Since retiring in December 2024 from a trailblazing and highly successful 45-year career as a surgeon and educator with KU School of Medicine-Wichita, Marilee McBoyle-Wiesner, M.D., is paying tribute to two of her most stalwart advocates and making sure their legacy, and hers to some extent, carries forward to future surgeons.
Earlier this year, McBoyle-Wiesner established a $25,000 endowed fund in her parents’ names. The Vincent and Laurel McBoyle KU Surgery Residency Skills Lab Award will provide an annual payout of $1,000 to support a surgery resident who has made educational contributions to the lab.
An example would be a resident creating a hands-on lab session for certain procedures, McBoyle-Wiesner said, like escharotomies, which are small surgical incisions made through tough, burnt skin to relieve dangerous pressure and help restore blood flow for a burn trauma patient…