September 2025

This issue of WMJ features research and commentary exploring a wide array of topics, including drivers of opioid prescriptions for Medicare patients, analysis of chlamydia and gonorrhea infection rates in La Crosse County over 20 years, incidence of lymph node metastasis in patients with endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia, a novel approach to clinical faculty mentoring, and more.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
From the Editor
Cultivating the Next Generation of Physician-Scholars
Fahad Aziz, MD, FASN
Commentary
Cultural Competency in Short-Term Medical Missions
Isaac KS Ng, MBBS, MRCP
NEWS
WMJ Welcomes Two New Deputy Editors
Kendi Neff-Parvin
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Drivers of Opioid Prescriptions for Medicare Patients at an Urban Tertiary Center
Elise A. Biesboer, MD; Abdul Hafiz Al Tannir, MD; Leonard E. Egede, MD, MS; Rebekah J. Walker, PhD; Sneha Nagavally, MS; Sarah A. Endrizzi, MD; William J. Peppard, PharmD
Epidemiological Analysis of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Cases in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 2001-2020
Abigail Multerer, MS; Paula Silha, MASL, MCHES; Gary D. Gilmore, PhD, MCHES; Jennifer Rombalski, MPH; Abdulaziz Elfessi, PhD; Loriann Stanislawski, MS, MCHES; Peter R. Wilker, PhD; William R. Schwan, PhD
Incidence of Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients With a Preoperative Diagnosis of Endometrial Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Matthew K. Wagar, MD; Allison Zinter, BS; Stephanie M. McGregor, MD, PhD; Makeba Williams, MD; Lisa M. Barroilhet, MD, MS; Katherine Sampene, MD
Characteristics of Patients Disengaged From Pharmacist-Led Hypertension Management in Primary Care: An Observational Study
Isabel Wedig, PharmD; Anupama Joseph, MD; Tyler Ho, PharmD
The Empty SmartLink Solution: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve History and Physical Notes Documentation Using Clinical Decision Support
Sabrina E. Carro, MD; Sarah Milota, MD; Danita Hahn, MD; Amanda Rogers, MD; Sarah C. Bauer, MD
Comparing Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography Machine Accessibility Among Urban and Rural County Hospitals in Wisconsin
Benjamin Burdorf, MD; William MacDonald, MD; Pravallika Kesarla, BS; Samantha Burdorf, MBA
A Novel Coach-Approach to Clinical Faculty Mentoring and the UW Department of Medicine Clinical Faculty Development Program
James D. Alstott, MD; Chariti Gent, MA, MCC, CPCC; Christine Fabian Bell, MS; Daniel R. Marlin, MPA; Anthony Hernandez, PhD; Esther Schulman, BS; Sharon Gehl, MBA; Lynn M. Schnapp, MD; James H. Stein, MD
Exploration of Factors That Positively Influence Medical Student Reception of Question-Based Teaching in Clinical Settings
Asha S. Jain, BS; Jacob J. Abou-Hanna, MD; Elizabeth M. Petty, MD
Brain and Body Fitness Group for Those With Dementia and Their Caregivers Through Community Partnership: A Program Evaluation
Lindsey J. G. Creapeau, EdD; Norah M. M. Airth-Kindree, DNP; Jeffrey A. Goodman, PhD
BRIEF REPORTS
A Silent Wave: Increases in Wisconsin’s Alcohol-Related Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Thomas Bentley, MS; Paul D. Creswell, PhD
Electronic Fetal Monitoring Patterns With and Without Continuous Amnioinfusion
Brock E. Polnaszek, MD; Jessica Chen, MD; Rodolfo Fernandez-Criado, MD, MPH; Anna Palatnik, MD; Susan Cohen, MD; Methodius G. Tuuli, MD, MBA, MPH; Adam K. Lewkowitz, MD, MPHS
A Case-Based Approach to Racial Health Disparities in Infertility Diagnosis and Management—From Reproductive Life Planning to Treating Infertility
Micaela Stevenson Wyszewianski, MD; Eliyah J. Stevenson, BS; Jayme Bosler, MD
Barriers to Completing Advance Care Planning: Insights From the Wausau Free Clinic
Grace F. Wittenberg, MD; Lauren Woyak, MD; Jeffrey Todd, MS, CMPE; Jeffrey Oswald, MD; Amy Prunuske, PhD
Brain Doctors: Evaluating a Mental Health Initiative for Elementary Students
Parnika Telagi, MD; Jessica Liu, BS; Bryan Johnston, MD
CASE REPORTS
Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy Presenting with Peripheral Neuropathy and Hearing Loss
Milan Patel, MD; Kaleb Keener, BS; Gina LaWall, NP; Pinky Jha, MD
Candida Auris Total Knee Arthroplasty Infection in an Immunocompetent Individual: Case Report and Literature Review
Milan Patel, MD; Jacob Kodra, BS; Kaleb Keener, BS; Riya Singh; Pinky Jha, MD
Locally Invasive Central Nervous System Aspergillosis Presenting as Subacute Vision Loss
Amelia Papadimitriou, MPH; Alenna Beroza, MS; Kriti Behl, APNP; Muhammad Hammad, MD; Roshan Thapa, MD; Pinky Jha, MD, MPH
An Eye for an Eye, An Ear for an Ear: A Midwestern Case Report of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
Neil Dixit, MD; Emily Koller, MD; Nicole Avendaño, MD; Pinky Jha, MD
Intentional Hydroxychloroquine Overdose Leading to Severe Hypotension and Multiorgan Failure
Drake W.S. Giese, BS; Katherine M. Ernste, MD; Muhammed B. Gilani, MD
Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord From Nitrous Oxide Abuse
Lauren Beranek, MD; Satchel Beranek, MD; Benjamin Kaster, MD
LIMITED SERIES
Statistical Thinking in Medicine, Part 6: Creating Evidence (or What to Know Before Visiting a Statistician)
Robert A. Calder, MD, MS; Jayshil J. Patel, MD