News and Events

• The division of OB/GYN is happy to welcome our new staff doctor Jane van Dis.  Jane completed medical school in South Dakota and completed her residency at UCLA.  She has spent the last year at Kaiser Permanente in LA and is excited to join our academic program and looks forward to teaching medical students and residents and providing care to the university patient population.

• The division of Maternal Fetal Medicine is happy to welcome our new staff doctor Yasuko Yamamura.  Yasuko completed medical school in Puerto Rico, her residency at Mayo Clinic and fellowship at the University of Minnesota.  Yasuko will begin her new position as Assistant Professor on August 1.
  
  
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• Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Judson on her promotion to Associate Professor with tenure effective on the beginning date of her 2008-2009 appointment.  Dr. Judson received this promotion based on her merits in research, teaching and service to the University.  She serves the University in her role as Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program, as well as teaching medical students, residents and fellows.  Dr. Judson is a well-respected clinician and has been selected as one of the Top Doctors for Women (Minnesota Monthly, 2006 and 2007), Best Doctors in America (2007 and 2008) and America's Top Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2004 and 2005).

• Congratulations to Dr. Judson for winning a two year Sime Research Fellowship through the Center for Spirituality and Healing to study Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Patients with Gynecologic Cancers.