We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest faculty:

CHRISTOPHER M. DOMES, MD (TRAUMA)

• Fellowship: Orthopedic Trauma, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD
• Residency: University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
• Medical School: Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

BRIAN F. GROGAN, MD (SHOULDER, ELBOW AND SPORTS MEDICINE)

• Fellowship: Shoulder, Elbow & Sports Medicine, Columbia University Irvine Medical Center, New York City, NY
• Residency: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, TX
• Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

DAVID W. HENNESSY, MD (ONCOLOGY AND ADULT RECONSTRUCTION)

• Fellowship: Adult Reconstructive Surgery and Orthopedic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
• Medical School: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

KRISTIN T. MIZERIK, MD (HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY)

• Fellowship: Orthopaedic Upper Extremity, HealthPartners, Saint Paul, MN
• Residency: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
• Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

BRIAN T. NICKEL, MD (ADULT RECONSTRUCTION)

• Fellowship: Adult Reconstructive and Joint Replacement, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY
• Residency: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
• Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

MICHAEL J. SUER, MD (REHABILITATION MEDICINE)

• Fellowship: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
• Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
• Internship: Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
• Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

MELISSA A. VILLEGAS, MD (PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION MEDICINE)

• Board Certification Pediatrics
• Residency: Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
• Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

On Friday, August 31, 2018, the UW Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation welcomed their UW Fall Visiting Professor, Robert V. O’Toole, MD, who spoke on:

• “METRC and Trauma Outcome Studies”
• “Damage Control Orthopaedics in 2018”
• “Who Really Has Compartment Syndrome”

Dr. Robert V. O’Toole is a Professor of Orthopaedics with tenure at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Division Head of Orthopaedic Traumatology and Chief of Orthopaedics at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. He has served as the Director of Clinical Research since 2005. He has served as Program Director for the Shock Trauma Orthopaedic Traumatology Fellowship Program, since 2009. He is active in clinical care, research, and education pertaining to patients who sustain orthopaedic trauma.

Dr. O’Toole’s clinical interests include fractures, high‐energy trauma, pelvic and acetabular fractures, problem fractures including malunion and nonunion, and complications related to trauma including infection, posttraumatic arthritis, and compartment syndrome.

He is an active clinical researcher and currently serves as the principal investigator on research trials totaling more than $30 million in competitive funding. Much of his work is in collaboration with the United States Department of Defense‐funded Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC, www.metrc.org). He leads an active research group that is currently running 16 prospective clinical trials, has 10 full‐time research staff, and strives to address clinical issues affecting patients through high‐quality clinical trial design. The group is always interested in collaboration and welcomes contact from other researchers.

Dr. O’Toole has been part of the team responsible for continued growth in the Division of Orthopaedic Trauma over the last decade. Clinical volumes have increased substantially over the time period, and the group now boasts 10 faculty members, nine research coordinators, nine nurse practitioners, five fellows, eight programs that send residents to rotate with our Department, and a host of other staff who carry out the group’s mission of clinical, educational, and research excellence. The Division is well positioned and aims to continue to play an important national role in orthopaedic trauma care in the coming years

We would like to welcome Tiffany A. Nickel as the new Communications Specialist for the UW Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation.

A UW alum, Tiffany has spent the past 5+ years at Duke in the Marketing and Communications field. She worked for over two and a half years as the Director of Marketing and Communications for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and two and a half years as Program Coordinator for the Department of Anesthesiology.

At UW, she looks forward to working with faculty, staff, and trainess to advance the clinical, research, and teaching missions of the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and the Department of by maintaining fresh digital content, managing websites and social media platforms, working with Health System marketing teams, creating compelling content and graphics for physicians and residents, and developing and executing both external and internal communication plans).

Please feel free to reach out to Tiffany at tnickel@ortho.wisc.edu with any news stories, questions, or just to say hello!