News & Events

News and Events

Timothy McGuine, PhD, receives 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research: Independent Investigator

Posted on 04/26/2024

Each year, the University of Wisconsin–Madison recognizes outstanding academic staff members who have excelled in leadership, public service, research and teaching. Timothy McGuine is one of those exceptional individuals who brings the university’s mission to life and ensures that the Wisconsin Idea extends far beyond the campus and the state. April 26, 2024 – Timothy […]

2024 Residency Match Results

Posted on 03/15/2024

We are thrilled to announce our new class of outstanding Orthopedic Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residents (our first class of four since our PM&R program’s complement increase!).       Congratulations and welcome to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation family!

Linda feels great after pickleball fall led to trauma surgery

Posted on 02/07/2024

Linda Canfield never thought that her first attempt at playing pickleball would end with a 90-mile ambulance ride to UW Health University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, followed by an orthopedic trauma surgery the next day. In August 2022, the St. Paul, Minnesota resident, two college friends, and their husbands ventured to Galena, Illinois for a […]

UW Researchers awarded five-year $3 million NIH R01 to develop novel treatment for pediatric limb-length discrepancy

Posted on 12/19/2023

This fall, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Christopher Brace, PhD, UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) associate professor, Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, and Kenneth Noonan, MD, MHCDS, professor, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, a five-year, $3 million R01 grant for a research project that aims to revolutionize the treatment […]

UW SMPH Orthopedic Trauma Team receives METRC All Star Award

Posted on 12/19/2023

Earlier this fall, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health’s orthopedic trauma research team, led by Paul Whiting, MD, received the Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC) “Implementation and Data Quality All-Star Award”. The award was announced and presented at the Orthopedic Trauma Association’s 39th Annual Meeting held in Seattle, Washington, on […]