MADISON/ INDIANAPOLIS – Anna Dusick, M.D., neurodevelopmentalist and researcher, passed peacefully surrounded by family and friends following a courageous battle with leukemia at 57 years old on July 9. She most recently served as professor of pediatrics within the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health where she served as division chief for Neurodevelopmental-Behavioral Pediatrics. She held medical practice and was the medical director for the Waisman Center Clinical Program Services. She was in the process of actively growing the clinical services program at the Waisman Center, including establishing the Down Syndrome and Newborn Follow-up Clinics, while continuing her work with the National Institute of Child and Human Development (NICHD) Neonatal Research Network.