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WINTER 2023
In this Issue
- A Message from the Chair
- Faculty Spotlight Q&A:
Dr. Karl Doerfer - Faculty Highlights
- Role of the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) in an Academic Practice with reflections from:
Laurie Newton, APNP
Helen Kim, APNP - Expanding Footprints and Growing Clinical Opportunities
- New TB Lab Opening in May 2023
- Inaugural Steven Sewall Facial Trauma Symposium
- Research Day 2023
- Best Evidence ENT 2022 Recap
- Residency Program Updates
- 2022 Teaching Awards
- Fellowship Program Updates
A Message from the Chair
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We have had a relatively mild winter here in Milwaukee and wishing for an early spring! We are excited to share the winter 2023 edition of our department newsletter with exciting news and updates about our faculty, learners, and staff.
In this edition, we are pleased and delighted to highlight our remarkable cadre of advanced practice providers (APPs). When I joined the MCW faculty in 1999, we had a small handful of APPs in the department with an early and evolving understanding of how best to incorporate these key members on our care teams.
Present day, we have 12-14 APPs with skill sets of great breadth and depth that touch all the missions of our academic department – from inpatient to outpatient clinical care, research, education, campus leadership, and community outreach. READ MORE
Save the Date!
Best Evidence ENT 2024
July 28 - 30
The American Club
Kohler, WI
Faculty Spotlight Q&A: Dr. Karl Doerfer
How did you first come to learn about MCW?
My first experience at MCW was during an away rotation with the ENT department as a fourth year medical student from Northwestern. I was immediately impressed by the quality of the training as well as the culture of the department and character of the faculty and residents. READ MORE
Karl Doerfer, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurotology
Faculty Highlights
MCW School of Medicine (SOM) will roll out their newly designed curriculum, MCWfusion in the summer of 2023. To support the development and implementation of the new SOM curriculum, many new leadership positions were created. Congratulations to the following faculty who were selected to fill these important roles:
Jonathan Bock, MD '01 – Learning Community Navigator
Sophie Shay, MD – Learning Community Navigator
Joel Blumin, MD – Patient-Based Discussion Facilitator
Role of the Advanced Practice Provider in an Academic Practice
First conceived in the 1960s to aid in a primary care shortage, Physician Assistants (PAs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs), or Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), currently represent a growing aspect of most every specialty of medicine and surgery.
Two of the department's APPs have shared reflections on their career journeys:
Laurie Newton, APNP
Helen Kim, APNP
The above graphic shows the tremendous growth of the APP workforce at Children's Hospital over the years.
Our Adult Otolaryngology Advance Practice Providers
Sarah Baquer, PA-C
Rachel Stephenson, APNP
Helen Kim, APNP
Chee Xiong, APNP
Rebekah Stark, APNP
Mark Vukovich, APNP
Our Pediatric Otolaryngology Advance Practice Providers
Kati Dreyer, APNP
Kristin Magner, APNP
Sharon Schroeder, APNP
Kristina Keppel, APNP
Laurie Newton, APNP
Jennifer Thomas, APNP
Roxanne Link, APNP
Maria Park, PA-C
Michelle Trampe, APNP
Expanding Footprints and Growling Clinical Opportunities
Providers in the Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Science continue to deliver inpatient and outpatient specialty care at the three major hospital affiliates – Froedtert Hospital, Children’s Wisconsin, and the Zablocki VA Medical Center. However, the footprint of both the adult and the pediatric otolaryngology practices are rapidly changing with satellite clinics emerging throughout southeastern Wisconsin, as far south as Kenosha and as far north as Neenah.
READ MORE
New Temporal Bone Lab to open in May 2023
The Division of Otology and Neuro-Otologic Skull Base Surgery is in the process of relocating and upgrading a temporal bone dissection lab. Temporal bone surgical skills are an integral part of residency training, and these skills are first learned and refined throughout training in a temporal bone lab. READ MORE
Inaugural Steven Sewall Facial Trauma Symposium
We look forward to hosting a Facial Trauma Symposium this spring on Saturday, April 22 at MCW to honor Dr. Steven Sewall and his many contributions to the field. This one day multidisciplinary symposium will feature a variety of topics relating to facial trauma, oral and plastic surgery, oculoplastics and more. READ MORE
Save the Date! Research Day: June 16, 2023
Each June, otolaryngology faculty, residents, advanced practice providers, and ancillary teams gather to celebrate a year of research accomplishments. READ MORE
Sydney C. Butts, MD
Guest Speaker
Best Evidence ENT 2022 Recap
After a two year pandemic delay, the 7th Annual Best Evidence ENT conference was finally held July 28-31, 2022 at the American Club in Kohler, WI. READ MORE
Residency Program Updates
In November 2022, Adam Thompson-Harvey, MD joined the Association of American Medical Colleges’ (AAMC) 2022-2023 Board of Directors as a resident member. In this role, Adam is the sole resident representative on this national board.
READ MORE
Chief Residents 2022-2023
2022 Teaching Awards
The 2022 Teaching Awards were presented during the Graduation Dinner held on June 17, 2022 at Filament.
Dr. Christopher Long received the Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Kidder Faculty Mentor Award.
The Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Kidder Resident Mentor Award was presented to Ryan Puccia, MD.
Congratulations to these esteemed educators!
Fellowship Updates
Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship:
The Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, led by Sachin Pawar, MD (MD ’07, GME ’12) received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Post-Residency Specialty Education (ACPSE) beginning with the 2021-2022 year.
Y21-22 fellow Anna Bakeman, MD (MD ’16) completed her residency at the University of Pittsburgh and is currently on the faculty of the Cleveland Clinic’s Head & Neck Institute.
Y22-23 fellow Dominic Catalano, MD is the current facial plastic and reconstructive surgery fellow. He completed his otolaryngology residency at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester.
Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship:
Y21-22 fellow Elie Khalifee, MD completed his otolaryngology residency at the American University of Beirut Medical Center and is continuing his education at Children’s Mercy Kansas City.
Y22-23 fellow Axel Shum, MD (GME ’22) is the current pediatric otolaryngology fellow.
Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship Program Director, Robert Chun, MD with the
2022 fellow graduate, Elie Khalifee, MD
View the faculty listing of the Department of Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences.
If you have questions concerning this publication, please contact alschwab@mcw.edu.
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