DFMCH Celebrates 2017 Renner Hansen Honorees
On November 8, 2017, faculty, staff and friends of the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) gathered at the Pyle Center to [...]
China Connections
Madison Alum Enjoys Work and Life in Shanghai For UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) residency alumna Laura Jordhen, MD (Madison [...]
Rural Readiness for Wisconsin
Why Two Recent Baraboo RTT Graduates Are Excited About Their Practice Abigail Puglisi, DO, and Neil Cox, MD, together in 2014, when they [...]
New Primary Care Initiative Helps Patients Control Hypertension
A new UW Health primary-care quality improvement initiative aims to help patients with hypertension better control their blood pressure and potentially reduce their risk of [...]
Edmond Ramly, PhD: Improving Ambulatory Care Though Systems Engineering
On August 1, 2017, the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) welcomed its newest research faculty member, Edmond Ramly, PhD. The [...]
Resident Class of 2017 Begins Practice; 67% Remain in Wisconsin
This summer, the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) said goodbye to 33 graduating residents. Of them, 22 (67 percent) entered practice [...]
Dr. Cynthia Haq to Become Chair at UC–Irvine, Reflects on Accomplishments
Dr. Haq in 2014 Cynthia Haq, MD, a professor (CHS) in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) [...]
Get to Know Fitchburg Clinic’s Elizabeth Perry, MD
“I am grateful to be a part of a community of providers who always want to do a better job for their patients.”---Elizabeth [...]
2017 Farley Lecture: Nick Turkal, MD, on Innovation, New Care Models and Community Partnerships
From left: DFMCH Chair Valerie Gilchrist, MD, Farley lecturer Nick Turkal, MD, and John Frey, MD On September 13, 2017, the UW [...]
AAFP Names Family Medicine Interest Group a Program of Excellence for Third Straight Year
For the third year in a row, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) named the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Family Medicine [...]