Frey Writing Award winners

Dr. John Frey (back row, far right) with the Frey Writing Award recipients, September 7, 2023.

The John J. Frey, III, MD Writing Awards recognize and honor creative writing by faculty, residents, fellows, FMIG students, and staff in the UW SMPH Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH), UW Health Family Medicine clinics, and those in our academic partner family medicine residency programs (Aurora, Gunderson, Waukesha, and WiNC). The awards are presented at the annual Farley-Frey event.

Recent Writing Submissions

2023

Poetry

  • Loved (James Bigham, MD, MPH)
  • Traveling by Night (Elizabeth Fleming, MD)
  • Newborn Rounds (Magnolia Larson, DO)

Prose

  • Up the Stream (Nyla Mathis)
  • Weathering the Storm: Reflections on Identity and Progress in Academia (Kya Vaughn)

2022

Poetry

  • The Pronouncement Exam (Melanie Biegler, DO)
  • Before you (Maureen Goss, MPH)
  • Pieces of Wood (Maggie Larson, DO)
  • The Ride (Caitlin Regner, MD)
  • a million (Jon Temte, MD, PhD)

Prose

  • Vigil (Maddie Batzli)
  • Regarding the Snow Peas (Aynsley Hartney)

2021

Poetry

  • Resurrection (Caitlin Regner, MD )
  • Etch-A-Sketch (Elizabeth Perry, MD)
  • Not me (Magnolia Larson, DO)

Prose

  • A Million Things to Say Before I Die (Markus Eckstein, MD)
  • Homing (Maureen Goss)

2020

Prose

  • Life is Now (Jonathan Rief, MD)
  • A Newsletter (Cassandra Sundaram)
  • Ode to a Clump (Maureen Goss)
  • POA (Markus Eckstein, MD)
  • The Lady in the Sunhat (Shelbey Hagen)
  • Your Diagnosis—An Open Letter to My Dad (Samantha Gervais-LeClaire)

Poetry

  • After the Virus (James Bigham, MD, MPH)
  • before the plague (Jon Temte, MD, PhD)

2019

Prose

  • Buried Treasure (Markus Eckstein)

Poetry

  • Expressions of Love (Caitlin Regner, MD)
  • One Block (Melissa Stiles, MD)
  • Requiem for Sperry Chalet (Jon Temte, MD)
  • Green eyed Boy (Susan Golz)
  • When We Dance (Brenna Gibbons)
  • FMS Haiku (Bill Schwab, MD)

2018

Prose

  • Explanations for eating hot soup outside on a hot day (Cassandra Sundaram)

Poetry

  • Dress Code (Ildi Martonffy, MD)
  • On Totternhoe Beacon, Summer 2018 (Jennifer Edgoose, MD MPH)
  • The Shell (Maggie Larson, DO)

2017

Prose

  • Getting Drunk on Kefir and Other Ridiculous Ideas (Cassandra Sundaram)
  • Picture Book Bandhs (Maureen Landsverk)
  • Review: The Image of Blacks (Susan Golz)

Poetry

  • History and physical (Jonathan Temte, MD, PhD)
  • Hospital Haircut (Elizabeth Perry, MD)
  • II Corinthians 9:12 (Ildi Martonffy, MD)

2016

Poetry

  • Aging (Caitlin Regner, MD)
  • Bookends (Melissa Stiles, MD)

Prose

  • All the Lonely People (John Brill, MD, MPH)
  • Visiting the home of a retired brushlands firefighter (Jon Temte, MD, PhD)
  • Whomp, Whomp (Kevin Wyne, MPAS, MSc, PA-C)

2015

Prose

  • Remembrances and Reflections: Global Health, Local Needs and One Very Special Patient (Cindy Haq, MD)
  • The Catbird Seat (Jon Temte, MD, MS, PhD)

Poetry

  • Diagnosis: MRI With and Without Contrast (Deb Schultz, MD)
  • Sickle Cell (Parker Hoerz, MD)

2014

Prose

  • Where Does Compassion Come From? (Cindy Haq, MD)
  • Lost in Translation (Jonas Lee, MD)
  • Memories of Maude (Susette Thompson, PA-C)

Poetry

  • Timeless (Deborah Schultz, MD)
  • Red Sky of Mourning (Ann Evensen, MD)

2023 – Farley-Frey Celebration Includes Health Equity Address by Dr. Viviana Martinez-Bianchi and Frey Writing Awards Presentation

2022 – Farley Lecturer Arthur Kaufman, MD, Discusses the Social Mission of Academic Health; Chair and Frey Writing Awards Presented

2021 – Farley Lecturer Tricia C. Elliott, MD, FAAFP, Discusses Racism and Advancing Health Equity; Frey Writing Awards Presented

2020 – Congratulations to the 2020 Renner Hansen and Farley Frey Honorees

2019 – 2019 Farley Lecture: Marji Gold, MD, on Reproductive Rights to Reproductive Justice

2018 – 2018 Farley Lecture: Renee Crichlow, MD, on Advocacy, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Social Justice

2017 – 2017 Farley Lecture: Nick Turkal, MD, on Innovation, New Care Models and Community Partnerships

2016 – Farley Lecturer William Miller, MD, MA, Discusses Primary Care, Surprises and Complexity; Frey Writing Awards Presented

2015 – Jeannette South-Paul, MD, Addresses DFMCH; Frey Writing Awards Presented

2014 – Tillman Farley, MD, Addresses DFM; Frey Writing Awards Presented