the effects of #COVID-19 post-infection (Long COVID) brain fog. Read more: ow.ly/IRUH50WPUbl #MedSky #MedEd

Miriam Shelef works to understand how and why systemic autoimmunity develops and persists, to guide the discovery of better clinical tests and improved treatments. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @uw-medicine.bsky.social‬ https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/ip_shelef/

"Stories connect us better than anything else.” - Marissa LoCastro, MD IM resident Dr. LoCastro utilized narrative medicine techniques & funding from a David Sunde Humanitarian Award to collect tiny stories & shared experiences. Hear more from her below & read more: ow.ly/2B4950WLFoy #MedEd

Join us for a FREE thought-provoking panel discussion at this year's @captimes.com Idea Fest at Memorial Union. On September 10, Acting director Christian Capitini, researchers Doug McNeel and Becky Richards talk about the latest in immunotherapy. https://uw.health/45y5R7N

A new tool is changing how providers talk with #lupus patients about using hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a cornerstone treatment of the disease, and the PI and lead developer is our own Shivani Garg, MD, PhD, #Rheumatology. Hear from her: youtu.be/XDhnSrC3Lx8 Read more: ow.ly/5xnL50WLEIA

Amish Raval evaluates novel cardiovascular regenerative medicine therapies to develop improved biologic delivery methods and durable treatments for patients with advanced heart disease. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social‬ https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/raval/

UW researchers from SMPH & Education are developing ways to measure brain fog in clinics—a key step toward long COVID therapies. Led by Aurora Pop-Vicas & Dorothy Farrar Edwards, with support from TL1 predoc trainee Kristen Kehl-Floberg. Funded by ICTR & WPP. education.wisc.edu/news/through...

We are thrilled to welcome the 2025 class of internal medicine fellows—including a few familiar faces—to the Department of Medicine! 🎉

Today is #GMEProfessionalsDay! Thank you to all of our incredible program managers, coordinators and admins for their hard work, commitment and contributions to graduate medical education. #MedEd #MedSky

Congrats to Dr. Priyanka Pophali, who became the director of the survivorship research program at the UW Carbone Cancer Center last fall! Now, she wants to go beyond disease-specific survivorship research and cultivate idea sharing. Learn more about her work and why it matters: ow.ly/U1N050WGg2n

We're so excited to welcome our newest class of Internal Medicine residents! 🩺 🥳 🦡 Meet them: www.medicine.wisc.edu/housestaff/p...

What’s their favorite part of residency, what are they looking forward to, and what does it mean to be a leader? Meet our final 2 new chief residents! Read their Q&As: Dr. Tonela Qyli: ow.ly/jElV50WAXEp Dr. Jeanette Liou: ow.ly/JZ3g50WAXFo

We are so proud to be a part of the #1 hospital in Wisconsin! #ExceptionalPeople #ExtraordinaryResults

New publication alert! Our recently graduated fellow, first-author Dr. Michael Moran, recently published his work! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40612452/

Congratulations to the fellows who participated in and/or graduated from the department's Fellows as Medical Educators (FAME) program this year! 🎉🎓 Learn more about the program: www.medicine.wisc.edu/fellowship/f... #MedEd #MedSky #Fellowship #FellowsAsEducators

What’s their favorite part of residency, what are they looking forward to, and what does it mean to be a leader? As another academic year begins, we asked our five new chief residents to share their thoughts! Read a Q&A with Dr. Adam Koraym: bit.ly/3Ur2kBM #MedEd #MedSky #IMResidency

Congratulations to the 2025 DOM Research Pilot Award recipients! 10 faculty members have received funding to support their innovative work in basic, translational, clinical, and health services research. Read more about the recipients and their projects: ow.ly/SLep50WxvIB

What’s their favorite part of residency, what are they looking forward to, and what does it mean to be a leader? As another academic year begins, we asked our five new chief residents to share their thoughts! Read a Q&A with Dr. Jessica Comerford: ow.ly/tZ7I50WuOAf #MedEd #MedSky #IMResidency

Dr. Amish Raval, Cardiovascular Medicine, has been named to a new Endowed Professorship in Cardiovascular Medicine thanks to a significant gift from a grateful patient family. Learn more: ow.ly/5IqU50Ww2EF #MedEd #MedSky #MedicalResearch #CardiovascularMedicine #HeartFailure #Philanthropy

What’s their favorite part of residency, what are they looking forward to, and what does it mean to be a leader? As another academic year begins, we asked our five new chief residents to share their thoughts! Read a Q&A with Dr. Ahmed El Shaer: bit.ly/4kYZajn

"Today I will say it was not about learning, but about inspiration, about why we do what we do, and what does it take to stick it out, to keep doing the work," says Dr. Maria Mora Pinzon about the 15th DOM Research Day. Hear more from her and other attendees: go.wisc.edu/h66vs7

Congrats to the 3 DOM faculty honored with endowed faculty positions at the 4th annual school-wide Faculty Investiture Celebration in June! 🏅 Hasmeena Kathuria, MD, professor, Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine — Jan and Kathryn Ver Hagen Professor of Translational Research in Medicine

The Wisconsin Update in Geriatric Medicine (WUGM) 2025 will take place from September 8 to 11 in Pewaukee, WI. Designed for clinicians working with older adults — MDs, PAs, NPs, RNs, pharmacists, social workers and more. Learn more and register at wugm.wisc.edu.

Congratulations to the recipients of the DOM Trainee Outstanding Research Awards! These awards recognize significant research contributions made during residency and fellowship training. (continued in 🧵) Read more: ow.ly/A2CT50WrQwQ

James Stein's, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine, expertise was recently showcased in an article published by the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...

Congrats to Jesse Kaye, PhD, Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, and colleague Dr. Brian Williams, who were recently published in JAMA!

The UW Internal Medicine Residency is expanding to 5 chiefs as the program grows, providing more individualized support. “We believe they’re our best educators and the best near-peer mentors a resident can have,” says program director Andy Coyle, MD. Read more: ow.ly/pUuY50WqCC9 #MedEd #MedSky

Please join us in welcoming the Department of Medicine's own Fahad Aziz, MD, as our new chief of Nephrology! Learn more: ow.ly/xers50WpaWn

We're honoring Dr. Rich Halberg, who's retiring after 15+ years with DOM. "The most gratifying aspect of my work has been helping students and trainees to 'live the life that they dreamed for themselves,'" he says. Thank you, Dr. Halberg! Read more: www.medicine.wisc.edu/news/0627202...

Congrats to our own Dr. Tim Kamp, professor, Cardiovascular Medicine!

Dr. Maria Mora Pinzon's, Geriatrics and Gerontology, research team is partnering with experts in Milwaukee to pilot a new, culturally competent elective course for medical students. It focuses on the Latino community. Read more: ow.ly/xQqz50WlGFf #MedSky #Dementia #MedicalResearch #LatinoCommunity

Nicole Rogus-Pulia, PhD, Geriatrics and Gerontology, will be able to expand her research that will improve the health and quality of life for older people with dysphagia—& the families who care for them. Read more about the gift that makes this possible: ow.ly/WgpM50WjN1l 📸 John Maniaci/UW Health

“The best science happens at intersections. And that’s on full display at events like this,” says Dr. Andrew Hryckowian, Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Hear from the event co-chairs, see photos, and watch a recap of the DOM's 15th Research Day: ow.ly/ZOi150Wizc6 #MedSky #MedEd #MedicalResearch