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CURRICULUM VITAE

Amanda A. Wenzel MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Gastroenterology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Children’s Wisconsin - Milwaukee Hospital
8915 W Connell Court
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
08/01/2005 - 05/14/2009 Biological Sciences (BS), Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
08/01/2010 - 05/17/2014 Doctor of Medicine (MD), Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/2014 - 06/30/2017 Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53217
07/01/2017 - 06/30/2020 Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, McGaw Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
08/03/2020 - 07/31/2022 Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
08/01/2022 - Present Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
General Pediatrics
10/08/2017
None
Pediatric Gastroenterology
11/16/2021
None
   
Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Wisconsin License
65049
02/02/2016
10/31/2025
NPI
1316367451
None
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
2011 - Present Research Scholarship, Nebraska Medical Foundation
2012 - 2014 Medical Dean's Assistance Scholarship, Creighton University
2013 - 2014 Endowment Scholarship, Creighton University
2020 - Present Award for Outstanding Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases Research, American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2009 - Present Phi Beta Kappa
2011 - 2014 Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum (Committee Chair)
2012 - 2013 Clinical Skills Club (Treasurer)
2013 - 2014 Clinical Skills Club (President)
2014 - Present American Academy of Pediatrics (Fellow)
2017 - Present North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
2018 - 2019 American Gastroenterological Association
2019 - Present Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
2019 - 2022 NASPGHAN Training Committee
2021 - Present Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, National Science Advisory Committee (Pediatric Affairs Committee Member)
2024 - Present Crohn's and Colitis Foundation (REACH-IBD committee)
2024 - Present NASPGHAN (IBD committee)

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
2021 - 2022 Peer Mentoring Program, NASPGHAN Training Committee, NASPGHAN

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Local
Wenzel A, Diagnostic Dilemmas in Celiac Disease, Lurie Children's Primary Care Physician Lecture Series, Chicago, IL, 2020
Wenzel A, Sex, Drugs, and Rock'n Roll and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Lurie Children's Adolescent Medicine Lecture Series, Chicago, IL, 2020
Wenzel A, Practical Approaches for Reflux, Lurie Children's Pediatric Round Table Discussion, Chicago, IL, 2021
Wenzel A, Role of Trough Levels in Biologic Therapy for Rheumatic Diseases: Lessons from a Gastroenterologist, Children's WI Division of Rheumatology Lecture Series, Milwaukee, WI, 2025
Wenzel A, Where Does the Time Go: Successful Transition from Pediatric to Adult IBD Care, Medical College of WI Crohn's and Colitis Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 2025
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
2024 - Present Medical College of Wisconsin Learning Communities Navigator, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Hospital
2011 - 2014 Medical School Admissions Committee, Creighton University
2014 - 2017 Clinical Competency Committee/Program Evaluation Committee, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
2015 - 2017 RN/MD Council, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
2016 - 2017 Discharge Optimization Team, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
2016 - 2017 Improvement in Influenza Immunization Rates on West 12, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
2018 - 2020 Optimizing the Number of Correctly Drawn Tacrolimus Levels in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Gastroenterology Division Epic (EMR) Champion, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
2014 - 2017 Bench-to-Bedside Tutor
2024 - Present Learning Communities Medical Student Navigator/Mentor
 
Resident and Fellow Education
2023 - Present Pediatrics Resident Advisor
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Medical Student Education
2012 - 2014 Creighton University, Clinical Skills Club
2013 - 2014 Creighton University, Medical Student Physical Exam Tutor
2019 - 2021 McGaw Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Problem Based Learning Tutor
 
Resident and Fellow Education
2017 - Present Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Resident Self-Study Gastroenterology Curriculum Project
2018 - Present Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Academic Conference
 

PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS:
 
 
Clinical Programs
08/2023 - Present Epic Champion
 
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
2011 - 2014 Magis Medical Clinic Volunteer, Creighton University
2012 - 2014 Medical Student Mentorship Program, Creighton University
2013 - 2014 Physical Exam Skills Tutor, Creighton University
2014 - 2017 Bench-to-Bedside Tutor, Medical College of WI
2022 “Spring into Remission” IBD Patient Education Day, Northwestern University
2023 - Present Camp Oasis Medical Volunteer, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, Medical College of WI
 

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
2011 Wellnitz A*; Silberstein P, Gonsalves W, & Fang X Genitourinary small cell carcinoma: Analysis of clinicopathologic features and survival outcomes among patients in the Veterans Affairs Health System. Association of VA Hematology-Oncology Annual Meeting; Kansas City, MO.
2012 Wellnitz A*; Silberstein P, Gonsalves P, & Fang X Genitourinary small cell carcinoma: Analysis of clinicopathologic features and survival outcomes among patients in the Veterans Affairs Health System. Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum; Omaha, NE. Awarded 2nd place for all oral presentations
2019 Wenzel, A*; Melin-Aldana H, Brown JB Vedolizumab for induction of remission in refractory microscopic colitis in a 17-year-old female. Great Lakes Gut Club Annual Meeting; Chicago, IL.
2020 Wenzel A* Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Chicago Gut Collaborative; Chicago, IL. Unable to present due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Wenzel A, Ostilla L, Wang MY, Janarthanam R; Boyer B; Keeley K; Muir A; Tetreault M; & Wechsler JB* Esophageal Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction is Associated with Mast Cell Activation in Eosinophilic Esophagitis. 2020 NASPGHAN Annual Conference. APFED Award for Outstanding EGID Research.
2020 Wenzel, A; Ostilla L*, Wang MY, & Wechsler JB Esophageal Barrier Dysfunction is Associated with Mast Cell Activation in Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Digestive Diseases Week; Chicago, IL. Unable to present due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Wenzel A*, Ostilla L, Wang MY, Boyer B, & Wechsler JB Barrier Dysfunction is Associated with Mast Cell Activation in Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Research Scholars’ Day; Chicago, IL.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
2013 Wellnitz A* & Silberstein P (2013). Demographic features of veterans and non-veterans failing to receive first-course treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia. Association of VA Hematology-Oncology Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA.
2013 Cohenour J*; Dean D; Wenzel C; Wellnitz A; Mott S; Ratliff A; Stawniak J; & Peters E (2013). See One, Do One, Teach One: Clinical Skills Club. AAMC Organization of Student Representatives; Philadelphia, PA.
2014 Cohenour J; Wenzel C*; Wellnitz A; Janssen D; & Wacholtz W (2014). Volumetric Displacement of Tissue Expanders: Why Port, Shell, and Valve Volume Matter in Breast Reconstruction. Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum; Omaha, NE.
2018 Wenzel A*; Wang MY; & Wechsler JB (2018). Role of mast cell activation on esophageal epithelium & epithelial barrier function. Research Scholars’ Day; Chicago, IL.
2019 Wenzel A*, Ostilla L*; Boyer B, Wang MY, Keeley K, Bochner BS, Hulse KE, Tetreault MP, & Wechsler JB (2019). Barrier Dysfunction is Associated with Mast Cell Activation in Eosinophilic Esophagitis. 2019 NASPGHAN Annual Conference; Chicago, IL.
2019 Wenzel A*; Ostilla L; Wang MY; & Wechsler JB (2019). Carboxypeptidase A3, a mucosal mast cell protease, alters esophageal epithelial barrier function. Research Scholars’ Day; Chicago, IL.
2019 Wenzel A* & Green A (2019). Deep Venous Thrombosis: A Rare Complication of Fecal Impaction. 2019 NASPGHAN Annual Conference; Chicago, IL.
2019 Wenzel A*, Shakhin V*, Trice T, & Cohran V (2019). Optimizing the Number of Correctly Drawn Tacrolimus Levels in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. 2019 NASPGHAN Annual Conference; Chicago, IL.
2020 Wenzel A*, Wadhwani N, & Wechsler JB (2020). Persistent Basal Zone Expansion Despite Resolution of Eosinophilia in a Pediatric Patient with Eosinophilic Esophagitis on Benralizumab. 2020 NASPGHAN Annual Conference.

INVITED MEDIA APPEARANCES:
Regional
Wenzel C, Wellnitz A, “Practice Can Make Perfect.”, Physician’s Bulletin, Omaha Magazine, Omaha, NE., 2013
Wenzel A, Featured Fellow, GI Fellow Guestbook, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, 2019
Yen E, Wenzel A, Krane M, Issokson K, Bierenbaum M, Meet the IBD Care Team, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation., 2022
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Wenzel A, Rigsby C & Bass LM (2019). The cutting edge: a 17-year-old female with razor blade ingestion. JPGN
2. Wenzel A, Strople J, Melin-Aldana H & Brown JB (2020). Vedolizumab for the induction of remission in treatment-refractory microscopic colitis in a pediatric patient. JPGN
3. Saul S, Wenzel A. Our 2 Cents: Corrosion Can Make Pennies Look Like a Button Battery (2020). JPGN
4. Wenzel A, Wadhwani N, Wechsler JB (2021). Persistent Basal Zone Expansion Despite Resolution of Eosinophilia in a Pediatric Patient with Eosinophilic Esophagitis on Benralizumab. JPGN
5. Wenzel A, Kagalwalla A, Wechsler J (2022). Pre-Endoscopy Symptoms and Age, But Not Esophageal Biopsy Number Are Associated with Post-Endoscopy Adverse Events. JPGN
6. Wenzel A, Saul S, Kodiak T, Whitehead B, Strople J, Brown JB, Cohran V (2024). Post-transplant inflammatory bowel disease after successful solid organ transplantation: not out of the woods yet. JPGN
7. Ryan K, Salozzo C, Schwartz S, Hart M, Tuo Y, Wenzel A, Saul S, Strople J, Brown JB, and Runde J. Following Through: The Impact of Culinary Medicine on Mediterranean Diet Uptake in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (2025). Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Nocton, J, Gedeit R, & Wenzel A (2018). “Hypotension and Shock.” In James Nocton, Rainer Gedeit & the Pediatric Residents of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (4th ed), On Call: Pediatrics. Saunders Elsevier.
2. Wenzel A, Strople J, and Gold B (2019). “Laboratory Evaluation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.” In Peter Mamula, Johnathan E Markowitz & Robert N Baldassano (2nd ed), Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Springer