MCW leader receives Distinguished Service Award
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) honored Richard Katschke, MA, APR, associate vice president of communications, with a Distinguished Service Awards, MCW’s highest faculty and staff honor, at its annual convocation ceremony.
Katschke joined MCW in 1985. His responsibilities have included overseeing media relations and external communications, brand development, internal communications, web communications, publications and special events. He has coordinated all institutional policy statements, issues management and crisis communications, and directly served three MCW presidents. Katschke is recognized for his collaborative and collegial approach, and has built and strengthened close working relations with MCW’s communications partners at Froedtert Health, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the Zablocki VA Medical Center.
Globally, Katschke has held regional and national leadership positions with the Association of American Medical College’s Group on Institutional Advancement.
About the Medical College of Wisconsin
The Medical College of Wisconsin is the state’s only private medical school and health sciences graduate school. Founded in 1893, it is dedicated to leadership and excellence in education, patient care, research and community engagement. More than 1,200 students are enrolled in MCW’s medical school and graduate school programs in Milwaukee, and 26 medical students are enrolled at MCW-Green Bay. A regional medical education campus is scheduled to open in Central Wisconsin in 2016. MCW’s School of Pharmacy will open in 2017 or 2018 with an initial class size of 60 students. A major national research center, MCW is the largest research institution in the Milwaukee metro area and second largest in Wisconsin. In FY 2013-14, faculty received approximately $154 million in external support for research, teaching, training and related purposes, of which approximately $138 million is for research. This total includes highly competitive research and training awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Annually, MCW faculty direct or collaborate on more than 2,000 research studies, including clinical trials. Additionally, more than 1,350 physicians provide care in virtually every specialty of medicine for more than 425,000 patients annually.
