CURRICULUM VITAE
Katherine A. Recka MD
Katherine A. Recka MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
VA Medical Center |
5000 W National Ave |
Milwaukee, WI 53295 |
EDUCATION: |
09/1996 - 12/2001 B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison |
08/2002 - 05/2006 M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin |
2010 Graduate of University of Michigan Faculty Development Institute, University of Michigan |
08/2012 - 09/2013 Macy Faculty Scholars Program |
08/2018 - 05/2019 VA LEAD leadership development course |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2006 - 06/2010 Resident, Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Program, Medical College of Wisconsin and Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI |
07/2010 - 06/2011 Fellow, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
08/2011 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
09/2014 - Present Section Chief, Section of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Clement J. Zablocki VA, Milwaukee, WI |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
10/2011 - Present Assistant Fellowship Program Director. Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
08/2011 - Present Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
08/2011 - Present Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 5000 W. National Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53295 |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
American Board of Internal Medicine | 08/2010 | 12/2020 |
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics | 10/2010 | 12/2020 |
Hospice and Palliative Medicine | 10/2012 | 12/2022 |
Hospice Medical Director | 07/2014 | 10/2020 |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
BLS | AHA | 08/2002 | 06/2022 |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
Wisconsin | 51724-020 | 10/2007 | 10/2021 |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
07/2006 - Present American Association of Pediatrics (Member) |
07/2009 - Present American College of Physicians (Member) |
08/2010 - Present American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Member) |
04/2020 - Present Wisconsin Health Professionals for Climate Action (Member) |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Journal Review |
08/2012 - Present Journal of Palliative Medicine |
08/2012 - Present Wisconsin Medical Journal |
Ad-Hoc Reviewer |
08/2017 - Present AAHPM Annual Assembly |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
12/2012 - Present Chair, VA Bereaved Family Survey Committee
Founding chair of the VA BFS committee evaluating the Bereaved Family quality measures, a 19 item scale sent to all families of veterans who die inpatient in a VA facility. The Committee focuses on strategizing improvements across care settings and facilitating implementation of both unit based and hospital wide quality improvement projects |
07/2017 - Present Co Chair, VA Life Sustaining Treatment Decisions Committee
Founding chair and key physician member of the LSTD committee which was a nationally mandated project to improve access to and quality of standardized goals of care discussions and documentation of veteran wishes for life sustaining care. |
INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Regional |
Katherine Recka, Ann Catlett, Suffering Beyond the Basics, Complex Symptom Management, Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 04/2012 |
Katherine Recka, Ann Catlett, Challenging Topics in Palliative Care: Beyond the Basics, “Nausea, Vomiting and Constipation”, Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference, Lake Geneva, WI, 05/2013 |
Katherine Recka, Ryan Tomlinson, Advanced Directives, National Med Peds Resident Association Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 09/2013 |
Katherine Recka, Geriatric Pain Management, Wisconsin Geriatrics Board Review, Delavan, WI, with repeats 09/2015, 09/2017 and 09/2019, 09/2013 |
Katherine Recka, Updates in Advanced Directives, MCW Winter Refresher Course, Oconomowoc, WI, 02/2014 |
Katherine Recka, Updates in Advanced Directives, Wisconsin Association of Physician Assistants, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 04/2014 |
Katherine Recka, Challenging Topics in Palliative Care: Beyond the Basics, Table Talk: The non-Adherent patient, Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference, Lake Geneva, WI, 05/2014 |
Katherine Recka, Rosemary Stetzer, Trajectory, The Hospice and Palliative Nurse Association Review, Milwaukee, WI with repeat presentation 08/2015, 08/2014 |
Katherine Recka, The Care of Veterans at End of Life, Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference, Lake Geneva, WI, 04/2015 |
Katherine Recka, Managing Neuropathic Pain, Bellin Health Education Series, Green Bay, WI, 04/2015 |
Katherine Recka, Care of Veterans at End of Life, Hospice and Palliative Nurse Association Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, 05/2016 |
Katherine Recka, Care of Veterans at End of Life, Hospice and Veterans Partnership Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, 06/2016 |
Katherine Recka, Palliative Care in End Stage Rental Disease, Vascular Access Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, 08/2016 |
Katherine Recka, Rosemary Stetzer, Prognostication at End of Life, Hospice and Palliative Nurse Assocation, Review Course, 08/2016 |
Katherine Recka, Don Weir, Hospice Foundation of America, Discussion Panel, Milwaukee, WI, 11/2016 |
Katherine Recka, Care of Veterans at End of Life, Rainbow Hospice Care Conference, Pewaukee, WI, 03/2017 |
Katherine Recka, Sarah Rogers, Wisconsin Hospice and Veteran Partnership, presentation panel on Concurrent Care, Milwaukee, WI, 11/2018 |
Katherine Recka, Myths and Misperceptions, of Hospice, Ovation Milwaukee Jewish Home Legacy, Estate and End of Life Planning Series, 05/2019 |
Alex Bear, Katherine Recka, Kern Kinetic K3 Capstone, Utilization of the DISC Assessment Tool to Elucidate Communication Styles in an Effort to Improve Communication Skills and Resiliency for Medical Providers and Trainees, Milwaukee, WI, 06/2019 |
Local |
Katherine Recka, Matthew Ehrhardt, Guide to passing the Boards, Med-Peds Residency Retreat, Elkhart Lake, WI, 02/2012 |
Katherine Recka, Palliative Care at the VA, Clement J. Zablocki VA Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 12/2012 |
Katherine Recka, Palliative Care 101, Community Colorectal Support Group, Milwaukee, WI, 05/2013 |
Katherine Recka, QI at the VA: Medical College of Wisconsin, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Course, Milwaukee, WI, 09/2013 |
Katherine Recka, Neuropathic Pain, Clement J. Zablocki VA Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 06/2015 |
Katherine Recka, Prognosis, yearly VA multidisciplinary fellowship lecture, Milwaukee, WI, 09/2015 - Present |
Katherine Recka, Pain Management, Clement J. Zablocki VA Pain Education Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, 09/2017 |
Katherine Recka, Pain Management with Opioids, Clement J Zablocki VA Nursing Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 08/2018 |
Katherine Recka, Hospice in an Age of Hope, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 12/2018 |
Katherine Recka, Hospice Concurrent Care, Hematology Oncology Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 08/2019 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Recka, K., Montagnini, M., Management of Bleeding in Malignant Fungating Wounds., Poster Presentation National Meeting American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Denver, CO, 03/2012 |
Nickoloff, S., Recka, K., K. Quality Improvement in the ICU:, Using Palliative Care Triggers Checklist. Poster Presentation National Meeting. Center to Advance Palliative Care, Miami, FL (Fellowship QI mentorship collaboration), 11/2012 |
Nickoloff, S., Recka, K., K. Quality Improvement in the ICU:, Using Palliative Care Triggers Checklist. Poster Presentation National Meeting., SGIM Denver, CO (Fellowship QI mentorship collaboration), 04/2013 |
Recka, K., Marks, S., Quality Improvement by Committee:, Unit based end of life care initiatives. Oral Presentation for Center to Advance Palliative Care, Orlando, FL, 11/2014 |
Lu, Karrie, Recka, K., Improving Handoffs of Inpatient Palliative Care Patients, Oral Presentation for Center to Advance Palliative Care, Orlando, FL (Fellowship QI mentorship collaboration), 11/2014 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
07/2012 - 05/2017 Member, Planning Committee for Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference |
07/2013 - Present present Member, Pediatric Residency Committee, now Clinical Competency Committee and Program Evaluation Committees |
07/2013 - Present present Member, Palliative Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee and Program Evaluation Committees |
08/2016 - Present present Member, Medical College of Wisconsin Admissions Committee |
01/2020 - Present present Member, subcommittee on applicant screening |
Hospital |
08/2011 - Present current Member, VA Integrated Ethics committee, CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI VA |
06/2012 - Present current Member, Palliative Care Resource Professionals, CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI VA |
08/2018 - Present present Member, VA Zablocki Rounds/Schwartz Rounds committee, Founding physician member of Zablocki VA approach to Schwartz Rounds, an internationally disseminated approach to discussions focused on provider support, moral distress and burnout., CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI VA |
03/2020 - Present present Member, VA Scarce Resource Allocation Committee, Palliative medicine representative for COVID-19 related scarce resource utilization, CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI VA |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
2006 - 2009 Preceptor, Clinical Evaluation and Reasoning Course, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2012 M4 Team Based Learning Facilitator |
06/2014 Transition to Clerkship: Pain Management |
08/2014 Foundations of Clinical Medicine: 1st year interview class |
2014 Winter Intersession on Professionalism |
01/2019 - Present M1 Healers Art |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Resident and Fellow Education |
05/2012 - 05/2018 Palliative Fellowship Lecture Series, Scales 101 yearly |
08/2012 Dept of Medicine Core Skills, DNR |
10/2012 Med Peds Residency Conference, Advanced Directives |
01/2013 ObGyn Residency Lecture Series, Palliative Care 101 |
04/2013 - Present Palliative Fellowship Lecture Series, PC at the VA |
08/2013 Internal Medicine Academic Half Day, Advanced Directives |
08/2013 Internal Medicine Academic Half Day, Non-Pain Symptom Management |
09/2013 Palliative Fellowship Lecture series, The Bereaved Family Survey |
10/2016 Nephrology Fellow Lecture, Palliative Care in End Stage Renal Disease |
03/2020 Palliative Fellowship Lecture Series, Fellows as Teachers |
MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Residents |
08/2011 - 08/2012 Archna Eniasivam, MD, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Advisor, MCW |
10/2012 - 06/2015 Ryan Tomlinson, MD, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Advisor, MCW |
07/2016 - 07/2018 Sona Cote, MD, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Advisor, MCW |
07/2018 - 08/2019 Daniel Otterson, MD, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Advisor, MCW |
Faculty |
07/2019 - 06/2020 Adrienne Klement, MD, Capstone Project Advisor, MCW, Kern Institute Kinetic Academy |
EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Clinical/Research Fellows |
2011 - 2012 Sarah Nickoloff, MD, Fellowship Quality Improvement Advisor, Associate Prof of Medicine Medical College of WI
Associate Division Chief Clement J Zablocki VA
Milwaukee, WI, Palliative Care Consults in the ICU: A QI trigger project
• Improved communication between RNs and ICU MDs
• Poster presentations CAPC and SGIM |
2012 - 2013 Alexis Williams, MD, Fellowship Quality Improvement Advisor, Hospice and Palliative Physician
JourneyCare
Glenview, IL, Palliative Care Note Templates: VA and Froedtert
• Standardized notes across inpatient and outpatient
• Standardized ROS and history for accurate billing and coding
• Multidisciplinary collaborative project |
2013 - 2014 Karrie Lu, MD, Fellowship Quality Improvement Advisor, Hospice and Palliative Specialist
Aurora Health Care
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI, Improving Handoffs in Palliative Care
• Year long study including iterative PDSA cycles resulting in standardized templates
• Poster presentation at CAPC |
2014 - 2015 Sam Maiser, MD, Fellowship Quality Improvement Advisor, Neurology and Palliative Medicine Specialist
Hennepin Healthcare
Minneapolis, MN, Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic Analysis of "No-Shows"
• Reviewed EPIC data and interviewed providers
• Created provider brochure for patients and families to improve familiarity with concept of Palliative Care and to improve recognition of providers |
2015 Melissa Atwood, DO, Fellowship Quality Improvement Advisor, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI, Improving access to information on pediatric hospice and palliative resources.
• Interviewed providers and social workers at Children’s Wisconsin
• Interviewed WI hospice agencies
• Curated list of palliative resources in WI hospice agencies |
2015 - 2016 Renee Foutz, MD, Fellowship Quality Improvement Advisor, Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine
Medical College of WI
Milwaukee, WI, Assessment of Palliative Care Training Needs Among Emergency Medicine Residents
• Interviewed EM residents and teaching faculty
• Curated palliative resources including new lectures
• Dr. Foutz continues this lecture series currently |
2017 - 2018 Francois Blumenfeld Kouchner, DO, Fellowship Quality Improvement Advisor, Hospice and Palliative Specialist
Aurora Health Care
Grafton, WI, Management of Heart Failure in Hospice Patients
• Interviewed local hospice agency RNs
• Disseminated information about heart failure evaluation and management specific to Medicare Hospice guidelines |
2018 - 2019 Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, Fellowship Quality Improvement Advisor, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical College of WI
Milwaukee, WI, VA Comfort Care Order Set
• Worked with Palliative faculty and staff and IM residents on needs assessment and best practice
• Collaborated with VA IT to develop and disseminate order sets based on unit needs |
2019 - 2020 Ryan Jozwiak, MD, Fellowship Quality Improvement Advisor, Palliative Medicine Specialist
Hennepin Healthcare
Minneapolis, MN, Palliative Care Role in Advance Heart Failure Technologies
• Reviewed current data around AHF technologies
• Palliative faculty and staff needs assessment
• Collaborated with palliative faculty on a Fast Fact publication |
2020 - Present Lara India, MD (Current fellow), Fellowship Quality Improvement Advisor, Current Fellow, tbd: plan for education in pain interventions
• needs assessment for Palliative and Oncology Froedtert inpatient teams
• Needs assessment from Anesthesia Pain and IR teams
• Development of resources around better understanding pain interventions at Froedtert/MCW |
PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS: |
Clinical Programs |
08/2011 - Present Zablocki VA Palliative Medicine:
• Expanded providers including addition of physician provider FTEs and an additional ½ time position for our Hospice and Palliative Care Unit NP
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• Led with continuous quality improvement through both the Bereaved Family Survey Committee as well as the Life Sustaining Treatment Decisions Committee |
• Standardized Hospice and Palliative Care Unit admissions |
• Developed and implemented outpatient Palliative clinic
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• Developed and implemented VA Virtual Connect (VVC) Palliative clinic. VVC is a nationally supported initiative using veterans’ existing smart phone technology to connect with VA providers |
• Expanded inpatient consult service with consistent growth over last 10 years |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Recka, K., Montagnini, M., Vitale, C. Management of Bleeding in Malignant Fungating Wounds. Journal of Palliative Medicine. Vol. 15, No. 8, August 2012: 952-954
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2. Jozwiak, R, Recka, K. Fast Facts and Concepts #386. The Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome: Definitions, Evaluation, and Non-Pharmacological Management. Journal of Palliative Medicine, accepted pending publication.
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Non-Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Recka, K. Make it the the Mat. Kern Transformational Times Newsletter. 5/29/2020. https://transformational-times-blog.blogspot.com |