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Kathryn K. Lauer MD

Emeritus Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Anesthesiology

Member of the Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS)

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Clinical Expertise

  • Adult
  • Anesthetics, Intravenous
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Care
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Quality Improvement
  • Treatment Outcome

    • Leadership Positions

  • Vice Chair, Quality
  • Co-Director, Preoperative Evaluation Clinic
  • Co-Chair IPP Safety Committee
  • Physician Champion- Respiratory Domain Team
  • Co Chair, Surgical Quality Committee

    • Publications (33)

  • Quality improvement initiative: use of the STOP-BANG score and monitoring to reduce adverse events in hospitalised patients at risk of obstructive sleep apnoea. (Lauer KK, Zhang D, Lunar L, Landry C, Welter J, Flemming K, Franco R, Siclovan D, Avdeev J, Woodson BT, Szabo A, Truwit JD, Hainsworth KR) BMJ Open Qual 2024 Nov 27;13(4) PMID: 39608972 PMCID: PMC11603732 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85211239870 11/29/2024    
  • Disparities in polysomnography referral in a high-risk cardiac population. (Koss KR, Kumar D, Friedland DR, Adams JA, Lauer KK, Tong L, Luo J, Woodson BT) Sleep Breath 2024 Oct;28(5):1969-1976 PMID: 38890269 PMCID: PMC11456891 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196291059 06/19/2024       1 Citation
  • Characterizing the impact of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection on surgical outcomes. (Li CXR, Shaik T, Canales B, Yang X, Szabo A, Lauer K, Gould J, Kothari AN, Verhagen NB, National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Consortium) Br J Surg 2024 Jan 03;111(1) PMID: 38215236 PMCID: PMC13016769 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85182302430 01/12/2024    
  • Severity of Prior Coronavirus Disease 2019 is Associated With Postoperative Outcomes After Major Inpatient Surgery. (Verhagen NB, SenthilKumar G, Jaraczewski T, Koerber NK, Merrill JR, Flitcroft MA, Szabo A, Banerjee A, Yang X, Taylor BW, Figueroa Castro CE, Yen TWF, Clarke CN, Lauer K, Pfeifer KJ, Gould JC, Kothari AN, N3C Consortium) Ann Surg 2023 Nov 01;278(5):e949-e956 PMID: 37476995 PMCID: PMC10659141 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85173563272 07/21/2023       11 Citations
  • Preoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection increases risk of early postoperative cardiovascular complications following noncardiac surgery. (SenthilKumar G, Verhagen NB, Sheriff SA, Yang X, Figueroa Castro CE, Szabo A, Taylor BW, Wainaina N, Lauer K, Gould JC, Kothari AN, N3C Consortium) Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2023 Jun 01;324(6):H721-H731 PMID: 36930659 PMCID: PMC10151044 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85153899506 03/18/2023       15 Citations
  • You Are Only as Frail as Your Arteries: Prehabilitation of Elderly Surgical Patients (Durand MJ, Beckert AK, Peterson CY, Ludwig KA, Ridolfi TJ, Lauer KK, Freed JK) Current Anesthesiology Reports 1 December 2019;9(4):380-386 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85079022988 12/01/2019       3 Citations
  • Propofol Sedation Alters Perceptual and Cognitive Functions in Healthy Volunteers as Revealed by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. (Gross WL, Lauer KK, Liu X, Roberts CJ, Liu S, Gollapudy S, Binder JR, Li SJ, Hudetz AG) Anesthesiology 2019 Aug;131(2):254-265 PMID: 31314747 PMCID: PMC6640651 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077347748 07/18/2019       30 Citations
  • Impact of a Transplantation Critical Care Model on Short-Term Outcomes Following Liver Transplantation in High Acuity Patients: A Single-Center Experience. (Zimmerman MA, Selim M, Kim J, Saeian K, Cinquegrani MP, Connolly L, Woehlck HJ, Lauer KK, Hong JC) Transplant Proc 2018 Dec;50(10):3544-3548 PMID: 30577234 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85058559732 12/24/2018       3 Citations
  • Regional entropy of functional imaging signals varies differently in sensory and cognitive systems during propofol-modulated loss and return of behavioral responsiveness. (Liu X, Lauer KK, Ward BD, Roberts CJ, Liu S, Gollapudy S, Rohloff R, Gross W, Xu Z, Chen S, Wang L, Yang Z, Li SJ, Binder JR, Hudetz AG) Brain Imaging Behav 2019 Apr;13(2):514-525 PMID: 29737490 PMCID: PMC6239968 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85046653018 05/09/2018       11 Citations
  • Fine-Grained Parcellation of Brain Connectivity Improves Differentiation of States of Consciousness During Graded Propofol Sedation. (Liu X, Lauer KK, Ward BD, Roberts CJ, Liu S, Gollapudy S, Rohloff R, Gross W, Xu Z, Chen G, Binder JR, Li SJ, Hudetz AG) Brain Connect 2017 Aug;7(6):373-381 PMID: 28540741 PMCID: PMC5685154 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85027416134 05/26/2017       22 Citations
  • Outcome analysis of continuous intraoperative renal replacement therapy in the highest acuity liver transplant recipients: A single-center experience. (Zimmerman MA, Selim M, Kim J, Regner K, Saeian K, Zanowski S, Martin A, Connolly LA, Lauer KK, Woehlck HJ, Hong JC) Surgery 2017 May;161(5):1279-1286 PMID: 28011008 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85008237865 12/25/2016       26 Citations
  • Propofol attenuates low-frequency fluctuations of resting-state fMRI BOLD signal in the anterior frontal cortex upon loss of consciousness. (Liu X, Lauer KK, Douglas Ward B, Roberts C, Liu S, Gollapudy S, Rohloff R, Gross W, Chen G, Xu Z, Binder JR, Li SJ, Hudetz AG) Neuroimage 2017 Feb 15;147:295-301 PMID: 27993673 PMCID: PMC5303656 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85007209110 12/21/2016       52 Citations
  • Hydroxocobalamin for Vasoplegic Syndrome in Liver Transplantation: Restoration of Blood Pressure Without Vasospasm. (Woehlck HJ, Boettcher BT, Lauer KK, Cronin DC, Hong JC, Zimmerman MA, Kim J, Selim M) A A Case Rep 2016 Dec 15;7(12):247-250 PMID: 27749291 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85018872675 10/18/2016       24 Citations
  • Differential effects of deep sedation with propofol on the specific and nonspecific thalamocortical systems: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. (Liu X, Lauer KK, Ward BD, Li SJ, Hudetz AG) Anesthesiology 2013 Jan;118(1):59-69 PMID: 23221862 PMCID: PMC4080838 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84871617057 12/12/2012       138 Citations
  • Neuroanesthesiology fellowship training: curricular guidelines from the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care. (Mashour GA, Avitsian R, Lauer KK, Soriano SG, Sharma D, Koht A, Crosby G, Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care) J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2013 Jan;25(1):1-7 PMID: 23171854 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84872424617 11/23/2012       16 Citations
  • Risk factors associated with ischemic optic neuropathy after spinal fusion surgery. (Postoperative Visual Loss Study Group) Anesthesiology 2012 Jan;116(1):15-24 PMID: 22185873 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84555196762 12/22/2011       222 Citations
  • Propofol disrupts functional interactions between sensory and high-order processing of auditory verbal memory. (Liu X, Lauer KK, Ward BD, Rao SM, Li SJ, Hudetz AG) Hum Brain Mapp 2012 Oct;33(10):2487-98 PMID: 21932265 PMCID: PMC3244539 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84866146217 09/21/2011       104 Citations
  • Accreditation and standardization of neuroanesthesia fellowship programs: results of a specialty-wide survey. (Mashour GA, Lauer K, Greenfield ML, Vavilala M, Avitsian R, Kofke A, Koht A, Brambrink A) J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2010 Jul;22(3):252-5 PMID: 20479669 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77954089706 05/19/2010       17 Citations
  • A randomized, double-blind comparison of the NK1 antagonist, aprepitant, versus ondansetron for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting. (Gan TJ, Apfel CC, Kovac A, Philip BK, Singla N, Minkowitz H, Habib AS, Knighton J, Carides AD, Zhang H, Horgan KJ, Evans JK, Lawson FC, Aprepitant-PONV Study Group) Anesth Analg 2007 May;104(5):1082-9, tables of contents PMID: 17456656 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34247504043 04/26/2007       168 Citations
  • Reversal of delayed vasospasm by TS-011 in the dual hemorrhage dog model of subarachnoid hemorrhage. (Hacein-Bey L, Harder DR, Meier HT, Varelas PN, Miyata N, Lauer KK, Cusick JF, Roman RJ) AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2006;27(6):1350-4 PMID: 16775295 PMCID: PMC8133904 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33747387267 06/16/2006       34 Citations
  • Peripheral blood pressure changes induced by dobutamine do not alter BOLD signals in the human brain. (Liu H, Rainey C, Lauer KK, Piacentine L, Bloom A, Risinger R, Ward BD, Stein E, Li SJ) Neuroimage 2006 Apr 15;30(3):745-52 PMID: 16376576 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33645751664 12/27/2005       9 Citations
  • Perioperative use of transcranial Doppler. (Gundamraj RN, Lauer KK) Anesth Analg 2005 Jan;100(1):292 PMID: 15616095 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-10944240855 12/24/2004       1 Citation
  • Diagnosis of intracranial arterial stenosis using transcranial Doppler flowmetry. (Gundamraj RN, Lauer KK) Anesth Analg 2004 Jun;98(6):1776-1778 PMID: 15155345 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-2442658070 05/25/2004       1 Citation
  • Visual loss after spine surgery. (Lauer KK) J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2004 Jan;16(1):77-9 PMID: 14676574 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0346333106 12/17/2003       13 Citations
  • Focal cerebral ischemia in rats produced by intracarotid embolization with viscous silicone. (Lauer KK, Shen H, Stein EA, Ho KC, Kampine JP, Hudetz AG) Neurol Res 2002 Mar;24(2):181-90 PMID: 11877903 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0036179665 03/07/2002       17 Citations
  • Symposium preceding the snacc annual meeting 1999: propofol— exploring options in the neurosurgical patient (Lauer K) Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology January 2000;12(1):70 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85026144975 01/01/2000    
  • Spontaneous fluctuations in cerebral oxygen supply. An introduction. (Hudetz AG, Biswal BB, Shen H, Lauer KK, Kampine JP) Adv Exp Med Biol 1998;454:551-9 PMID: 9889935 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0032446226 01/16/1999       72 Citations
  • Regional cerebral blood flow autoregulation in a silicone embolus model of focal brain ischemia as assessed by multichannel laser Doppler flowmetry. (Lauer KK, Shen H, Hudetz AG, Stein EA, Kampine JP) Adv Exp Med Biol 1998;454:253-9 PMID: 9889899 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0032427773 01/16/1999       1 Citation
  • Opioid sedation does not alter intracranial pressure in head injured patients. (Lauer KK, Connolly LA, Schmeling WT) Can J Anaesth 1997 Sep;44(9):929-33 PMID: 9305555 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0031465389 09/26/1997       40 Citations
  • The effect of midazolam on median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials. (Lauer K, Munshi C, Larson S) J Clin Monit 1994 May;10(3):181-4 PMID: 8027749 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0028434117 05/01/1994       4 Citations
  • Criteria for defining clinical competence of anesthesiology residents. The Clinical Competence Committee to the American Board of Anesthesiology. (Madsen KE, Woehlck H, Cheng E, Kampine JM, Lauer K) Anesthesiology 1994 Mar;80(3):663-5 PMID: 8141461 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0028350442 03/01/1994       6 Citations
  • Epidural blood patch as treatment for a surgical durocutaneous fistula. (Lauer KK, Haddox JD) J Clin Anesth 1992;4(1):45-7 PMID: 1540369 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0026579392 01/01/1992       28 Citations
  • Evaluation of the palmar circulation by pulse oximetry. (Cheng EY, Lauer KK, Stommel KA, Guenther NR) J Clin Monit 1989 Jan;5(1):1-3 PMID: 2926462 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0024587526 01/01/1989       24 Citations
    • Last update: 11/10/2025