MEET OUR DIVISION: Catie Fihn, MBA Program Manager, Surgical Education FACULTY Theresa Krausert Education Program Coordinator III Brian D. Lewis, MD Lori Melms Chief Administrative Assistant Senior Matthew I. Goldblatt, MD Lisa Olson Director, General Surgery Residency Program Program Manager, General Surgery Residency Marilyn Zarka, MBA STAFF Administrative Assistant Senior Heidi Brittnacher Program Manager, Faculty Development Elizabeth Chen Education Program Coordinator I OUR MISSION OUR “OPERATING ROOM” Our programs and curriculum have four major HUB FOR COLLABORATIVE MEDICINE objectives of surgical education: 51 1. To foster development of positive humanistic attitudes as essential ingredients of excellence in surgical patient care; 2. To assure acquisition by each resident of appropriate technical surgical skills and an appreciation of surgical anatomy and physiology; 3. To provide opportunity for each resident to develop mature surgical judgment based both on theoretical considerations and on practical experience; 4. To develop in each student and resident an inquiring mind, tempered by appropriate skepticism, by means of vigorous and candid review of one’s surgical work and by exposure to the problems of basic and clinical research.
MCW DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM MEET OUR DIVISION: FACULTY Janis Hagerty Serena Majeski Douglas B. Evans, MD Administrative Assistant Sr. Financial Assistant II Chair and Donald C. Ausman Family Mary Halverson Cyndi Nebel Financial Analyst Financial Assistant II Foundation Professor of Surgery Jeff Hauswirth Michael Passow Associate Department Administrator Financial Analyst IV STAFF Patricia Hoath Suzanne Piotrowski Administrative/Credentialing Reimbursement Manager Jon Mayer Mary Rueth Chief Administrator Specialist Senior Reimbursement Manager Wendy Behrs Linda Klagstad Tom Sisson Administrative Associate Administrative Associate Desktop Support Technician III Meg Bilicki Karen Larson Lillian Ubovic Associate Director of Development II Financial Analyst Reimbursement Analyst Jenny Bruggink Anne Laulederkind Administrative Associate Manager, Clinical Research Jason Dickson Christopher Lay Desktop Support Technician II Desktop Support Technician III Jon Mayer, MBA Chief Administrator ABOUT THE TEAM The MCW Surgery administrative team brings a love of academic medicine and a deep, personal commitment to patient care to their goal of making the Department of Surgery the best academic department in the world. This talented group is fully integrated with the physicians, APPs, and residents and provides the infrastructure necessary for everyone to succeed. The financial and personnel management side of medicine can be fun – and we have the team to prove it! From philanthropy to the stewardship of the We Care Fund, grant submission, manuscript preparation, and much more, this team derives their extra energy from the realization that we all are here for the patients of today and the patients of tomorrow – and those patients of tomorrow include us all. Our administrative team makes this all possible! 52
MCW DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY ACADEMIC & FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS From the Chair: Douglas B. Evans, MD Academic achievement is the foundation of excellence in patient care. We often speak of our commitment to the patient of today as well as the patient of tomorrow. In our commitment to the patient of today, we strive to bring our very best effort in and out of the operating room to the care of every patient, every day. This includes our promises to always be prepared, devote tireless energy and attention to detail to each patient encounter, utilize the most contemporary and cutting-edge therapies, and to work as a team when the complexity and challenge of a specific diagnosis or patient requires more minds (and hands) than our own. Our commitment to the patient of tomorrow is to be sure that our therapies of today are not the therapies of tomorrow — our patients of tomorrow and their families deserve better. However, they will receive better therapies only if we develop them. Inherent in our commitment to developing better therapies for the patients of tomorrow is our pledge to academic achievement — and why academic achievement is such an important part of the culture of the Department of Surgery. An intense focus on discovery, innovation, clinical trials and the accurate reporting of all new knowledge will ensure that our treatments for the patients of tomorrow are the very best they can be. Finding a way to prioritize academic achievement is difficult, especially in the current era of medicine where all metrics, to include our time, are measured almost daily. Our department has developed a unique infrastructure of mentoring, research support, and career development to ensure that our commitment to the patient of tomorrow is fulfilled. 53
ASSOCIATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY ENDOWED CHAIRS ACADEMIC SURGERY As one of our institution’s permanent and sustaining assets, an Endowed John J. Aiken, MD Chair is one of MCW’s most important faculty honors. Endowed Chairs are Casey M. Calkins, MD awarded solely for the purpose of recruitment, retention, and/or recognition of Kathleen K. Christians, MD nationally and internationally distinguished faculty at MCW. Callisia N. Clarke, MD, MS David L. Joyce, MD Marc A. de Moya, MD Douglas B. Evans, MD Jon C. Gould, MD Christopher S. Davis, MD, MPH Milton & Lidy Lunda Department Chair and Alonzo P. Walker John C. Densmore, MD Aprahamian Chair Christopher M. Dodgion, MD, Donald C. Ausman Chair Family Foundation MSPH, MBA Douglas Evans, MD Chair T. Clark Gamblin, MD, MS, MBA Matthew I. Goldblatt, MD T. Clark Gamblin, Johnny C. Hong, MD Kirk A. Ludwig, MD Jon C. Gould, MD MD, MS, MBA Mark B. Adams Vernon O. David Gourlay, MD Stuart D. Wilson Chair Rana M. Higgins, MD Chair Underwood Colon Johnny C. Hong, MD Cancer Research Jeremy S. Juern, MD Philip N. Redlich, Andrew Kastenmeier, MD MD, PhD Chair Tammy Kindel, MD, PhD Amanda L. Kong, MD, MS Gerald L. Schmitz, Alonzo P. Walker, MD MCW Department of Kathleen L. Lak, MD MD Chair Ruth Teske Chair Surgery and the LaBahn Dave R. Lal, MD, MPH Pancreatic Cancer Program Gwen Lomberk, PhD are recruiting an Associate Kirk A. Ludwig, MD Professor or Professor for Michael E. Mitchell, MD the Joel and Arlene Lee Michael J. Malinowski, MD Chair in Pancreatic Cancer Harveshp D. Mogal, MD Keith T. Oldham, MD Research. Mary Otterson, MD, MS Caitlin R. Patten, MD Contact [email protected] Carrie Peterson, MD, MS for more information. Philip N. Redlich, MD, PhD Tim Ridolfi, MD Allan M. Roza, MD Thomas T. Sato, MD Gary R. Seabrook, MD Miraj G. Shah-Khan, MD Sabina Siddiqui, MD Lewis B. Somberg, MD Jill R. Streams, MD Colleen Trevino, RN, NP, PhD Susan Tsai, MD, MHS Kyle J. Van Arendonk, MD, PhD Amy J. Wagner, MD Alonzo P. Walker, MD Tracy Wang, MD, MPH Travis Webb, MD, MHPE Melissa Wong, MD Tina W. F. Yen, MD, MS 54
FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Kellie R. Brown, MD Joshua C. Hunt, PhD, MA Michael E. Mitchell, MD Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH Elected President of the Received Moore Inventor Reviewer, NIH, National Elected Treasurer of the Midwestern Vascular Fellows Award from the Heart, Lung and Blood American Association of Surgical Society Gordon and Betty Moore Institute (NHLBI) Endocrine Surgeons Elected Vice-Chair of the Foundation Special Emphasis Panel Elected President of the Vascular Surgery Board [Opportunities for Society of Asian Academic of the American Board of Andrew S. Kastenmeier, Collaborative Research Surgeons Surgery at the NIH Clinical Center MD (U01), PAR-18-646] Alonzo P. Walker, MD Casey M. Calkins, MD Awarded grant to Reviewer, NIH, SRO, Honored in 2019 with the Elected Chair of the attend SUS Leadership Bioengineering, Distinguished Service American Pediatric Development Course Technology and Surgical Award, MCW’s highest Surgical Association Recipient of 2019 MCP Lee Sciences (BTSS) Study honor for his significant Program Committee A. Biblo, MD, Excellence in Section and distinguished Professionalism award contributions to the Thomas W. Carver, MD Keith T. Oldham, MD Medical College of Received the Ernest O. Tammy L. Kindel, MD, PhD Director, Global Initiative Wisconsin. Henschel Clinical Teaching Received NIH K08 Career for Children’s Surgery Awarded the Cream Award Development Award City Medical Society Received George Carrie Peterson, MD, MS Academia & Research Marc A. de Moya, MD H.A. Clower Career Named to the Association Award for clinical Elected Fellow of the Development Award for Academic Surgery research contributions, American Surgical Aspiring Leaders publications, advocacy of Association (among Johnny C. Hong, MD Development Program health issues related to the most competitive Recipient of the Maggy Zito Received 2019 the field of Oncology. appointments in American Schultz We Care Award. MCW Excellence in surgery) Professionalism Award Stuart D. Wilson, MD Dave R. Lal, MD, MPH Honored with the first Christopher M. Dodgion, Named Children’s Tim J. Ridolfi, MD annual Medical College Wisconsin 2019 Appointed Chairperson to of Wisconsin – Stuart MD, MSPH, MBA Milwaukee Campus Based American Society of Colon D. Wilson MD Historical Recipient of 2019 MCP Lee Physician of the Year and Rectal Surgeons Lectureship at the 40th A. Biblo, MD, Excellence in Elected Vice Chair of Program Committee American Association Professionalism award the American Pediatric of Endocrine Surgeons Recipient of 2019 Lennon Surgical Association Sabina M. Siddiqui, MD meeting Award Surgery Committee Director, Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery Ronald K. Woods, MD, PhD Douglas Evans, MD Gwen Lomberk, PhD John A. Hawkins Award, Named Wisconsin Way Reviewer, NCI MCT2 Study Susan Tsai, MD, MHS Congenital Heart Medical Leader of the Section Received a grant from the Surgeons’ Society, 2019 Year by News-Talk 1130 Reviewer, NCI ZCA1 SRB-K Theodore W. Batterman Annual Meeting WISN and Annex Wealth (M1): Special Emphasis Family Foundation, Inc. Feature Editor; Congenital Management Panel for Provocative – The Journal of Thoracic Questions Raul A. Urrutia, MD and Cardiovascular Matthew I. Goldblatt, MD Recipient of a grant from Reviewer, NIDDK DDK-C Surgery Chair for annual SAGES the Greater Milwaukee Study Section 2020 meeting Foundation to study the Reviewer, NIDDIK ZRG1 Tina Wei-Fang Yen, MD, MS epigenomic landscape in DKUS-M Special Emphasis Elected President of Jon C. Gould, MD liver cancer Panel the Central Surgical Elected Fellow of the Received a grant from the Recipient of the Maggy Zito Association American Surgical Theodore W. Batterman Schultz We Care Award Association (among Family Foundation, Inc. Received a grant from the the most competitive Theodore W. Batterman appointments in American Kirk A. Ludwig, MD Family Foundation, Inc. surgery) Elected Fellow of the Awarded the Smallwood American Surgical Award for Clinical Association (among Excellence the most competitive appointments in American surgery) 55
SOCIETY OF UNIVERSITY SURGEONS BEST DOCTORS IN AMERICA Douglas B. Evans, MD Gary R. Seabrook, MD John J. Aiken, MD Marc A. de Moya, MD Amy J. Wagner, MD G. Hossein Almassi, MD Kellie R. Brown, MD T. Clark Gamblin, MD, MS, Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH Casey M. Calkins, MD Kathleen K. Christians, MD MBA Travis P. Webb, MD, MHPE John C. Densmore, MD Douglas B. Evans, MD Matthew I. Goldblatt, MD Tina W. F. Yen, MD, MS T. Clark Gamblin, MD, MS, MBA Matthew I. Goldblatt, MD Jon C. Gould, MD Jon C. Gould, MD David M. Gourlay, MD David M. Gourlay, MD Johnny C. Hong, MD Christopher P. Johnson, MD Christopher P. Johnson, MD Amanda L. Kong, MD, MS Lyle D. Joyce, MD Amanda L. Kong, MD, MS Dave R. Lal, MD, MPH Dave Lal, MD, MPH Kirk A. Ludwig, MD Kirk A. Ludwig, MD Brian D. Lewis, MD Michael E. Mitchell, MD Michael E. Malinowski, MD Keith T. Oldham, MD Keith T. Oldham, MD Mary F. Otterson, MD, MS Mary F. Otterson, MD, MS Peter J. Rossi, MD Thomas T. Sato, MD Allan M. Roza, MD Lewis B. Somberg, MD Gary R. Seabrook, MD AMERICAN SURGICAL ASSOCIATION Amy J. Wagner, MD Alonzo P. Walker, MD Douglas B. Evans, MD Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH Marc A. de Moya, MD Travis P. Webb, MD, MHPE T. Clark Gamblin, MD, MS, MBA Tina W. F. Yen, MD, MS Jon C. Gould, MD Johnny C. Hong, MD Kirk A. Ludwig, MD Michael E. Mitchell, MD Keith T. Oldham, MD Mary F. Otterson, MD, MS Gary R. Seabrook, MD DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY MENTORING COMMITTEE The value of mentorship in academic medicine is increasingly being recognized as vital to the success of its faculty. Multiple studies demonstrate improvements in a number of parameters including career goal setting, understanding of paths to promotion, junior faculty retention, achievement of local, regional, or national leadership positions as part of broad professional activities, enhancement of junior faculty grant productivity, and overall faculty career success. A recent survey of chairs provides a glimpse of mentorship programs in departments of surgery in the United States, with an accompanying commentary stressing the importance of career development for surgical faculty. Given the increasingly complex nature of MCW with two new regional campuses, new schools, and multiple promotion tracks, it is more imperative than ever that faculty are provided a mentoring and professional development infrastructure to succeed. Committee Members: Brian D. Lewis, MD Ryan Spellecy, PhD Gwen Lomberk, PhD Tracy S, Wang, MD, MPH Douglas B. Evans, MD Mary F. Otterson, MD, MS Travis P. Webb, MD, MHPE Kellie R. Brown, MD Philip N. Redlich, MD, PhD - Chair Michael T. Zimmerman, MD Terri A. deRoon-Cassini, PhD David M. Gourlay, MD 56
30 FACULTY NAMED BEST DOCTORS IN AMERICA (2017-18) 85 19 6 ACTIVE CLINICAL FACULTY IN SOCIETY OF FACULTY PROMOTIONS RESEARCH STUDIES UNIVERSITY SURGEONS 48 FACULTY IN ASSOCIATION FOR ACADEMIC SURGERY 90 11 443 COMPETITIVE GRANTS FACULTY MEMBERS IN UNIQUE PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED AMERICAN SURGICAL (2018) (2019) ASSOCIATION 57
MCW DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY VICE CHAIRS From the Chair: Douglas B. Evans, MD In 2017, the Department of Surgery underwent a reorganization of roles and responsibilities to advance our three missions (education, research, clinical care) and capitalize on the talent and unique expertise of our growing faculty. Stimulated initially by an insightful external consultant and refined with internal discussion at all levels of leadership, for the first time in the history of this department we added program-specific Vice Chair positions. These new leadership positions have created additional clinical opportunity, made MCW Surgery of the best possible quality, brought unmatched efficiency to our clinical services/operating room, and have enhanced faculty and resident career development with an innovative and energetic focus on how to make all of us the best we can be. Our commitment to faculty development and resident education will be unmatched among academic departments in this country. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY VICE CHAIR POSITIONS • Quality (Dr. Jon Gould; Associate Vice Chair, Dr. Carrie Peterson) • Strategic and Professional Development (Dr. Tracy Wang) • Off-Campus Clinical Operations (Dr. Clark Gamblin; Associate Vice Chair, Dr. Peter Rossi) • Perioperative Services (Dr. Gary Seabrook) • VA Surgical Services (Dr. Philip Redlich) 58
WE ARE DEDICATED TO CONTINUOUS SURGICAL QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT SAFETY AND OUTCOMES. WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR ROLES? Gould: We’re accountable for quality and safety in the Department of Surgery through various domains. We look at various outcomes and metrics based on data reported through different venues, such as NSQIP, and seek to improve where we can. Our job is to integrate with the rest of the quality infrastructure in the hospital, and the healthcare system in general. We’re trying to work ourselves into the quality infrastructure of the hospital, representing the Department of Surgery and providing bi- directional communication, bringing our concerns forward Jon C. Gould, MD Carrie Y. Peterson, while addressing things that relate to us. Vice Chair, Quality MD, MS Peterson: We’ve also been getting residents on board, Associate Vice Chair, involving them in our Quality Minute programming through which they give monthly presentations as an opportunity to Quality figure out what is going on from a quality standpoint. G: We work to expose them to the data that faculty get, raising that “You can take care of awareness and involving them in quality initiatives, trying to get them to patients, but you do that see the big pictures. There are changes and efforts to change happening regarding quality and safety, but it often goes unnoticed. Our job is to make one at a time; in today’s those changes more visible. complex healthcare WHY DID YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS ISSUE? P: I got into medicine to take care of people, and this is the way that I can environment...it’s about use the skills I have, the things I’m good at, and optimize the outcomes of systems of care.”my patients and for other patients as well, maybe beyond the people that I touch. G: It’s a way to scale things a little bit – you can take care of patients, but you do that one at a time; today’s complex healthcare environment can’t just be about one person, it’s about systems of care. We need clinical leaders who are in the disciplines where that work is being done who provide clinical care and understand what the issues are and the impacts of the decisions/protocols/workflows that are affected. It needs to be us. WHAT ARE YOUR BIG-PICTURE GOALS IN THIS POSITION? G: A lot of our goals are linked to the hospital’s goals, including improving our outcomes in readmissions, length of stay, and surgical site infections. In addition to that, however, we want to strengthen a culture of safety: enhancing dialogue, communicating about things that are being done, making outcomes visible and transparent, getting residents involved, and encouraging people to report events and generate reports that people can look at. We want to make quality something that everybody in the Department is not only aware of but also an active participant in. People have always focused on individual ways to provide good patient care, but we want to broaden that mindset. Quality now requires teams and systems, including everyone from residents to APPs to surgeons. 59
WE ARE COMMITTED TO A CULTURE OF DIVERSITY, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WHY ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ROLE/WORK? Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH Vice Chair, Strategic and When I think back on my own career in medicine – as a medical student, resident, Professional Development fellow, and even (perhaps especially) now, as an attending, I have been so fortunate to have people who were and are mentors and sponsors for me, who showed me a “It’s so important path for being not just a better clinician and surgeon, but also finding fulfillment in to be able to other aspects of academic medicine. find and provide Being in a position to work with our Chair, Dr. Evans, and the Chiefs of the 11 divisions opportunities and within the Department to foster the development of our faculty towards their own ‘pay it forward.’” professional goals, whether their interests are more clinical, education-related, or the ‘traditional’ research route, is really exciting. WHAT ARE YOUR BIG-PICTURE GOALS IN THIS POSITION? To showcase the incredible faculty we have in our department, and to ensure that they are fulfilled in their careers, both clinically and academically, and are proud of working at MCW and in this department. Having engaged and excited faculty is also the best way to recruit the next generation of surgeons as students, residents, and fellows. WHAT HAVE YOU ACCOMPLISHED/WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON? As a new position within the department, it has been both exciting and challenging! One of the first things we did was to spearhead our social media campaign and have more of a presence on Twitter and Facebook, highlighting the clinical programs and accomplishments of the department members. And of course the huge focus for me during the past year or so is the advocating for the faculty and the recruitment of new faculty. We continue to work on identifying leadership opportunities, and placing people in the pipeline for these opportunities, whether it be within MCW and Froedtert, or in regional and national societies. It is so important to be able to find and provide opportunities and ‘pay it forward’…more to come! 60
WE WILL ACHIEVE UNMATCHED PATIENT ACCESS TO QUALITY SURGICAL CARE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WHY ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ROLE/WORK? Gamblin: The leadership roles of Off-Campus Clinical Operations are focused to identify practice opportunities with other key leaders and assist with facilitating growth in off-campus locations. Additionally, in collaboration with other Division Chiefs, growth and management of opportunities are addressed and recruitment of additional staff are supported. G: Healthcare is competitive and patients are reluctant T. Clark Gamblin, MD, Peter J. Rossi, MD to travel for their medical needs. Coordinating the MS, MBA Associate Vice Chair, Department of Surgery efforts in the community and Off-Campus Clinical understanding how we provide care in the most effective Vice Chair, Off-Campus and efficient manners is paramount. It is incredibly Operations satisfying to see new services in the community impacting Clinical Operations its members. It is also rewarding to see existing practices grow and adapt to the changing landscape as selected “That’s ultimately what we services are resourced and supported. It takes passion want to do — make a better to change the status quo and focus on the future while experience for [our patients].” strengthening and building relationships. Expanding our services and our clinical footprint provides true value to the community and fulfills the missions of the department and institution. WHAT ARE YOUR BIG-PICTURE GOALS IN THIS POSITION? Rossi: What I would like to see is the MCW Department of Surgery distributed in every single outpatient clinic that we have in the entire enterprise. Having that visibility is important for developing referrals – for the primary care physicians and the other referring physicians to know that we’re there and available wherever the patients want to go. Patients love it – not having to drive down from two hours north, and instead they can do something that’s much more convenient for them, better for them and their families. That’s ultimately what we want to do – make a better experience for them. I keep an ear to the ground for opportunities and can act as a liaison between those out in the community and our faculty members here. G: We want to engage the community and provide an unprecedented level of care. Discriminating which cases are best served at which locations will improve the care and enhance the experiences. Providing this overarching objective is challenging and requires vision, principle and trust. We want to be innovative in our approach to offer state of art care and thoughtfully expand services as close to home for patients as possible. WHAT HAVE YOU ACCOMPLISHED/WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON? G: The Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital received the 2018 Bernard A. Birnbaum Quality Leadership Award, ranking first nationally for Vizient in the United States. This recognition is due to the outstanding reputation and services of integrated care between the academic and community sties. G: It has been satisfying to see select surgical subspecialties located at our community sites in West Bend and Menomonee Falls grow and integrate with existing surgical practice. Surgical practices continue to grow and offer services at a level not previously available. In addition, we have seen clinical opportunities at new outpatient facilities with our teams. We endeavor to integrate all surgeons working under the brand of Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin to coordinate care and ensure patients receive the absolute best outcome possible. 61
WE CHAMPION A CLIMATE OF PATIENT-CENTERED COORDINATED SURGICAL CARE. WHY ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ROLE/WORK? the topics to address I was very involved in the reconstruction of all of the is prehabilitation (as Gary R. Seabrook, MD Froedtert ORs over the last three years; I participated in opposed to rehabilitation), Vice Chair, Perioperative design and construction, becoming well-versed in all things such as giving people required to make an operating room work. I’ve been at a more high-powered Services MCW since 1982 – I’ve never worked any place else. I pattern of nourishment have enough familiarity with the details of what’s going right before the operation on that by chipping away at little problems, I can make a and carbohydrates within difference. a couple hours of the surgery and keeping them I started some of this work 10 years ago with some premedicated with pain oversight. From there, I progressed to spending half my medicine so that there’s time dealing with the construction project, and when less discomfort: a whole this Vice Chair role came to be, Dr. Evans gave me the collection of things that opportunity to devote all my time to a collection of tasks. are meant to have the I spend much of the day with people coming to tell me patient better equipped things are broken; what I’m here to do is to fix stuff, to deal to come through the with things that aren’t working as well as they should. operation intact and a WHAT CHANGES HAVE YOU NOTICED OVER THE YEARS, little bit ahead of the AND HOW DOES THAT SHAPE YOUR GOALS? game. The mentality used to be that if they just had a big operation, you would tell them that they’ll get better in We have a Chief Experience Officer – an indication that due time. There’s now more emphasis on shortening the patients expect things to work, expect services to be period of time that it takes to recover in any way possible. prompt. They expect people to be on time, service to be packaged properly, and when they leave, they expect WHAT HAVE YOU ACCOMPLISHED/WHAT ARE YOU to have a proper set of instructions. The patients still WORKING ON? respect us, admire what we do, and are grateful for the We’ve taken the various subspecialties in the OR and care that they get, but they also have a certain amount of assembled Accountable Care Teams — patterned after expectations that probably didn’t exist ten years ago. the teams that are working on the units in the hospital. The population is quicker to expect “Society has gotten to the Surgeons, anesthesiologists, results than they used to be; point where most people nurses, other people that work in people used to be more tolerant think we shouldn’t put a subspecialty area, get together of “this can’t be done,” “this is up with waiting or with once a month to talk about how the going to take too long,” or “this is incurable diseases — we daily work is progressing, identifying the way it is.” Society has gotten should put our minds to problems and what can be done to to the point where most people improve the work we do. It brings think we shouldn’t put up with fixing things.” front-line people and the clinicians waiting or with incurable diseases closer together. In the OR, we made a — we should put our minds to big push in the last year to formalize fixing things. If they’re sick, they some of the quality initiatives, expect someone to do something including NSQIP data, and being a about it. It’s a more empowered, little more rigorous/structured in how knowledgeable society. We’re a lot we evaluate quality. further ahead than we were five In terms of construction, we made a years ago; the world is demanding more efficiency, more big move to relocate the pathology processing area from customer service. It’s no longer acceptable to tell someone the pathology lab to a facility in the OR, so if someone has that you should just go home and rest for two weeks and a tumor that needs to be diagnosed, now we can take the put up with whatever. One example of this is enhanced specimen just down the hall, and the pathologist can send recovery following surgery — the concept of making the it electronically to the specific pathologist that deals with patient better prepared for the surgical experience. One of that department. 62
WE HONOR OUR VETERANS WITH INNOVATIVE QUALITY SURGICAL CARE. WHY ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ROLE/WORK? 112 nurses, NPs, PAs, optometrists, audiologists, I have worked at the VA since around 1988 and appreciate and other staff. The several aspects of the VA environment that promote the Cancer Registry is also mission of our department including resident teaching, part of our Division, and research, and clinical care. Caring for the veteran popula- I aim to ensure this office tion is very rewarding, and I have come to learn that the runs well to support our employees at the VA are there to support the VA missions COC-accredited Cancer and the veterans. When the position became available, I Program. applied and was grateful to have been selected to continue the missions of our department and the VA and, now, be My day-to-day job in a position to advocate for and support our physicians and trainees. I have learned, in my previous administrative includes attending surgical roles, that if physicians, employees, and trainees at all lev- els are given the tools to do their job, the patients (veter- and other administrative ans) will reap the benefits of improved patient outcomes. I strive to improve systems and infrastructure that can lead meetings and reviewing Philip N. Redlich, MD, PhD to a more satisfying work environment for the physicians requests daily for Vice Chair, VA Surgical and increased efficiencies of care for our veterans. surgical care in the Services community entered by Finally, to be part of a system of care whose only purpose is to care for those who have served our country is a very providers at all of our humbling and rewarding experience. I repeatedly hear from physicians working at the VA that our unique system sites, triaging these of care allows them to focus on the optimal care for veter- ans without the distractions of generating RVUs and billing consults for approval or other actions. I regularly review concerns. Of course, the VA is not without its budgetary challenges, but these challenges do not directly impact the surgeon quality-improvement data, and I address inquiries day-to-day care provided by our physicians. from the Patient Advocate Office, Congressional Liaison, WHAT GOT YOU INTO THIS WORK, AND WHAT DO YOU DO? Chief of Staff, Director, Quality Improvement office, and I stepped down from the MCW Associate Dean for Curriculum position after serving 12 years and had the VISN 12 office. It is gratifying to be part of a system where opportunity to turn my energies back to the clinical environment with the opening of the Chief of Surgery the VA leadership and all its employees are on the same position at the VA. I thought I could use the leadership, administrative, and budgetary skills learned in the MCW page with respect to the mission of the hospital and the Office of Academic Affairs and apply them to the VA position. Furthermore, I have enjoyed mentoring over the care of the veteran, with everyone keenly focused on years focused on students in the MCW Curriculum office and on residents in my former role as Chief of the Division quality of care. It is also rewarding to be in a position to of Education in the Department of Surgery. I saw the opportunity to switch my mentoring focus from trainees to improve our system of care and to assist our colleagues in faculty, and have had numerous occasions to help mentor surgeons in my position at the VA. This part of my job has other divisions when requested. been very rewarding. I maintain a surgical practice at the VA, seeing male There are many components to my job — I have and female patients with breast disorders, both benign administrative responsibilities over 14 sections, specialties, and malignant, as well as hernias, gallbladder disease, or clinics, overseeing all employees in the Division of and other general surgical disorders. I take call every Surgical Care. Our team is comprised of 75 part-time month along with the other faculty in general surgery. I and full-time surgeons and podiatrists, 64 surgeons remain active in teaching and convene a weekly teaching with privileges who volunteer their time at the VA, and conference on Tuesday mornings focused on morbidity, mortality and interesting cases as well as interacting with students for formal presentations (M4 students) and clinic patient presentations (M3 students, PA students). WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS IN THIS POSITION? My primary goals are to support our surgeons, APPs, and other health care providers so they can focus on providing the highest quality of care to our veterans and to maintain an optimal learning environment for our trainees at all levels. More than 70 percent of physicians in our country have received training in the VA healthcare system. The VA has a long-standing close relationship with academic institutions and I want to do my part to support this mission for our surgical departments and their trainees. 63
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PIURA, PERU Ten years ago, the late Dr. Jim Wallace asked Dr. Mary Otterson to help him find supplies for medical mission trips that he and his family were taking. In 2014, they began traveling to Piura, Peru, and the scope of their participation increased to include surgical procedures. In 2015, Jim and his wife, Michele, began traveling to Peru to assist with the work and to continue to train Peruvians. After Jim’s death in 2016, the Jim Wallace School of Nursing was established in Piura, made possible by generous donors. In January 2020, the first class will graduate from the school. Dr. Otterson and her husband plan to attend to honor the Wallace family and the students whom we help to train as they complete Dr. Wallace’s daughter, Megan, (right) an RN from Lou- isville, showing one of the Peruvian nurses how to close skin in the operating room in January, 2019. DHULIKHEL HOSPITAL, NEPAL The Department of Surgery has afforded Dean Klinger, MD, the opportunity to develop global health efforts in Nepal. There has been a progression in collaborative efforts between the Department of Surgery and the vascular surgery division at Dhulikhel Hospital, Nepal, the major teaching hospital for Kathmandu University. The relationship began three years ago with the initial efforts based in the sharing of ideas in the care of renal failure patients who needed dialysis. Patients waiting at a remote clinic where 450 patients Over the past three years, not only has the number of dialysis were seen. access cases increased, but now patients with complicated dialysis access problems seek care at Dhulikhel Hospital due to the expertise The surgical team at Dhulikhel Hospital. provided by the vascular surgeons. Two resident surgeons, Dr. Alexis Bowder and Dr. Elizabeth Traudt, accompanied Dr. Klinger this year Dr. Alexis Bowder examining a patient at the remote on a month-long global surgery elective. Over the course of the outreach clinic. month, they gained insight into what a collaborative, education based global surgery initiative entails. Time was also spent going to outreach clinics in remote areas to better understand the health disparities seen in rural Nepal. Drs. Bowder and Traudt have remained in contact with the doctors in Nepal and are now supporting the Nepali Vascular Surgery Department research efforts. Going forward, the Department of Surgery has invited two Nepali vascular surgeons to spend three weeks on MCW’s campus. The Nepali surgeons will be introduced to a variety of complicated vascular procedures and learn new techniques from our surgical faculty. In March 2020, Dr. Klinger and two surgical residents plan to return to Nepal and organize the first symposium on vascular access and vascular surgery for the country. Faculty from the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery have expressed interest in joining the efforts in Nepal. They are in the investigative phase of also traveling to Nepal in March with the goal of collaborating in the efforts to improve trauma care. 65
CALIXTO-GARCIA HOSPITAL, CUBA MCW participated in the 6th Annual Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Symposium in Havana, Cuba. This is part of an on-going collaboration between the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery and the Calixto-Garcia Hospital/ University of Havana. This program is focused on the development of trauma and acute care surgery expertise and systems in Cuba as well as other low- to middle- income countries. The program includes a stand-alone Trauma Nursing Symposium with several The group of instructors for the symposium that included Drs. Thomas Carver, Chris pre-symposium courses offered, Dodgion, Lewis Somberg, Colleen Trevino, Susan Rihawi, and Nurse Practitioners including ultrasound training for from MCW, joined by Trauma Research fellows Drs. Kelly Boyle and Savo Bou Eddine. surgeons, operative skills, disaster medicine, and trauma nursing skills. In 2019, the department sent two MCW medical students to spend the summer in Cuba working on research related to trauma programming, funded by a Kohler’s Scholarship for International Medical Research. Dr. Chris Dodgion reviewing pelvic immobilization during a hands- WENCHI, GHANA on “train the trainer” session in Wenchi, Ghana. Traumatic injuries are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, accounting for 10% of deaths and 16% of disabilities. For the past three years, Dr. Chris Dodgion from the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, in collaboration with Dr. Chris Decker from the Department of Emergency Medicine, and MCW CME Director Linda Caples, PhD, have worked to provide comprehensive hands-on trauma education to providers in rural district hospitals in Ghana. The focus this past year was to increase sustainability and reach by training Ghanaian physician educators to continue outreach efforts throughout the year. To date, over 300 providers and instructors have been trained to provide locally resourced, contextually appropriate trauma care in resource limited environments. ST. BONIFACE HOSPITAL, HAITI Haiti, often referenced as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is home to over 11 million people, many of whom face significant barriers accessing safe, timely, and affordable surgical care. Dr. Chris Dodgion from the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, along with Dr. Alexis Bowder, a PGY-3 General Surgery Resident, have established a multi-institutional collaborative in partnership with faculty at St. Boniface Hospital in rural Haiti, specifically aimed at eliminating these barriers. This past year, they have been able to quantify the positive impact of increased surgical capacity, afforded from improved infrastructure and increased surgical workforce, on both adult and pediatric surgical care provision. 66
HAWASSA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, ETHIOPIA The Medical College of Wisconsin is a founding member of a consortium of academic medical centers organized by the American College of Surgeons’ Operation Giving Back, which is focused on creating a sustainable and mutually beneficial partnership with Hawassa University Hospital in Southern Ethiopia. Through this collaboration, Hawassa University will serve as a training hub with a mission to foster innovation, clinical research, and improve patient care in the region. Specifically, this program is focused on addressing areas of greatest need including efforts to improve surgical quality, build workforce capacity and strengthen education and research efforts. Drs. Marc de Moya and Chris Dodgion, along with Chief Resident Dr. Rebecca Mitchell, traveled to Ethiopia last spring where they taught courses on basic trauma management, ultrasound, and the fundamentals of surgical research, taking the first steps in fostering this center of excellence. Dr. Marc de Moya teaching bedside ultrasound to Ethiopian residents in training at Hawassa University Hospital. Dr. Marc de Moya having completed the first laparoscopic Drs. Marc de Moya and Rebecca Mitchell in collaboration with cholecystectomy at Hawassa University with Hawassa Surgical surgeons from other U.S. academic institutions to build the program in Ethiopia. Faculty. 67
Dr. Pearson assists a Tenwek Hospital cardiac surgery fellow TENWEK HOSPITAL, KENYA performing a double heart valve replacement operation. This past year, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery members Drs. Paul J. Pearson, Lyle Joyce, Lucian (Buck) Durham and David Joyce individually traveled to Tenwek Hospital in the mountains of Kenya, northwest of Nairobi, to teach cardiac surgery and treat complex heart valve patients. Each surgeon traveled with a team comprised of Cardiovascular ICU nurses and perfusionists from Froedtert Hospital. Tenwek Hospital has one of only three training programs for cardiac surgery in Africa. Besides providing care for patients in need, MCW cardiothoracic surgeons were able to participate in training the next generation of Kenyan heart surgeons. Funded by a grant from the Thoracic Surgery Foundation, Dr. Pearson says that his division’s efforts not only extend MCW’s cardiac surgical expertise around the globe, but they also perform the important task of making the local cardiac surgery program sustainable by training Kenyan cardiac surgeons to staff the hospital in the future. Dr. Pearson hopes that, eventually, MCW Cardiothoracic surgery fellows and the Kenyan fellows can experience each other’s training hospital through a clinical exchange program. MANSOURA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, EGYPT This year the Division of Pediatric Surgery participated in a week-long medical mission hosted by Surgical Volunteer’s International and the Faculty of Medicine at Mansoura. Their time at the Children’s Hospital (MUCH) included a combination of teaching and service models. The partnership with the local faculty included screening 37 patients and operating on several complex laparoscopic cases. As with any other global service opportunity, the resource constrained Surgeons practicing ultrasounds for a surgeon course at the Mansoura environment Children’s Hospital. tested the limits of their competency in the surgical care of children, allowing them to alter their treatments and techniques to the tools and resources specific to the environment in which they were asked to serve. The opportunity to learn from and teach each other across cultural and medical systems provided an opportunity for personal and professional growth that is difficult to quantify, but intuitively obvious. The trip was rounded out with an abbreviated course on the use of Ultrasound for Surgeons, Dr. Sabina Siddiqui performing bedside rounds, intraoperative teaching and didactics, discussion and mentoring of intraoperative observations and the trainees including design of masters’ projects and research designs. didactics. 68
MCW DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY COMMUNITY GENEROSITY & GIVING COMING TOGETHER AGAINST CANCER The 2019 CTAC event at Eloise Werlin Park in Sarasota, Florida. Coming Together Against Cancer (CTAC) is a donor-driven community — uniting donors with pioneering physicians, researchers and institutions as ‘Partners in Discovery’ with the common goal of eradicating cancer. The 2019 CTAC event was held on April 13, 2019 at Eloise Werlin Park on the east side of the Ringling Bridge Causeway in Sarasota, Florida. This year’s event raised $100,000 for pancreatic cancer research at the Medical College of Wisconsin. PHILANTHROPY AT THE “HEART” OF PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR CARE Thomas Smallwood understands the power of philanthropy to transform the health of patients and families in Wisconsin. In 2011 and 2018, Smallwood designated gifts from the Helfaer Foundation totaling $1 million to expand the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Adult Heart Transplant Program into a world-class destination for adults with advanced heart failure. Transplant surgeons Lyle Joyce, MD, PhD (right), and his son, David Joyce, MD (left), were recruited in early 2017 to bolster the heart transplant and heart surgery programs. 69
DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY RESIDENT RESEARCH FUND The Resident Research Fund provides surgical residents an opportunity to initiate and complete research projects related to their professional interests. The objective is to create opportunities for residents to gain an understanding of basic, clinical, and translational research methods that inspire them to pursue opportunities for career development as investigators. The Resident Research Fund ensures that science will enhance the Department of Surgery’s existing programs through a dedicated laboratory experience. This allows residents to experience the process of translating scientific knowledge from the bench to the bedside. To date, loyal and generous donors have contributed nearly $300,000 to the Resident Research Fund. Committee Members: Mary Otterson, MD, MS - Chair Steven Kappes, MD Mrs. Patricia Aprahamian Mary F. Otterson, MD, MS Rachel Greenup, MD, MPH Aurora Health Care Anna Ledgerwood, MD Chair, Resident Research Duke University Chris Fox, MD Wayne State University Fund Committee Waukesha Surgical Specialists Henry Pitt, MD School of Medicine Temple University Dean Klinger, MD Julie Freischlag, MD Stuart Wilson, MD Marcia & Brian Condon Wake Forest Baptist Health THE WORD ON MEDICINE RADIO SHOWS “The Word on Medicine” Radio Program, sponsored by Selig Leasing Co. and Mark and Debbie Attanasio, highlights innovation and discovery across MCW. Each show features the incredible talents of faculty across all of MCW (208 faculty and APPs across 27 departments to date), as well as patients who provide an invaluable personal perspective. Past programs have featured discussions on everything from Lyme Disease and Women’s Health to Survivorship and Precision Medicine. A four-minute podcast called “The Latest Word on Medicine,” sponsored by a grateful patient in New York City, also features MCW faculty and covers newsworthy medical topics each week. Both shows are broadcasted on 1130 WISN AM and can be streamed live from the iHeartRadio website or the iHeartRadio app. To suggest a topic, email [email protected]. And now MCW Surgery is featured monthly on WUWM 89.7 Lake Effect, Milwaukee’s NPR. CHECK PRESENTATION TO THE WE CARE FUND FOR PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH The Brewers Community Foundation presented a check Participating in the check presentation were (left to right) on-field at Miller Park for $51,000 from the Purple Tie Liza Longhini, We Care Committee, Arlene Lee, Chair-We Care Guy event to benefit the We Care Fund to accelerate Committee, Roger Caplinger, Medical Director for the Milwaukee groundbreaking pancreatic cancer research. The LaBahn Brewers, Jackie Caplinger, Mark Attanasio, Chairman and Principal Pancreatic Cancer Program at the Medical College of Owner of the Milwaukee Brewers, and Dr. Douglas B. Evans, Wisconsin is one of the premiere centers in the United Professor and Chair, MCW Department of Surgery. States for the care of patients with pancreatic cancer that is dedicated to integrating medical research with clinical care to benefit the patients of today and tomorrow. The Purple Tie Guy event, held on July 14th, was hosted by the Milwaukee Brewers and co-chaired by Robin Yount and Bob Uecker, along with Jackie and Roger Caplinger. It was attended by over 75 individuals, including many former and current players. 70
WE CARE FUND FOR MEDICAL INNOVATION AND RESEARCH At its core, the We Care Fund for Medical Innovation and Research in the Department of Surgery is about the hope for a future with better treatments. Established in 2010, the We Care Fund has raised more than $1.7 million from more than 750 grateful patients, families, friends, faculty, and alumni. Every penny raised supports research and clinical projects that can’t wait for traditional funding sources. As part of one of the nation’s top academic medical health centers, the MCW Department of Surgery uses support from the We Care Fund to supply research dollars in the fields of cancer, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal diseases, organ transplantation, diseases of the newborn/ child, and trauma. Researchers supported by the We Care Fund gather a body of evidence through Arlene Lee scientific discoveries that can lead to much larger grants from the National Institutes of Chair, We Care Fund Health. Philanthropic support plays a vital Committee role in providing support to get these studies started, especially when promising research cannot wait months or even years for traditional funding. The We Care Committee, which includes a number of professional, business and community leaders, is the engine that drives fund-raising for research and increasing community awareness. To date, the We Care Fund has awarded $1.1 million to 19 projects covering a full spectrum of research areas to discover new therapies and provide improved outcomes for patients and their families We Care Committee Members: Arlene Lee, Chair Melissa Irwin Brian Neuwirth Carrie Raymond Ruth Joachim Abigail Barnes Kathryn Kuhn Bedore Jennifer La Macchia Schroeder, PA-C Aletha Champine Joel Lee Peggy Schuemann Betsy Evans Liza Longhini Brian Trexell Jamie Evans Darren Miller Aaron Valentine Sandra Hansen Mary Ann Miller Jennifer Vetter Liza Zito Harsh Core Committee Members* Douglas B. Evans, MD David L. Joyce, MD Peter Rossi, MD T. Clark Gamblin, MD, Karen Kersting, PhD Tina W.F. Yen, MD, Gwen Lomberk, PhD MS, MBA Aoy Tomita Mitchell, MS David D. Gutterman, PhD MD *Four to five external faculty selected each year by Dr. Gwen Lomberk. “When you face a life threatening illness, it is all about having the best doctor. I feel so fortunate that the Medical College of Wisconsin is attracting so many renowned physicians and researchers. The We Care Fund is helping to make this possible.” — Arlene Lee 71
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Sikora Mrs. Michelle Vogds Tom and Maura O’Connor Atty. Gregory Rothstein and The Dr. Thomas Simmer Mr. Robert L. Vrakas Mrs. Carly Olczak Mr. Scott Skie Ms. Frances Waite Dr. and Mrs. Garth A. Olds Honorable Stephanie Rothstein Mr. James E. Sluss and Mrs. Carol Mr. Jim Walworth Dr. Adwoa Opoku-Boateng Mrs. Lonnie L. Rott and Mr. Lee Mrs. Kathryn Ward Mr. Pete Optekar and Ms. Grace A. Sluss Mrs. Vickie L. Ward A. Rott Ms. Louella Smart Lupo Ms. Marie T. Waters Optekar Heather Roussel Ms. Kelly L. Sneed Mr. Gerald Weiland and Mrs. Mary Miss Samantha A. Orsen Ms. Kathleen Doyle Rowe Mr. Stephen J. Sokach and Ms. Mr. Daniel Padilla Mr. John D. Rumpf Weiland Mrs. Janice Palgut Dr. Mary C. Russell and Mr. Jeriann T. Sokach Michael and Nancy Weinstein Dr. Jasmeet S. Paul and Ms. Ms. Julianne K. Spadafora and Mr. Mr. Edward T. Werner and Mrs. Michael R. McKeown Vinita K. Paul Mr. Travis Rutter and Mrs. Anita Stephen M. Spadafora Karin H. Werner Ken and Marilynn Pelky Ms. Jamie K. Spriet Jill Whitehouse, MD Ms. Ann Marie Perhach Rutter Dr. Scott P. Stanek and Mrs. Mary Mr. Mark W. Whitney Mr. Benjamin Peterson Mrs. Kathleen Saggio Mr. Paul W. Whitney and Ms. Amy Linda Peterson Ms. Margaret Salvatore Ellen Stanek Mr. Anthony J. Petullo and Ms. Ms. Rosanne Salvatore Ms. Mary R. Stanley L. Whitney Ms. Patricia A. Sanborn Ms. Barbara R. Stevens Mr. and Mrs. William D. Whitney Bev Petullo Dr. Paul J. Sanders and Ms. Cindy Dr. Lizbeth Stevens Mr. George K. Whyte, Jr. and Mrs. Mr. Steven M. Phillips and Mrs. Mr. Paul A. Stewart and Ms. Susan S. Sanders Ann C. Whyte Mary J. Phillips Mr. James L. Sankovitz and Mrs. E. Stewart Ms. Katy Williams and Mr. Nelson Mr. Scott Pionek LCS Mrs. Laura E. Piotrowski and Mr. Margaret M. Sankovitz Mr. Kenneth Swan and Ms. Jolynn E. Williams Ms. Therese A. Scallon Mr. John K. Wilson James C. Piotrowski Lily Schmidt B. Swan Ms. Rachel Winebrake and Mr. Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Pitt Rick and Nickie Schmidt Mr. John G. Taft and Ms. Laura Mr. Jayaramdas E. Pockyarath Mr. Raymond Schmoeker and Peter Winebrake Mr. Thomas P. Podewils and Ms. Delaney Taft Mrs. Bernalee Winter Ms. Joyce Schmoeker Dr. Grace S. Tay Mr. Chad P. Wise and Ms. Stacey Jacqueline A. Podewils Mr. Alexander D. Schneble and Ms. Bernadette L. Taylor Mr. Keith C. Pople and Ms. Dr. Keith Templin and Ms. Susan L. Wise Ms. Andrea K. Schneble Mr. Mike B. Wittenwyler Blerina S. Pople Mr. Robert M. Schneider and Sommers-Templin Beth Erickson Wittmann, MD and Mr. Thomas Prendeville and Ms. Ms. Mona Theobald Ms. Violet Schneider Mrs. Carla Thompson Thomas Wittmann, MD Jo Anne Prendeville Mr. Rodd Schneider and Ms. Mr. Way Thompson and Ms. Mr. William A. Wong and Ms. Ms. Rose Marie Prestigiacomo Andrea Schneider Jacquelyn Thompson Michelle A. Wong and Mr. Charles P. Mr. David J. Schoenfeldt Mr. Jason Thurow and Ms. Laura Ms. DeVona Y. Wright Prestigiacomo Mr. Cameron Scholvin Mark S. Young Mr. John Probst and Ms. Deb Mr. Michael T. Schroeder and Thurow Ms. Patricia C. Yttre Probst Mr. Glenn F. Tilton and Ms. Ms. Jamie Yu Stephen Provancher and Ms. Kathryn Schroeder Dr. Joel M. Zahler and Ms. Julianne Rebecca Provancher Peggy and Bob Schuemann Jacqueline M. Tilton Mrs. Janice Przezdziecki Ms. Barbara A. Schultz Mrs. Christina M. Toth Zahler Ms. Meghan Przezdziecki Mrs. Kim Schultz and Mr. Randy Dr. Ryan J. Traudt and Dr. Elizabeth Mr. Dominick Zarcone and Ms. Ms. Janet S. Pullen and Mr. James H. Pullen Schultz A. Traudt Mary P. Zarcone Mr. Patrick G. Quick and Mrs. + Maggy and Paul Schultz Mr. Gregory Treichel Ms. Barb Zarna Brenda S. Quick Mr. Robert G. Schultz Mr. Edward Trensch and Ms. Tracy Ed and Diane Zore Mr. Kevin Rand Mr. Charles Schuster Mr. Eric S. Zorn and Ms. Lois K. James Rater, MD and Ms. Ms. Kathy C. Schwab Trensch Carolyn K. Rater Ms. Lorraine S. Schwab Mr. Brian D. Trexell Zorn Mr. John P. Rayes and Ms. Carol Ms. Darrel M. Schwandt and Ms. Mr. Daniel Tuthill +Indicates deceased Rayes Mr. Robert G. Uecker, Sr. Mrs. Jane Reckmeyer Susan W. Schwandt Vernon and Carol Underwood Ms. Alexis Reid David and Terry Schwartz Mr. Richard C. Ungerman and Mrs. Mr. David S. Reid Mr. Russell P. Schwei and Mrs. Mrs. Paul J. Reilly Mary Jo Ungerman Dr. Jon Resar and Dr. Linda Smith Jacquelyn K. Schwei Ms. Debra A. Uphill Lisch Resar Ms. Catherine M. Seelman Ms. Marion Upper Mr. Andrew D. Sehler Mr. Aaron Valentine and Ms. 74 Dr. Barry and Donah Seidel Commissioner Emeritus Allan H. Monique Valentine Mr. Gary H. Van Nuland and Ms. Selig and Ms. Suzanne L. Selig Susan VanNuland
MCW FACULTY & STAFF MCW’s legacy and continued commitment to improve health has been possible, in part, through philanthropic gifts from alumni, patients, foundations, corporations, faculty and staff members. In the past five years, MCW Department of Surgery faculty have contributed nearly $315,000. Thank you for your support! Anonymous Ms. Lisa A. Graber and Mr. Peter Mr. Jon B. Mayer and Ms. Pat C. Dr. John E. Stone and Meg Dr. Marshall A. Beckman J. Graber Mayer Shannon-Stone Wendy A. Behrs Ms. Margaret M. Bilicki Dr. Rana Higgins Ms. Angela K. Nelson and Mr. Greg Dr. Lewis B. Somberg and Ms. Dr. Kellie Brown and Mr. Michael Patricia Hoath T. Nelson Michelle Somberg Mr. James E. Hyland III Kroll Dr. C. Greer Jordan, PhD and Mr. Mary F. Otterson, MD, MS and Mr. Mr. Mark A. Thomas Mrs. Laura Burgardt Andrew J. Selep Dr. Susan Tsai Casey and Barb Calkins Ted Jordan Carol I. Ping Tsao, MD, JD and Ms. Michelle R. Centofanti and Mr. Dr. Jeremy S. Juern and Dr. Anna Dr. Caitlin R. Patten and Mr. Andrew T. Patten Nancy L. Debbink, MD Vito Centofanti M. Juern Ms. Gina M. Vrtochnick Mr. Terrance E. Derks Mr. Leo Kaiser Ms. Jessica Pihart Dr. Amy J. Wagner Dr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Evans Dr. Dean E. and Mary T. Klinger Philip and Jacqueline Redlich Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH Dr. Juan C. Felix and Dr. Betsy F. Ms. Stephanie Klomsten Dr. Marjorie Vukelich and Dr. Paul Dr. Travis P. Webb Ms. Mara C. Koffarnus Dr. Tina W. F. and Mr. John David Felix Dr. Amanda L. Kong S. Ritch Dr. T. Clark Gamblin Kathryn A. Kuhn and John Dirkse Drs. Peter and Stephanie Rossi Yen Matthew and Maureen Goldblatt Dr. Raul A. Urrutia and Dr. Gwen Hallgeir Rui Dr. Michael A. Zimmerman Dr. David M. Gourlay and Ms. Ms. Barbara A. Salisbury and Mr. Lomberk Christine Gourlay Kirk and Elizabeth Ludwig Charles R. Salisbury Gary and Nancy Seabrook Dr. Miraj Shah-Khan CORPORATIONS & FOUNDATIONS Acme World Sports LLC Delta Sigma Phi GMF John E. Julien Fund Schwab Charitable Fund American Heart Association Duane R. and Paula R. DuBois Kohl Feinerman Family Charitable FID N. Seidel/T. Collopy Family The Apple Family Foundation Ares Management Revocable Trust Trust Fund Robert W. Baird and Co. GMF Dr. Carl W. Eberbach and Lachman Family Foundation, Inc. Norman A. and Margaret I. Shane Baird Foundation Inc. LUMW Foundation Theodore W. Batterman Family Elisabeth Falk Eberbach Fund FID The Mandry Family Charitable Charitable Trust Elmhurst Park District Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. Foundation Enercon Industries Corporation Fund Team Tony Cancer Foundation, Inc. Bell Bank Mortgage Evan and Marion Helfaer Archie and Viola Meinerz Family The Jewish Federation of Sarasota- The Benevity Community Impact Foundation Foundation, Inc. Manatee Fund FID Bishop Family Foundation Miller Communications LLC Three Wishes LLC Biondi Family Foundation FID David S. and Elizabeth B. GMF Keith and Dee Miller Tiffany and Co.- Chicago Blue Plate United Way of Greater Milwaukee Bold Media Enterprise Arnott Family Fund Designated Fund Brookbank Foundation, Inc. FID Debbie and Mark Attanasio Milwaukee Police Supervisors’ and Waukesha County GMF James A. and Reopa Brown US Bank Foundation Charitable Fund Organization Gilbert and Carolyn Woods Family Fund Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Network for Good Capstone National Partners, LLC First Walk Northern Trust Matching Gift Foundation, a Donor Advised Cedar Street Charitable Louis and Gloria Flanzer Fund of the U.S. Charitable Gift Program Trust Foundation Philanthropic Trust PS Capital Partners, LLC VISA Colon Cancer Coalition Foundation GE Foundation Purcell Charitable Foundation Waukesha County Medical Society Columbus Blue Jackets GE Healthcare Quarles and Brady, LLP Wimer Law Offices, PC Community Foundation of Hydrite Chemical Company RCF Mark and Patricia Prendeville Jack and Joan Stein Foundation Louisville Fund Inc. Rosetta Stone Ltd Johnson and Johnson CG Schmidt, Inc. HELP US BUILD A HEALTHIER FUTURE FOR ALL Generous donations help the Department of Surgery maintain a tradition of world-class care and clinical advances by funding research, education, and special programs and projects. For more information, or if you are interested in making a gift to the Department of Surgery, please contact Meg Bilicki, Director of Development, at (414) 955-1841 or [email protected]. *This list attempts to recognize all MCW Department of Surgery donors during the 2018-19 fiscal year. If you notice any errors or omissions, please contact Meg Bilicki at [email protected]. 75
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This premiere Annual Report was made possible thanks to the tireless efforts of the MCW Department of Surgery faculty, APPs and residents, Administrators, Administrative Assistants, staff, and of course, our patients. A special thanks to Jon Mayer and all MCW Surgery Division Administrators who provided data and resources for the Annual Report. We are also grateful to the staff at Children’s Wisconsin, Froedtert Health, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, and TMJ4 newsrooms, who allowed their patient stories to be highlighted in our Annual Report. We also thankfully acknowledge Dr. Marc de Moya, Dr. Tammy Kindel, and Tanya Rolf for writing additional patient stories. We would like to recognize Roger Caplinger and Bob Uecker of the Milwaukee Brewers for allowing us to share their journeys to health and for their ongoing support of our department. Special thanks to Yoko Kohmoto for compiling departmental data, creating the backbone of the report, being steadfast in organizing division-based content, and her professional persistence – and to Elizabeth B. Chen for taking over the project and bringing it to reality with an expertise in design, formatting, and editing that few could match. The MCW Department of Surgery Annual Report team Graphic designer, writer, and director: Elizabeth B. Chen Records collector and editor: Yoko Kohmoto Editors: Wendy Behrs and Douglas B. Evans, MD PATIENT STORIES & OTHER RESOURCES All stories have been edited and/or abridged from their original versions. Cardiothoracic Surgery Pediatric Surgery “Wisconsin veteran miraculously wakes up after being clinically “Quick coordinated care: How Caroline got her spunk back,” by dead,” by Elise Preston, TODAY’S TMJ4. Katie Lott, Writer, Children’s Wisconsin. https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/wisconsin-veteran- https://chw.org/newshub/stories/quick-coordinated-care miraculously-wakes-up-after-being-clinically-dead Surgical Oncology Colorectal Surgery “Part of the Solution: Empowering Cancer Research,” by “Cancer Patient Story: Kyle Mandry,” by Froedtert Newsroom, Froedtert Newsroom. https://www.froedtert.com/stories/patient-story-kyle-mandry- https://www.froedtert.com/stories/part-solution-empowering- cancer cancer-research © 2016 Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. © 2018 Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. Originally published in “Froedtert Today.” Reprinted with Originally published in “Froedtert Today.” Reprinted with permission. permission. Congenital Heart Surgery Transplant Surgery “An innovative surgery gave new hope for a baby born with two “Gift of life: How a young UWM alum helped save a child,” by tracheas,” by Michelle Jackson, Writer, Children’s Wisconsin. Kathy Quirk, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Report https://chw.org/newshub/stories/innovative-surgery-saved- https://uwm.edu/news/gift-of-life-how-a-young-uwm-alum- baby-with-two-tracheas helped-save-a-child/ Community Surgery Trauma & Acute Care Surgery “I’ve Got This, It Doesn’t Have Me.” Froedtert Today, Aug. 2016, “Paul Fredrick’s Story,” by Dr. Marc de Moya, Medical College of pp. 8–10, Print. Wisconsin. © 2016 Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Originally published in “Froedtert Today.” Reprinted with “Perfect Blend,” by Froedtert Newsroom. permission. https://www.froedtert.com/stories/perfect-blend General Surgery © 2018 Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. Kindel, Tammy; Rolf, Tanya, “Hitting the reset button with Originally published in “Froedtert Today.” Reprinted with weight-loss surgery,” Medical College of Wisconsin. permission. 76 Other Resources: Vector graphics via vecteezy.com
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