CURRICULUM VITAE
Elizabeth A. Bukowy DO
Elizabeth A. Bukowy DO
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
Hub for Collaborative Medicine |
8701 Watertown Plank Road |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATION: |
08/2005 - 05/2009 B.S., Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, WI |
08/2010 - 05/2014 D.O, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2014 - 06/2015 Intern, Medicine, Medicine-Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 |
07/2015 - 06/2017 Resident, Medicine, Medicine-Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 |
07/2017 - 06/2018 Fellow, Medicine, Medicine-Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 |
07/2018 - 06/2019 Fellow, Medicine, Medicine-Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2019 - Present Assistant Professor, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 |
07/2019 - 06/2020 Assistant Professor, Medicine, Palliative Care, Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 |
HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2019 - Present Medical Director, Lutheran Home, Lutheran Home, 7500 W North Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 |
07/2019 - 2021 Medical Director, Clement Manor, Clement Manor, 3939 S 92nd St, Greenfield, WI 53228 |
10/2020 - Present Medical Director Long Term Care, VA, 5000 W National Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53295 |
09/2021 - Present Medical Director, Congregational Home, 13900 W Burleigh Rd, Brookfield, WI 53005 |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
07/2014 - Present Froedtert Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
10/2020 - Present VA, 5000 W National Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53295 |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
American Board of Internal Medicine | 08/2017 | 08/2027 |
Geriatric Medicine | 11/2018 | 11/2028 |
Palliative Care and Hospice | 10/2020 | 10/2030 |
Certified Medical Director | 08/31/2021 | 06/30/2027 |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
ACLS | AHA | 06/2016 | None |
BLS | AHA | 12/31/2020 | 12/31/2024 |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
Wisconsin License | 02/28/2018 | 10/31/2025 | |
DEA | 06/21/2019 | 07/31/2025 | |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
05/2011 - 05/2014 Primary Care Loan |
05/2012 - Present Fredrick E. Hecker Scholarship |
06/2016 - Present Letter of Commendation, Clinical Competency Committee |
10/2016 - Present Professionalism Week Resident Recognition, Peer Nominated |
05/2017 - Present First Place Award Case Poster, American Geriatric Society |
12/2019 - Present Faculty Development Award 2019-2020 |
2022 Featured physician, DOM Women in Medicine Month Social Media Campaign, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
10/2011 - 05/2014 Sigma Sigma Phi |
08/2019 - Present American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine |
08/2019 - Present American Geriatric Society |
08/2019 - Present American Medical Directors Association |
08/2019 - Present Wisconsin Association of Medical Directors |
11/2019 - Present Certified Medical Director |
01/2020 - Present Peer Supporter MCW Geriatrics Division |
2023 - Present Wisconsin Association of Medical Directors (Future President Elect) |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2021 - Present Board Member, Education Committee, Wisconsin Medical Director Association |
2022 - Present Post Acute Long-Term Care Representative, Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST) |
2023 - Present President Elect, Wisconsin Medical Director Association |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
10/2020 - Present Curriculum Planning Committee Member, Curriculum Planning Committee, Wisconsin Update in Geriatric Medicine and Board Review Course, Medical College of Wisconsin |
12/2020 - Present Physician Representative, Milwaukee VA Falls Committee, Clement J Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Geriatrics at a Glance, Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, 03/11/2020 |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Post-Acute and Long-Term Care, COVID-19 Virtual Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI 53226, 04/2020 |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Deprescribing at End of Life, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/27/2021 |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, ED resident educational lecture. Older Adult Pearls for the ED., 06/10/2021 |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Managed Care for Long-Stay Nursing Home
Residents: An Evaluation of Institutional
Special Needs Plans, Geriatric Journal Club, 10/29/2021 |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Non-hospitalized COVID19 Update, Geriatric Conference Presentation, 01/14/2022 |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Mortality, Health Care Use, and Costs of Clostridioides difficile Infections in Older Adults, Palliative Care Journal Club, Virtual, 03/24/2022 |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Community Nursing Home educational lecture: Delirium vs Dementia, Congregational Home, 05/24/2023 |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Geriatrics Pharmacology and payment Models: A Case Based Discussion, Medical College of Wisconsin Family Medicine Resident Didactics, CURE 2023, Milwaukee, WI, 10/2023 |
Regional |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Dr. Mary Cohan Geriatric Fellows Clinical Update: De-Prescribing, Wisconsin Association of Medical Directors, Ramada Inn Hotel, Madison, WI, 10/2017 |
Bukowy DO, E; Teso, K, Deprescribing at the End of Life, When Less is More, Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference, Grand Geneva Resort & Conference Center Lake Geneva, WI, 05/03/2019 |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Palliative Care in the Long-Term Care Setting, Wisconsin Association of Medical Directors Annual Meeting, Virtual, 10/08/2020 |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Difficult discussion in Palliative Care, Director of Nursing Symposium, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 02/21/2022 |
Bukowy, Elizabeth, DO, Resident Relationships, Advocate Aurora Most Difficult Case Conference Monthly series, virtual, 06/15/2022 |
Bukowy, Elizabeth, DO, Difficult Discussions in Palliative Care, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute (WAI) 20th Annual Update in Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias, Virtual, 11/10/2022 |
Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Difficult Discussions, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Neurology, Parkinson's Disease Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, 10/06/2023 |
National |
Abahussain, M., Nambisan, P., Duthie, E., Galambos, C., Zhang, B., & Bukowy DO, E, Nursing Home Factors and Their Impact on COVID-19 Cases: A Study of Wisconsin State, The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting, Phoenix Arizona, 11/2021 |
Elizabeth Bukowy DO, Ann Braus MD, Nursing Home Lessons Learned During COVID, Wisconsin Update in Geriatrics, Lake Geneva, WI, 09/27/2023 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Gehring M, Burns E, Lerret S, Nelson D, Telford G, Whittle J, Bukowy E, O'Brien C, Rieder J, Graham L, Copeland L, Morris M, Hawn M., Risks and Impact of Surgical Readmissions: A Mixed Methods Approach, Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP) Research Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 10/2016 - Present |
Regional |
Bukowy, E., Kuester, J., O'Brien, C.,, Firearms, Driving and Medications...OH MY! Safety Threats and Difficult Conversations, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Association 32nd Annual Wisconsin State Conference, Kalahari Resort & Conference Center, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 05/2018 - Present |
National |
Bukowy, E., Kuester, J.,, Gun Safety and Dementia: An Often Missed Safety Issue, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 05/18/2017 - Present |
Bukowy, E., Kuester, J.,, Consider the Pill Burden. Is There Room to De-Prescribe?, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 05/03/2018 - Present |
Nambisan, P., Abahussain, M., Duthie, E., Galambos, C., Zhang, B., & Bukowy, E., Factors Associated with Increase in COVID-19 Cases in Nursing Homes: A Study of Nursing Homes in Midwestern States, 2021 American Geriatric Society (AGS) Annual Meeting, virtual, 05/13/2021 |
Ganshert, C., Bukowy, E.,, Cancer and Abdominal Pain, Not the Perforated Way To Go., American Geriatric Society (AGS)/Annual Meeting, Virtual, 05/13/2021 |
Abahussain, M., Nambisan, P., Duthie, E., Galambos, C., Zhang, B., & Bukowy, E., Nursing Home Factors and Their Impact on COVID-19 Cases: A Study of Wisconsin State, The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting, Phoenix Arizona, 11/2021 |
MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
04/2015 - Present Capstone Course, Medical Students |
04/2019 - Present Panel Discussion, M1/M2, Advanced Directive Education and Completion Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion. |
2021 - Present Medical Student Clinical Apprenticeship |
Resident and Fellow Education |
07/2017 - 06/2018 Monthly VA Lecture, Depression, Dementia and Delirium |
08/2017 Interdisciplinary Report Moderator: Elder Abuse |
10/2017 Fellow's Lecture: Paper Presentation, Artificial Hydration at End of Life |
11/2017 Interdisciplinary Report Moderator: Depression in Elderly |
12/2017 Fellow's Lecture: Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection Management |
12/2017 Interdisciplinary Report Moderator: Falls |
02/2018 Fellow's Lecture: Frontotemporal Dementia |
02/2018 Breaking Bad News Case Moderation for MCW Emergency Residency Program. |
03/2018 Fellow's Lecture: Hospice Eligibility |
03/2018 Interdisciplinary Report Moderator: Traumatic Brain Injury |
04/2018 Interdisciplinary Report Moderator: Hypertension Goals in Elderly |
05/2018 Fellow's Lecture: DNR Tattoos and End of Life in ICU |
07/2018 - 06/2019 Monthly Palliative Care Journal Club series |
08/2018 Maintaining Boundaries, Medicine Geriatrics Internal Medicine Residency and Fellowship lecture series |
08/2018 Introduction to Palliative Care/Hospice, Medicine Geriatrics Internal Medicine Residency and Fellowship lecture series |
09/2018 Introduction to Palliative Care/Hospice, Internal Medicine Resident Academic Half Day |
08/2019 Introduction to Palliative Care and Hospice, Monthly GEM lecture series |
09/2019 Post-Acute Care, PMR geriatric lecture series |
10/2019 Non-Pain Symptom Management, Internal Medicine Resident Academic Half Day |
01/2020 Breaking Bad News, Case Moderation for Emergency Residency Program |
02/2020 Safety in the Elderly, Internal Medicine Resident Academic Half Day |
01/27/2021 - Present Deprescribing at End of Life, Palliative Care Fellow Lecture Series |
05/05/2021 - Present Dyspnea at End of Life, Palliative Care Fellow Lecture Series |
03/23/2022 Safety in Older Adults, Academic Half Day Lecture to Internal Medicine Residents |
09/09/2022 Presented "101: PA-LTC" during Geriatrics Educational Conference weekly series |
09/30/2022 Presented "Difficult Conversations around Palliative Care" during Geriatrics Educational Conference weekly series |
06/23/2023 Reducing Delirium at End of Life, Palliative Care Fellows Weekly Conferences |
09/06/2023 Safe-T in Elderly, Internal Medicine Academic Half-Day Education Lecture |
11/10/2023 Reducing Delirium at End of Life, Palliative Care Fellows Education Lecture |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Community/Lay Public |
08/2010 - 12/2011 Humanitarian Service Project |
08/2010 - 12/2011 Humanitarian Service Project |
08/2011 - 05/2014 Compassionate Care Network |
05/2012 Aunt Martha’s Clinic |
05/04/2021 Lutheran Home Milwaukee, WI, Code Status Education, Quarterly Educational Talks |
04/07/2023 Congregational Home, Brookfield WI, Community Nursing Home Education, Delirium vs Dementia |
06/13/2023 Lutheran Home, Milwaukee, WI, Community Nursing Home Education, Death and Dying Symptom Management |
06/27/2023 Lutheran Home, Milwaukee, WI, Community Nursing Home Education, Death and Dying Symptom Management |
Medical Student Education |
08/2011 - 05/2014 Compassionate Care Network |
10/2011 - 10/2013 Midwestern University Tour Guide |
10/2011 - 10/2013 Midwestern University Tour Guide |
08/2012 - 03/2013 Midwestern University, Mentoring MS1/MS2 Clinical Courses |
Resident and Fellow Education |
08/2012 - 03/2013 Mentoring MS1/MS2 Clinical Courses |
04/2019 Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion, role of physician, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee nursing students |
12/2019 Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion, role of physician, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee nursing students |
06/30/2021 Reducing Delirium at End of Life,
Palliative Care Lecture Series |
07/12/2021 Psychiatry Fellow Lecture, Palliative Care and Hospice |
02/18/2022 Educational talk to fellows and geriatric residents: Deprescribing at End of Life |
05/25/2023 - Present Palliative Care and Hospice. Geriatric Psychiatry Fellow. |
05/26/2023 - Present Deprescribing at End of Life: When Less is More. Geriatric and Palliative Care fellow lecture series. |
Nursing Student Education |
04/2019 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion, role of physician |
12/2019 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion, role of physician |
MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Medical Students |
Clara Martin, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2021 - 2022 Clinical Apprenticeship |
Lauren Loftis, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2023 - Present Clinical Apprenticeship |
Clinical/Research Fellows |
Totini Chatterjee, MD and Paige Scholer, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022 Quality Improvement Mentor, Recreation Therapy and activated POA involvement Quality Improvement Project |
Kerian McAvoy, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2022 - 2023 Certified Medical Director Mentor |
Will Lyon, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2022 - 2023 Quality Improvement Project Mentor, Trauma Informed Care in PA-LTC |
Ellen Schmitt, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2022 - 2023 Quality Improvement Project Mentor, Trauma Informed Care in PA-LTC |
Kerian McAvoy MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2022 - 2023 Quality Improvement Project Mentor, Trauma Informed Care in PA-LTC |
Will Lyon, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2022 - 2023 Certified Medical Director Mentor |
Rachel Saltness, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2023 - Present Certified Medical Director Mentor |
PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS: |
Clinical Programs |
07/2018 - 06/2019 Internal Medicine Internship/Residency Quality Improvement Project for improving confidence levels with comfort care ordering |
ROBERT D. AND PATRICIA E. KERN INSTITUTE FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION NETWORK ACTIVITIES: |
07/2021 - Present Creating educational content for internal medicine interns and residents on Post Acute-Long Term Care. Using information on implicit bias on aging will evaluate who benefited most from the lecture. Hypothesize those with less experience in this setting and potentially more implicit bias towards older adults will find the lecture more educational. Projected graduation 6/2023. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Kim, S. J., Lee, J. H., Nakagawa, S., Bukowy, E., Biswas, A., Han, B., & Yoo, J. W. (2014). Predictors of Hospitalization Among Newly Admitted Skilled Nursing Facility Residents: Rethinking the Role of Functional Decline. Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews. |
2. Kim, S. J., Lee, J. H., Han, B., Lam, J., Bukowy, E., Rao, A., & Yoo, J. W. (2015). Effects of hospital-based physical therapy on hospital discharge outcomes among hospitalized older adults with community-acquired pneumonia and declining physical function. Aging and Disease. |
3. Gehring M, Burns E, Lerret S, Nelson D, Telford G, Whittle J, Bukowy E, O'Brien C, Rieder J, Graham L, Copeland L, Morris M, Hawn M. Risks and Impact of Surgical Readmissions: A Mixed Methods Approach. Poster Presentation at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP) Research Day, October 2016, Milwaukee, WI. |
4. Bear, A. J., Bukowy, E. A., and Patel, J. J. (2017) Artificial Hydration at the End of Life. Nutrition in Clinical Practice 32, 628-632. |
5. P. Nambisan, M. Abahussain, E. Duthie, C. Galambos, B. Zhang, E. Bukowy. Factors Associated with Increase in COVID-19 Cases in Nursing Homes: A Study of Nursing Homes in Midwestern States at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. |
6. Nambisan, P., Abahussain, M., Duthie, E., Galambos, C., Zhang, B., & Bukowy, E. Nursing Home Vulnerabilities amid COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of Midwestern States. |
Editorials, Letters to Editor, Other |
1. Bukowy, E, Transformational Times, From Broken to Hopeful: Reflections on Nursing Home Care During a Pandemic, 7/22/2022 |
Abstracts |
1. Kieran McAvoy, MD, Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Presidential Recognition Poster, Clozapine-Induced-Hypersalivation in a Schizophrenic Geriatric Patient, American Geriatric Society (AGS). May 4, 2023, Long Beach, CA |
Database, Video, or Other Research/Clinical Contributions |
1. Bukowy, E; Bear A (2018, May) Artificial Nutrition in Advanced Dementia Patients. In K Denson (Eds.), Geriatric Fast Facts (#76). Retrieved from: http://www.geriatricfastfacts.com/
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2. Bukowy, E; Bear A (2018, June) Artificial Hydration at End of Life. In K Denson (Eds.), Geriatric Fast Facts (#77). Retrieved from: http://www.geriatricfastfacts.com/
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3. Bukowy, E; Thiel, E. (2019) Decision Making for Patients with Advanced Dementia and a Hip Fracture. In S Marks (Eds.), Palliative Care Fast Facts and Concepts (#388). Retrieved from: https://www.mypcnow.org/fast-facts/ |
4. Quijada E, Bukowy EA, Billings JA. Pharmacologic Management of Delirium: Update on Newer Agents, 4th Edition. Fast Facts and Concepts March 2019 #60. Available at http://www.mypcnow.org/fast-facts. 03/2019. |
5. Weissman DE, Bukowy EA, Rosielle DA. Diagnosis and Treatment of Terminal Delirium, 4th Edition. Fast Facts and Concepts March 2019 #1. Available at http://www.mypcnow.org/fast-facts. 03/2019. |
6. Bukowy, E, Thiel E (2020, April) Hip Fracture Management in Advanced Dementia Patients. In K Denson (Eds.), Geriatric Fast Facts (#89). Retrieved from: http://www.geriatricfastfacts.com/ |
7. Stevens, J; Bukowy, E; Donegan, M; Marks, S; McGurty, E; Pearl, N; Rhoades, M; Teso, K. Pharmacist-Driven Patient-Centered Deprescribing in a Palliative Oncology Population, Submitted for approval, 2019-2020. |
8. Bukowy, E. (2022, August) Telemedicine and Geriatric Care - In K Denson (Eds.), Geriatric Fast Facts (#99). Retrieved from: http://www.geriatricfastfacts.com/ |
9. Bukowy, Elizabeth. Dementia Matters Podcast: Difficult conversations in Palliative Care. March 21, 2023. https://dementiamatters.podbean.com. Accessed April 14, 2023. |