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Renee Annette Foutz MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Hub for Collaborative Medicine
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Fax: 414-805-4608

EDUCATION:
1989 - 1993 Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH
1996 - 2000 Doctor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
2000 - 2003 Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Medical College of Wisconsin
2015 - 2016 Fellow, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
09/2016 EPEC-EM (Education in Palliative and End of Life Care-Emergency Medicine), Department of Medicine, Northwestern School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
09/2016 EPEC (Education in Palliative and End of Life Care) Professional Development Workshop, Department of Medicine, Northwestern School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
07/2018 - 06/2019 07/2018 - 06/2019 Kinetic3 Teaching Academy-faculty development program, MCW
09/13/2021 - 09/15/2021 Community Based Participatory Research Intensive Training, Center for Palliative and Supportive Care, University of Alabama

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
09/01/2016 - Present Assistant Professor of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2018 - Present Secondary Faculty Appointment, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
2016 - 2017 Co-director Palliative Care Rotation
2017 - 2023 Director Palliative Care Rotation
2019 - 2022 Faculty Coordinator for Emergency Medicine Palliative Care Curriculum, MCW
07/2020 - 05/2024 Coaching for Character, Caring, and Competence 4C Program Faculty Coach, MCW
2022 - 2025 Faculty Co-coordinator for Emergency Medicine Palliative Care Curriculum, MCW
07/2023 - Present Learning Community Navigator, Medical College of Wisconsin

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
07/2003 - 05/2015 Staff physician, Emergency Medicine, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
09/2016 - Present Attending Physician, Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
09/2016 - Present Attending Physician, Palliative Medicine, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
07/2017 - 01/01/2021 Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
05/12/2022 - Present Attending Physician, Palliative Care/Hospice, Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital, W801N8085 Town Hall Rd, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
05/18/2022 - Present Attending Physician, Froedtert West Bend Hospital, 3200 Pleasant Valley Rd, West Bend, WI 53095

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
Emergency Medicine
2004
2034
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
2016
2026
   
Certificates
Issued By Issue DateExpiration
ACLS Certification
2017
2021
BLS Certification
AHA
12/2020
12/2024
    

Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
State of Wisconsin
43772
2001
10/31/2025
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
2000 Best Resident and Fellow Research Presentation, National Association of EMS Physician’s Annual Meeting
2000 Best Poster Presentation, National Association of EMS Physician’s Annual Meeting
2020 Outstanding Medical Student Teacher Award

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2015 - Present American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
2024 - Present Wisconsin Medical Society (Member)

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Editorship
2015 Updated previously published on-line, peer reviewed, evidenced-based reviews on palliative care subjects, Fast Facts and Concepts 2015

LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
03/2017 - 09/2019 Member, Wisconsin POST Coalition
2018 - Present Co-director, Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference, MCW
10/2019 - Present Co-director, Wisconsin POST Coalition
2024 - Present Member, Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives Steering Committee, Wisconsin Medical Society

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
11/2019 - 01/2023 Plenary Assembly Member, National POLST

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Prior
Non-Peer Review
Title:
Research Associate
Source:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Dates:
1997 - 2000
  
Title:
Hemodynamic Field Physician
Role & Effort:
Data recording comparing standard CPR vs. CPR with an inspiratory impendence valve
Dates:
2002
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Klement A, Foutz R, Introduction to Hospice and Palliative Care, Clinicians in Ukraine, Virtual, 07/13/2023
 
National
Foutz R, Sayre M, Placement of Automated External Defibrillators in Long-term Care Facilities Is Cost-effective- poster presentation, American Heart Association’s 72nd Scientific Session, Atlanta, GA, 1999
Foutz R, Sayre M, Placement of Automated External Defibrillators in Long-term Care Facilities Is Cost-effective - poster presentation, The National Association of EMS Physician’s Annual Meeting, Dana Point, CA, 2000
Foutz R, Leschke R, Septic Arthritis of the Sternoclavicular Joint, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual, Boston, MA, 2003
Foutz R, Marks S, The Pitfalls of Withdrawing Life-sustaining Treatment from a Decisional Patient: an Increasingly Common Challenge with Advances in Life-prolonging Therapies- poster presentation, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly, Chicago, IL, 2016
 
Regional
Foutz R, Palliative Care for Patients with ESRD, National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 11/09/2017
Foutz R, POLST: Advancing the Advance Directive, Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference, Lake Geneva, WI, 04/2018
Foutz, R, What is a Weed?, 2021 WIACNS Annual Conference, 04/09/2021
Foutz R, Communication Skills: Breaking Bad New and Responding to Emotion., Kenosha Fire Department Training (9 one-hour sessions), Kenosha, WI, 04/06/2022 - 04/20/2022
The Evolution of COVID As We Ride the COVID Wave, Wisconsin American College of Physicians, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 09/20/2022
Foutz R, Providing Comfort and Care at the End of Life for Muslim Patients and Their Loved Ones Workshop, The Islamic Society of Milwaukee, Brookfield, WI, 09/20/2023
Foutz R, Palliative Care and Hospice: The Who, What, Why, How, and When, The Islamic Society of Milwaukee, Brookfield, WI, 09/30/2023
Foutz R, Johns L, Communication Skills: Breaking Bad New and Responding to Emotion, Kenosha Fire Department Training, Kenosha, WI, 09/11/2024 - 09/25/2024
Foutz R, Harter TD, POST (POLST) in WI: Past, Present, and Future, The Wisconsin Association of Post Acute and Long Term Care Annual Conference, 10/11/2024
 
Local
Foutz R, Kersten, T, What is a Weed?, Froedtert Pharmacology Conference, 06/19/2018
Foutz R, Tsao, CP, Communication in the Emergency Department: Let's Talk, Kern Teaching Academy Graduation, MCW, 06/05/2019
Foutz R, What is a Weed?, Pain Education Day, Froedtert Hospital, 02/20/2020
Foutz R, Marks S, Attitudes and Experience with a Standardized Palliative Care Curriculum for Vascular and Interventional Radiology House Staff, DOM Research Retreat, MCW, 03/2020
Foutz, R, Advance Care Planning: The Whys and Hows, Milwaukee Area Health Education Center Aging Mastery Program-Cancelled due to COVID, Milwaukee, WI, 05/01/2020
Foutz R, Hospice: The Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How, Medical College of Wisconsin, GIM Seminar Series, Milwaukee, WI, 02/03/2023
Foutz R, Martin C, Nuhn S, Advance Care Planning: Helpful or Harmful?, Medical College of Wisconsin Bioethics Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 04/18/2023
Foutz R, End of Life Communication Small group facilitator, Marquette University Nurse Practitioner Student Simulation Lab, Milwaukee, WI, 04/19/2023
Foutz R, Multidisciplinary Case Discussion, Clement J Zablocki Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 08/15/2023
Foutz R, Communication Skills: Breaking Bad News and Responding to Emotion, Froedtert and Medical College Health Network Quarterly EMS Training, Milwaukee, WI, 10/12/2023
Foutz R, End of Life Communication Small group facilitator, Marquette University Nurse Practitioner Student Simulation Lab, Milwaukee, WI, 02/28/2024
Azam L, Ahmed F, Tahir A, Hafeez A, Quryshi I, Foutz R, Padela A, "Are We Really Speeding Up Death?" Insights About Hospice Care from American Muslim Patients and Families, MCW Community Engagement Poster Session, MCW, 11/14/2024
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
09/2016 - Present Member, Palliative Care Fellowship Clinical Competencies, MCW
2016 - 2017 Member, Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference Planning Committee, Medicine, MCW
2016 - Present Member, Palliative Care Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee
2017 - Present Member, Carrie Falk Lecture Planning Committee, Emergency Medicine, MCW
 
Hospital
2004 - 2005 Member, Performance Improvement Committee, Emergency Department, St. Luke's Medical Center
2012 - 2015 Member, Care Plan Committee, Emergency Department, St. Luke's Medical Center
2015 Member, Multidisciplinary Mortality Review Committee, St. Luke's Medical Center
01/2020 - Present Peer Supporter, Peer Support Program
2020 Member, Advance Care Planning Digital Tools Workgroup, Froedtert Hospital
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
01/2019 - 03/2022 Healer's Art
01/2019 - 01/2024 M2 Foundational Capstone Facilitator
09/2020 - 08/2022 Foundations in Clinical Medicine Facilitator
02/26/2021 Pathos Project Faculty Presenter
10/21/2021 Interprofessional Education Session Facilitator
11/2021 - 10/2022 Difficult Conversations Workshop Facilitator
01/2022 - 12/2022 Operation Conversation Facilitator
04/14/2022 National Healthcare Decisions Day Panelist
04/01/2023 Interprofessional Education Workshop- Facilitator
11/28/2023 Student-Physician Networking Program, Faculty Panelist
2023 Operation Conversation Facilitator
10/2024 - 11/2024 Operation Conversation Facilitator
 
Resident and Fellow Education
12/2015 Communication Pearls for Breaking Bad News in the Emergency Department, Emergency Medicine Department Conference
12/2015 Advance Directives, Emergency Medicine Department Conference
01/2016 Introduction to Palliative Care, Department of Medicine Academic Half-Day
02/2017 - Present The Palliative Care Emergency, Palliative Medicine Fellow's Lecture (recurs annually)
02/2017 - 09/2018 Resuscitating the Code Status Discussion, Department of Medicine Academic Half-Day
06/2017 Everything You've Been Dying to Know about Dying, Emergency Department Education Conference
06/2017 Advance Directives: Planning for the Future in Wisconsin, Palliative Medicine Fellow's Lecture
11/2017 - 2022 Palliative Care for Patients with ESRD, Nephrology Fellows Lecture (recurs annually)
01/2018 Goals of Care and Conflict Management Workshop, Emergency Department Education Conference
02/2018 - Present Burnout: How to Keep Your Fire from Going Out, Palliative Care Fellow's Lecture (recurs annually)
05/2018 Symptom Management: When the Usual Stuff Doesn't Work, Emergency Department Education Conference Lecture
06/2018 - Present What is a Weed?, Palliative Care Fellows Lecture (recurs annually)
02/2019 Communication Skills Workshop: Breaking Bad News and Family Witnessed Resuscitations, Emergency Department Education Conference
07/2019 - Present Communicating As an Emergency Physician Communication Skills Workshop, EM1 Orientation (recurs annually)
11/14/2019 R Foutz, M Rhodes Everything You've Been Dying to Know about Dying, Emergency Department Education Conference
01/2020 Goals of Care and Conflict Management Communication Skills Workshop, Emergency Department Education Conference
08/2020 Symptom Management: When the Usual Stuff Doesn't Work, Emergency Department Education Conference Lecture
10/2020 Hospice and End of Life Planning, Department of Medicine Academic Half-Day
01/2021 Code Status and Intubation Discussions Communication Skills Workshop, Emergency Department Education Conference
10/14/2021 - Present So, How Long Have I Got, Doc, Emergency Department Education Conference
03/24/2022 Facilitator for Palliative Panel Discussion: Honoring Religion and Culture in Serious Illness and End of Life
08/2022 Hospice and End of Life Planning, Department of Medicine Academic Half-Day
01/25/2024 Johns L, Foutz R, Goals of Care Workshop, ED Educational Conference
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Medical Student Education
02/20/2024 AGS Student Organization, Geriatrics and Emergency Care Discussion-Faculty Panelist
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
2007 - 2010 Co-founder, Flipanthropy, Inc, Non-profit organization
2014 - 2015 Volunteer, Hospice Advantage
2014 - Present Rivoli Theater, Concessions Volunteer
04/2019 - Present Honor Flight, Flight Physician
 

MCW SERVICE:
09/2019 - 12/2019 Observer for Holistic Admissions


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Foutz, RA, Sayre MR, Automated external defibrillators in long-term care facilities are cost-effective. 2000. Prehospital Emergency Care. 4 (4): 314-317
2. Foutz RA, Peltier W. Disorders of Consciousness: A Practical Approach for Navigating Coma and Brain Injury #382. J Palliat Med. 2019 Dec;22(12):1610-1611.
3. Aiken M, Foutz RA. Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction #446. J Palliat Med. 2022 Sep;25(9):1443-1444.
 
Editorials, Letters To Editor, Other
1. Foutz, R and Bear, A, Transformational Times, Take 3: Best Practice Models for Communication Skills Training, 7/22/2022
 
Abstracts
1. Azam L, Foutz R, Padela AI. Exploring Perceptions of Hospice Care in the American Muslim Community: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2025 Jan 10:10499091251315140. doi: 10.1177/10499091251315140. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39791351.
 
Database, Video, or Other Research/Clinical Contributions
1. McGlynn E, Wleklinski N, Foutz R, Weston B, Matcha J. Breaking Bad News. Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management. October 27, 2022. https://pushdoseems.podbean.com. Accessed November 17th, 2022.