CURRICULUM VITAE
Lauren A. Kosinski MD
Lauren A. Kosinski MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Colorectal Surgery
Department of Surgery
Division of Colorectal Surgery
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
Froedtert West Clinics |
9200 W Wisconsin Ave |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
CITIZENSHIP: USA |
EDUCATION: |
9/19/1982 - 6/14/1985 Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA |
1/1986 - 5/22/1987 BS - Genetics, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, CA |
6/15/1987 - 5/22/1990 MS - Health and Medical Science, UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program, Berkeley, CA |
6/15/1987 - 6/14/1992 Diploma, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
7/25/1992 - 6/30/1993 Internship, University of California Davis Medical Center , Sacramento, CA |
7/1/1993 - 6/30/1997 Residency, University of California Davis Medical Center , Sacramento, CA |
5/1/1994 - 11/1/1996 Locum tenens emergency medical and acute care clinical services, Valley Emergency Physicians, Oakland, CA |
11/1/1996 - 7/1/1997 Locum tenens emergency medical services, Vista Staffing Solutions , Salt Lake City, UT |
7/1/1997 - 6/30/1998 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Department of Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA |
7/15/1998 - 1/15/1999 Locum tenens general surgeon, Southeast Surgical Clinic, Ketchikan, AK |
7/1/1999 - 1/15/2000 Owner of private (solo) practice , Mesa Verde Surgery, PC, Cortez, CO |
3/1/2000 - 10/1/2003 Owner of private practice with staff of six, including an associate surgeon , Juneau Surgery Clinic, LLC , Juneau , AK |
12/1/2003 - 6/30/2004 Research Fellowship, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY |
7/6/2004 - 6/15/2005 Instructor in surgery, Department of Surgery , Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY |
7/1/2005 - 6/30/2006 Clinical Fellowship, Marks Colorectal Surgical Associates , Lankenau Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Wynnewood, PA |
7/1/2006 - 6/8/2007 Associate in colorectal surgery practice with academic affiliation, Marks Colorectal Surgical Associates , Wynnewood, PA |
7/1/2007 - 6/30/2008 Clinical Fellowship, The Colon and Rectal Clinic of Orlando , Orlando, FL |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
9/2008 - Present Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
National Board of Medical Examiners | 7/1/1993 | 7/1/1993 |
American Board of Surgery | 6/5/2000 | 6/5/2000 |
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery | 9/26/2009 | 9/26/2009 |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
Wisconsin License | 52304-020 | None | |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
1989 - 1990 Fellowship, SmithKline Beecham Medical Perspectives |
1989 - 1990 Graduate Fellowship Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley |
1997 - 1998 Training Grant, National Institute of Health Gastrointestinal Surgery |
2006 Best poster, Philadelphia Academy of Surgery |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (Member) |
American College of Surgeons (Fellow) |
Society of Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (Member) |
Society of Surgical Oncology (Member) |
Wisconsin Surgical Society (Member) |
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (Member) |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
6/2009 - Present Member, Surgery Center Medical Advisory Committee, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital |
9/2009 - Present Member, Research Core Faculty Advisory Committee |
2/2011 - Present Member, Credentialing Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
1. Fecal Incontinence and Chronic Constipation: Can the Colorectal Surgeon Help?, Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI, 10/8/2008 |
2. New Tricks for Old Problems: What's New in Anal Surgery?, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1/21/2009 |
3. Diverticulitis, Watertown Regional Medical Center, Watertown, WI, 4/30/2009 |
4. Diagnosis and Treatment of Colon Cancer, St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, WI, 6/1/2009 |
5. Rectal Lesions in Women, Medical College of Wisconsin’s 12th Annual Women's Health Conference, Brookfield, WI, 4/23/2010 |
6. Anal Dysplasia & Anal Cancer; Who’s at Risk, & Can Anal Pap Smear , Northwestern Mutual Life Medical Directors’ Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 11/4/2011 |
7. Overcoming Fecal Incontinence, Wisconsin Athletic Club. Fall Community Education Class, Milwaukee, WI, 10/9/2012 - 10/9/2010 |
8. Recognition and Treatment of Common Anorectal Problems, Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants, Green Bay, WI, 10/18/2012 |
Regional |
1. Laparoscopic Proctectomy with Stapled Coloanal Anastomosis Demonstrating Total Mesorectal Excision, American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 10/2006 |
2. Lessons Learned in Laparoscopic Rectal Resections for Cancer, Video presentation. MIS Rectal Cancer Course, San Diego, CA, 3/14/2007 - 3/16/2007 |
3. Oncologic Outcomes of Laparoscopic Versus Open Radical Proctectomy for Rectal Cancer After Preoperative Chemoradiation in 132 Patients, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Annual Meeting/Digestive Disease Week, Washington, DC, 5/19/2007 - 5/24/2007 |
4. Advances in Cancer Staging: An Interactive Session, American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 10/13/2009 |
5. Colonoscopy in the Operating Room: Expanding Utility and New Applications, Innovations in Surgery Live Meeting Series, Cleveland Clinic, 4/6/2012 |
National |
1. High dose Botox for anal fissures: safe and effective therapy, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 5/2004 |
2. TEM for Large Rectal Polyp, Northeastern Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, 11/9/2005 |
3. Radical Proctectomy for Rectal Cancer Following Neoadjuvant Therapy: Laparoscopic Versus Open Resection, Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, 2/2006 |
4. Laparoscopic Surgery for Colon Cancer: COSTG Trial, Laparoscopic Colon Surgery Course: Techniques and Traps. Hands-On Cadaver Course, Wynnewood, PA, 3/2/2006 - 3/3/2006 |
5. A Comparison of Laparoscopic vs. Open Radical Sphincter Preserving Surgery for Distal Rectal Cancer Following Neoadjuvant Therapy, Conjoint Meeting of the New York Surgical Society and the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, 4/5/2006 |
6. A Comparison of Laparoscopic vs. Open Radical Sphincter Preserving Surgery for Distal Rectal Cancer Following Neoadjuvant Therapy, Podium presentation. Conjoint Meeting of the New York Surgical Society and the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, 4/5/2006 |
7. Plenary Session: Endoluminal Surgery. Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery for Large Rectal Polyp, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 4/26/2006 - 4/29/2006 |
8. Radical Proctectomy for Rectal Cancer Following Neoadjuvant Therapy: Laparoscopic Versus Open Resection, New England Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Newport, RI, 5/2006 |
9. Radical Proctectomy for Rectal Cancer Following Neoadjuvant Therapy: Laparoscopic Versus Open Resection, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 6/2/2006 - 6/7/2006 |
10. Laparoscopic Technique: Laparoscopic Medial to Lateral Mobilization and Early Devascularization, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 6/2/2006 - 6/7/2006 |
11. Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery for Large Rectal Polyp, . European Association for Endoscopic Surgery 10th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Berlin, Germany, 9/13/2006 - 9/16/2006 |
12. High Dose Preoperative Radiation or Chemoradiation and Full Thickness Local Excision for Select Rectal Cancers, 4th International Rectal Cancer Consensus Conference, Wynnewood, PA, 9/29/2006 |
13. Sphincter Preservation Guidelines and Techniques Following Neoadjuvant Therapy, 4th International Rectal Cancer Consensus Conference, Wynnewood, PA, 9/29/2006 |
14. Sphincter Preserving Radical Proctosigmoidectomy With Coloanal Anastomosis for Neoadjuvant Treated Cancer within 1-cm of the Anorectal Ring, Philadelphia Academy of Surgery Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/8/2007 |
15. Sphincter Preserving Radical Proctosigmoidectomy With Coloanal Anastomosis for Neoadjuvant Treated Cancer within 1-cm of the Anorectal Ring, Philadelphia Academy of Surgery Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/8/2007 |
16. Laparoscopic Modified Coloanal Anastomosis for Distal Rectal Cancer, Video presentation. MIS Rectal Cancer Course, San Diego, CA, 3/14/2007 - 3/16/2007 |
17. Lessons Learned in Laparoscopic Rectal Resections for Cancer, MIS Rectal Cancer Course, San Diego, CA, 3/14/2007 - 3/16/2007 |
18. Sphincter Preserving Radical Proctosigmoidectomy With Coloanal Anastomosis for Neoadjuvant Treated Cancer within 1-cm of the Anorectal Ring, Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 3/15/2007 - 3/18/2007 |
19. An Unusual Application of Endoluminal Surgery: Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery for Treatment of Rectal Pseudocancer (Congenital Rectal Web), Video presentation. American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 4/17/2007 - 4/22/2007 |
20. Endoluminal Surgery Offers a Safer Treatment Option for Rectal Neoplasms in High Risk Patients, American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 4/17/2007 - 4/22/2007 |
21. Endoluminal Surgery: Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery of a uT0 Lesion of the Mid Rectum, Video presentation. Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Annual Meeting/Digestive Disease Week, Washington, DC, 5/19/2007 - 5/24/2007 |
22. Notes on NOTES, Kosinski L and Gallagher J. Piedmont Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Ponte Vedra, FL, 8/1/2007 - 8/5/2007 |
23. Low Anterior Resection and APR, SAGES Advanced Laparoscopic Colectomy Surgery Workshop for Residents, Houston, TX, 11/3/2011 |
24. IBD, SAGES Advanced Laparscopic Colectomy Surgery Workshop for Residents, Houston, TX, 11/3/2011 |
MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
10/2008 - Present Resident Curriculum |
10/2008 - Present Student Mentor |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
1991 - 1992 Liga Flying Doctors of Mercy, volunteer and coordinator of medical student staffing of monthly clinic in rural Mexico |
6/2004 - 7/2004 Medecins Sans Frontieres, 5-week mission in Monrovia, Liberia providing general surgery services |
RESEARCH: |
6/1987 - 6/1990 Social anthropology research into the cultural determinants of Western medicine. Independent graduate field research culminating in a master’s thesis “Intimacy in Medical Encounters and the Construction of Personhood.” University of California, Berkeley |
7/1987 - 7/1998 Isolation and characterization of colonic endothelial cells. Work supervised by Mark Welton, MD, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of California, San Francisco |
7/1987 - 7/1998 Anal intraepithelial neoplasia angiogenesis as a prognostic indicator. Work supervised by Mark Welton, MD, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of California, San Francisco |
7/1987 - 7/1998 Biofeedback therapy following restorative proctocolectomy. Work supervised by Mark Welton, MD, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of California, San Francisco |
1/2004 - 6/2005 High dose botulinum toxin injection for anal fissures. Work supervised by Jeffrey Milsom, MD, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University |
7/2005 - Present Minimally invasive surgical approaches to colorectal neoplasms, the role
of neoadjuvant therapy in expanding the feasibility of sphincterpreservation for low rectal cancers. Work supervised by John Marks, MD, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mainline Health Systems
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Messenger RNA secondary structure as a mechanism of transcription regulation. Research supervised by Philip Coffino, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California. |
VIDEO PUBLICATIONS: |
Marks J, Kosinski L, Heinsch D, Marks G. Endoluminal Surgery, Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM): resection of a rectal sessile polyp. E-publication: WeBSurg.com, 2006 Dec 6(12). URL: http://www.websurg.com/ref/doi-vd01en2047.htm |
Marks J, Kosinski L, Heinsch D, Marks G. Laparoscopic proctectomy with stapled coloanal anastomosis demonstrating total mesorectal excision. E-publication: WeBSurg.com, 2006 Dec 6(12). URL: http://www.websurg.com/ref/doi-vd01en2046.htm |
Marks J, Kosinski L, Shen H. Laparoscopic Left Colectomy. Video chapter in Autosuture DVD Laparoscopic Colon Surgery. Cine-Med. Publication in progress. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. Kosinski L, Ludwig K, Otterson, M. Diverticular Disease. Greenfield’s Surgery: Scientific Principles & Practice, 5th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2010. |
2. Ludwig K, Kosinski L. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Right Colectomy. In: Stanley W. Ashley, MD, and Ashley Haralson Vernon, MD, eds. Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques. New York: Elsevier, 2009. In press. |
3. Ludwig KA, Kosinski L, Ridolfi T. Surgery: Abdominoperineal Resection, Low-Anterior Resection and Beyond. Rectal Cancer: International Perspectives on Multimodality Management. Humana Press. 2010. |
4. Kosinski LA, Marks JH. Preoperative Radiation Therapy and Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery. Chapter in Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery: Principles and Techniques. Cataldo P, ed. Springer-Verlag. To be published.
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5. Marks J, Kosinski L, Shen H. Laparoscopic Left Colectomy. Video chapter in Autosuture DVD Laparoscopic Colon Surgery. Cine-Med. Publication in progress. |
6. Marks J, Kosinski L, Heinsch D, Marks G. Laparoscopic proctectomy with stapled coloanal anastomosis demonstrating total mesorectal excision. E-publication: WeBSurg.com, 2006 Dec 6(12). URL: http://www.websurg.com/ref/doi-vd01en2046.htm |
7. Marks J, Kosinski L, Heinsch D, Marks G. Endoluminal Surgery, Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM): resection of a rectal sessile polyp. E-publication: WeBSurg.com, 2006 Dec 6(12). URL: http://www.websurg.com/ref/doi-vd01en2047.htm |
8. Litle VR, Leavenworth JD, Darragh TM, Kosinski LA, Moore DH 2nd, Smith-McCune KK, Warren RS, Palefsky JM, Welton ML. Angiogenesis, proliferation, and apoptosis in anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. Dis Colon Rectum. 43(3): 346-52, 2000. |
9. Kosinski L and Welton M. Surgical options in the management of perianal Crohn’s disease. Sem in Gastrointest Dis. 9(1): 15-20, 1998. |
10. Gribovskaja I, Kosinski L, Ludwig KA. Obesity and Colon and Rectal Cancer. Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery. Eds. Beck D, Vargus D. 2011 (in press) |
11. Kosinski L, Ludwig K. Epidemiology of Anal Cancer: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes. In: Mark L. Welton, MD, and Charles R. Thomas, Jr., MD, eds. Anal Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach. New York: Demos. To be published.
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Editorials, Letters to Editor, Other |
1. Tong WD, Ridolfi TJ, Kosinski L, Ludwig K, Takahashi T. Effects of autonomic nerve stimulation on colorectal motility in rats. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2010 Jun;22(6):688-93. Epub 2010 Jan 13.
PMID: 20067587
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2. Ridolfi TJ, Tong WD, Takahashi T, Kosinski L, Ludwig KA. Sympathetic and parasympathetic regulation of rectal motility in rats. J Gastrointest Surg. 2009 Nov;13(11):2027-33; discussion 2033. Epub 2009 Sep 16. PMID: 19760300 |
3. Kosinski L. Taking Stock of Surgeons’ Integrity and Vitality: Why the “Three A’s” No Longer Tell the Whole Story. Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 February; 17(2): 351–353. Published online 2009 October 28.
doi: 10.1245/s10434-009-0742-8. PMCID: PMC2816795.
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4. Ridolfi T, Takahashi T, Kosinski L, Ludwig K. The Effects of Pelvic Autonomic Denervation on Rectal Motility in the Rat. Submitted to
The American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting,
May 2-6, 2009, Hollywood, FL.
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5. Ridolfi T, Takahashi T, Kosinski L, Ludwig K. The Effects of Pelvic Denervation on Rectal Motility in the Rat. Diseases of the Colon
& Rectum, 2009. 52(4). 8
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6. Kosinski L, Marks J, Heinsch D, Shen H, Marks G. Oncologic
Outcomes of Laparoscopic Versus Open Radical Proctectomy for Rectal Cancer After Preoperative Chemoradiation in 132 Patients.
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7. Tong W, Kamiyama Y, Ridolfi TJ, Zietlow A, Zheng J, Kosinski L,
Ludwig K, Takahashi T. The Role of 5-HT(3) and 5-HT(4) Receptors
in the Adaptive Mechanism of Colonic Transit Following the
Parasympathetic Denervation in Rats. J Surg Res.2010 May
31 [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 20691988
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8. Ludwig K, Kosinski L. How low is low? Evolving approaches to
sphincter-sparing resection techniques. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2011
July;21(3):185-95. PMID: 21645863
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9. Kosinski L, Ludwig K, Habr-Gama A, Perez R. Shifting Concepts in
Rectal Cancer Management: A Review of Primary Rectal Cancer
Treatment Strategies. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 2012 May;62(3):173-202. Epub 2012 Apr 9. PMID: 22488575
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Abstracts |
1. Ridolfi T, Takahashi T, Kosinski L, Ludwig K. The Effects of Pelvic
Autonomic Denervation on Rectal Motility in the Rat. Submitted to
The American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting,
May 2-6, 2009, Hollywood, FL.
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2. Kosinski L, Marks J, Heinsch D, Shen H, Marks G. Oncologic
Outcomes of Laparoscopic Versus Open Radical Proctectomy for Rectal Cancer After Preoperative Chemoradiation in 132 Patients.
Manuscript in progress.
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