CSG leadership
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Children's Specialty Group is governed by a board of directors that includes representatives from Children's Hospital and Health System and Medical College of Wisconsin, the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin pediatrician-in-chief and surgeon-in-chief, eight elected physician members (four surgical and four medical) and two appointed physician members (one surgical and one medical).
There are 13 departments, each with a pediatric physician leader and an administrator, who are responsible for overseeing the recruitment, planning and budgeting, billing and collections and the overall performance of their individual department.
Children's Specialty Group is committed to providing quality multidisciplinary pediatric care to patients and their families.
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Marc H. Gorelick, MD, is chief executive officer of Children's Specialty Group, an emergency medicine specialist at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and a professor of Pediatirc Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Gorelick joined the specialty group in 2000.
Medical School: Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Residency: Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C, Pediatrics.
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
Board Certifications: Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
Special Interest: Emergency medicine.
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Pat H. Radoszewski, RN, MBA, is the chief operating officer of Children's Specialty Group. She came to the specialty group in 2001 with more than 20 years of experience in health care administration. Pat held various leadership positions at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, including the director of Ambulatory Services and director of Planning and Marketing.
She has a master's degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a bachelor's degree in Nursing from Jacksonville State University in Alabama. Prior to joining CSG she worked as a health care consultant and held health care positions with Aurora Health Care, Grant Medical Center and Vanderbilt Medical Center.
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Keith T. Oldham, MD, is the Marie Uihlein Chair in Pediatric Surgery and surgeon-in-chief at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and a professor of Pediatric Surgery at Medical College of Wisconsin. He came to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in 1998 from Duke University Medical Center where he was chief of Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Oldham is the author and editor of Surgery of Infants and Children (Scientific Principles and Practice).
Medical School: Medical College of Virginia.
Residency: University of Washington, General Surgery.
Fellowships: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery.
Board Certifications: Surgical Critical Care, Pediatric Surgery, General Surgery.
Special Interest: Congenital anomalies and newborn surgery, imperforate anus surgery, laparoscopic surgery, pediatric GI surgery, pediatric oncology, pediatric trauma and burns, neonatal surgery, proctectomy/endo-rectal pull through, surgical critical care, and thoracic surgery (noncardiac)/pectus excavatum/NUSS.
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Kevin J. Kelly, MD, is interim chair of the department of Pediatrics and interim pediatrician-in-chief at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, a professor of Pediatrics (Allergy/Immunology) and Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin and a member of Children's Specialty Group. Dr. Kelly joined Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in 1988 and rejoined the specialty group in 2009.
Medical School: Loyola University of Chicago-Stritch School of Medicine.
Residency: Medical College of Wiscconsin, Pediatrics.
Fellowships: Harvard Medical School, Critical Care and Medical College of Wisconsin, Allergy and Immunology.
Board Certifications: Pediatircs, Allergy and Immunology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.
Special Interest: Pediatric asthma, latex allergy, anaphylaxis, food allergies, environmental allergy, allergic rhinitis, allergies, hay fever, hives, anaphylaxis, eosinophilic diseases, occupational allergy and bee sting allergy.
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Marjorie J. Arca, MD, is program director of Surgical Critical Care at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and an associate professor of Pediatric Surgery at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Arca joined Children's Specialty Group in 2003.
Medical School: University of California-Los Angeles.
Residency: University of Michigan, General Surgery.
Fellowships: University of Michigan, Surgical Critical Care; Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Laparoscopic Surgery; and CS Mott Children's Hospital, Pediatric General Surgery.
Board Certifications: Pediatric Surgery, Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.
Special Interest: Congenital anomalies, newborn surgery, pediatric general surgery, thoracic (noncardiac) surgery, pediatric oncology, prenatal consults, Fetal Concerns Center of Wisconsin and pediatric trauma and burns. |
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Charles T. Durkee, MD, is a pediatric urologist at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and an associate professor of Pediatric Urology and Pediatrics at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Durkee joined Children's Specialty Group in 2001 from his private practice in Milwaukee.
Medical School: Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Residency: University of Wisconsin (PNP), Urology.
Board Certification: Urology.
Special Interest: Biofeedback, hypospadia, laparoscopic urology, spina bifida, urodynamics.
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Thomas T. Sato, MD, is a pediatric surgeon at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and a professor of Pediatric Surgery at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Sato joined Children's Specialty Group in 1997 following his pediatric general surgery fellowship.
Medical School: University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Residency: University of Washington, General Surgery.
Fellowships: University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., Trauma; Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., Pediatric General Surgery.
Board Certifications: Pediatric Surgery, Surgery.
Special Interest: Congenital anomalies/newborn surgery, Pediatric general/thoracic (noncardiac) surgery, pediatric oncology, prenatal consults, Fetal Concerns Center of Wisconsin and pedatric trauma and burns.
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John (Jake) P. Scott, MD, is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and an assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Scott joined Children's Specialty Group in 2008.
Medical Degree: University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin, Pediatrics and Anesthesiology.
Fellowships: Medical College of Wisconsin, Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care.
Board certifications: Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics.
Special Interest: Pediatric anesthesia and critical care.
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J. Channing Tassone, MD, is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and an associate professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Tassone joined Children's Specialty Group in 2002 following his pediatric orthopedic surgery fellowship.
Medical Degree: University of Washington School of Medicine.
Residency: University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Orthopedics.
Fellowship: Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery.
Board certification: Orthopedic Surgery.
Special Interest: Pediatric orthopedics, scoliosis, hip dysplasia, club feet, cerebral palsy and fracture care.
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Medical Members |
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Peter L. Havens, MD, is medical director of the HIV Primary Care Support Network at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and a professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease) at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Havens has served on the board since its inception. He came to Children's Hospital in 1987 from Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Mass. following two fellowships.
Medical School: University of Missouri, School of Medicine,
Kansas City.
Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Pediatrics.
Fellowships: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Critical Care and Infectious Disease.
Board Certifications: Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.
Special Interest: Pediatric/perinatal/adolescent HIV.
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Valerie B. Lyon, MD, is a pediatric dermatologist at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and an associate professor of Pediatric Dermatology at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Lyon joined Children's Specialty Group in 2003 following her pediatric dermatology fellowship.
Medical degree: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine.
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin, Dermatology.
Fellowship: University of California-San Diego, Pediatric Dermatology.
Board Certifications: Pediatric Dermatology and Dermatology.
Special Interest: Laser therapy, birthmarks, nevi, hemangiomas and other vascularlesions, atopic dermatitis, pediatric dermatologic surgery, pigmentedlesions and general pediatric dermatology.
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David A. Margolis, MD, is medical director of Hematology/Oncology and program director of Bone Marrow Transplant at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and a professor and chief of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Margolis joined Children's Specialty Group in 1992.
Medical School: University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin, Pediatrics.
Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
Board Certifications: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatrics.
Special Interest: Allogenic stem cell transplantation for malignant and non-malignant diseases and treatment of aplastic anemia.
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Cynthia G. Pan, MD, is medical director of Nephrology/Renal/Dialysis at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and a professor and chief of Pediatrics (Nephrology) at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Pan joined Children's Specialty Group in 1989.
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin.
Residency: Children's Hospital, Buffalo, NY, Pediatrics.
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Pediatric Nephrology.
Board Certifications: Pediatric Nephrology and Pediatrics.
Special Interest: Hypertension, nephrotic syndrome, congenital renal anomalies, kidney transplantation, end stage renal disease, metabolic bone diseases, kidney transplantation and glomerulonephritis.
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Michael R. Uhing, MD, is medical director of Neonatology at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and a professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Uhing joined Children's Specialty Group in 2002.
Medical School: University of Iowa.
Residency: University of Illinois-Chicago, Pediatrics.
Fellowship: University of Illinois-Chicago, Neonatology.
Board Certification: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.
Special Interest: Neonatal critical illness and neonatology.
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Betsy Roth-Wojcicki, MS, APNP, is a pediatric rheumatology nurse practitioner at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin. Betsy joined Children's Specialty Group in 2001.
Bachelor of Science: University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Nursing.
Master of Science: University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Nursing.
Board certification: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.
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Cinthia S. Christensen, RN, JD, is president and chief operating officer of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and executive vice president of Children's Hospital and Health System. Cinthia earned a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School and became director of Legal Services in 1990. She was promoted to corporate vice president and general counsel in 1996. She has also held nursing positions in the hospital's emergency department, pediatric intensive care unit and surgical unit from 1981–1983 and 1984–1986. In addition, she worked as a nurse in Ban Nam Yao refugee camp in Thailand from 1983-1984.
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Margie M. Specncer is the chief financial officer for Finance and Administration at Medical College of Wisconsin. Margie came to the medical college from the University of Washington School. She earned a masters degree in Business Administration from Williamette University in Salem, Oregon, and a bachelor of science degree from Oregon State University. | |
