UW Wins 2015 WPA Resident Vignette Competition

Congratulations to Dr. Dana Marlowe, a PG4 resident from the University of Wisconsin, who won the annual Resident Clinical Vignette Competition at the Spring WPA meeting on Friday. Dana did and outstanding job presenting her case on rhinotillexomania.

Dana took the top score of the four residents presenting. Also presenting were Dr. Marc Gunderson, a PG2 from the Medical College of Wisconsin; Dr. Stanley Lyndon, a PG1 from MCW, and Dr. Tony Dobner, and PG1 from UW. All four residents did an excellent job presenting, and the cases enthralled the conference attendees. 

This year marked the third year for the Clinical Vignette Competition. Doctor Tom Heinrich, this year's conference chair, was instrumental in bringing the resident competition to the WPA's Annual Conference a few years ago, and it has been a great addition to the program. This year is the first year that a resident from UW has won.

In the competition, residents from the two Wisconsin psychiatry programs go head-to-head, and the winner has the honor of bringing home the the “Siggy” Award--Wisconsin psychiatry's equivalent of the Paul Bunyan Axe competition.

Dr. Marlowe will bring “Siggy” to Madison, where he will remain on display until next year's competition, which will take place during WPA's 2016 Annual Conference, March 3-5 in Madison.

The Wisconsin Psychiatric Association (WPA) was founded in 1957 as a district branch of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).  WPA represents more than 400 psychiatrists who are committed to quality treatment of all persons with mental illness.  For more information on psychiatrists in Wisconsin, visit the WPA website.