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Cynthia Kay MD

Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Medicine
Division: Medicine General Internal

Member of the Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS)

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Publications (34)

  • Micro- and Macroaggressions Experienced by Physicians and Trainees: A Nationwide Qualitative Study. (Kay C, Woodard JA, Yass N, Tesfatsion S, Vepraskas S) South Med J 2026 May 04;119(5):229-234 PMID: 42067383 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105037773058 05/02/2026    
  • Holding up the Mirror: Utilizing the Perspectives of Medical Students to Improve the Clinical Learning Environment (Tasse I, Sewera S, Vepraskas S, Kay C, Pavlic A, Muntz M) Medical Science Educator 2026 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105037214826 01/01/2026    
  • An Innovative Course for the Clinical Years: A Look Back at the Last Decade. (Kay C, Ruffalo L, Wrzosek MI, Sauter C, Pavlic A, Gilligan MA, Beckmann K, Melamed S) WMJ 2025;124(2):123-128 PMID: 40690630 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105011860387 07/21/2025    
  • Long-term opioid therapy trends in the VA: More intermittent than chronic. (Kay C, Sherman K, Sparapani R) J Opioid Manag 2025;21(2):131-140 PMID: 40326725 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105003715067 05/06/2025    
  • Use of Flags in the Electronic Medical Record: A Retrospective Analysis. (Yass N, Walker R, Nagavally S, Kay C) WMJ 2025;124(1):42-46 PMID: 40262006 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105003838190 04/22/2025       1 Citation
  • The Erosion of Professionalism or a New Norm. (Kay C, Scholcoff C) J Gen Intern Med 2025 May;40(6):1430-1431 PMID: 39875766 PMCID: PMC12045857 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85217224619 01/29/2025       2 Citations
  • The Case for Flourishing in the Time of Wellness. (Kay C, Pavlic A, Ruffalo L) Ann Intern Med 2023 Sep;176(9):1257-1258 PMID: 37639721 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85171807492 08/28/2023       4 Citations
  • The Effect of Weather and Sporting Events on Ambulatory Visits and Hospitalizations at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. (Kay C, Jackson JL) WMJ 2022 Jul;121(2):164-166 PMID: 35857696 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85134854629 07/21/2022    
  • Risk Factors for Climate-Related Health Effects in an Ambulatory Population. (Bernstein J, Rublee C, Kay C, Jackson JL) Am J Med 2022 Sep;135(9):1134-1136 PMID: 35472395 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85131077960 04/27/2022       5 Citations
  • Faculty Physician and Trainee Experiences with Micro- and Macroaggressions: a Qualitative Study. (Kay C, Bernstein J, Yass N, Woodard J, Tesfatsion S, Scholcoff C) J Gen Intern Med 2022 Oct;37(13):3419-3425 PMID: 35167062 PMCID: PMC9551013 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124968229 02/16/2022       11 Citations
  • Associations Between Gender and Racial Patient-Physician Concordance and Visit Outcomes Among Hypertensive Patients in Primary Care. (Jackson JL, Kay C, Scholcoff C, Nickoloff S, Kuriyama A, Slykhouse L, O'Malley PG) J Gen Intern Med 2022 May;37(6):1569-1571 PMID: 34258728 PMCID: PMC9085985 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85110187782 07/15/2021       11 Citations
  • Gender Differences in the Prevalence and Experience of Sexual Harassment of Internal Medicine Providers by Patients. (Jackson JL, Farkas A, Fletcher K, Kay C, Machen JL, Nickoloff S, Scholcoff C) J Gen Intern Med 2021 Nov;36(11):3598-3600 PMID: 33532955 PMCID: PMC8606492 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85100420850 02/04/2021       7 Citations
  • Capturing the Complexities of "Difficult" Patient Encounters Using a Structural Equation Model. (Jackson JL, Kay C, Scholcoff C, Becher D, O'Malley PG) J Gen Intern Med 2021 Feb;36(2):549-551 PMID: 32728955 PMCID: PMC7878594 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088838344 07/31/2020       10 Citations
  • Sexual Harassment of Female Providers by Patients: a Qualitative Study. (Scholcoff C, Farkas A, Machen JL, Kay C, Nickoloff S, Fletcher KE, Jackson JL) J Gen Intern Med 2020 Oct;35(10):2963-2968 PMID: 32700219 PMCID: PMC7572907 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088430624 07/24/2020       24 Citations
  • Trends in Systolic Blood Pressure Control and Management in the USA, 2007 to 2016. (Scholcoff C, Kay C, Nickoloff S, Jackson JL) J Gen Intern Med 2020 Aug;35(8):2510-2512 PMID: 32472487 PMCID: PMC7403361 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085870256 05/31/2020       3 Citations
  • The Experience of Male Physicians with Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment: a Qualitative Study. (Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Machen JL, Kay C, Nickoloff S, Fletcher KE, Jackson JL) J Gen Intern Med 2020 Aug;35(8):2383-2388 PMID: 32076981 PMCID: PMC7403262 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85079794282 02/23/2020       23 Citations
  • Prescription Opioids, Time to Rethink How We Assess Risk. (Kay C) J Gen Intern Med 2020 Mar;35(3):633-634 PMID: 31898123 PMCID: PMC7080872 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077584402 01/04/2020       1 Citation
  • Opioid Dose and Benzodiazepine Use Among Commercially Insured Individuals on Chronic Opioid Therapy. (Kay C, Fergestrom N, Spanbauer C, Jackson JL) Pain Med 2020 Jun 01;21(6):1181-1187 PMID: 31804688 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85086346209 12/06/2019       4 Citations
  • Health care utilization by veterans prescribed chronic opioids. (Kay C, Wozniak E, Ching A, Bernstein J) J Pain Res 2018;11:1779-1787 PMID: 30237732 PMCID: PMC6137951 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85058800360 09/22/2018       5 Citations
  • Migraine prophylactic management in neurology and primary care (2006-2015). (Jackson JL, Kay C, Scholcoff C, Nickoloff S, Fletcher K) J Neurol 2018 Dec;265(12):3019-3021 PMID: 30232610 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85053528745 09/21/2018       9 Citations
  • Opioid-related Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Commercially Insured Individuals, 2009-2015. (Kay C, Bernstein J, Fergestrom N, Jackson JL) Clin J Pain 2018 Dec;34(12):1121-1125 PMID: 30113319 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85056275858 08/17/2018       9 Citations
  • Pain Agreements and Healthcare Utilization in a Veterans Affairs Primary Care Population: A Retrospective Chart Review. (Kay C, Wozniak E, Ching A, Bernstein J) Pain Ther 2018 Jun;7(1):121-126 PMID: 29752701 PMCID: PMC5993686 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85062345405 05/13/2018       7 Citations
  • Tricyclic and Tetracyclic Antidepressants for the Prevention of Frequent Episodic or Chronic Tension-Type Headache in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (Jackson JL, Mancuso JM, Nickoloff S, Bernstein R, Kay C) J Gen Intern Med 2017 Dec;32(12):1351-1358 PMID: 28721535 PMCID: PMC5698213 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85024500929 07/20/2017       52 Citations
  • Utilization of Health Care Services and Ambulatory Resources Associated with Chronic Noncancer Pain. (Kay C, Wozniak E, Bernstein J) Pain Med 2017 Jul 01;18(7):1236-1246 PMID: 28339988 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85046482168 03/25/2017       11 Citations
  • Adherence to chronic opioid therapy prescribing guidelines in a primary care clinic. (Kay C, Wozniak E, Koller S, Ye A, Bernstein J) J Opioid Manag 2016;12(5):333-345 PMID: 27844473 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85012216652 11/16/2016       7 Citations
  • Examining Invasive Bedside Procedure Performance at an Academic Medical Center. (Kay C, Wozniak EM, Szabo A, Jackson JL) South Med J 2016 Jul;109(7):402-7 PMID: 27364022 PMCID: PMC4933316 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84977261849 07/02/2016       21 Citations
  • Tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants for the prophylaxis of frequent episodic or chronic tension-type headache in adults (Jackson JL, Mancuso JM, Nickoloff S, Bernstein R, Kay C) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 27 May 2016;2016(5) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84969951722 05/27/2016    
  • Capsule Commentary on Gallo et al., Multimorbidity, Depression, and Mortality in Primary Care: Randomized Clinical Trial of an Evidence-Based Depression Care Management Program on Mortality Risk. (Jackson JL, Kay C) J Gen Intern Med 2016 Apr;31(4):412 PMID: 26857728 PMCID: PMC4803698 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84957564538 02/10/2016       1 Citation
  • The validity and reliability of attending evaluations of medicine residents. (Jackson JL, Kay C, Frank M) SAGE Open Med 2015;3:2050312115589648 PMID: 26770788 PMCID: PMC4679281 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85045092723 01/16/2016       4 Citations
  • The Quality of Written Feedback by Attendings of Internal Medicine Residents. (Jackson JL, Kay C, Jackson WC, Frank M) J Gen Intern Med 2015 Jul;30(7):973-8 PMID: 25691242 PMCID: PMC4471022 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84931560993 02/19/2015       47 Citations
  • Capsule commentary on Vyas et al., Diet drink consumption and the risk of cardiovascular events: a report from the Women's Health Initiative. (Kay C) J Gen Intern Med 2015 Apr;30(4):493 PMID: 25567756 PMCID: PMC4370996 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84939986119 01/09/2015    
  • Tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants for the prophylaxis of frequent episodic or chronic tension-type headache in adults (Jackson JL, Mancuso JM, Nickoloff S, Bernstein R, Kay C) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2 December 2014;2014(12) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85041736510 12/02/2014    
  • The relationship between internal medicine residency graduate performance on the ABIM certifying examination, yearly in-service training examinations, and the USMLE Step 1 examination. (Kay C, Jackson JL, Frank M) Acad Med 2015 Jan;90(1):100-4 PMID: 25271892 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84920857612 10/02/2014       63 Citations
  • Heartsink hotel, or "Oh no, look who's on my schedule this afternoon!". (Jackson JL, Kay C) J Gen Intern Med 2013 Nov;28(11):1385-6 PMID: 23661037 PMCID: PMC3797346 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84885954306 05/11/2013       8 Citations
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