CURRICULUM VITAE
Renee Annette Foutz MD
Renee Annette Foutz MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
Clinical Cancer Center |
9200 W Wisconsin Ave |
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 (Education in Palliative and End of Life Care) Professional Development Workshop, Department of Medicine, Northwestern School of Medicine, Chicago, IL |
09/2016 EPEC-EM (Education in Palliative and End of Life Care-Emergency Medicine), Department of Medicine, Northwestern School of Medicine, Chicago, IL |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
09/01/2016 - Present Assistant Professor of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, 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 - Present Director Palliative Care Rotation |
2019 - Present Faculty Coordinator for Emergency Medicine Palliative Care Curriculum, MCW |
07/2020 - Present Coaching for Character, Caring, and Competence 4C Program Faculty Coach, MCW |
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 Date | Expiration |
Emergency Medicine | 2004 | 2024 |
Hospice and Palliative Medicine | 2016 | 2026 |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
ACLS Certification | 2017 | 2021 | |
BLS Certification | AHA | 12/2020 | 12/2022 |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
State of Wisconsin | 43772 | 2001 | 10/31/2023 |
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 |
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 |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
11/2019 - Present Plenary Assembly Member, National POLST |
RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
01/2019 - 01/2022 M2 Foundational Capstone Facilitator |
01/2019 - 03/2022 Healer's Art |
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 |
Resident and Fellow Education |
12/2015 Advance Directives, Emergency Medicine Department Conference |
12/2015 Communication Pearls for Breaking Bad News in the Emergency Department, 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 - Present Palliative Care for Patients with ESRD, Nephrology Fellows Lecture (recurs annually) |
01/2018 - Present 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 - 08/2020 Symptom Management: When the Usual Stuff Doesn't Work, Emergency Department Education Conference |
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 |
11/14/2019 Emergency Department Education Conference |
01/2020 Goals of Care and Conflict Management Communication Skills Workshop, Emergency Department Education Conference |
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 |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
2007 - 2010 Co-founder, Flipanthropy, Inc, Non-profit organization |
2014 - 2015 Volunteer, Hospice Advantage |
2014 - Present Rivoli Theater |
04/2019 - Present Honor Flight, Flight Physician |
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES: |
2004 Medical Mission, Panama City, Panama |
2013 Medical Mission, Boca Chica, Dominican Republic |
ROBERT D. AND PATRICIA E. KERN INSTITUTE FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION NETWORK ACTIVITIES: |
07/2018 - 06/2019 Kinetic3 Teaching Academy-faculty development program |
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 |
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. |
