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CURRICULUM VITAE

Anne E. Castro MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Clinical

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Froedtert Hospital
9200 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
08/2003 - 05/2007 BA, magna cum laude, University of Notre Dame
08/2010 - 06/2015 MD, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
06/2015 - 07/2019 Resident, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
07/2019 - 09/2020 Fellow in Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Division of Regional Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
01/1998 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Regional Anesthesia, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
06/2018 - 06/2019 Education Co-Chief Resident, Duke Anesthesiology Residency Program, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
10/2020 - Present Froedtert Surgery Center, 840 N. 87th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53226
10/2020 - Present Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53226

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
American Board of Anesthesiology
04/2021
None
   
Certificates
Issued By Issue DateExpiration
BLS
AHA
08/2020
08/2022
ACLS
AHA
08/2020
08/2022
PALS
AHA
08/2020
08/2022
    

Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Wisconsin License
73315-20
05/18/2020
10/31/2021
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
05/2007 - Present Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society
05/2007 - Present Pi Delta Phi, French Honor Society
08/2011 - Present University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Dean's Promise Scholarship
06/2015 - Present Alpha Omega Alpha
06/2015 - Present Gold Humanism Honor Society
09/2017 - Present American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Duke Anesthesiology Resident Scholar, Nominee

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
08/2012 - 06/2015 Student Scholar, The Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)
06/2015 - Present Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
06/2015 - Present Gold Humanism Honor Society
06/2015 - Present American Society of Anesthesiologists
08/2019 - Present American Society for Regional Anesthesia
01/2021 - Present Society for Education in Anesthesia

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Ad-Hoc Reviewer
2021 British Medical Journal Case Reports
2024 Anesthesia and Analgesia Practice

LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
08/2016 - 06/2019 Member, Duke Graduate Medical Education Patient Safety and Quality Committee, Duke University Medical Center

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Active
Peer Review
Title:
Community Outreach as a Core Component of Professional Development in Medical Education
Source:
Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Foundation
Role & Effort:
Co-PI, 0.05%
PI:
Anne Castro, Stacy Fairbanks
Dates:
07/01/2022 - 06/30/2025
Direct Funds:
$200,000
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Local
Anne Castro, Acute Pain in the Trauma/ACS Patient, Annual Trauma/ACS APP Retreat, Medical College of Wisconsin, 02/05/2024
Anne Castro, Systemic Lidocaine for Pain, Wisconsin Society for Perianesthesia Nurses, Medical College of Wisconsin
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Christopher Simenz, Robert Treat, Jessica De Santis, Stacy Fairbanks, Tracy Zundel, Chelsea Willie, Anne Castro, Michael Malinowski, David Nelson., Promotion of Equity-focused Medical Practice via Community Engagement across Medical Residency Programs, International Association of Medical Science Educators, Minneapolis, MN, 06/01/2024
Robert Treat, Jessica DeSantis, David Nelson, Stacy Fairbanks, Tracy Zundel, Chelsea Willie, Christopher Simenz, Anne Castro, Michael Malinowski, Changing Resident Perceptions of Health Disparities with Structured Community Engagement., Association of Medical Education in Europe Annual Conference, Basel, Switzerland, 08/26/2024 - 08/28/2024
 
National
Castro AL, Gustafson E, Ford A, Smith D, Hunter S, Karnik N., Psychiatric Disorders, Substance Use, and Chronicity of Homelessness in Youth in Chicago, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 59th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10/01/2012
Castro AL, Tung A, Sun L, Glick D., Another tale of the top 1%: The Relationship Between Adherence to 2014 Surgical Care Improvement Project Outcome Measures and Post-operative Complications., American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10/01/2015
Castro AL, Manning EL., A Case of Perioperative Stent Thrombosis: Challenges in Clinical Decision Making and Care Coordination, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10/01/2018
Griebel T, Castro AL., Anesthesia for pacemaker removal and replacement using paravertebral and superficial cervical plexus blocks in a 91 year-old female with multiple comorbidities., American Society of Regional Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Orlando, CA, 05/01/2021
Lorenz J, Castro AL, Thapa R, Zdanovec A, Fadumiye C., Superficial cervical plexus block for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation for Covid-19-induced respiratory failure, American Society of Regional Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 05/01/2021
Anne Castro, Omar Dyara, Tracy Zundel, Stacy Fairbanks, Workshop: Starting out right: how to create a professional development rotation for PGY-1 anesthesia residents, Society for Education in Anesthesia Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, 11/04/2021
Tang R, Castro AL, Weikel D, Bullock M., The Choice of Opioid Infusion for Thoracolumbar Spine Surgery and Long-term Opioid Use, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 04/01/2022
Stacy Fairbanks, Emily Stebbins, Anne Castro, Bryan Mahoney, Resident Remediation – How Can We Help Residents with Difficulties?, Society for Education in Anesthesia Fall Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 11/01/2022
Jessica De Santis, Anne Castro, Robert Treat, Michael Malinowski, David Nelson, Stacy Fairbanks, Chelsea Willie, Tracy Zundel, Christopher Simenz, Community Outreach as a core component in medical education: A two-year pilot initiative, Innovations in Medical Education Online Conference., Online; Los Angeles, CA, 02/16/2024
Geoffrey Rodriguez, Anne Castro, The Anesthetic Maze: Unraveling Pseudocholinesterase Deficiency in a Patient with IgA Vasculitis, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 10/20/2024
Ali Qureshi, Anne Castro, A Case Report of Phrenic Nerve Block for Intractable Hiccups., American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 10/21/2024
Jessica De Santis, Lara India, Maria Muravyeva, Anne Castro, Using the think aloud method for improving self-regulated learning, Society for Education in Anesthesia Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, 11/07/2024
Castro AL, Treat R, Malinowski M, Fairbanks S, Simenz C, Willie C, Zundel T, Georgeades C, De Santis J, Community Outreach-Based Healthcare Disparities Curriculum Integrated into Professional Development for Graduate Medical Education Trainees: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Pilot Year One, AAMC Learn Serve Lead Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 11/12/2024
 
Regional
Jessica De Santis, Robert Treat, Michael Malinowski, Tracy Zundel, Stacy Fairbanks, Chelsea Willie, Christopher Simenz, David Nelson, Anne Castro, Community Outreach in Graduate Medical Education Curriculum and the Impact on the Perceptions of Residents on Careers in Healthcare., CGEA Regional Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 04/03/2024 - 04/05/2024
 
Local
Castro AL, Gustafson E, Ford A, Smith D, Hunter S, Karnik N., Psychiatric Disorders, Substance Use, and Chronicity of Homelessness in Youth in Chicago., Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence, Second Annual Donor Symposium, Chicago, IL, 04/01/2013
Castro AL, Cobert J, Lamb D, Horres R, Madsen G, Nelsen D, Udani A, Grantham A, Malinzak E., Improving the experience for residents and medical students working together in the ORs., Duke University Department of Anesthesiology Academic Evening, Durham, NC, 05/01/2019
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Resident and Fellow Education
04/2020 - Present Faculty Contact for Plastic Surgery Resident Rotation on Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
12/2020 - Present Curriculum Champion for Regional Anesthesiology Rotation, Division of Regional Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
 

PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS:
Educational Programs
Resident
12/2020 - Present RAAPS resident curriculum checklist and block evaluation rubric
 
 
 
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
08/2011 - 06/2012 Community health clinic, Volunteer Coordinator
08/2011 - 06/2012 Maria Shelter, Volunteer
08/2011 - 06/2012 HIV Intervention and Prevention Corps, Member
08/2014 - 05/2015 SERVE elective participant, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Castro AL, Gustafson E, Ford A, Smith D, Hunter S, Karnik NS. Psychiatric Disorders, High-Risk Behaviors, and Chronicity of Episodes Among Predominantly African American Homeless Chicago Youth. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2014;25:1201-1216.
2. Castro AL, Chen C, Bronshteyn Y, Ray N, Gadsden J. A Case Report of Bilateral Phrenic Nerve Dysfunction After Unilateral Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block: Unveiling Preexisting Diaphragmatic Dysfunction. A A Pract. 2021 Mar 30;15(4):e01430. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001430. PMID: 33783377.
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Rambhia M, Castro AL; Regional Analgesia for ERAS in Anesthesiology In-Training Review, Springer; Banik R, Ed. Accepted for publication.