CSG leadership
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Role of the advanced practice nurse
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Children's Specialty Group Leadership

Children's Specialty Group (CSG) is governed by a board of directors that includes representatives from Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin, and the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin pediatrician-in-chief, 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, that are responsible for overseeing the recruitment, planning and budgeting, billing and collections and the overall performance of their individual department.

CSG is committed to providing quality multidisciplinary pediatric care to patients and their families.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Marc H. Gorelick, MD, is chief executive officer of Children's Specialty Group, senior associate dean of clinical affairs at the Medical College of Wisconsin and executive vice president at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He also is an emergency medicine specialist at Children's Hospital and a professor of Pediatirc Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at the Medical College. Dr. Gorelick joined CSG 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.

 

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

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.

 

Vice Chair and Surgeon-in-Chief

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 the 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.

 

Vice Chair and Pediatrician-in-Chief

Robert H. Lane, MD, is chair of the department of Pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, a professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) at Medical College of Wisconsin and a member of Children's Specialty Group. Dr. Lane joined Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in 2013.

Medical School: Northwester University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Residency: Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Pediatrics.
Fellowships: University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine, Pediatric Scientist Development Training and McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.
Board Certification: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. 

Surgical Members

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.

Casey M. Calkins, MD, is program director of Surgical Critical Care at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and an associate professor of Pediatric Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Calkins joined Children's Specialty Group in 2005.

Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin.
Residency: University of Colorado (Denver), Surgery.
Fellowship: Children's Mercy Hospital (Kansas City, MO), Pediatric General Surgery.
Board Certifications: Pediatric Surgery and Surgery.
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.

 

Charles T. Durkee, MD, is a pediatric urologist at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and an associate professor of Pediatric Urology and Pediatrics at the 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.

 

John (Jake) P. Scott, MD, is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and an assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the 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.

 

Cecille G. Sulman, MD, is medical director of Otolaryngology at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and an associate professor and chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Sulman joined Children's Specialty Group in 2006.

Medical Degree: Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland).
Residency: Case Western Reserve University, Otolaryngology.
Fellowship: Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago), Pediatric Otolaryngology.
Board certification: Otolaryngology.
Special Interest: General pediatric otolaryngology, management of chronic sinus disease and airway management.

 

Medical Members

Tammy H. Langhoff, MS, CPNP, is a pediatric psychiatry nurse practitioner at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Tammy joined Children's Specialty Group in 1998.

Bachelor of Science: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Nursing.
Master of Science: University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Nursing.
Board certification: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care.

 

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 the 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.

 

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 the 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.

 

Julie A. Panepinto, MD, MSPH, is a pediatric hematologist at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and a professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Panepinto joined Children's Specialty Group in 2000.

Medical Degree: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
Residency: University of Wisconsin Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Pediatrics.
Fellowship: University of Colorado (Denver), Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
Board certifications: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatrics.

 

Michael R. Uhing, MD, is medical director of Neonatology at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and a professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) at the 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.

 

Advanced Practice Provider Representative
  Betsy Roth-Wojcicki, MS, APNP, is a pediatric rheumatology nurse practitioner at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the 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.

 

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Representative
 

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.

 

The Medical College of Wisconsin Representative
Margie M. Specncer is the chief financial officer for Finance and Administration at the 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.