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CURRICULUM VITAE

Christopher J. Roberts MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Clinical

OFFICE ADDRESS:
MCW Business Group
8701 Watertown Plank Rd
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
2000 - 2005 BS Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2005 - 2013 MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2007 - 2011 PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, MIlwaukee, WI

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
2013 - 2018 Resident, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2018 - 2019 Fellow, Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
2019 - Present Assistant Professor, Critical Care, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Ad-Hoc Reviewer
02/2020 IARS, AUA, and SOCCA Conference Abstract Reviewer
06/2020 Pain
08/2020 Critical Care Explorations
11/2020 PLOS ONE
03/2021 NIH Clinical and Translational Sciences Award (CTSA)
08/2021 New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Active
Peer Review
Title:
Cardiovascular dysfunction following Traumatic Brain Injury
Source:
Department of Veterans Affairs CDA-2
Role & Effort:
Principle Investigator
Dates:
01/01/2022 - Present
  
Non-Peer Review
Title:
Evaluation of an Alternating Pressure Surface Overlay as a Strategy to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries: A CVICU & CV OR Collaborative Quality Improvement Project
Role & Effort:
Co-investigator
Dates:
08/2019 - Present
  
Title:
Impact of surgery and anesthesia on TBI outcomes: A TRACK-TBI study
Source:
Focused secondary analysis of an archived dataset
Role & Effort:
Principle Investigator
PI:
Christopher Roberts
Dates:
07/2020 - Present
  
Title:
Quantitative assessment of functional capacity as a predictor of peri-operative outcomes.
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator and Faculty Mentor for CA-2 QI Project
Dates:
07/2020 - Present
  
Title:
VA Project: Sugammadex effect on Autonomic Balance in surgical patients
Role & Effort:
Co-investigator
PI:
Thomas Ebert
Dates:
08/2020 - Present
  
Title:
VA Project: Improving Opioid Management in the Perioperative Period
Role & Effort:
Co-Investigator
PI:
Thomas Ebert
Dates:
12/2020 - Present
  
Pending
Peer Review
Title:
Machine learning based predictive model for TBI-induced hypotension to guide vasopressor selection
Role & Effort:
Co-Investigator
PI:
Monica Vavilala, MD
Dates:
05/2021 - Present
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Regional
Airway Management for the Critical Care Lecture Series, University of Illinois Chicago, 07/2021 - 07/2022
 
Local
Chris Roberts, Corey Robers, Chelsea Willie, et al., CA-1 Workshop, U/S guided PIV & CVL access, Medical College of Wisconsin, 08/27/2019
Roberts CJ, Trauma and Surgical Stress Response, Anesthesia Resident Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 09/2019
Roberts CJ, Physiologically Difficult Airways, VA ICU Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 09/2019
Roberts CJ, Preoperative Evaluation and Testing, Anesthesia Intern Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/2020
Roberts CJ, Popies, J., Skin Breakdown: The Role of Perfusion, Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert CVICU Anesthesiology M&M Conference, 09/23/2020
Roberts CJ, Rare Anesthetic Emergencies, Medical College of Wisconsin Anesthesiology Departmental Conference, 11/11/2020
Roberts CJ, Preoperative Evaluation and Testing, Anesthesia Intern Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 04/2021
Roberts CJ, Autonomic Dysfunction following Traumatic Brain Injury, Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/18/2021
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
2016 - Present Member, Interview and Recruitment Committee, Anesthesiology T32 APSDP / STAT Research Pathway, General Residency applicant review & scoring, Department of Anesthesiology
12/2020 - Present Committee Member, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Admission Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Hospital
05/27/2020 - Present Member, Subcommittee on Research Safety and Security, Department of Veterans Affairs, Zablocki
11/2021 - Present ECMO Mobility Committee (held joint meetings with Transplant Team), CVICU
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
10/2021 - Present Co-Director Anesthesia Research
 
Resident and Fellow Education
02/28/2018 - Present Director for the Anesthesiology Residency Program Journal Club
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Gross WL, Lauer KK, Liu X, Roberts CJ, Liu S, Gollapudy S, Binder JR, Li SJ, Hudetz AG. Propofol Sedation Alters Perceptual and Cognitive Functions in Healthy Volunteers as Revealed by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Anesthesiology. 2019 Aug;131(2):254-265. PMCID: PMC6640651
2. Liu X, Lauer KK, Ward BD, Roberts CJ, Liu S, Gollapudy S, Rohloff R, Gross W, Xu Z, Chen S, Wang L, Yang Z, Li SJ, Binder JR, Hudetz AG. Regional entropy of functional imaging signals varies differently in sensory and cognitive systems during propofol-modulated loss and return of behavioral responsiveness. Brain Imaging Behav. 2019 Apr;13(2):514-525. PMCID: PMC6239968
3. Woehlck HJ, Gollapudy S, Roberts CJ, Oni-Orisan A, Sacho RH, Pagel PS. Persistent Hypotension and Cerebral Swelling Resulting From Mesenteric Traction Syndrome After Omental-to-Pial Pedicle Flap Transfer in a Young Woman With Refractory Moyamoya Disease: A Case Report. A A Case Rep. 2017 Sep 15;9(6):169-171.
4. Liu X, Lauer KK, Ward BD, Roberts CJ, Liu S, Gollapudy S, Rohloff R, Gross W, Xu Z, Chen G, Binder JR, Li SJ, Hudetz AG. Fine-Grained Parcellation of Brain Connectivity Improves Differentiation of States of Consciousness During Graded Propofol Sedation. Brain Connect. 2017 Aug;7(6):373-381. PMCID: PMC5685154
5. Liu X, Lauer KK, Douglas Ward B, Roberts C, Liu S, Gollapudy S, Rohloff R, Gross W, Chen G, Xu Z, Binder JR, Li SJ, Hudetz AG. Propofol attenuates low-frequency fluctuations of resting-state fMRI BOLD signal in the anterior frontal cortex upon loss of consciousness. Neuroimage. 2017 Feb 15;147:295-301. PMCID: PMC5303656
6. Xiang H, Liu Z, Wang F, Xu H, Roberts C, Fischer G, Stucky C, Caron D, Pan B, Hogan Q, Yu H. Primary sensory neuron-specific interference of TRPV1 signaling by AAV-encoded TRPV1 peptide aptamer attenuates neuropathic pain. Mol Pain. 2017;13:1744806917717040. PMCID: PMC5486490
7. Roberts CJ, Stuhr KL, Hutz MJ, Raff H, Hillard CJ. Endocannabinoid signaling in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis recovery following stress: effects of indirect agonists and comparison of male and female mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2014 Feb;117:17-24. PMCID: PMC3929302
8. Roberts CJ, Stuhr KL, Hillard CJ. Swim stress differentially affects limbic contents of 2-arachidonoylglycerol and 2-oleoylglycerol. Neuroscience. 2012 Mar 01;204:74-82. PMCID: PMC3288304
9. Hill MN, McLaughlin RJ, Pan B, Fitzgerald ML, Roberts CJ, Lee TT, Karatsoreos IN, Mackie K, Viau V, Pickel VM, McEwen BS, Liu QS, Gorzalka BB, Hillard CJ. Recruitment of prefrontal cortical endocannabinoid signaling by glucocorticoids contributes to termination of the stress response. J Neurosci. 2011 Jul 20;31(29):10506-15. PMCID: PMC3179266
10. Wang W, Sun D, Pan B, Roberts CJ, Sun X, Hillard CJ, Liu QS. Deficiency in endocannabinoid signaling in the nucleus accumbens induced by chronic unpredictable stress. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2010 Oct;35(11):2249-61. PMCID: PMC3055309
11. Ho WS, Patel S, Thompson JR, Roberts CJ, Stuhr KL, Hillard CJ. Endocannabinoid modulation of hyperaemia evoked by physiologically relevant stimuli in the rat primary somatosensory cortex. Br J Pharmacol. 2010 Jun;160(3):736-46. PMCID: PMC2931572
12. Roberts CJ, Hillard CJ. Peripherally restricted cannabinoid type 1 receptor (CB1R) antagonist, AM6545, potentiates stress-induced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation via a non-CB1R mechanism. Endocrine. 2021 Apr;72(1):297-300. PMCID: PMC8528513
13. Cain MT, Smith NJ, Barash M, Simpson P, Durham LA 3rd, Makker H, Roberts C, Falcucci O, Wang D, Walker R, Ahmed G, Brown SA, Nanchal RS, Joyce DL. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation with Right Ventricular Assist Device for COVID-19 ARDS. J Surg Res. 2021 Aug;264:81-89. PMCID: PMC7969863
14. Ebert TJ, Cumming CE, Roberts CJ, Anglin MF, Gandhi S, Anderson CJ, Stekiel TA, Gliniecki R, Dugan SM, Abdelrahim MT, Klinewski VB, Sherman K. Characterizing the Heart Rate Effects From Administration of Sugammadex to Reverse Neuromuscular Blockade: An Observational Study in Patients. Anesth Analg. 2022 Oct 01;135(4):807-814.
15. Roberts CJ, Hopp FA, Hogan QH, Dean C. Anandamide in the dorsal periaqueductal gray inhibits sensory input without a correlation to sympathoexcitation Neurobiology of Pain. 1 August 2022;12.
16. Roberts CJ, Hopp FA, Hogan QH, Dean C. Anandamide in the dorsal periaqueductal gray inhibits sensory input without a correlation to sympathoexcitation. Neurobiol Pain. 2022;12:100104. PMCID: PMC9755024
17. Abdelrahim MT, Kassels AC, Stark CW, Roberts CJ, Vogt JA, Ebert TJ. A Case Report of Acute Onset and Rapid Resolution of Atrioventricular Block After Sugammadex: Is the Autonomic System Involved? A A Pract. 2023 May 01;17(5):e01683.
18. Roberts CJ, Barber J, Temkin NR, Dong A, Robertson CS, Valadka AB, Yue JK, Markowitz AJ, Manley GT, Nelson LD, Transforming Clinical Research and Knowledge in TBI (TRACK-TBI) Investigators, Badjatia N, Diaz-Arrastia R, Duhaime AC, Feeser VR, Gopinath S, Grandhi R, Jha R, Keene CD, Madden C, McCrea M, Merchant R, Ngwenya LB, Rodgers RB, Schnyer D, Taylor SR, Zafonte R. Clinical Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury and Exposure to Extracranial Surgery: A TRACK-TBI Study. JAMA Surg. 2024 Mar 01;159(3):248-259. PMCID: PMC10719833
19. Roberts CJ, Popies JA, Razzak AN, Fang X, Falcucci OA, Pearson PJ, Szabo A. Skin injury: Associations with variables related to perfusion and pressure. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2024 Nov;52(6):386-396.
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Hillard CJ, Liu QS, Liu XQ, Pan B, Roberts CJ, Shi L. Cannabinoids, endocannabinoids and stress. Cannabinoids, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 139-174.
 
Abstracts
1. Ebert TJ, Kapeles S, Roberts CJ, Kula A, Zundel MT, Gross WL, Hanko E, Sloan E, Cummings C, Mischka J. Improving Resident and Faculty Satisfaction with Trainee Feedback and ACGME Milestone Assessment with Interpreted Professional Activities (IPAs) evaluations. IARS and AUA 2020 Annual Meeting. May 2020.
2. Huang, A.T., Roberts, C.J. Improved preoperative functional assessment to enhance resource allocation, reduce health care costs, morbidity and mortality. Anesthesiology 2019. Annual Conference of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). FAER Resident Abstract. October 2019.
3. DiGiandomenico S., Tuomela K., Ryan G., Roberts C., Haque J., Ferrer Marrero T., Wainaina JN., Truwit J. Coxsackie B Virus: From a Soccer Game to Fulminant Myocarditis. Chest Annual Meeting. American College of Chest Physicians. October 2019.
4. Huang, A.T., Roberts, C.J. Improved preoperative functional assessment to enhance resource allocation, reduce health care costs, morbidity and mortality. Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists (WSA). 2019 Annual Meeting. 1st place award. September 2019.
5. Roberts, C.J., Bordas, M.L., Shah, A.S., Stemper, B.D., Dean, C. Cardiovascular dysfunction following traumatic brain injury in male and female rats. International Anesthesia Research Society. Poster. March 2022.
6. Roberts, C.J., Popies, J., Fang, X., Falcucci, O., Pearson, P., Szabo, A. Skin Failure: Is the bulk of the problem pressure versus perfusion? Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA). Presentation. March 2022.
7. Roberts, C.J., Popies, J., Fang, X., Falcucci, O., Pearson, P., Szabo, A. Skin Failure: Is the bulk of the problem pressure versus perfusion? Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA). Presentation. March 2022.