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CURRICULUM VITAE

Angela K. Beckert MD

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Medicine Geriatric and Palliative


OFFICE ADDRESS:
8701 Watertown Plank Road

Milwaukee, WI 53226


EDUCATION:
08/2003 - 05/2007 B.S., Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
08/2003 - 05/2007 Honors Program, summa cum laude, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
07/2007 - 06/2011 M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI


POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
2011 - 2012 Intern, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
2012 - 2014 Resident, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
2014 - 2015 Fellow, Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, University of Chicago, 5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
2016 Mentee, Faculty Development, Faculty Development in Primary Care Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
2018 - 2019 Scholar, Kern Institute, KinetiC3 Teaching Academy, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
2022 - 2023 Scholar, Emerging Leaders in Aging Program, Tideswell, University of California, San Francisco, CA


FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
07/2015 - 06/30/2021 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics/Gerontology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
07/01/2021 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226


EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/2015 - 07/2022 Course Director Geriatric Medicine M3 2 Week Elective, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226
07/2015 - 07/2022 Course Director, Geriatric Medicine M3 4 Week Elective, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226.
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2020 Associate Program Director, Medicine-Geriatrics Combined Residency Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226.
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2020 Associate Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, Medicine, Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
07/01/2020 - Present Program Director, Medicine-Geriatrics Combined Residency Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226.
07/01/2020 - Present Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226.
07/01/2020 - Present Core Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226
07/01/2022 - 12/31/2025 Phase 1 Spiral Week Director, MCWFusion, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226


HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/2015 - 06/30/2020 Medical Director, Geriatric Evaluation & Management Unit, Medicine Division, Section of Geriatrics, Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center, 5000 W. National Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53295
07/2017 - 09/2020 Senior Lead Physician, Geriatrics Clinics, Medicine, Division of Geriatrics/Gerontology, Froedtert and the Medical College, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226


HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
07/2015 - Present Froedtert Hospital, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226
07/2015 - Present Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center, 5000 W National Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53295
06/2016 - Present Froedtert Menomonee Falls, W801N8085 Town Hall Rd, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051


SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:


Board Certified	Issue Date	Expiration
Internal Medicine	2014	None
Geriatric Medicine	2015	None


Certificates	Issued By	Issue Date	Expiration
BLS	AHA	10/2025	10/2027


Licensure	Number	Issue Date	Expiration
Wisconsin License	63827-20	03/31/2015	10/31/2027


AWARDS AND HONORS:
2005 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Marquette University.
2007 Biological Sciences Academic Achievement Award, Medical College of Wisconsin.
2007 - 2011 V. Duane Rath Merit Scholarship Recipient, Medical College of Wisconsin.
2010 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Medical College of Wisconsin.
2011 The Engstrom Award in Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin.
2011 Internal Medicine Resident Teaching Recognition by M3/M4 students, University of Chicago.
2012 Quarterly Internal Medicine Resident Teaching Recognition by M3/M4 students, University of Chicago.
2016 Outstanding Medical Student Teacher for M2 Clinical Apprenticeship, Medical College of Wisconsin.
2018 Edward J. Lennon Endowed Clinical Teaching Award, Medical College of Wisconsin.
2018 Kern Institute KinetiC3 Teaching Academy (Inaugural Class), Medical College of Wisconsin
2024 Outstanding Medical Student Teacher for M4 Ambulatory Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
2025 G. Richard Olds Award for Mentorship in Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin


MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2007 - Present Phi Beta Kappa
2010 - Present Alpha Omega Alpha
2013 - Present American Geriatrics Society


EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Editorship
06/2023 - Present Editor/Producer, Geriatrics Fast Casts
Editorial Board
07/2024 - Present Aquifer Geriatrics Course Board
Ad-Hoc Reviewer
05/2020 - 12/2024 Assessment Question Author, Aquifer Geriatrics Assessment, American Geriatrics Society


LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2024 Member, School of Medicine Curriculum and Evaluation Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
01/2023 - 09/2023 Member, Cancer Disparities Symposium Planning Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin


NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
06/2018 - 04/2020 Co-Chair, Medicine-Geriatrics workgroup, American Geriatrics Society/Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs
05/2020 - Present Co-Chair, Med-Geri Leadership Team for the Medicine-Geriatrics Integrated Residency and Fellowship, American Geriatrics Society/Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:


Active
Peer Review
Title:	Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Project
Source:	Health Resources and Services Administration
Role & Effort:	Investigator, 0.1 FTE
PI:	Stacy Barnes PhD, Marquette University, MCW Site PI Kathryn Denson MD
Dates:	07/01/2024 - 06/30/2029
Direct Funds:	$890,000 (Total award $5,000,000, listed is MCW Sub-award)


Prior
Peer Review
Title:	Geriatric Academic Career Award
Source:	Health Resources & Services Administration
Role & Effort:	Principal Investigator
Dates:	04/2019
Direct Funds:	$0 (Scored 94 (funded scores were 86.98-100), not funded due to HRSA goal for geographic and interdisciplinary diversity)


INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Angela K Beckert, MD, Brooke Salzman MD, Sonica Bhatia MD, Medicine-Geriatrics Integrated Residency and Fellowship, Association of Directors of Geriatrics Academic Programs (ADGAP) Business Meeting, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 05/2019
Angela K Beckert, MD, Brooke Salzman MD, Sonica Bhatia MD, Medicine-Geriatrics Integrated Residency and Fellowship, Mini-Fair for Curricular Innovation, Fellowship Directors Pre-Conference, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 05/2019
Angela K Beckert MD, Update in Development of National AIRE Medicine-Geriatrics Integrated Residency and Fellowship, Fellowship Directors Pre-Conference, American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, 05/2023
E. Bukowy, E. Chapman, C. O’Brien, A. Beckert, , Hello, I’m the Doc on Call – Teaching Nursing Home Call Skills to Geriatrics Fellows, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Virtual, 05/08/2024
Angela K Beckert MD, Geriatrics Recruitment. Combined Med-Geri Opportunities. Fellowship Directors, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting (Pre-Conference), Virtual, 05/2024

Regional
Angela K Beckert, MD, Clinical Implications of Frailty, Wisconsin Update in Geriatric Medicine and Board Review Course, Fontana, WI, 09/27/2019
Angela K. Beckert, MD, Clinical Implications of Frailty, Wisconsin Update in Geriatric Medicine Course, virtual, 09/23/2021
Angela K. Beckert, MD, Clinical Implications of Frailty, Wisconsin Update in Geriatric Medicine Course, Lake Geneva, WI, 09/27/2023
Angela K. Beckert, MD, Frailty Assessment in Older Transplant Patients, The Medical College of Wisconsin 2025 Solid Organ Transplant Symposum, Brookfield, WI, 04/05/2025
Angela Beckert, MD, Poonam Merai, MD, Gina Piscitello, MD, MS., Fellowship-to-Faculty: Experiences and Advice from GPM Fellowship Graduates (Panel), Aging Crossroads Lecture Series, University of Chicago. Virtual, 04/10/2025

Local
Angela Beckert MD, Emma Daisy MD, Improving Patient Care Through Better Communication, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 06/2015
Angela Beckert MD, Frailty in Thoracic Surgery Patients, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 10/2015
Angela Beckert MD, Frailty and Surgery, Division of Geriatrics Research Conference, Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, 02/12/2016
Angela Beckert MD, Heather Powell Pharm D, Lisa Rauls RD CD, Patricia Bamonti PhD, Sarah Mikesell PT DPT, Susannah Rotter APSW, Interdisciplinary Care of Geriatric Patients at the Milwaukee VAMC, Concordia University, Mequon, WI, 03/29/2016
Angela K Beckert MD, Frailty and Surgical Implications, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 02/24/2017
Angela K Beckert MD, Sara Harstaad Pharm D, Lisa Rauls RD CD, Amy Houston PsyD, Adrienne Amman MS CCC-SLP, Anna Konkol OTR/L, Christina Ehrmin, Interdisciplinary Care of Geriatric Patients at the Milwaukee VAMC, Concordia University, Mequon, WI, 04/02/2018
Angela K Beckert MD, Memory Disorders in the Elderly, Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 04/10/2018
Angela K Beckert MD,, Clinical Implications of Frailty, Medicine Grand Rounds, Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, 02/22/2019
Angela Beckert MD, Development of a National Medicine-Geriatrics Template, Geriatrics Research Conference, Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center, 09/13/2019
Angela Beckert MD, Development of a National Medicine-Geriatrics Template, Rounding with the Dean, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 01/28/2020
Beckert, Angela, Developing a National Medicine-Geriatrics Integrated Residency and Fellowship Template, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, 04/30/2021
Angela Beckert MD, Care for Aging Patients with Neurological Disease, NRC NeuroNight, The Medical College of Wisconsin's Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN) and the Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 11/09/2023


PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Angela Beckert MD, The Diagnosis in Red, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 04/2013
Angela Beckert, Jordan Williams, Megan Huisingh-Sheetz, Katherine Thompson, Vivet Pranchard, Amy Pawlik, Chris Wigfield, Wickii Vigneswaran, and Mary Ferguson, Frailty in Thoracic Surgery Patients, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 05/2015
Cara O'Brien MD, Angela Beckert MD, Weight Loss in the Elderly: A Multifactorial Diagnosis, Presidential Poster Session, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 05/2017
Cara O'Brien MD, Angela Beckert MD, A Catatonic Conundrum: A Case of a Frozen Geriatric Patient, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 05/2018
Henricks, Evan, Beckert, Angela, and Denson, Steve, Neuroinvasive West Nile Virus Diagnosed in Elderly Male Patient, American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual, 05/13/2021 - 05/15/2021
Chatterjee, Totini and Beckert, Angela, Immunosuppression Targets in Older Adults, American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual, 05/13/2021 - 05/15/2021
O’Brien MD, Henricks MD, A Beckert MD, An 18-year Experience with an Innovative Geriatrics Training Model: Implications for the Workforce, Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 11/10/2021 - 11/14/2021
Strohbeen, Stephanie, Henricks, Evan, Beckert, Angela, Which Came First? The Chicken or the Egg; the Tropinemia or the Stroke, American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Long Beach, California, 05/2023
A Beckert MD, H Fernandez MD, E Harlow MD, E Duthie MD, K Denson MD, Development of a Novel National Integrated Medicine-Geriatrics Residency and Fellowship Program., Programmatic Innovation Poster, Academic Internal Medicine Week, Columbus, OH, 04/15/2024
A Beckert MD, E Bukowy MD, E Chapman MD, C O’Brien MD, Hello, I’m the Doc on Call – Teaching Nursing Home Call Skills to Geriatrics Fellows, American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual, 05/08/2024
Angela K Beckert, MD, Rachel Maudal, MD, Kathryn Denson, MD, A Case of Seronegative Myasthenia Gravis in an Elderly Male, American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, 05/07/2025
A Beckert, K Denson, S Denson, E Duthie, D Simpson, A Systemic Needs Assessment Identifies Critical Gaps for Geriatric Workforce Education, Presidential Poster Session, American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 05/2025
A Beckert MD, Med-Geri. Fellowship Directors Pre-Conference Tool Swap, American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 05/2025
Beckert A, Duthie EH, Szymkowski A, Denson K, Simpson D, Denson S., Bridging HRSA Priority Gaps in Geriatrics Education: Insights from Geriatric Fast Facts Usage Data., Gerontological Society of American Annual Meeting., Boston, MA, 11/12/2025 - 11/15/2025
Beckert A, Duthie EH, Szymkowski A, Denson K, Simpson D, Denson S., Bridging HRSA Priority Gaps in Geriatrics Education: Insights from Geriatric Fast Facts Usage Data, Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 11/2025
Simpson D, Beckert A, Getzin A, Denson K, Knox K, Dukehart C, Denson S, Duthie E, Engaging Clinicians in Geriatrics Education: Geriatrics Fast Facts & Casts, Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers (AIAMC) Annual Meeting, Carlsbad, CA, 04/2026
Beckert A, Denson K, Denson S, Duthie E, Szymkowski A, Wojcinski L, Simpson D, Behind the Mic: Lessons Learned from Developing Geriatric Fast Casts (Podcasts)(submitted), Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Virtual, 05/2026
Duthie EH, Beckert A, Denson K, Szymkowski A, Denson S, Simpson D., A Simple and Feasible Needs Assessment Strategy for (Geriatrics) Medical Education (submitted), AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs, Rochester, MN

Regional
Angela Schnell, Mary Krolikowski, Mahua Dasgupta, Mike Danduran, Pippa Simpson, Margaret Samyn, The systemic right ventricle: Are atrial switch and Fontan patients similar?, Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Scientific Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 09/2008

Local
Angela K Beckert MD, Megan Huisingh-Scheetz MD, Katherine Thompson MD, Amy D Celauro PA MS, Jordan Williams, Paul Pachwicewicz, Mark K Ferguson, Screening for Frailty in Thoracic Surgery Patients, Department of Medicine Research Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 03/2016
Angela Beckert MD, Brooke Salzman MD, Sonica Bhatia MD, Development of a National Medicine-Geriatrics Integrated Residency and Fellowship Template, KinetiC3 Capstone Poster Session, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 06/05/2019
O’Brien C, Henricks E, Beckert A, Denson, K, Duthie E, An 18-year Experience with an Innovative Geriatrics Training Model: Implications for the Workforce, Department of Medicine Research Retreat, Virtual, 03/04/2022
Beckert, A., Denson, K., Denson, S., Duthie, E., & Simpson, D., A systematic needs assessment identifies critical gaps for geriatric workforce education., MCW Innovations in Healthcare Education Research (IHER) Annual Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 09/18/2025
Beckert A, Denson K, Simpson D, Duthie E, Denson S, Szymkowski A, Wojcinski L,, Bridging HRSA Priority Gaps in Geriatrics Education: Insights from Geriatric Fast Fact Usage Data (submitted), MCW Department of Medicine Research Retreat, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 03/2026


COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2015 - Present Medicine-Geriatrics Residency Recruitment and Rank List, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2017 - Present Clinical Competency Committee, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2017 - Present Program Evaluation Committee, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2017 - Present Geriatrics Fellowship Recruitment and Rank List, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2017 - Present Intern Recruitment and Selection Committee, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2017 - Present Clinical Competency Committee, Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin.
07/2017 - Present Program Evaluation Committee, Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin.
12/2019 - Present Steering Committee, The Mary E. Cohan, MD, Endowed Education Fund in Geriatrics, Geriatrics, Medicine, Division of Geriatrics
02/2020 - 12/2021 Divisional Chief Search Committee, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/01/2021 - Present Present Member, School of Medicine Curriculum and Evaluation Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2024 - Present CO-Chair, Phase 3 Subcommittee, School of Medicine Curriculum and Evaluation Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin


MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
2015 - Present Preceptor, M1/M2 Clinical Apprenticeship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2015 - Present Preceptor, M2 Foundational Capstone, Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI
2015 - 2023 Lecturer, Frailty, GEM Core Lecture Series. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2015 - 2023 Preceptor, Geriatric Medicine Elective, Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2018 - 2024 Lecturer, Dementia, M2 Symptoms Course. Medical College of Wisconsin.
2019 - Present Preceptor, M4 Ambulatory Internal Medicine Course, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI.
03/25/2022 Panelist, Loneliness in the Aging Community Panel Discussion, Student Groups – American Geriatrics Society and Public Health Interest Group, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI
07/01/2023 - Present Preceptor, Ambulatory Internal Medicine
10/09/2024 Panelist, Aging Research and Careers Lunch Panel, Student Groups – American Geriatrics Society
2025 - Present Lecturer, Rapport Building, Phase 2 Ambulatory Spiral Weeks

Resident and Fellow Education
2015 - 2023 Preceptor, Geriatrics Evaluation and Management Unit, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI
2015 - Present Faculty Participant, Geriatrics Educational Conferences (Geriatrics Journal Club, Geriatrics Research Conference, Geriatrics CaseConference, Geriatrics M&M), Internal Medicine Residency and Geriatrics Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI
2015 - Present Preceptor, Ambulatory Immersion Rotation, Long Term Care Experience, Internal Medicine Residency, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
2015 - Present Lecturer, Frailty, GEM Core Lecture Series, Internal Medicine Residency and Geriatrics Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2015 - Present Curriculum Director, Geriatrics Rotation, Internal Medicine Residency, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2016 - Present Lecturer, Dementia, MCW Residents Academic Half Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2017 - Present Preceptor, Geriatrics Primary Care and Memory Care Continuity Clinic, F&MCW Specialty Clinics, Geriatrics Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin
2020 - Present Facilitator, Geriatrics Board Review, Geriatrics Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2021 - Present Geriatrics Lecture series, Frailty Lecture, PM&R Residency Program, Medical College of Wisconsin
2021 - Present Geropsychiatry Lecturer, Frailty and Psychiatric Illness, Geropsychiatry Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin

Community/Lay Public
03/22/2018 Memory Problems in Older Adults, Community Coffee Speaker, San Camillo Retirement Community, Wauwatosa, WI.
10/18/2018 Falls in the elderly, Community Coffee Speaker, San Camillo Retirement Community, Wauwatosa, WI


MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
2017 - 2018 Sophie Rodrigues Pereira,, Clinical Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin
2018 - 2019 Kieran McAvoy,, Clinical Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin
2019 - 2021 Raymond Van Ness, Pathway Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin
2020 - 2021 Evan Yang, Clinical Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin
2021 - 2022 Maiana Feuerborn, Clinical Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin
2021 - 2022 Janki Mistry, Clinical Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin
2024 - 2025 Sarah Farhan, Residency Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin
2025 - 2026 Zynab Adewusi, Residency Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin

Clinical/Research Fellows
07/2018 - 06/2019 Lindsey Schindler, DO, Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin

Residents
07/2015 - 06/2018 Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Residency/Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2015 - 07/2017 Soumya Rangarajan MD, Residency/Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2015 - 06/2018 Cara O'Brien, MD, Residency/Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2016 - 06/2020 Kun Zhang, MD, Residency/Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2017 - 06/2021 Cory Ganshert, DO, Residency/Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2017 - 06/2021 Evan Henricks, MD, Residency/Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2018 - 06/2022 Totini Chatterjee, MD, Residency/Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2019 - 06/2023 Kieran McAvoy, MD, Residency/Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2019 - 06/2023 Will Lyon MD, Residency/Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2020 - 06/2024 Rachel Saltness MD, Residency/Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2020 - 06/2024 Jennifer Woodard MD, Residency/Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2020 - 06/2023 Ellen Schmitt MD, Residency/Fellowship Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2022 - 06/2026 Eric Baeuerle MD, Residency/Fellowship Mentorship, Medical College of Wisconsin

Faculty
07/2018 - Present Cara O'Brien MD, Faculty Mentorship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Associate Program Director, Med-Ger Residency and Fellowship
07/2021 - Present Evan Henricks, Faculty Mentorship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Geriatric Academic Career Awardee


PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS:
Educational Programs
Fellow
04/2019 Palliative Care Clinical Rotation, Medicine-Geriatrics Residency and Fellowship, Froedtert Menomonee Falls
05/08/2020 Advancing Innovation in Residency Education Proposal: Medicine-Geriatrics Integrated Residency & Fellowship, American Geriatrics Society and Association of Directors of Geriatrics Academic Program
07/2024 Horizon Hospice Rotation. Geriatric Medicine Fellowship,
07/2024 Community Living Center and Home Based Primary Care Rotation. Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin


COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
2007 - 2009 AMSA Advocacy Chair, Planned lunch speaker series to discuss marginalized groups in healthcare, Coordinated semester trips to St. Ben's community meal program.
2007 - 2008 APAMSA Social Chair, Speaker Series Coordinator, Planned semester social events, Coordinated speaker series focused on Asian Pacific Islander student issues, Volunteered at Philippine Free Clinic of Milwaukee
2008 - 2009 Clinic Manager, Saturday Free Clinic: One of 12 student managers for weekly clinic for uninsured patients in Milwaukee. Coordinated M3/M4 and undergraduate volunteers, Helped to implement electronic medical record system
09/29/2025 Black American Neurodegenerative Discovery (BAND)-Together Initiative Collaborated with El Bethel Church of God in Christ to organize a public education event focused on dementia awareness and care.


INVITED MEDIA APPEARANCES:
Regional
Angela Beckert, Cara O'Brien, Kieran McAvoy, Amy Kettle, Dementia, The Word on Medicine Radio Show / Medical College of Wisconsin, WISN, 06/06/2021
Angela Beckert MD, Frontotemporal Dementia, The Word on Medicine Radio Show / Medical College of Wisconsin, WISN, 03/29/2024


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Beckert, AK, Huisingh-Scheets M, Thompson K, et al, Screening for Frailty in Thoracic Surgical Patients, Ann Thorac Surgery, 2016 4975(16)311146-8.
2. Durand, M; Beckert, A; Peterson, C; Ludwig, K; Ridolfi, T; Lauer, K; Freed, J. You Are Only as Frail as Your Arteries: Prehabilitation of Elderly Surgical Patients 2019; 9: 380

Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Beckert, AK & Duthie EH The Wrath of Steroids in Elderly Patients with Pulmonary Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Care, Ed A Musani & E Folch, Curr Geri Rep 2016(5)124-131.
2. Beckert, AK, Cataracts and Glaucoma, Encyclopedia of Elder Care 4th Edition, Ed, Capezuti, Malone, Gardner, Khan, Bauman, 2017, Accepted for publication.
3. Kamaraju S, McKoy J, Williams GR, Gilmore N, Minami C, Bylow K, Rajalingam H, Cortina CS, Beckert A, Stolley M, Bullock D, Kurzrock R, Jatoi A. An Annual Symposium on Disparities in Milwaukee, WI, with a 2023 Focus on Older Adults with Cancer. Curr Oncol Rep. 2024 Aug;26(8):855-864.
4. Beckert, A. Combined Med-Geri Pathway. Section. Geriatric Fellowship Director’s Handbook. E pub. 2025.

Editorials, Letters To Editor, Other
1. Duthie, E and Beckert, A, Transformational Times, History of the MCW Med-Ger Program, 7/22/2022

Abstracts
1. Beckert A. The Diagnosis in Red. Abstracts from the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2013(28), S401.
2. Beckert A, Williams J, Huisingh-Sheetz M, Katherine Thompson K, Vivet Pranchard, Amy Pawlik, Chris Wigfield, Wickii Vigneswaran, and Mary Ferguson. Frailty in Thoracic Surgery Patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2015(63,S1), S88.
3. O’Brien C and Beckert A. Weight Loss in the Elderly: A Multifactorial Diagnosis. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2017(65, S1), S86.
4. O’Brien C. and Beckert A. A Catatonic Conundrum: A Case of a Frozen Geriatric Patient. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2018(66, S2), S19.
5. Beckert A, Fernandez H, Harlow E, Duthie E, Denson K. Development of a Novel National Integrated Medicine-Geriatrics Residency and Fellowship Program. Online: https://im.org/aimw24/schedule24-glance/poster-listing.
6. Beckert A, Denson K, Denson S, Duthie E, Simpson D. A Systemic Needs Assessment Identifies Critical Gaps for Geriatric Workforce Education. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Online https://static.coreapps.net/ags2025/documents/1acd42e270a15476cc56bf89c79bb4b2.pdf
7. Edmund Duthie, Angela Beckert, Kathryn Denson, Lauren Wojcinski, Amanda Szymkowski, Deborah Simpson, and Steven Denson. Bridging HRSA Priority Gaps in Geriatrics Education: Insights from Geriatric Fast Facts Usage Data. Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA. November 12-15, 2025. Innovation in Aging. Volume 9, Issue Supplement_2, Page 966. December 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf122.3262

Database, Video, or Other Research/Clinical Contributions
1. Beckert, Angela. The Word on Medicine Radio Program, 1130 WISN. March 30, 2024. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1248-the-latest-word-on-medici-46859713/.
2. Denson S, Duthie E (Host), (2025, March) Age-Friendly Healthcare Delivery: The 4Ms, In A Beckert (Eds.), Geriatric Fast Casts (#93), Retrieved from: http://www.geriatricfastfacts.com/
3. Beckert A, Denson K, and Duthie E. (Hosts) (2025, March 19). The 4M’s (No. 1) [ “Audio Podcast episode”]. In Geriatric Fast Casts. MCW Wisconsin Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program. https://geriatricfastcasts.libsyn.com/site/the-4ms
4. Beckert A, Denson K, and Denson S. (Hosts) (2025, March 19). Injury Prevention and Safety (No. 2) [“Audio Podcast episode”]. In Geriatric Fast Casts. MCW Wisconsin Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program. https://geriatricfastcasts.libsyn.com/site/injury-prevention-and-safety
5. Denson S, Denson K, (Host), (2025, March) Injury Prevention & Safety, In A Beckert (Eds.), Geriatric Fast Casts (#106), Retrieved from: http://www.geriatricfastfacts.com/
6. Denson S, Denson K (Host), (2025, June) Guardianship, In A Beckert (Eds.), Geriatric Fast Casts (#87 and #88), Retrieved from: http://www.geriatricfastfacts.com/
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