CURRICULUM VITAE
Renee Annette Foutz MD
Renee Annette Foutz MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Medicine Geriatric and Palliative
Department of Medicine
Division of Medicine Geriatric and Palliative
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
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 Kinetic3 Teaching Academy-Training teaching skills to medical educators to promote character and caring and foster well-being, 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, Milwaukee, WI |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
2016 - 2017 Co-Director Palliative Care Rotation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
2017 - 2023 Director Palliative Care Rotation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
2019 - 2022 Faculty Coordinator for Emergency Medicine Palliative Care Curriculum, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/2020 - 05/2024 Coaching for Character, Caring, and Competence 4C Program Faculty Coach, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
2022 - 2025 Faculty Co-coordinator for Emergency Medicine Palliative Care Curriculum, MCW, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/2023 - Present Learning Community Navigator, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
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, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI |
09/2016 - Present Attending Physician, Medicine, Geriatric and 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, Medicine, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital, W801N8085 Town Hall Rd, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 |
05/18/2022 - Present Attending Physician, Medicine, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Froedtert West Bend Hospital, 3200 Pleasant Valley Rd, West Bend, WI 53095 |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
Emergency Medicine | 2004 | 2034 |
Hospice and Palliative Medicine | 2016 | 2026 |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
ACLS Certification | 2017 | 2021 | |
BLS Certification | AHA | 12/2020 | 12/2026 |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
State of Wisconsin | 43772 | 2001 | 10/31/2027 |
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, Medical College of Wisconsin |
11/13/2025 Community Engagement Poster Awardee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2015 - Present American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Member) |
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, Medical College of Wisconsin |
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: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
The Evolution of COVID As We Ride the COVID Wave, Wisconsin American College of Physicians, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 09/20/2022 |
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, 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, 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 |
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 |
Azam L, Tahir A, Quryshi I, Ahmed F, Ashraf I, Hafeez A, Rizvi I, Foutz R et al., Islamic Bioethical Considerations for End-of-Life Healthcare, MCW Community Engagement Poster Session, Medical College of Wisconsin, 11/13/2025 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
09/2016 - Present Member, Palliative Care Fellowship Clinical Competencies, MCW |
2016 - Present Member, Palliative Care Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee |
2016 - 2017 Member, Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference Planning Committee, Medicine, MCW |
2017 - Present Member, Carrie Falk Lecture Planning Committee, Emergency Medicine, MCW |
09/2019 - 12/2019 Observer for Holistic Admissions |
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 - 01/2024 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 |
04/01/2023 Interprofessional Education Workshop- Facilitator |
11/28/2023 Student-Physician Networking Program, Faculty Panelist |
2023 Operation Conversation Facilitator |
02/20/2024 Geriatrics and Emergency Care Discussion-Faculty Panelist, MCW AGS Student Organization |
10/2024 - 11/2024 Operation Conversation Facilitator |
02/2025 - 04/2025 Operation Conversation Facilitator |
05/01/2025 AGS Geriatrics in Emergency Medicine, Panelist |
10/01/2025 Advance Care Planning presentation to Palliative Care Interest Group |
10/2025 - 11/2025 Operation Conversation Facilitator |
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 - 2022 Palliative Care for Patients with ESRD, Nephrology Fellows Lecture (recurs annually) |
01/2018 Ludtke H, Foutz, R, 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 Ludtke H, Foutz R, 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 |
01/22/2026 What Would You Do? End of Life Care in the Emergency Department, Emergency Medicine Educational Conference |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Community/Lay Public |
05/01/2020 Milwaukee Area Health Education Center Aging Mastery Program-Cancelled due to COVID, Advance Care Planning: The Whys and Hows |
04/06/2022 - 04/20/2022 Foutz R, Communication Skills: Breaking Bad New and Responding to Emotion, Kenosha Fire Department (9 one-hour sessions), Kenosha, WI |
09/30/2023 Padela A, Quryshi I, Foutz R, Panelist, Providing Comfort and Care at the End of Life for Muslim Patients and Their Loved Ones Workshop, The Islamic Society of Milwaukee, Brookfield, WI |
09/30/2023 Foutz R, Palliative Care and Hospice: The Who, What, Why, How, and When, The Islamic Society of Milwaukee, Brookfield, WI |
09/11/2024 - 09/25/2024 Foutz R, Johns L, Communication Skills: Breaking Bad New and Responding to Emotion, Kenosha Fire Department Training, Kenosha, WI (6 One-hour sessions) |
01/31/2026 Foutz R, Palliative Care and Hospice: The Who, What, Why, How, and When, ISM Main Hall, Milwaukee, WI |
01/31/2026 Padela A, Quryshi I, Foutz R, Panelist, Before the Crisis: End-of-Life Healthcare Decisions in Islam, ISM Main Hall, Milwaukee, WI |
Nursing Student Education |
04/19/2023 Marquette University Nurse Practitioner Program, End of Life Communication Small Group Facilitator |
02/28/2024 Marquette University Nurse Practitioner Program, End of Life Communication Small group facilitator |
02/26/2025 Marquette University Nurse Practitioner Program, End of Life Communication Small Group Facilitator |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
2014 - 2015 Volunteer, Hospice Advantage |
2014 - Present Rivoli Theater, Concessions Volunteer |
04/2019 - Present Stars and Stripes Honor Flight: Flight Physician addressing medical issues of Vets on one flight annually (except 2020, 2024) |
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. |
4. 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. 2026 Jan;43(1):94-101. |
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. Gary M Reisfield MD, Renee A Foutz MD, George R Wilson MD, Palliative Care Fast Facts and Concepts #98 Intrathecal Drug therapy For Pain. In S Marks (Eds.). 2016. https://www.mypcnow.org/fast-fact/intrathecal-drug-therapy-for-pain/ |
2. 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. |
3. Initiative on Islam and Medicine [Internet]. (updated 2026); Investigating American Muslim Palliative & Hospice Care Needs (I AM PCN); Available on: http://medicineandislam.org/i-am-pcn/ |
