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CURRICULUM VITAE

Barbara J. Meinecke MD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
9000 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
09/01/1997 - 05/17/2001 BA, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
08/24/2003 - 05/17/2007 MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
06/24/2007 - 06/23/2008 Intern, General Surgery, General Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
06/24/2008 - 06/30/2010 Resident, General Surgery, General Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
07/01/2010 - 06/30/2013 Resident, Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014 Fellow, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
08/28/2014 - 09/08/2015 Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
09/15/2015 - 06/30/2023 Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/01/2023 - Present Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/2022 - Present Assistant Medical Director, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Wisconsin Surgery Center, 3223 103rd St., Milwaukee, WI 53227

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/2017 - 10/2023 Director of Anesthesia Elective Rotating Trainees (PICU fellows, ED fellows, ED residents, Dental Residents, Pediatrics Residents, SAA students, SRNA students.), Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
07/2017 - 05/2021 MARC Co-Director for MCW Residents (Midwest Anesthesia Regional Conference), Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
09/2017 - Present Co-Director Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Simulation Program, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2019 - Present Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
11/2019 - 10/2024 Residency Clinical Competency Committee, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/13/2021 - Present Pediatric Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee; Chairman, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
09/01/2021 - 2023 Clinical Competency Committee, Pediatrics, Critical Care, Children's Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
11/2021 - 06/2023 MARC Director for MCW Residents (Midwest Anesthesia Regional Conference), Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2023 - 2024 MARC Co-Director for MCW Residents (Midwest Anesthesia Regional Conference), Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
08/28/2014 - 09/30/2015 Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
09/15/2015 - Present Assistant Professor, Children's Specialty Group, 999 North 92nd St, Suite C740, Milwaukee, WI 53226
09/15/2015 - Present Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Wisconsin Surgery Center, 3223 S 103rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53227
09/15/2015 - Present Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226
09/15/2015 - Present Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
Anesthesiology
04/11/2014
12/31/2029
Pediatric Anesthesiology
09/26/2015
12/31/2025
   
Certificates
Issued By Issue DateExpiration
ATLS
American College of Surgeons
2007
12/09/2029
PALS
American Heart Association
10/03/2019
11/2026
BLS
American Heart Association
10/03/2019
11/2026
ACLS
eMedCert
04/23/2020
04/02/2026
Mini-MBA Graduate Healthcare Certificate
Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
08/2025
None
    

Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Wisconsin License
55272
12/27/2010
10/31/2027
Minnesota License
58411
09/13/2014
05/31/2027
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
05/2001 Cum Laude Distinction, Augustana College
05/2007 Honors in Research Distinction, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013 Outstanding Medical Student Teacher, Medical College of Wisconsin
04/20/2018 - Present Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (FASA), American Society of Anesthesiologists
07/2020 - 06/2021 Supportive Faculty Award, Medical College of Wisconsin
09/01/2020 - Present Subspecialty Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), American Academy of Pediatrics
2023 2023 Excellence in Professionalism - Team Award (to Pediatric Anesthesia Division), Children's Wisconsin

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2011 - Present American Society of Anesthesiologists (Member)
2013 - Present Society of Pediatric Anesthesia (Member)
2013 - Present Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists (Member)
2017 - Present International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) (Member)
2018 - Present Society for Education in Anesthesia (Member)
2020 - Present American Academy of Pediatrics (Member)
07/01/2022 - Present American Society of Regional and Acute Pain Medicine (Member)
2022 - Present Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (Member)

LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
10/01/2017 - 09/09/2018 Chairman, Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists (WSA) Annual State Meeting, Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists
09/08/2018 - 09/07/2019 Wisconsin Medical Society (WMS) Delegate, Board of Directors, Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists
04/2019 - 04/2020 Judging Co-Chair, Midwest Anesthesia Resident Conference (MARC) Planning Committee, AMAAC/Association of Midwest Academic Anesthesia Chairs
09/07/2019 - 09/10/2022 Region 1 Director, Board of Directors, Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists
01/01/2022 - 12/31/2023 Assistant Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Directors, Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists
04/2022 - 04/2023 Judging Co-Chair, Midwest Anesthesia Resident Conference (MARC) Planning Committee, AMAAC/Association of Midwest Academic Anesthesia Chairs
01/01/2024 - 12/31/2025 Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Directors, Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists
01/01/2026 - Present President-Elect, Board of Directors, Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
01/2017 - 01/2025 Pediatric Anesthesia Certifying Exam Question Author; guest committee member for 2021 ABA Pediatric Exam Committee Meeting, American Board of Anesthesiologists
10/08/2021 - Present committee member, Educational Track Subcommittee on Pediatric Anesthesia, American Society of Anesthesiologists
10/26/2022 - 10/15/2025 committee member, Committee on Ambulatory Surgical Care, American Society of Anesthesiologists
10/26/2022 - Present Committee member, Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia, American Society of Anesthesiologists
01/2025 - Present Committee member, Pediatric Certifying Exam Committee, American Board of Anesthesiology

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Diaz, CD (moderator), Meinecke BJ, Strong T., Panel Lecture: "The Formidable Tonsil Experience - The Story Continues to Evolve.", American Society of Anesthesiologists National Meeting, Virtual - Washington D.C., 10/04/2020
Coordinator: Guelay Bilen-Ross, MD; Multiple Faculty Instructors, Workshop: Difficult Airway, Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Spring meeting, Austin, TX, 03/31/2023
 
Regional
Barbara J Meinecke MD, Susan Staudt MD, MEd, Bedside Teaching, Giving Feedback, and Difficult Conversations, University of Minnesota Faculty Development Series, Minneapolis, MN (virtual), 09/22/2021
Barbara J Meinecke MD, Susan Staudt MD, MEd, Bedside Teaching, Giving Feedback, and Difficult Conversations, VisiPap Lecture Series - University of Miami, Miami, FL (virtual), 12/07/2021
 
Local
Meinecke BJ, Stuth E., Pediatric Renal Transplantation, Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/18/2017
Meinecke, BJ, Malignant Hyperthermia, PICU Noon Conference, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 06/28/2017
Diaz CD (Moderator & presenter), Meinecke BJ, Strong T., Panel Lecture: The Formidable Tonsil Experience: The Story Continues to Evolve, Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 11/18/2020
Barbara J. Meinecke, MD, Bedside Teaching, Giving Feedback & Difficult Conversations, Faculty Development Lecture Series, Milwaukee, WI, 07/15/2021
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Meinecke BJ, Antapli M, Lauer K., Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy After Routine Orthopedic Procedure, American Society of Anesthesiologists National Meeting, Chicago, IL, 10/2011
Meinecke BJ, Gollapudy S, Woehlck H., Pain Control Options in an Opiate-Addicted Trauma Patient: An Argument For Methadone For Acute Pain Control, American Society of Anesthesiologists National Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10/2012
Meinecke BJ, Taylor S., Von Willebrand's Disease in the Setting of Aortic Stenosis: Acquired Disease? Incidental Diagnosis?, American Society of Anesthesiologists National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10/2013
Meinecke BJ, Clarke W., Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema Syndrome in a 19-month Old Child, Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Spring Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 03/2014
Meinecke BJ, Varadarajan J., Anesthetizing Light-Sensitive Patients After Photofrin Therapy - An Initial Case Series of 3 Patients, Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Spring Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 03/2014
Berens, R., Meinecke, BJ., Bauer, N., Tanem, J., Frahm, C., McCormick, M., Hoffman, GM., Butz, SF., Multispecialty Care Revisited, American Society of Anesthesiologists, National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 10/22/2022
Klobuchar T., Tanem J., Fons R., Hoffman G., Berens R., Diaz C., Meinecke B., Ruiz F., Scott J., Milwaukee Parade Mass Casualty Event: A Pediatric Trauma Center's Experience, Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Spring Meeting, Austin, TX, 04/01/2023
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
10/01/2018 - Present Committee Member; Screening Subcommittee member 7/1/20 to current; Merit Scholarship Committee 2021, 2022; Vice Chair 2022-23 & 2024-25 academic year, Committee Chairman 2025-26., MCW Admissions Committee, Admissions, Academic Affairs, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2019 - Present Committee Member, QI committee, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
04/2021 - Present SOS Peer Supporter, SOS Peer Support Group, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/01/2024 - Present Department Representative, MCW Faculty Council, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Hospital
04/2019 - Present Committee Member; Committee Chairman 5/1/2023 to current, Parliamentary Committee, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
05/2021 - Present Anesthesia Liaison, Pediatric Trauma Program, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Resident and Fellow Education
10/2015 - Present Mitochondrial Disease - Rotating Resident/Fellow Lecture series
11/2015 - Present Pediatric Trauma - Rotating Resident/Fellow Lecture series
01/2016 - Present Emergence Delirium - Rotating Resident/Fellow Lecture Series
02/15/2016 - Present New Resident Orientation - Rotating Resident/Fellow Lecture Series
09/01/2016 - 09/2019 Residents as Teachers Workshop
01/03/2017 - 2020 Teaching Feedback Workshop - all MCWAH anesthesiology fellows
02/20/2017 - Present Neonatal Physiology - Rotating Resident/Fellow Lecture Series - Neonatal Physiology
07/2017 - Present Simulator Faculty - 6 fellow session each academic year
11/2017 - Present Instructor for Bronchoscopy Simulator Course (yearly course sponsored by the Otolaryngology Department)
02/2021 - 06/2024 Pediatric Anesthesia Fellow Journal Club Advisor
 

MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
01/2016 - 12/2016 Benjamin Wang, M1-M2 Clinical Apprenticeship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Advancement to M3 year
04/2016 Amy Zhang, Presentation Faculty Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, MARC Presentation - Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema in a 19-month Old Child; Minneapolis, MN
01/2017 - 12/2017 Joshua Brooks, M1-M2 Clinical Apprenticeship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Advancement to M3 year
01/2018 - 12/2018 David Lambert, M1-M2 Clinical Apprenticeship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Advanced to M3 year
02/01/2019 - 05/30/2021 David Lambert, Academic Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Faculty Advisor; MARC Presentation Mentor - Wrong Tube: Still An Issue, 1st place, Detroit, MI, 4/13/19. Matched into Internal Medicine at Washington University.
 
Clinical/Research Fellows
08/01/2016 - 07/31/2017 Timothy Glendenning, MD, Faculty Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Graduation from fellowship; anesthesiologist with Associated Anesthesiologists, P.A. (AAPA) (Minneapolis, MN)
 
Residents
04/2014 Rafal Kopanczyk, MD, Presentation Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, MARC presentation - Undiagnosed Tracheoesophogeal Fistula and Intraoperative Cardiopulmonary Collapse Upon Gastrostomy Tube Placement; Chicago, IL.
08/01/2016 - 06/30/2019 Michelle Stetz, MD, Resident Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Faculty advisor; MARC presentation mentor - Postoperative Acute Confusional Migraine in Adolescent, 4/22/17, Chicago, IL. Graduation; anesthesiologist with ANEX Anesthesia Group (Waukesha, WI)
04/15/2018 Hannah Baker, MD, Presentation Faculty Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, MARC Presentation - Persistant Cough - The Other Side of the Coin, Cincinnati, OH.
04/2021 Audrey Jensen, MD, Presentation Faculty Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, MARC presentation: Anesthetic Management and Considerations for Diagnostic Procedures in a 10-Year Old Patient With an Anterior Mediastinal Mass, 2nd place.
07/01/2021 - Present Mack Jablonski, MD, Faculty Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2023 MARC presentation: Unidentified Foreign Object – A Case Of Unknown Pregnancy at Time of Trauma Exploratory Laparotomy
04/15/2023 Ali Hemyari, MD, Presentation Faculty Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin, MARC presentation: Acute Epistaxis During Induction and Subsequent Airway Emergency
 

EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
11/01/2014 - 05/31/2015 Grace Cunningham, Advisor, University of Minnesota, Matched - Mayo anesthesiology
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
10/2005 - Present Marathon running - completed over 100 marathons including 1 in every US state. Served as a pacer for the Lakefront Marathon (Milwaukee) since 2018.
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. A Rare Complication in a Child Undergoing Resection of a Huge Thoracic Lipoma. (Meinecke BJ, Clarke WR, Pagel PS) J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 5/1/2022. 36(5): 1498-99.
2. Mediastinal Radiographic Contrast After Nasogastric Tube Placement in a Premature Neonate With a "Double-Bubble" Sign. (Meinecke BJ, Clarke WR, Pagel PS) J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2025 Mar 03 PMID: 40122712 03/24/2025
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Meinecke,B., Chapter 24: Anesthesia for Renal Transplantation. Clinical Pediatric Anesthesiology, McGraw-Hill. First Edition, 2020, by Ellinas, H, et al. Jan 2021.