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Patty Cisneros Prevo is the newest member of UW Health’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) team. Her work and her life have focused on advocating to recognize, celebrate and honor those from historically marginalized communities. She was invited to the White House on February 16 along with Wisconsin elected officials and community leaders to share and discuss opportunities to improve people’s everyday lives. She brings a unique perspective to the group. As a member of the Congressional Commission on the State of the Olympics & Paralympics and as a former member of the USA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team that won two gold medals, Patty advocates for the Paralympian experience and those at the intersection of disability and race/ethnicity. “Oftentimes, Paralympians are not given the same platform as Olympians,” Patty says. “The goal is to work collaboratively with the other members of the Commission to bring about much needed legislative change for safety and well-being of all athletes.”
UW Carbone Cancer Center is one of three research institutions in the United States participating in a breast cancer vaccine clinical trial and was the first to administer the vaccine to a participating patient. The trial is testing a novel vaccine, developed by Dr. Nora Disis at the University of Washington in Seattle, designed to prevent the recurrence of triple-negative breast cancer, according to Dr. Lee Wilke, senior medical director of Clinical Oncology Services, UW Health, and principal investigator for the clinical trial at UW Carbone. Triple-negative breast cancer cells lack three different features that are targeted by certain currently available drugs, resulting in fewer treatment options.
Reviewers found that UW Carbone Cancer Center’s six program areas — cancer prevention and control, developmental therapeutics, cancer genetics and epigenetics mechanisms, imaging and radiation sciences, tumor microenvironment and human cancer virology – were rated outstanding or outstanding to exceptional. Exceptional is the only rating higher than outstanding.
The UW Health Transplant Center is one of the few transplant centers in the country that has transplanted more than 12,000 kidneys. This milestone shows the center’s incredible expertise and leadership in kidney transplantation according to Dr. Dixon Kaufman, medical director, UW Health Transplant Center, and professor of surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. “When you think about the size of our program compared to some on the West Coast or the East Coast, it’s especially impressive to say we are one of the first in the nation to reach this number of kidney transplants,” he said. “It shows our level of excellence and teamwork.” The UW Health Kidney Transplant Program began with its first adult kidney transplant in 1966, performing its first pediatric kidney transplant a year later in 1967.
Rodolfo Osuna Leon is a Spanish medical interpreter for UW Health, serving as the voice between patients and providers. A chance meeting with a medical interpreter at his previous job led him to a career in medical interpretation. Rodolfo is grateful she encouraged him to pursue his national certification in medical interpretation and find a career focused on helping people. Rodolfo is also a “dreamer” – a DACA recipient (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). He moved from Mexico to Madison with his family at the age of 14. During his time in Madison, he graduated from high school, got his associate’s degree from Madison College and his health care interpeter national certification. Like many other DACA recipients, he hopes to become a United States citizen and continue to contribute in a meaningful way to the community he grew up in--Madison, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Medicine announced a new focus on overcoming national workforce shortages and building the healthcare workforce of the future. A significant donation from Verona-based Epic will kickstart the effort, allowing for the creation and expansion of programs to inspire, train and support the next generation of healthcare workers with a strong focus on impacting historically marginalized communities. Among the programs receiving support are a new and innovative nursing recruitment program and the expansion of a community-based healthcare apprenticeship program that are both designed to help address barriers to joining and staying in healthcare professions, according to Dr. Alan Kaplan, CEO, UW Health.
UW Health opened the Pleasant T. Rowland Transplant Clinic in September, marking a new era of patient care for our world-renowned organ transplant center. The new 10,000-square-foot clinic, located just inside the University Hospital clinics entrance, serves adult patients who are being evaluated for or who have received an organ transplant, as well as those who give the gift of life through living organ donation.
A new facility dog joins the child life team at American Family Children’s Hospital. The newest canine employee is Cola, a 2-year-old male golden doodle mix. He is professionally trained to work in healthcare settings and with a handler to provide comfort to children during their treatment processes.
Consider a move to Madison, Wisconsin – ranked #1 city in the US – two years in a row. Our beautiful capital city and dynamic academic health system, UW Health, have so much to offer including competitive wages, outstanding benefits and relocation assistance for qualified candidates.
For the 11th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report ranked University of Wisconsin Hospitals, which includes University Hospital and UW Health East Madison Hospital, as No. 1 in Wisconsin on its Best Hospitals list.
