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CURRICULUM VITAE

Cynthia Kay MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine

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


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Kay C, Scholcoff C. The Erosion of Professionalism or a New Norm. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 May;40(6):1430-1431. PMCID: PMC12045857
2. Kay C, Pavlic A, Ruffalo L. The Case for Flourishing in the Time of Wellness. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Sep;176(9):1257-1258.
3. Kay C, Jackson JL. The Effect of Weather and Sporting Events on Ambulatory Visits and Hospitalizations at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. WMJ. 2022 Jul;121(2):164-166.
4. Bernstein J, Rublee C, Kay C, Jackson JL. Risk Factors for Climate-Related Health Effects in an Ambulatory Population. Am J Med. 2022 Sep;135(9):1134-1136.
5. Jackson JL, Kay C. Heartsink hotel, or "Oh no, look who's on my schedule this afternoon!". J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Nov;28(11):1385-6. PMCID: PMC3797346
6. Jackson JL, Kay C, Frank M. The validity and reliability of attending evaluations of medicine residents. SAGE Open Med. 2015;3:2050312115589648. PMCID: PMC4679281
7. Jackson JL, Kay C. 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. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Apr;31(4):412. PMCID: PMC4803698
8. Jackson JL, Mancuso JM, Nickoloff S, Bernstein R, Kay C. Tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants for the prophylaxis of frequent episodic or chronic tension-type headache in adults Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 27 May 2016;2016(5).
9. Kay C, Wozniak E, Koller S, Ye A, Bernstein J. Adherence to chronic opioid therapy prescribing guidelines in a primary care clinic. J Opioid Manag. 2016;12(5):333-345.
10. Jackson JL, Mancuso JM, Nickoloff S, Bernstein R, Kay C. Tricyclic and Tetracyclic Antidepressants for the Prevention of Frequent Episodic or Chronic Tension-Type Headache in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Dec;32(12):1351-1358. PMCID: PMC5698213
11. Kay C, Wozniak E, Bernstein J. Utilization of Health Care Services and Ambulatory Resources Associated with Chronic Noncancer Pain. Pain Med. 2017 Jul 01;18(7):1236-1246.
12. Strampe MR, Huckenpahler AL, Higgins BP, Tarima S, Visotcky A, Stepien KE, Kay CN, Carroll J. Intraobserver Repeatability and Interobserver Reproducibility of Ellipsoid Zone Measurements in Retinitis Pigmentosa. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2018 May;7(3):13. PMCID: PMC5989764
13. Lad EM, Duncan JL, Liang W, Maguire MG, Ayala AR, Audo I, Birch DG, Carroll J, Cheetham JK, Durham TA, Fahim AT, Loo J, Deng Z, Mukherjee D, Heon E, Hufnagel RB, Guan B, Iannaccone A, Jaffe GJ, Kay CN, Michaelides M, Pennesi ME, Vincent A, Weng CY, Farsiu S, Foundation Fighting Blindness Consortium Investigator Group. Baseline Microperimetry and OCT in the RUSH2A Study: Structure-Function Association and Correlation With Disease Severity. Am J Ophthalmol. 2022 Dec;244:98-116. PMCID: PMC9712171
14. Litts KM, Woertz EN, Wynne N, Brooks BP, Chacon A, Connor TB Jr, Costakos D, Dumitrescu A, Drack AV, Fishman GA, Hauswirth WW, Kay CN, Lam BL, Michaelides M, Pennesi ME, Stepien KE, Strul S, Summers CG, Carroll J. Examining Whether AOSLO-Based Foveal Cone Metrics in Achromatopsia and Albinism Are Representative of Foveal Cone Structure. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2021 May 03;10(6):22. PMCID: PMC8132001
15. Litts KM, Woertz EN, Georgiou M, Patterson EJ, Lam BL, Fishman GA, Pennesi ME, Kay CN, Hauswirth WW, Michaelides M, Carroll J. Optical Coherence Tomography Artifacts Are Associated With Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscopy Success in Achromatopsia. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2021 Jan;10(1):11. PMCID: PMC7804582
16. Duncan JL, Liang W, Maguire MG, Audo I, Ayala AR, Birch DG, Carroll J, Cheetham JK, Esposti SD, Durham TA, Erker L, Farsiu S, Ferris FL 3rd, Heon E, Hufnagel RB, Iannaccone A, Jaffe GJ, Kay CN, Michaelides M, Pennesi ME, Sahel JA, Foundation Fighting Blindness Consortium Investigator Group. Baseline Visual Field Findings in the RUSH2A Study: Associated Factors and Correlation With Other Measures of Disease Severity. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 Nov;219:87-100. PMCID: PMC8596302
17. Langlo CS, Erker LR, Parker M, Patterson EJ, Higgins BP, Summerfelt P, Razeen MM, Collison FT, Fishman GA, Kay CN, Zhang J, Weleber RG, Yang P, Pennesi ME, Lam BL, Chulay JD, Dubra A, Hauswirth WW, Wilson DJ, Carroll J, ACHM-001 study group. REPEATABILITY AND LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT OF FOVEAL CONE STRUCTURE IN CNGB3-ASSOCIATED ACHROMATOPSIA. Retina. 2017 Oct;37(10):1956-1966. PMCID: PMC5537050
18. Langlo CS, Patterson EJ, Higgins BP, Summerfelt P, Razeen MM, Erker LR, Parker M, Collison FT, Fishman GA, Kay CN, Zhang J, Weleber RG, Yang P, Wilson DJ, Pennesi ME, Lam BL, Chiang J, Chulay JD, Dubra A, Hauswirth WW, Carroll J, ACHM-001 Study Group. Residual Foveal Cone Structure in CNGB3-Associated Achromatopsia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 Aug 01;57(10):3984-95. PMCID: PMC4978151
19. Sun LW, Johnson RD, Langlo CS, Cooper RF, Razeen MM, Russillo MC, Dubra A, Connor TB Jr, Han DP, Pennesi ME, Kay CN, Weinberg DV, Stepien KE, Carroll J. Assessing Photoreceptor Structure in Retinitis Pigmentosa and Usher Syndrome. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 May 01;57(6):2428-42. PMCID: PMC5089122
20. Kay CD, Seidenberg M, Durgerian S, Nielson KA, Smith JC, Woodard JL, Rao SM. Motor timing intraindividual variability in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and cognitively intact elders at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2017 Nov;39(9):866-875. PMCID: PMC5916765
21. Smith JC, Nielson KA, Woodard JL, Seidenberg M, Durgerian S, Hazlett KE, Figueroa CM, Kandah CC, Kay CD, Matthews MA, Rao SM. Physical activity reduces hippocampal atrophy in elders at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease. Front Aging Neurosci. 2014;6:61. PMCID: PMC4005962
22. Yass N, Walker R, Nagavally S, Kay C. Use of Flags in the Electronic Medical Record: A Retrospective Analysis. WMJ. 2025;124(1):42-46.
23. Kay C, Sherman K, Sparapani R. Long-term opioid therapy trends in the VA: More intermittent than chronic. J Opioid Manag. 2025;21(2):131-140.