DFMCH Receives Prolotherapy Appreciation Award
Department chair David Rakel, MD poses with former DFMCH faculty members Bobby Nourani, DO and David Rabago, MD at the annual prolotherapy conference. [...]
Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH Speaks on Addiction Medicine Panel
Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH (Professor, CHS) spoke at the American Society of Addiction Medicine Addiction Medicine Advocacy Conference in [...]
How Curiosity and Compassion Led Resident of the Year Briana Krewson to Family Medicine
Dr. Briana Krewson found family medicine when she was looking for everything else. A self-proclaimed “lover of everything” during medical school, she found herself [...]
Kerry Zimdars, MD, MPH Named Faculty Advisor for Social Impact and Belonging
Kerry Zimdars, MD, MPH Kerry Zimdars, MD, MPH (Clinical Assistant Professor) has been named the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) [...]
Brittany Alioto, PA Receives Clinical Excellence Award
Brittany Alioto, PA Brittany Alioto, PA (Belleville Clinic) was awarded a 2025 UW Health Advanced Practice Provider Excellence in Clinical Practice Award [...]
WREN Study Receives NIH Funding Through December 2026
Top: Mary F. Henningfield, PhD and Yao Liu, MD, MS. Bottom: Sarina Schrager, MD, MS and Earlise Ward, PhD, MS Congratulations to [...]
Dr. Hans Elzinga Reflects on the Mentors Who Shaped His Career
As one of the first graduates of the Baraboo Rural Training Track (RTT) in 1999, Dr. Hans Elzinga has built a career defined by [...]
Dr. Mark Beamsley Honored with Dean’s Teaching Award
Dr. Mark Beamsley, director of medical student education in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, has been honored with the prestigious Dean’s [...]
A Decade of Discovery: ORCHARDS Concludes After Ten Years of Groundbreaking Research
After more than a decade of groundbreaking work, the Oregon Child Absenteeism Due to Respiratory Disease Study (ORCHARDS) has concluded. Launched in 2014, ORCHARDS [...]
Briana Krewson, DO, MPH Receives 2025 AAFP Award for Excellence
Briana Krewson, DO, MPH Congratulations to Briana Krewson, DO, MPH (Postgraduate Trainee 3) on receiving an American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) 2025 Award for [...]