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CURRICULUM VITAE

Wendy L. Peltier MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Hub for Collaborative Medicine
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
08/1983 - 05/1987 B.S., University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
08/1987 - 06/1991 M.D., Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
07/1991 - 06/1992 Intern, Internal Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
07/1992 - 06/1995 Resident, Neurology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI
07/1995 - 06/1996 Fellow, EMG and Neuromuscular Diseases, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI
09/1996 End-of-Life Faculty Development Course, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
12/1998 Selected Candidate, Harvard Macy Program for Physician Educators, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
03/2007 Selected Candidate, American Academy of Neurology Leadership Development Program, Washington, DC
04/2010 - 02/2011 Co-attending, Palliative Care consult team, Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Palliative Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
04/2010 - 02/2011 Rotation, Multi-disciplinary team meetings and home hospice visits, Zilber Hospice, Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Palliative Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
08/1996 - 06/2003 Assistant Professor, Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2003 - Present Associate Professor, Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2011 - 01/2021 Associate Professor, Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/2021 - Present Associate Professor, Medicine, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
01/2012 - 01/2021 Section Chief, Section of Palliative Care, Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
08/1996 - 07/2006 Director, Neurology Residency Program, Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/1998 - 07/2004 Course Director, Neuroradiology Case Conference, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/1999 - 07/2004 Faculty Advisor, Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN), Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2001 - 07/2004 Co-Director, Integrated M3 Psychiatry/Neurology Clerkship, Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/2012 - Present Faculty Associate, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/2014 - 07/2015 Associate Director, Neurology Residency Program, Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2018 - Present Kern Faculty, Faculty Pillar, Kern Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
08/1996 - 2014 Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Clinic, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
07/2015 - 2020 Director, System-Wide Palliative Care, Froedtert Health, Milwaukee, WI

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
08/1996 - Present Froedtert Hospital (FH), 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226
08/1996 - 2006 Zablocki VA Medical Center, 5000 W National Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226
08/1996 - 2007 Children's Hospital of Wisconsin (CHW), 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226
09/2016 - Present Community Hospital Division (CHD), Froedtert Menomonee Falls, W180 N8085 Town Hall Rd, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
09/2016 - Present Community Hospital Division (CHD), Froedtert West Bend, 3200 Pleasant Valley Rd, West Bend, WI 53095

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
04/1996
10/2026
American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
05/1999
10/2019
Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine
10/2012
10/2022
   
Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Wisconsin License
08/1996
10/2022
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
1987 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Illinois
1992 American Academy of Neurology
1992 Resident Teaching Award, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital
1997 Community Recognition Award “40 Under 40: Business Leaders for the New Millenium", Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
1998 Community Health Award, Rush Medical College
1999 Edward J. Lennon Endowed Clinical Teaching Award, Medical College of Wisconsin
2001 Director’s Citation Award, Medical Society of Milwaukee County
2006 Department Service Award, MCW Department of Neurology
2008 Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Honor Roll, Muscular Dystrophy Association
2009 - 2016 Best Doctors in America
2010 MCW Faculty Vitality Award, Medical College of Wisconsin
2011 - Present Milwaukee Super Doctors
2013 - 15 POET (Performing Outstanding Excellence Together) Award
2021 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Gold Humanism Society

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1992 - Present American Academy of Neurology
1993 - 2001 American Medical Association
1994 - 2012 American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
1994 - 1996 Michigan State Medical Society
1996 - 2001 Wisconsin State Medical Society
1996 - 2001 Medical Society of Milwaukee County
2000 - 2006 ALS Association of Southeastern Wisconsin
2010 - Present American Association of Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine (AAHPM)
2019 - Present AAHPM Neuropalliative Special Interest Group
2020 - Present International Neuropalliative Care Society (INPS)
2021 - Present Gold Humanism Honor Society

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Editorial Board
03/2020 - Present Co-editor, Kern Transformational Times Weekly Newsletter, Medical College of Wisconsin

LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
1994 - 1996 Vice-Chair and Chair, Michigan State Medical Society Resident Physician Section, Michigan State
1994 - 1995 President, House Officer Association, University of Michigan
07/1997 - 06/2004 Chair, Resident Health and Welfare Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (MCWAH)
1998 Vice-Chair, Young Physician Section, Wisconsin State Medical Society
1999 Chair, Young Physician Section, Wisconsin State Medical Society
2000 - 2002 Member, Board of Directors, Medical Society of Milwaukee County
2000 - 2002 Member, Board of Directors, ALS Association of Southeastern Wisconsin
07/2006 - 2008 Leader, MCWAH Internal Review Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
2008 - Present Member, FMLH Ethics Committee, Froedtert Hospital
2011 - 2014 Member, FMLH Ethics Workgroup on DNR orders, Froedtert Hospital
2011 - 2013 Member, FMLH Ethics Workgroup on Brain Death, Froedtert Hospital
2012 Member, FMLH Business Planning Committee for Palliative Care, Froedtert Hospital
2012 Member, Department of Psychiatry Chair Search Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
2012 - 2014 Member, FMLH Palliative Care Advisory Panel, Froedtert Hospital
2014 - Present Member, Palliative Care Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
2014 Member, Business Planning Committee for System-Wide Palliative Care, Froedtert Health
2014 - 2015 Member, FMLH System Inpatient Platform Committee, Froedtert Hospital
2014 - 2015 Member, Post-Acute Care Strategic Planning Initiative, Froedtert Health
2014 - Present Member, Honoring Choices Wisconsin Steering Committee
2014 - 2020 Member, FMLH Inpatient Virtual Hospice Workgroup, Froedtert Hospital
2015 - 2017 Member, End of Life Order Set Workgroup: IMPACCT (Integrating Medical and Palliative Support Across Critical Care Teams)
2016 - 2017 Member, Comprehensive Pain Management Strategy for Froedtert Health, Froedtert Health
2016 - 2020 Post-Acute Care Committee
2017 - 2019 Member, MCW Council for Women's Advocacy (CWA), Medical College of Wisconsin
2018 - 2020 Member, CIVCU Mechanical Support Systems Patient/Family Care and Communication Project, Froedtert Hospital
2019 - Present Member, Brain Metastases Program Development Workgroup and NIMBLE APP (Network for Integrated Management of Brain Metastases: Linking Experts)
2020 Member, COVID-19 Surge Taskforce

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
1993 - 1995 Resident Delegate, Michigan State Medical Society, American Medical Association
1995 - 1996 Vice-Chair, Governing Council, Resident Physician Section, American Medical Association
1995 - 2001 Practice Characteristics Subcommittee, American Academy of Neurology
1995 Chair, Reference Committee, Interim Meeting, American Medical Association
1995 - 1996 Quality Assurance Committee, American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
1999 - 2000 Young Physician Delegate, Wisconsin State Medical Society, American Medical Association
2000 - 2002 Chair, Neurology Quadrad for Implementation of Specialty-Specific Competencies, Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Task Force on GME Core Competencies
2000 Invited Participant, ABPN Annual Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
2000 - 2002 Task Force on GME Core Competencies, Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Task Force on GME Core Competencies
2001 - 2002 Chair, Practice Characteristics Subcommittee, American Academy of Neurology
2001 - 2003 Chair, Program Directors Consortium, American Academy of Neurology
2001 - 2003 Graduate Education Subcommittee, American Academy of Neurology
2001 Invited Participant, Invitational Conference on Core Competencies, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
2002 Faculty Coordinator, Resident Patient Log System Pilot Study, American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
2002 Examiner, Part II Oral Exam, Baltimore, Maryland, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
2002 Member, Neurology Residency Review Committee (RRC), Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Task Force on GME Core Competencies
2003 Invited participant, Pilot project: Using Patient and Peer Assessment to Measure Professionalism, American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
2004 - 2009 RITE Examination Subcommittee, American Academy of Neurology
2006 - 2008 United Counsel of Neurologic Subspecialties Accreditation Board, American Academy of Neurology
2007 Examiner, Part II Oral Exam, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
09/01/2022 - 2023 Vice Chair, Education Committee, International Neuropalliative Care Society
2023 - 2025 Chair, Education Committee, International Neuropalliative Care Society

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Active
Peer Review
Title:
Student-Centered Pipeline to Advance Research in Cancer Careers (SPARCC) for Underrepresented Minority Students
Source:
NIH Cancer Institute R25CA221715
Role & Effort:
Contributing faculty
PI:
Janet Radar, MD and Kristina Kaljo, PhD
Dates:
09/18/2018 - 08/31/2023
Direct Funds:
$862,468
  
Prior
Peer Review
Title:
National End of Life Curriculum Project
Source:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Role & Effort:
Faculty for Neurology Training Programs
PI:
David Weissman, MD
Dates:
04/2001 - 09/2002
Direct Funds:
$6,000
  
Title:
Interdepartmental Collaboration for Competency-Based Education
Source:
Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin (AHW)
Role & Effort:
Neurology Teaching Faculty
PI:
Kurt Pfeiffer, MD
Dates:
08/2006 - 2009
Direct Funds:
$150,000
  
Title:
Genetic Susceptibility to Lipid-lowering Drug-induced Myopathies
Source:
National Institute of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Role & Effort:
Co-investigator
PI:
Georgiene Vladutiu, MD, PhD, University of Buffalo
Dates:
04/2010 - 03/2013
Direct Funds:
$16,150
  
Title:
Randomized Study of Early Palliative Care Integrated with Standard Oncology Care vs Standard Oncology Care Alone in Patients with Incurable Lung or Non-Colorectal Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Source:
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (A221303)
Role & Effort:
Co-investigator with James Thomas, MD (MCW site)
PI:
Jennifer Temel, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Dates:
06/2015 - 08/2019
Direct Funds:
$125,000
  
Non-Peer Review
Title:
Use of Rituximab in Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathies and Antibody-Medicated Neuropathy (GM-1, Anti-MAG, and SGPG)
Source:
Genentech
Role & Effort:
Principal investigator for Neurology
PI:
David Vesole, MD
Dates:
04/15/2001 - 04/15/2003
Direct Funds:
$70,000
  
Title:
Feasibility of Implementing Pre-transplant Palliative Care Support for Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Hematological Malignancies
Source:
Philanthropic support for pilot study through MCW
Role & Effort:
Contributing faculty
PI:
Stephanie J. Lee, MD, MPH Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Dates:
04/2013 - 07/2017
Direct Funds:
$25,000
  
Title:
Honoring Choices Wisconsin Pilot Project
Source:
Froedtert Hospital Administration
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Wendy L. Peltier, MD and Fabian Johnston, MD, MHS
Dates:
12/2013 - 08/2014
Direct Funds:
$35,000
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Peltier WL, Review of Neurology, American College of Physicians Preparation for Recertification in Medicine Course, Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, 10/1998
Peltier WL, Review of Neurology., American College of Physicians Preparation for Recertification in Medicine Course, Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, 10/1999
Peltier, WL, Myopathies: Histopathologic Correlates, Anatomic Perspectives CME Program, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/2000
Peltier, WL, RF Jozefowicz, J Morgenlander, S Galetta, The Effective Residency Program, Association of University Professors of Neurology and American Neurological Association: ANA Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 10/15/2000
Peltier, WL, Myopathies: Histopathologic Correlates, Anatomic Perspectives CME Program, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/2001
Peltier WL, Neurology-specific Competencies: Challenges and Opportunities, American Academy of Neurology Education Colloquium: Competencies and Outcome Measures for Residents, Denver, Colorado, 04/2002
Peltier WL, Residency Program Directors and Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Deerfield, Illinois, 06/14/2002
Peltier WL and Lynn JA, Clerkship and Program Directors Conference: Surviving or Thriving in the New Millennium?, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Oahu, Hawaii, 03/2003
Peltier WL and Lynn JA, Clerkship and Program Directors Conference: Update on Competencies and Performance-Based Evaluation: It's Tool Time, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, 04/2005
Patel D, Peltier, WL, The Growing Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Palliative Care, 10th Annual Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference, Lake Geneva, WI, 05/05/2022 - 05/06/2022
Peltier WL, Vermillion P, Berk J, Goals of Care and Delivering Difficult News, Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care – Neurology (EPEC-N) Virtual Train-the-Trainer Course, Virtual, 06/03/2022 - 06/04/2022
Peltier WL, Stawski C, Module 3 Book Club, KNN Mobilizing Character Virtual Course, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI., 08/28/2023
Peltier WL, Stawski C, Lyon W, Module 3: The Language of Character for Communication and Connection, KNN Mobilizing Character Virtual Course: A Pathway to Cultivating Character, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI., 10/09/2023
Stawski C, Peltier WL, Ashworth R, Decker M, Module 4: Character on the Catwalk, KNN Mobilizing Character Virtual Course: A Pathway to Cultivating Character, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI., 10/23/2023
 
Regional
Larson WL, Barach P, Gitlow, S, Gopal, S and Rainey, CR, Demystifying the NET: An AMA-RPS Guide to Internet Resources, American Medical Association Interim Meeting, 12/1995
Larson, WL, Changing the Mechanics of Medicine, Wayne State Medical Student Section, Michigan State Medical Society Fall Conference, 1995
Larson WL, Graduate Medical Education: Who Should Pay?, Milwaukee Neuropsychiatric Society Annual Meeting, 1996
Larson, WL, Terry LC, Jaradeh S, Maas E, Book D. Neurology for the non-Neurologist: Review of the Neurologic Exam and of Neurologic Complications of HIV and Lyme Disease, Door County Summer Institute, Landmark Resort, 08/1997
Larson WL, Approach to the Neurologic Exam. Advanced Health Assessment, Concordia University Nursing School, 01/1999
Larson WL, Diagnosis and Therapy of ALS, ALS Association Support Group, Medical College of Wisconsin, 03/1999
Peltier WL, Differential Diagnosis of ALS, ALS Regional Symposium, Milwaukee Hilton, 09/1999
Larson, WL, Approach to the Neurologic Exam, Advanced Health Assessment, Concordia University Nursing School, 01/2000
Peltier WL, Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of ALS, Neurology Grand Rounds, University of Illinois, Chicago, 04/2000
Peltier WL, Beinlich B., Case Studies in Headache, Wisconsin Neurological Society Annual Meeting, 10/2000
Peltier, WL, Statin-Induced Myopathies, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds., Columbia Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, 03/12/2001
Peltier WL, Workshop on Teaching Skills, Central Group on Educational Affairs Spring Meeting, 03/2001
Peltier WL, Specialty-specific Competencies, Central Group on Educational Affairs Spring Meeting, 03/2001
Larson, WL, Terry LC, Jaradeh S, Maas E, Book D, Neurology for the non-Neurologist: Review of the Neurologic Exam and of Neurologic Complications of HIV and Lyme Disease, Door County Summer Institute, Landmark Resort, 08/2001
Peltier WL, Mitochondrial Myopathies, 19th Annual MCW Sports Medicine Symposium, Medical College of Wisconsin, 03/2007
Peltier WL, Muscles and Statins: Evaluation and Management, Affinity Health System, 04/2007
Peltier WL, End of Life Care, Interview, Lake Effects, WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, 01/2012
Peltier WL, Statin-Induced Myalgias: When to consider neuromuscular referral, American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP) Winter Refresher Course for Family Medicine, 02/2012
Peltier WL, Update on Statin Myopathies and New Horizons for Muscular Dystrophy, Affinity Health System: Rheumatology Dinner Seminar, 10/2012
Peltier WL, Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathy and Pearls for Treating Neuropathic Pain, Hematology/Oncology Seminar, Medical College of Wisconsin, Green Bay, 10/2012
Peltier WL, Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathy and Pearls for Treating Neuropathic Pain, Second Annual Controversies in Hematologic Malignancies Symposium, 03/2013
Peltier WL, Historical Discovery of Myasthenia Gravis and Therapeutic Immune Mechanisms, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Southeastern Wisconsin, 05/2013
Peltier WL, Johnston F. The Experiences of the Southern Cohort, Wisconsin State Medical Society: Honoring Choices Share the Experience, 10/2014
Peltier WL, Advanced Care Planning through Honoring Choices Wisconsin, Green Bay Hematology and Oncology Annual Symposium, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 10/2014
Peltier WL, Approach to Palliative Care in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies, Fourth Annual Controversies in Hematologic Malignancies Symposium, 03/2015
Peltier WL, What is Required in a Dead by Brian Criteria Exam?, MCW Bioethics Clinical Conference: Dead by Brain Criteria, Medical College of Wisconsin Alumni Center, 06/02/2015
Peltier WL, When is Less More in the Area of Treatment?, 8th Annual Symposium for People with Parkinson's and Their Families, Sheraton Hotel, Brookfield, WI, 09/12/2015
Peltier WL and Derse A, Medical Futility vs 'Everything': A Palliative Care Perspective, Annual Wisconsin Risk Seminar, Wisconsin Dells, 09/18/2015
Peltier WL, Role of Palliative Care in Advanced GI Cancer, 2016 Update on GI Cancer Symposium, Harley Davidson Museum, 08/05/2016
Peltier WL, Shapiro RS and Meyer MT, Round table dialogue on End of Life Care, Wisconsin Donor Network Panel Discussion, Milwaukee, 05/17/2017
Peltier WL, Integration of Palliative Care with Other Therapies, GI Symposium: Spotlight on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies and HIPEC, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Regional Cancer Therapy Program, Kohler, WI, 08/04/2017
Peltier WL, Palliative Care for Patients and Families Facing Progressive Neurologic Disease,, 12th Annual OSF Supportive Care Conference, University of Illinois School of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, 04/27/2018
Peltier WL, Embracing Advance Care Planning: The Patient The Family The System, Bioethics Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/16/2018
Peltier WL, Insights from a Palliative Care Neurologist, Aurora Advanced Neurology Group, Milwaukee, 07/09/2019
Byock I and Peltier WL, Understanding Palliative Care, WUWM Radio Interview, Milwaukee, 08/13/2019
Peltier WL, Palliative Care for ALS and Parkinson's Disease: Pearls from a Neurologist, Aurora Palliative Care Fellows Lecture, Zilber Family Hospice, 06/03/2020
Peltier WL, Palliative Treatment in Advanced GI Cancers, 2020 Virtual Surgical Oncology Symposium, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/23/2020
Peltier, W; Belmer, Bryan, Palliative Care, CTSI Discovery Radio, 07/16/2021
Peltier, WL and Ellefson K, Becoming a Reflective Practitioner, Kern National Network Development Series for Medical Students, virtual, 10/05/2021
Peltier, WL, Friday Chalk Talk, Advocate Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI, 01/28/2022
Pfeifer K, Ferguson C, Machi J, Peltier WL, VonStockhausen K, Learning Communities as a Crucible for Medical Student Professional Development, Kern Connection Café, Medical College of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, WI., 10/05/2023
 
Local
Larson WL, Mentoring: Both Sides of the Coin, Women's Faculty Council, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/1997
Larson WL, Challenges in Managed Care Education, MCW Utilization Management Forum, Medical College of Wisconsin, 02/1998
Larson WL, Neurologic Disease with Psychiatric Presentation, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 02/1998
Larson WL, Venous Sinus Thrombosis, Medicine Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 12/1998
Larson WL, Managed Care, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 03/1999
Peltier WL, Neurologic Emergencies, Emergency Medicine Resident Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 09/1999
Peltier WL, Approach to Pharyngeal EMG, Endoscopy for the Millennium, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/1999
Peltier WL, Atypical Facial Pain., Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/1999
Peltier WL, Neuromuscular Emergencies, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/2000
Lofgren RP, Peltier WL, Cronin ME, Anderson A, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, 2000 MCWAH General Competencies in Graduate Medical Education Retreat, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/2000
Peltier, WL, Statin-Induced Myopathies, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Columbia Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, 03/12/2001
Peltier, WL, Atypical Facial Pain, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/2002
Peltier, WL, Approach to Myopathy, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Resident Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/2002
Peltier WL, Understanding and predicting cholesterol-lowering agent myopathy, Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 12/2002
Peltier WL, Internal Medicine 301: MKSAP Neurology Review, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2006 - 2008
Peltier WL, Internal Medicine 101: Neurologic Exam, Core Skills Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2006 - 2008
Peltier WL, Update on Statin Myopathies, Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/2007
Peltier WL, Update on Statin Myopathies, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Columbia Hospital, 05/2007
Lemen P, Heffron MG, Peltier WL, Enhancing Education and Mentoring, Residents as Teachers Break-out Session, 2007 MCWAH GME Retreat, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/2007
Peltier WL, Neuromuscular Disorders presenting with Sleep Dysfunction: Case Studies in Muscular Dystrophy, Sleep Fellow Didactic Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, 02/2008
Peltier WL., Review of Neuromuscular Disorders and EMG, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 03/2008
Peltier WL., General Competencies and Risk Management Training Session, MCWAH Annual Housestaff Orientation, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/2008
Peltier WL, Evaluation of Headaches in Women, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Didactic Teaching Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/2011
Peltier WL, Informed Consent and Genetic Testing, Department of Medicine Fellows Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/2012
Peltier WL, Transforming Hope, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/2012
Peltier WL, Communication Skills Workshop, Palliative Care Fellow Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 09/2012
Peltier, WL, Update on Statin Myopathy, Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/2012
Peltier WL and Blust L, Burnout in the ICU, Neuroscience Journal Club, Medical College of Wisconsin, 11/2012
Peltier WL, Neuromuscular Disease, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Basic Science, 01/2013
Peltier WL, Brain Death and Persistent Vegetative State, Palliative Care Fellow Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 04/2013
Peltier WL, Transforming Hope, Nursing Grand Rounds: Bioethics Series, 07/2013
Peltier WL, Informed Consent and Genetic Testing, Department of Medicine Fellows Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/2014
Hari P and Peltier WL, Practical Approach to Neuropathy and MGUS; What the internist needs to know, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/2014
Peltier WL, Case Studies in Palliative Care for ENT, Department of Otolaryngology Fellow Resident Lecture Series, 05/2014
Peltier WL, Palliative Care Workshop for PM&R, Resident Half Day Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/2014
Peltier WL, Palliative and Hospice Care of the Transplant Patient: Honoring Choices, Solid Organ Transplant Grand Rounds, 08/2014
Peltier WL, Case Studies in Palliative Care for Nephrology, Nephrology Fellows Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, 12/2014
Peltier WL, Getting Comfortable with Inpatient Hospice at Froedtert Hospital, Nurses Grand Rounds, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 08/2015
Peltier WL, Approach to Treatment of Nausea and Vomiting, Palliative Care Core Curriculum, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/14/2015
Peltier WL, Introduction to Palliative Care for Neurology Residents., Neurology Academic Half Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/23/2015
Peltier WL and Foutz R, Go Palliative! An Introduction to Palliative Medicine, Academic Half Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/20/2016
Peltier WL, Advanced Pain Management, Internal Medicine Academic Half Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/27/2016
Peltier WL, Palliative and Hospice Care in the CVICU, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Lecture Series, Froedtert Hospital, 02/16/2016
Peltier WL, Approach to Palliative Care in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies, Pain and Palliative Care Education Workshop for BMT Team, Froedtert Hospital, 08/04/2016
Peltier WL, Approach to Brain Death, Palliative Care Fellow Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 04/26/2017
Peltier WL, Introduction to Palliative Care for Neurology Residents, Neurology Resident Academic Half Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, 04/28/2017
Peltier WL and Derse A, DNR Decisions: De-coding your patient's wishes, Cardiology Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/01/2017
Peltier WL, Go Palliative! Palliative Care Workshop for PM&R, PM&R Resident Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/21/2017
Peltier WL and Foutz R, Go Palliative! An introduction to Palliative Medicine, Internal Medicine Academic Half Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/21/2017
Peltier WL, Palliative care and Stroke: What does it Mean?, Stroke Support Group, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, 06/26/2017
Bear A, Weis J, Peltier W, Professionalism Week: Focus on Empathy, Surgery Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 09/27/2017
Peltier WL, Advance Care Planning: What you need to know, Advance Practice Provider Grand Rounds, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 01/09/2018
Joyce L, Price J, Korkko G, Fleischman J, Peltier WL, Betthauser R, Urgent Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Evaluation: Interprofessional Team Perspectives, FMLH CVICU Educational Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 02/09/2018
Peltier WL and Clark C, It Takes and Village; Teamwork at It's Best when the disease is at It's Worst, Froedtert Hospital Schwartz Center Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 03/13/2018
Peltier WL, Carlson C, Carlson K, The Last Visit, Neurology Resident Academic Half Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/08/2018
Peltier, WL, Case Studies in Palliative Care for Neurology, Neurology Resident Academic Half Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, 12/14/2018
Hodges M, Castello K, Jackson N, Peltier WL, What Works for Women at Work, Council for Women's Advocacy Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/15/2019
LaPean A and Peltier WL, Integration of Palliative Care and Genetics, Palliative Care Journal Club., Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/24/2019
Clark C and Peltier WL, When Things Can't be Fixed: Stories of Caring and Resilience., Kern Café Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/31/2019
Hodges M, Castello K, Jackson N and Peltier WL, What Works for Women: Men as Allies, Council for Women's Advocacy Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, 02/17/2019
Peltier WL, Recka K and Bear A, First Annual Hematology/Oncology Common Read Book Club: In Shock., Medical College of Wisconsin, 04/11/2019
Rhodes M and Peltier WL, Challenges of Research in Palliative Care, SPARCC program for Research Coordinator Students, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/24/2019
Derse A and Peltier WL, Workshop on Ethics and End-of-Life Care for Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/26/2019
Peltier WL, Stadler M and Narayanan B, FMLH Inpatient Hospice: Is Excellence in Reach?, Journey to Excellence Meeting, Froedtert Health, 09/24/2019
Rhodes M and Peltier WL, Virtual Practicuum in Palliative Care, SPARCC (Student-centered Program to Advance Research in Cancer Centers, Summer Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/22/2020 - 07/24/2020
Marcdante K, Gilligan MA, Muntz M and Peltier WL, Creating Psychological Safety: The importance of belonging, mattering and the little things, TI2 Navigator Faculty Development Virtual Session, Kern Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, 08/17/2020
Campbell B and Peltier WL, Modeling Caring Through Reflection: A Hands on Activity., MCW Faculty Development Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/07/2020
Rhodes M and Peltier WL, Ethics and the End of Life and Advance Directives, Department of Medicine Academic Half Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/14/2020
Marcdante K, Gilligan MA and Peltier WL, Coaching and Caring, TI2 Navigator Faculty Development Virtual Session, MCW Kern Institute, 10/27/2020
Peltier WL, Hospice Utilization and Bereavement, Palliative Care Journal Club, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/12/2021
Meyer S and Peltier WL, Understanding the Power of Advance Care Planning, FMLH Population Health Series, 01/28/2021
Peltier, WL, Neuropalliative Care, Palliative Care Fellow Conference, MCW, 04/21/2021
Peltier, WL, Virtual Practicum in Palliative Care, SPARCC Summer Program, MCW, 06/21/2021 - 06/25/2021
Peltier, WL, Neuropathic Pain, Palliative Care Fellow Lecture Series, MCW, 07/30/2021
Peltier, WL, A Primer on Caring, Kern Kinetic 3 Faculty Teaching Academy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 03/14/2022
Cimoch PJ, Quinn BW, Attar H, Peltier WL, Case of Traumatic Hip Fracture with Post-operative Stroke, Hospitalist M&M, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 04/06/2022
Martin C, Shawlin M, Fleming M, Durnill J, Foutz R, Lau LA, Lange G and Peltier WL, National Healthcare Decisions Day Advance Care Planning Panel, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 04/07/2022
Peltier WL, Palliative Care in Neurology, Palliative Care Fellow Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 04/22/2022
Peltier WL, Three Wishes, MCW Gold Humanism Society Induction Ceremony, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 06/21/2022
Peltier, WL, Palliative Care for Cancer Patients and Families, SPARCC, Student-centered program to Advance Research in Cancer Centers, Summer Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 06/27/2022
Turpen J, Peltier WL, Primer on Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Care Ethics, Department of Medicine Academic Half Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 10/12/2022
Beckers C, Ebert A, Peltier WL, Sahoo D, Gender in the Workplace: Evolving Understanding for Mentorship and Trust, MCW Council for Women’s Advocacy: Annual Anna Stadnicka Lecture, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 10/19/2022
Peltier, WL, A Primer on Caring, Kern Kinetic 3 Faculty Teaching Academy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 01/06/2023
Martin C, Peltier WL, Pathos Project Panel Discussion on Suffering, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 01/20/2023
Peltier WL, Supporting a Teacher Identity, Palliative Care Journal Club, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 06/22/2023
Peltier WL, Palliative Care for Cancer Patients and Families, SPARCC (Student[1]centered Program to Advance Research in Cancer Centers, Summer Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 06/27/2023 - 08/01/2023
Peltier WL, Neuropathic Pain, Palliative Care Fellow Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 08/11/2023
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Sorenson EJ, Larson WL, Friedman J, Blaivus M, Wald JJ, Peripheral Neuropathy in Sjogren's Syndrome, American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine 19th Annual Scientific Meeting, Montreal, CA., 10/02/1996
Peltier WL, The Effective Neurology Residency Program: Medical College of Wisconsin Neurology Training Program Profile and GME Core Competency Project, American Neurological Association Annual Meeting, 10/2000
Peltier WL, Danielson SD, Klotz CK, Ho HH, Vladutiu GD, A Case Study of Statin Myopathy: Is there genetic risk?, MDA Director's Conference, Tucson, AZ, 11/2002
Peltier WL, Woo DA, Chacon MA, Chihorek AM, Bevington M, Lathrop L and Terry LC, In Progress: Resident review of cost and patient length of stay on an inpatient neurology service, ACGME/IHI Joint Conference on Practice-based Learning and Improvement and Systems-based Care, Orlando, FL, 12/2002
Peltier WL, RRC Patient Log Pilot: Where do we go from here? Program and Clerkship Director's Workshop, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, 03/2003
Bhambhavani DG, Edison NJ, Hariharan S, Mullan P, Carver A, Peltier WL, Weissman D, End of Life (EOL) Care Education in Neurology Residency Programs., American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 04/2003
Torbey MT, Woo D, Peltier WL, Hacein-Bey L, Endovascular management of acute carotid artery occlusion following administration of intravenous TPA, Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting, 02/2004
Lemen P, Heffron MG, Brown K, Simpson D, Moraski L, Peltier WL, Lund MC, Holloway R, Bragg D, Klinkner D, Kochar M, Using the ACGME Six General Competencies to Teach Residents to Teach, ACGME Conference, 12/2006
Block ML, Peltier WL, Haasler G, Danielson S, Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis Secondary to Large Cell Lung Cancer Presenting as Status Epilepticus with Good Clinical Outcome, AAN Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 04/2008
Donegan, M, Muchka, S and Peltier, WL, Analysis of Practice Metrics and Provider Satisfaction in an Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic with an Advanced Practice Nurse Model, Center to Advance Palliative Care Annual Conference, 11/2012
Peltier WL, Wolfgram T, Derse A, Ethical Challenges in Palliative Sedation., Second Annual Challenging Topics in Palliative Care: Beyond the Basics, Milwaukee WI, 05/2013
Niklasch DA, Peltier, WL, Wolfgram, T, Shields, B, Schilz, S and Lynch, J, Preliminary Outcomes from a Quality Improvement Initiative to Enhance Palliative Care resources in a Neurointensive Care Unit, Annual Neurocritical Care Society Meeting, 10/2013
Peltier WL, Wolfgram T, Miller-Nicklasch DM, Shields B, Schilz S and Lynch JR,, Preliminary Outcomes from a Quality Improvement Initiative to Enhance Palliative Care Resrouces in a Neurointensive Care Unit (NICU), Center to Advance Palliative Care Annual Meeting, 11/2013
Peltier WL, Palliative Care Case-based Review: Part 1: Hepatocellular carcinoma and unexpected 'neuropathy' Part II: Hepatocellular carcinoma and post-embolization syndrome, Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 03/2014
Peltier WL, Ehn D, Great Ideas and No Patience?: How about a Rapid-cycle QI Project?, Third Annual Challenging Topics in Palliative Care: Beyond the Basics, Milwaukee, WI, 04/2014
Persons R, Brennan R, Shumate D and Peltier WL, Small cell lung cancer presenting as CRMP-5-mediated progressive motor and sensory deficit, American College of Physicians Wisconsin Conference, 2014
Peltier WL, Pilot of 'Honoring Choices Wisconsin' in an Academic Center: Navigation, Engagement and Outcomes (S718), American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 03/09/2016
Peltier WL, Peripheral Neuropathy: Pearls and Pitfalls in Management, 2017 Celebrating a Second Chance at Life Survivorship symposium, Chicago, IL, 05/2016
Thiel E, Peltier WL, Kirchner T, McCracken C, Kast MJ, Hoefs S, Lisinski JJ, Muchka S, Simuncak S and Walczak K, Implementation of a Virtual Hospice Service in a Large Academic Center: Challenges, Solutions and Discoveries, Center to Advance Palliative Care National Seminar, Orlando, FL, 10/2016
Peltier WL, Franco J and Spellecy R, Can we Define Caring in Medical Education? IGNITE virtual presentation, Innovations in Healthcare Education Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, 09/24/2020
Santos Pinheiro F, Bovi J, Connelly J, Mueller W, Lindstet J, Peltier WL, and Straza M, Outcome Assessment of Multidisciplinary Brain Tumor Board Meeting Recommendations for Brain Metastses: Is There a Gap?, Society for Neuro-Oncology Virtual Annual Meeting, 11/19/2020 - 11/20/2020
Pfeifer K, Dowell J, Peltier W, Davis C, Vonstockhausen K, Ark T, Evolution of a Character-Focused Longitudinal Medical Student Coaching Program, Healthcare Education and Research (IHER) Annual Conference, virtual, 09/22/2021 - 09/24/2021
 
Regional
Larson WL, Guerrero-Trio, L, The Relation of MV and TV Inflow Velocity Patterns to Gestational Age, Significant Shunt, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Impaired Contractility, Rush University Research Week Symposium, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, 03/1989
Larson, WL, Carney P, Baringer, JR, Unexplained Transient Encephalopathy Resembling Leigh Disease in Three Young Adults, Mitochondrial Disease Symposium, Indianapolis, IN, 07/07/1995 - 07/09/1995
Peltier WL, The Effective Neurology Residency Program: Medical College of Wisconsin Neurology Training Program Profile and GME Core Competency Project, American Neurological Association Annual Meeting, 10/2000
Peltier WL, Young E, Blissitt J, Johnston F, Pilot study of Advanced Care Planning through Honoring Choices Wisconsin, 1st Annual Department of Medicine Research Retreat, Medical College of Wisconsin, 03/2015
Peltier WL Thiel E, Kast M, Hoefs S, Lisinski J, Walczak K and McCracken C, Implementation of Virtual Hospice in a large academic center: Initial experience with ICU integration, MCW Research Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, 09/2016
Newman N, Peltier WL, Walczak K and McCracken C, Floating Hospice Facilities Standardize End of Life Care in the ICU, Midwest Nursing Research Society Spring Conference, 04/2017
 
Local
Davies O, Khan S, Peltier W, Ferguson C and Muntz M, Common Read Book Club in the Digital Age, Fusion 2019: Innovative Idea Exchange, Medical College of Wisconsin, 03/19/2019
Lau L, India L, Pook C, Ford C, Attlassy N, Peltier WL, On Palliative Care, Death & Dying: What is most important for the new MCW curriculum?, Healthcare Education and Research (IHER) Annual Conference, virtual, Milwaukee, WI, 09/20/2022 - 09/22/2022
Liljestrom T, Calta J, Joachim E, Dowell J, Thapa B, Peltier WL, Franco J, Ark T, von Stockhausen K, Pfeifer K, Coaching Medical student Personal and Professional Development: The First 3-Years of a Longitudinal Coaching Program, Healthcare Education and Research (IHER) Annual Conference, virtual, Miwalukee, WI, 09/20/2022 - 09/22/2022
Kalet A, Campbell B, Fritz J, Peltier WL, Fletcher K, Attlassy N, Weileder E, Writing our hearts out! Creating the Transformational Times as a Character and Caring Community, Kern National Network (KNN) Annual Conference: Connect, Convene, Catalyze Toward Flourishing, Milwaukee, WI, 09/29/2022 - 09/30/2022
Kumbamu A, Corliss SB, Peltier WL, How to Cultivate a Culture of Caring in Medical Education? Perspectives of Caring from Multiple Stakeholders at KNN Network Schools During the Pandemic, Kern National Network (KNN) Annual Conference: Connect, Convene, Catalyze Toward Flourishing, Milwaukee, WI, 09/29/2022 - 09/30/2022
Kumbamu A, Peltier, WL, Reconciling the Contradictions of Caring: Interprofessional Perspectives, Kern National Network (KNN) Annual Conference: Together We Flourish: Collectively Transforming Medicine, Milwaukee, WI, 09/20/2023 - 09/22/2023
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
1996 - 2005 Teaching Faculty, Neurology Module, M3 Junior Medicine Clerkship
1996 - 2000 Teaching Faculty, M2 Introduction to Clinical Examination
1998 - 2000 Teaching Faculty for Clinical Correlations, M1 Neuroscience Course
2001 - 2004 Teaching Attending, M3 Integrated Psychiatry/Neurology Clerkship, FMLH Wards and Consults
2001 - 2004 Clinic Preceptor,M3 Integrated Psychiatry/Neurology Clerkship,FMLH Clinics
2001 - 2004 Faculty Lecturer, M3 Integrated Psychiatry/Neurology Clerkship
2010 - Present Teaching Faculty, M1 Healer's Art Course
2012 - Present Teaching Attending, M4 Palliative Care Elective
2021 - Present Facilitator, Delivering Difficult News Workshop, M3 Continuous Professional Development Course
07/2023 - Present Learning Community Navigator, MCWFusion Curriculum
 
Resident and Fellow Education
1996 - 2012 Clinic Preceptor, Department of Neurology
1996 - 2012 Neurology Attending, Department of Neurology, FMLH Wards and Consults
2011 - Present Teaching Attending, FMLH Palliative Care Consultation Service
 
Continuing Medical Education
2011 - 2013 Challenging Topics in Palliative Care: Beyond the Basics, Palliative Care Section Chief and Planning committee member. Director, Jo Weis, PhD. Annual invitational CME conference for palliative care practitioners and allied health professionals
2013 - 2017 Great Lakes Regional Palliative Care Conference, Palliative Care Section Chief and Planning committee member. Director, Jo Weis, PhD. Annual invitational CME Conference growth expanded from 100 attendees at initial event to over 250 in 2016.
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Medical Student Education
1987 - 1988 Rush Medical College, Student Director of Community Education, RAIDS Project (Rush Against AIDS)
1995 - 1996 University of Michigan Medical School, Clinical Skills Instructor
1999 - 2000 Marquette University, Visiting Professor,Clinical Skills Course,Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program
 
Nursing Student Education
1999 - 2000 Marquette University, Visiting Professor, Clinical Skills Course, Acute Care NP Program
 

MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
1996 - 2012, Student Advisor, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin
2015 - 2016 Kimberly Tyler, MCW Pathway Student, Medical College of Wisconsin
2016 - 2017 Rachel Fischer, MCW Pathway Student, Medical College of Wisconsin
2016 - Present, Student Pathway Advisor, Bioethics Pathway, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
2019, Invited Facilitator, MI Mentorship in Medicine Course, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Clinical/Research Fellows
1996 - 2012, Fellow Mentor, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin
2012 - Present, Fellow Mentor, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Residents
1996 - 2012, Resident Mentor, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Faculty
2011 - Present Katherine Recka, MD, VAMC Quality Improvement Projects, Kern Teaching Academy, Medical College of Wisconsin
2013 - 2016 Elizabeth Thiel, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Hospice Implementation, System-wide Advance Care Planning Initiative
2013 - 2016 Fabian Johnston, MD, MHS, Medical College of Wisconsin, Honoring Choices Pilot MCW, Surgical Oncology Palliative Care Training Survey
2016 - 2018 Christopher Lawton, MD, Courage Clinic Opioid Guideline project, FMLH Opioid Safe-prescribing Task Force, Medical College of Wisconsin
2016 - Present Renee Foutz, MD, POST Coalition, System-wide Advance Care Planning Initiative, Great Lakes Conference Steering Committee, Kern Teaching Academy, Medical College of Wisconsin
2018 - 2019 Krista Wiger, Kern Kinetic 3 Teaching Academy Capstone Project Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
2018 - 2019 Karen-Sue Carlson, Kern Kinetic 3 Teaching Academy Capstone Project Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin
 

EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Postdoctoral Researchers
2017 - 2019 Marsha Tyacke, PhD, MSN, APNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, Trauma Surgery APP, PhD Candidate, Faculty Advisor for Thesis Project, Study of Advance Directives in the ICU, Froedtert Hospital
 
Faculty
2019 - 2020 Kerry Kosmoski-Geopfert, PhD, RN, Kern Kinetic 3 Teaching Academy Capstone Project Mentor, Marquette School of Nursing
 
Clinical Staff
2016 - Present Natalie McAndrew, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN-K, MICU Nurse Educator, Hospice Implementation, IMPACCT project, Froedtert Hospital
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Larson, WL and JJ Wald. Foot Drop as a Harbinger of Aortic Occlusion. Muscle and Nerve. August 1995; 18: 899-903.
2. Larson, WL and MB Bromberg. Relationships Between Motor Unit Number Estimates and Isometric Strength in Distal Muscles in Motor Neuron Disease. Journal of the Neurologic Sciences. 1996; 139S: 38-42.
3. Larson, WL, JJ Wald, JW Albers. Collet Sicard Syndrome Mimicking Brachial Amyotrophy. Muscle and Nerve. Sept 1997; 20: 1173-77.
4. RG Holloway, BG Vickery, CM Keran, E Lesser, D Iverson, WL Larson, and K Swarztrauber. US Neurologists in the 1990's. Neurology. 1999; 52: 1353-1361.
5. Larson, WL, RG Holloway, CJ Keran. Employment-Seeking Experiences of Residents in 1996: A Window into the Neurology Marketplace. Neurology, 2000; 54: 214-8.
6. Puotinen JL, Cheng EY, Peltier WL, Hennen CR. Neurologic Complications of Lyme Disease. Emedicine. January 2002; http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic521.htm.
7. Peltier WL, Purath TA, Chihorek AM and Blust LS. Initiation of a Palliative Care Curriculum into a Neurology Training Program. Journal of Palliative Care. September 2002.
8. Peltier WL. Core Competencies in Neurology Resident Education: A Review and Tips for Implementation. The Neurologist. March 2004; 10(2):97-101.
9. Zaidi A, Kampalath B, Peltier WL, Vesole DH. Successful Treatment of Systemic and Central Nervous System Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis with Rituximab. Leukemia and Lymphoma. April 2004; 45(4): 777-780.
10. Vladutiu GD, Simmons Z, Isackson PJ, Tarnopolsky MA, Peltier WL, Barboi AC, Sripathi N, Wortmann RL and Phillips PS. Genetic Risk Factors Associated with Lipid-lowering Drug-induced Myopathies. Muscle and Nerve. 2006; (34): 153-162.
11. Baker SK, Vladutiu GD, Peltier WL, Isackson PJ, Tarnopolsky MA. Metabolic myopathies discovered during investigations of statin myopathy. Can J Neurol Sci. 2008 Mar;35(1):94-7.
12. Amini A, Brasel KJ, Christians KK, Gamblin TC., Johnston FM, Larrieux G, Nattinger AB, Peltier WL, Tsai S, Turaga KK, Weissman, DE. Palliative Care Training in Surgical Oncology and hepatobiliary Fellowships: A national Survey of the Fellows. Annals of Surgical Oncology. June 2015; 22 (6): P1761-1767.
13. Larrieux G, Wachi BI, Miura JT, Turaga KK, Christians KK, Gamblin TC, Peltier WL, Weissman DE, Nattinger AB, Johnston FM. Palliative Care Training in Surgical Oncology and Hepatobiliary Fellowships: A National Survey of Program Directors. Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Dec;22 Suppl 3:S1181-6.
14. Maiser S, Kabir M, Sabsevitz D and Peltier WL. Locked-in Syndrome: Case Report and Discussion of Decisional Capacity. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2016; Apr.5 1(4):789-93.
15. Dabbouseh N, Kaushal S, Peltier WL, and Johnston FM. Palliative Care Training in Cardiology Fellowship: A National Survey of the Fellows. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. January 2017. PMID 28395519
16. Peltier WL, Gani F, Blissitt J, Walczak K, Opper K, Derse AR, Johnston FM. Initial Experience with "Honoring Choices Wisconsin": Implementation of an Advance Care Planning Pilot in a Tertiary Care Setting. J Palliat Med. March 2017 09;20(9):998-1003. PMCID: PMC6016723
17. Morris RS, Gani F, Hammad AY, Peltier WL, Gamblin TC, Turaga KK, Johnston FM. Factors Associated with Palliative Care use in Patients Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy. J Surg Res. May 2017; 211:79-86.
18. Marks S, Williams A, Peltier WL, Helms A, Carlson C. Treat the Patient, Not the Test When a Hospitalized Patient in Status Epilepticus Transitions to Comfort-Focused Goals of Care. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2018 08;21(8):1195-1198 PMID: 29958033 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85052309159 06/30/2018
19. Ochs-Balcom HM, Nguyen LY, Changzing MA, Isackson PJ, Luzum JA, Kitzmiller JP, Tanopolosky M, Weisman M, Christopher-Stine L, Peltier WL, Worman RL, Vladutiu GD. Clinical Features Related to Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms. Muscle and Nerve. January 2019; 59 (5): 537-543.
20. Tyacke MH, Guttormson JI, Garnier-Villarreal M, Schroeter K, and Peltier WL. Advance Directives and Intensity of CAre Delivered to Hospitalized Older Adults at the End-of-Life. Heart and Lunch. March 2020; 49 (2): 123-131.
21. McAndrews NS, McCracken C, Szabo A, Narayanan B, Peltier WL, Leske J. Evaluating Outcomes of an Organizational Initiative to Expand End-of-Life Resources in Intensive Care Units with Palliative Support Tolls and Floating Hospice. Dimensions in Critical Care Nursing. 2020; 39 (4):219-235.
22. Strong EA, Livingston A, Gracz M, Peltier WL, Tsai S, Christians K, Gamblin TC, Kersting K and Clarke CN. ‘Palliative Cytoreductive Surgery With or Without Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: Is It Safe and Effective?’ Journal of Surgical Research Oct 2022 (278); 31-38.
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Kalet A, Campbell BH, Peltier, W, Fletcher K, Schmitt J, Weileder E, Keane R, eds; Character and Caring: A Pandemic Year in Medical Education; Ten|16 Press; Waukesha, WI; 2021.
2. Kalet A, Campbell BH, Fletcher K, Fritz JD, Peltier WL, Weileder E; Character and Caring: Medical Education Emerges from the Pandemic; Ten|16 Press; Waukesha, WI; 2023.
 
Editorials, Letters To Editor, Other
1. Larson, WL. The Mechanics of Medicine Need Changing. Michigan Medicine, Feb 1996; 95:10-11.
2. Kissela, B. and Peltier WL. ACGME work hours regulations: a perspective from neurology program directors. Neurology, Jan 2004. 62 (1): E3-4.
 
Non-Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Peltier, WL, Carlin A, Dickens D, and Maas E. Progressive Visual Loss in a 23 year old woman: The Tip of the Iceberg. Neuronetwork Case Study. Glaxo Wellcome Institute for Neurology Education. Fall 1999.
2. Swarztrauber K, Keran CM, Holloway RG, Iverson D, Lesser E, Peltier WL, Burgin S. Neurologists 1998: AAN Member Demographic and Practice Characteristics. 1999.
3. Swarztrauber K, Lawyer BL, Holloway RG, Peltier WL, Lesser E, Burgin S, Burks J, Kidwell C, Rizzo M. Neurologists 2000: AAN Member Demographic and Practice Characteristics. 2001.
4. Hieb RA, Tutton SM, Nemcek AA, Peltier WL. Society of Interventional Radiology: 2014 Case-based Review Monograph: Case Studies in Palliative Care. Society of Interventional Radiology Press. ISSN 2327-3577pg 29-57. March 2014.
 
Peer Reviewed Educational Products
1. Peltier WL. The Effective Neurology Residency Program: Medical College of Wisconsin Neurology Training Program Profile and GME Core Competency Project. American Neurological Association Annual Meeting. October 2000.
2. Peltier WL, Lobeck L, Blindauer K, Book D, Maas E, Larson G, Layde J, McGrady J. M3 Integrated Psychiatry and Neurology Clerkship, Medical College of Wisconsin, July 2001
3. Peltier WL. Neurology-specific Competencies: Challenges and Opportunities. American Academy of Neurology Education Colloquium: Competencies and Outcome Measures for Residents. April 2002.
4. Peltier WL, Lobeck L, Blindauer K, Book D, Maas E, Larson G, Layde J, McGrady J. M3 Integrated Psychiatry and Neurology Clerkship, Medical College of Wisconsin, July 2002
5. Peltier WL. RRC Patient Log Pilot: Where do we go from here? Program and Clerkship Director's Workshop. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, March 2003.
6. Kabir A, Maiser S, Peltier WL, Sabsevitz D. Locked-in Syndrome. #303 Palliative Care Fast Facts. August 2015; https://www.mypcnow.org/
7. Foutz RA and Peltier WL. Disorders of Consciousness: A Practical Approach for Navigating Coma and Brain Injury Fast Fact #382. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2019; 22(12):1610-1611.