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CURRICULUM VITAE

Karin E. Drescher MD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Clinical

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

EDUCATION:
09/1976 - 12/1979 Bachelor of Arts/German, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1980 - 1984 MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1984 - 1985 internship, St Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
1985 - 1987 Anesthesiology Residency, Medical college of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI
1992 - 1993 Fellowship in Medical Education--through MCW Office of Educational Services, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI
2004 - 2006 3 individual week-long mini-fellowships in regional anesthesia, Departments of Anesthesia at: Duke University Medical Center, University of Iowa Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, NC

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
1987 - 1994 Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
1994 - 1998 Associate Professor Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Medical college of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
1998 - 1999 Associate Professor Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, University of Miami, Miami, FL
1999 - Present Associate Professor Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
2008 - Present Associate Professor Anesthesiology, Orthopedics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53226

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
2003 - Present Director Orthopedic Anesthesia, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI
2004 - 2015 Co-Division Director, Anesthesiology, Regional Anesthesia Acute Pain Service, Medical College of Wisconsin
2015 - Present Division Director, Anesthesiology, Regional Anesthesia Acute Pain Service, Medical College of Wisconsin, WI

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
1989 - 1998 Director Medical Student Education, Anesthesiology, Zablocki Veterans Affairs Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
1992 - 1996 Director of Clinical Education, Anesthesiology, MCW
1995 - 1998 Director Medical Student Clerkship Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, MCW
1996 - 1998 Vice Chair for Education, Anesthesiology, MCW

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
1987 - Present Assistant and Associate Professor, Obstetric Anesthesiology, St. Joseph Hospital, 5000 W Chambers St., Milwaukee, WI 53210
1999 - Present Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Froedtert Hospital, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
1999 - Present Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 5000 W National Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53295
2010 - Present Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Froedtert Surgery Center, 840 N 87th St., Wauwatosa, WI 53226
2015 - Present Anesthesiology, Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
Anesthesiology
1989
None
   
Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
State Medical License
27028-020
1989
None
State Medical License
MFC-0001295
1998
None
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
1978 Phi Kappa Phi, University of Wisconsin Madison
1979 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Wisconsin Madison
1991 Teacher of the Year, Medical College of Wisconsin
1997 Learning Resources Innovative Educational Project Award: Establishing a Curriculum for Third year Medical Students, MCW
1998 Learning Resources Innovative Educational Project Award: The Anesthesiology Invasive Procedure Workshop, MCW
2007 - Present Best Doctors in America
07/01/2021 - Present Supportive Faculty Award, Dept. of Anesthesia MCW

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1989 - Present American Society of Anesthesiology
2000 - Present American Society of Regional Anesthesia
2015 - Present Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiology

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Editorial Board
1994 - 1995 Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Ad-Hoc Reviewer
1996 - 1998 Anesthesiology

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
1993 - 1995 Co-Chair, Resident Evaluation Committee, Society for Education in Anesthesia
1994 - 1995 Member Board of Directors, Society for Education in Anesthesia

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Prior
Non-Peer Review
Title:
Invasive Procedure Workshop for Medical Students
Source:
Learning Resources Fund
Role & Effort:
Developer
Dates:
1996
Direct Funds:
$5,180
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks, Visiting Professor Lecture, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Staedtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Germany, 05/11/2015
 
Local
Update: Regional Anesthesia Acute Pain Service, Faculty Meeting Department of Surgery, MCW, 01/16/2020
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Hospital
2006 - 2016 Pain steering committee, multidisciplinary, anesthesiology member, Froedtert Hospital
2008 - 2009 member, Six Sigma Preoperative Efficiency, multidisciplinary, anesthesiology member, Froedtert Hospital
2009 - 2012 anesthesiology member, Preoperative patient education, multidisciplinary, anesthesiology member, Froedtert Hospital
2010 - 2017 anesthesiologist member, Foot and ankle team, multidisciplinary, orthopedic surgery, Froedtert Hospital
2016 - 2020 Geriatric Hip Fracture Pathway, multidisciplinary, anesthesiology member, Froedtert Hospital
2019 - Present member, Sustainability Committee, multidisciplinary, Froedtert Hospital
 

MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Clinical/Research Fellows
06/24/2020 Wasakorn Kittipongdaja MD, Mentor / Faculty Advisor - M and M presentation, MCW, M and M teaching conference on LAST: Review of case report,pathophysiology,time out changes for RAAPS
2020 Cory Robers, RAAPS Fellow, Mentor / Faculty Advisor - ASRA Project, Medical College of Wisconsin, accepted abstract at ASRA 4/2020
05/14/2021 - Present Thapa, Rozalin MD, Poster, Case report: Bilateral Pectoral Nerve Catheters for Post-CPR rib fracture pain in the anticoagulated patient, MCW, Accepted Poster at ASRA National Meeting
 
Residents
2016 Hemanckur Makker MD CA-3, Mentor / Faculty Advisor - Resident Scholarly Activity Project, Medical College of Wisconsin, accepted abstract at ASA
2017 David Izquierdo CA-2, Mentor / Faculty Advisor - Resident Scholarly Activity Project, Medical College of Wisconsin, accepted abstract at ASA 2017
2017 - 2018 CA-1 Learning Community Mentor: Thomas Thorsen, Jessica Meister Berger, Luis Telles Hernandez, Intern / Resident / Fellow Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin
2018 Nancy Fru CA-3, Mentor / Faculty Advisor - Resident Scholarly Activity Project, Medical College of Wisconsin, Abstract accepted at ASRA 2018
01/2020 - 03/2020 Braeden O'Neill, CA-2 resident, Mentor / Faculty Advisor - MARC Project 2020, Medical College of Wisconsin, PROFOUND HYPOTENSION AND BRADYCARDIA FOLLOWING TEST DOSE ADMINISTRATION OF A THORACIC EPIDURAL. Conference cancelled d/t COVID pandemic
07/2020 - 2023 Travis Bales MD, Medical College of WI
10/03/2020 Randall Yale, MD, Mentor / Faculty Advisor - Resident Scholarly Activity Project, Medical College of Wisconsin, Poster presentation at ASA: The LAST Time: New Safety Measures to Reduce Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity after Regional Blocks
05/13/2021 - Present Radithka Krishnan MD, Poster of Case report: Assorted perioperative regional blocks, including repeat injections of liposomal bupivacaine, in a patient with osteosarcoma of the humerus, MCW, presenting poster at ASRA, Orlando FL
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
2017 - Present Member "Impact 100" women's organization which provides funding for local nonprofit organizations
02/08/2020 volunteer food packing for "Just One More" Food Ministry
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Madsen KE, Woehlck H, Cheng E, Kampine JM, Lauer K. Criteria for defining clinical competence of anesthesiology residents. The Clinical Competence Committee to the American Board of Anesthesiology. Anesthesiology. 1994 Mar;80(3):663-5.
2. Madsen KE. "Snapshot presentations" by anesthesiology residents to improve their performance on in-training examinations. Acad Med. 1994 May;69(5):435.
3. Lund PE, Madsen K. Bilateral blindness after cardiopulmonary bypass. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 1994 Aug;8(4):448-50.
4. Schmeling WT, Warltier DC, McDonald DJ, Madsen KE, Atlee JL, Kampine JP. Prolongation of the QT interval by enflurane, isoflurane, and halothane in humans. Anesth Analg. 1991 Feb;72(2):137-44.
5. Madsen KE, Stowe DF, McDonald DJ, Ebert TJ, Kampine JP. A comparison of epidural narcotics, with and without a test dose, to epidural lidocaine for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Reg Anesth. 1990;15(6):288-94.
6. Stowe DF, Bernstein JS, Madsen KE, McDonald DJ, Ebert TJ. Autonomic hyperreflexia in spinal cord injured patients during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Anesth Analg. 1989 Jun;68(6):788-91.
7. Ebert TJ, Kotrly KJ, Madsen KE, Bernstein JS, Kampine JP. Fentanyl-diazepam anesthesia with or without N2O does not attenuate cardiopulmonary baroreflex-mediated vasoconstrictor responses to controlled hypovolemia in humans. Anesth Analg. 1988 Jun;67(6):548-54.
8. Kugler NW, Carver TW, Juul J, Peppard WJ, Boyle K, Drescher KM, Szabo A, Rein L, Somberg LB, Paul JS. Ketamine Infusion for Pain Control in Elderly Patients with Multiple Rib Fractures: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Nov;87(5):1181-1188
9. Kugler NW, Carver TW, Juul J, Peppard WJ, Boyle K, Drescher KM, Szabo A, Rein L, Somberg LB, Paul JS. Ketamine infusion for pain control in elderly patients with multiple rib fractures: Results of a randomized controlled trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Nov;87(5):1181-1188.
10. Carver TW, Kugler NW, Juul J, Peppard WJ, Drescher KM, Somberg LB, Szabo A, Yin Z, Paul JS. Ketamine infusion for pain control in adult patients with multiple rib fractures: Results of a randomized control trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Feb;86(2):181-188.
 
Abstracts
1. MARC presentation April 22-24, 2020: Profound Hypotension and Bradycardia following Test Dose Administration of a Thoracic Epidural. O'Neill Braeden, CA-2. Cancelled d/t COVID outbreak
2. ASRA Case Report, April 22-25, 2020, San Francisco: Peripheral Nerve Catheter Tip Migration in Patient with Hypermobility Type Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Cory Robers, MD. Cancelled d/t COVID pandemic
3. Thapa R, Madsen-Drescher, Weich D: ASRA Spring Meeting May 13-15, 2021, Buena Vista FL, Medically Challenging Cases: Bilateral Pectoral Nerve II Block Catheters for Post-CPR Rib Fracture Pain in the Anticoagulated Patient