Whitefish Bay Anatomy Researcher Honored for Accomplishments

Todd Hoagland, Ph.D., associate professor of cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy at the Medical College of Wisconsin, will receive the 2012 Basmajian Award from the American Association of Anatomists at the association's annual meeting on April 24.

The award recognizes health science faculty who are in the formative stages of their career, can document excellence in their contribution to the teaching of gross anatomy, and have outstanding accomplishments in biomedical research or scholarship in education.

Hoagland received his undergraduate degree in biology from Bucknell University and his Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Notre Dame. He joined the Medical College faculty in 2010, and is currently a course director for Clinical Human Anatomy and Advanced Clinical Anatomy (fourth year elective), and anatomy discipline steward and co-director for the Musculoskeletal Skin module in the pilot integrated curriculum. Hoagland has won several teaching awards, an award for outstanding ethical leadership, and is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

“Dr. Hoagland is a true academic in that he believes in and participates in medical education research. He has gone a long way toward bridging the gap between research intensive faculty and their responsibilities to medical education," said Joseph C. Besharse, Marvin Wagner Professor and chair of cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy at the Medical College.

Hoagland is an active member of the American Association of Anatomists (AAA), the American Association of Clinical Anatomists, the American Physiological Society, and the International Association of Medical Sciences Educators.