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Thank you to Martha Zeiger MD for joining our UW Endocrine Surgery family as the 2023 Badger Professor! A great night of food and drinks and conversations! So proud of my UW Endocrine Surgery team! #AAES2023

Congratulations to our fearless leader Dr. Rebecca Sippel on being elected American Association of Endocrine Surgeons President elect! Huge congrats to Dr. Dave Schneider to being elected Councilor!!! You make UW-Madison Department of Surgery UW School of Medicine and Public Health proud! #AAES2023

And we can't wait for you to join us!!! See you soon Betsy (Huffman) Cooper. #OnWisconsin . .

Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Applications open TODAY for the 2025-2026 fellowship year. Check out the AAES website for more details endocrinesurgery.org/match-program

Dearest gentle reader, Friday morning teaching conferences are more fun at UW Endocrine Surgery!!! 😎 🐝 🪶 #endocrinesurgery #thyroid #academicsurgery

We are thrilled to welcome Drs. Nick Druar and Caitlin Finn to UW Endocrine Surgery, starting as fellows in the summer of 2025!

Let’s introduce our UW Endocrine Surgery faculty!!! First up, our fearless leader Rebecca Sippel Current American Association of Endocrine Surgeons President, Division Chief, and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs Fave OR case: Parathyroidectomy! Fave Instrument: Schnidt Tonsil OR music: ABBA, Pink, Maroon 5

Next up for UW Endocrine Surgery faculty intros: Dr. David Schneider, Dave Schneider the informatics and machine-learning guru of the group! Fave OR case: four-gland parathyroid exploration Fave surgical instrument: the “best army-navy retractor you have” OR music: Anything but country

Congrats to Catherine Jensen MD MSc from UW Endocrine Surgery presenting her great work with mentor Susie Pitt, MD MPHS from Michigan Surgery at #IAES2024 on tracking quality using a statewide collaborative. So important to collect this data to not only define, but improve surgical quality!

Next up in our UW Endocrine Surgery faculty intros: Dr Dawn Elfenbein, Vice Chair for Wellbeing UW-Madison Department of Surgery , sailing enthusiast, and educator extraordinaire Fave case: parathyroid Fave instrument: Bailey OR music: Classic Rock

Congratulations to Sarah Oltmann MD on her appointment as Chief of the Section of Endocrine Surgery UTSW Surgery . She will be great leader for a great program! Some proud of our past UW Endocrine Surgery fellow!

🏆 Dr. Layton F. Rikkers of UW-Madison Department of Surgery will receive the Distinguished Service Award—the ACS’s highest honor—at the upcoming #ACSCC24 Convocation. Learn more about his career accomplishments, enthusiasm for mentorship, and many contributions to the ACS. brnw.ch/21wNEEK

Congratulations to Dr. Courtney Balentine, Associate Professor in UW Endocrine Surgery, and Dr. Ganesh Sankaranarayanan (Ganesh Sankaran PhD 🇺🇸🇮🇳🇦🇷), of UTSW Surgery, for receiving a four-year, $1.6 million R01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). go.wisc.edu/wbd90k

So deeply proud of our ⁦UW-Madison Department of Surgery⁩ former Chair and emeritus Professor - receiving ⁦American College of Surgeons⁩ highest honor / the Distinguished Service Award - so incredibly deserved!

Continuing our UW Endocrine Surgery faculty intros, meet Dr. Alex Chiu!! UW fellow turned faculty, he’s the director of UW-Madison Department of Surgery Underrepresented in Medicine scholarship Fave OR case: Left Superior Parathyroid Music: Old School Soul Instrument: 60 degree Bailey

Congratulations to our new Vice Chair of Global Surgery, Dr. Kristin Long (@KristinLongMD), Associate Professor in UW Endocrine Surgery! Read more: go.wisc.edu/6ofku4

More of our faculty introductions this week! Meet @KristinLongMD Also Vice Chair of Global Surgery & Associate Program Director for the UW Endocrine Surgery fellowship Fave case: a successful parathyroidectomy! Fave Instrument: bipolar & a peanut OR music: Yacht Rock or Queen

Join us this evening (Dec. 12) at 8pm ET for the #GravesDiseaseAwarenessMonth Webinar! This webinar is hosted by Graves' Disease & Thyroid Foundation in partnership with AAES. Scan the QR code to register now! American Thyroid Association AACE #GravesDisease #GDAM2024

Congratulations to UW Endocrine Surgery UW-Madison Department of Surgery faculty @KristinLongMD , newly named President-Elect of the Association of Academic Global Surgery!! 😷🌍🌟.

Final faculty intro is Dr Courtney Balentine, former UW fellow and now Associate Professor here UW Endocrine Surgery OR music: none Fave case: Thyroid lobectomy Fave instrument: right angle