Dr. Tosha Wetterneck is honored with the Wisconsin Medical Society’s prestigious Director’s Award

Dr. Wetterneck, center, celebrates with her General Internal Medicine faculty colleagues (left to right) Elizabeth Trowbridge, MD, Kenneth D. Skaar, MD, Chair of Primary Care and chief; Mary Pak, MD, clinical professor; Shobhina Chheda, MD, MPH, professor; and Kathryn Miller, MD, associate professor

Tosha Wetterneck, MD, MS, professor, General Internal Medicine, has received the prestigious Director's Award from the Wisconsin Medical Society (WisMed).

The Director's Award is the highest honor the Society can bestow upon one of its members and is granted only to those who have served with outstanding distinction the art and science of medicine, their fellow physicians and the public.

Dr. Tosha Wetterneck

“Dr. Wetterneck has dedicated her career to helping physicians practice good medicine,” her award citation notes. “She has taught medical students, pharmacists, nurses and engineers about patient safety, quality of care and health care advocacy.”

A general internist whose clinical practice is focused on inpatient medicine, Dr. Wetterneck has been an active WisMed member for 30 years. She believes strongly that WisMed plays a critical role in connecting Wisconsin’s physicians, elevating their patient advocacy efforts, and defending their ability to practice medicine without undue regulatory burden or interference in the doctor-patient relationship.

She has held positions across the organization—notably leading its policy panel and policy review committee, and serving as chair of its American Medical Association (AMA) delegation. She has been a member of the WisMed board of directors and executive committee, and served as WisMed president in 2012.

“Dr. Wetterneck has had an extraordinary commitment to the Wisconsin Medical Society for her whole career, including training," said Elizabeth Trowbridge, MD, Kenneth D. Skaar, MD, Chair of Primary Care and chief, General Internal Medicine. "Her length and breath of service are remarkable, and her work has changed the lives of physicians and patients in Wisconsin.”

Dr. Wetterneck received the Director's Award at WisMed’s annual Health and Harmony event on April 5, 2024.

Banner: Dr. Wetterneck, center, celebrates with her General Internal Medicine faculty colleagues (left to right) Dr. Trowbridge; Mary Pak, MD, clinical professor; Shobhina Chheda, MD, MPH, professor; and Kathryn Miller, MD, associate professor. Credit: Wisconsin Medical Society.

Matt Mallum, MFA