CURRICULUM VITAE
Sarah Endrizzi MD
Sarah Endrizzi MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Clinical
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Clinical
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
Orthopedics Sport and Spine Center |
N91 W15750 Falls Pkwy |
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 |
EDUCATION: |
09/1999 - 08/2003 Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences, Minneapolis, MN |
07/2004 - 05/2008 Doctor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2008 - 06/2012 Resident Physician, Anesthesiology, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 S 1st Ave, Maywood, IL 60153 |
07/2012 - 07/2013 Fellow, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 S 1st Ave, Maywood, IL 60153 |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
10/2014 - 08/2017 Clinical Adjunct Professor, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
09/2017 - Present Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
09/2015 - 08/2017 Assistant Medical Director, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
08/01/2017 - Present Division Director, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
08/2017 - Present Medical Director, Enterprise Pain Services, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
09/2013 - Present Froedtert Hospital |
06/2020 - Present Froedtert Menomonee Falls |
06/2020 - Present Froedtert West Bend |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
Pain Medicine | 2016 | None |
Anesthesiology | 2016 | None |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
2023 Excellence in Action All Star Award, Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin |
10/2024 Pharmacy and Pharmacology Section Scholarship for Top Medication Safety Abstract, Society of Critical Care Medicine |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
North American Neuromodulation Society |
Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists |
American Academy of Pain Medicine |
Wisconsin Women in Pain Medicine (Founding Member) |
Society of Women in Pain Medicine |
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine |
Wisconsin Society of Interventional Pain Physicians |
American Society of Anesthesiologists |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Ad-Hoc Reviewer |
2017 - 2021 Reviewer, Journal of Pain Medicine |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2013 - 2020 Member, Joint Venture Board, Medical College of Wisconsin and Advanced Pain Management |
2016 - Present Member 2016, Interim Director 2017-2018, Director, 2018-present, Comprehensive Pain Initiative Committee, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin |
10/2017 - 10/2018 Co-Chair, Controlled Substance Prescribing Committee, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin |
08/2018 - 10/2019 Co-Chair, Inpatient Acute Care Pain Committee, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin |
09/2019 - Present Member, Pain Medicine Committee, Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists |
10/2019 - 12/2024 Member, Neuroscience and Spine Steering Committee, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin |
10/2019 - 11/2024 Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPICC Net), Medical College of Wisconsin |
01/2020 - Present Member, Multimodal Spine QPMC Committee, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin |
03/2020 - Present Executive Sponsor, System Pain Stewardship Committee, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin |
08/2020 - 01/2021 Department Representative, Clinical Workgroup, Comprehensive Pain and Spine Program, Medical College of Wisconsin |
08/2020 - 01/2021 Department Representative, Procedural Work Group, Comprehensive Pain and Spine Program, Medical College of Wisconsin |
12/2020 - Present Department Representative, Pain and SpineCare Medical Executive Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
07/2023 - Present Member, Anesthesiology Inclusive Excellence and Resilience (formerly DEI) Council and Committee, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin |
05/2024 - 01/2025 Elected member, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Chair Search Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
01/2025 - Present Member, WINS Adult Steering Committee, Wisconsin Institute of Neurosciences |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
09/2019 - 2023 Committee on Young Physicians, American Society of Anesthesiologists |
10/2023 - Present Committee on Pain Medicine, American Society of Anesthesiologists |
2023 - Present Committee on Professional Diversity, American Society of Anesthesiologists |
2023 - Present Committee on Women Anesthesiologists, American Society of Anesthesiologists |
RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Regional |
Sarah Endrizzi, Treatment Options for Chronic Low Back Pain and the Current Climate of Opioid Prescribing, Annual Winter Refresher Course for Family Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/24/2014 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Mark Kostic, Ron Payne, Chad Zadrazil, Expert Panel, SE Wisconsin Heroin Opioid Regional Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, 06/04/2014 |
Sarah Endrizzi, The Opioid Epidemic: How did we get here and where do we go from here?, Worker's Compensation Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, 01/25/2017 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Stacy Peterson, Suboxone and Other Perioperative Considerations for the Chronic Pain Patient, Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiology, annual meeting, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, 09/2018 |
S Endrizzi, M Bedi, J Gully, S Tutton, I'm in a World of Hurt: I have Four Doctors Treating My Pain!, Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference, Workshop, Lake Geneva, WI, 05/03/2019 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Interventional Treatments for Head and Neck Pain, Annual Headache Symposium, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/17/2019 |
S Peterson, G Kirchen, S Endrizzi, Pro/Con: Gabapentin as a Perioperative Adjunct, Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, La Crosse, WI, 09/12/2021 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Management of Fibromyalgia, Wisconsin Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Milwaukee, WI, 08/18/2024 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Treatment of Cancer Pain, Wisconsin Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Milwaukee, WI, 08/18/2024 |
Local |
Sarah Endrizzi, Current Trends in Opioid Consumption and Policies for Responsible Prescribing Practices, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/21/2014 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Multidisciplinary Approach to Pain Management, Metro Milwaukee Nurse Practitioner Association, Milwaukee, WI, 11/10/2015 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Evaluation and Assessment of the Chronic Pain Patient, Pain Day, Froedtert Hospital, 02/09/2016 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Interventional Pain Techniques, Grand Rounds, Palliative Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, 12/21/2016 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Interventional Pain Techniques, Pain Day, Froedtert Hospital, 03/01/2017 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Updates in Neuromodulation and Dorsal Column Stimulation, Department of Orthopedics Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/30/2018 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Non-Opioid Treatment Options for the Treatment of Chronic Pain, Symposium on the Opioid Crisis, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/20/2018 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Updates From the Comprehensive Pain Initiative, Department of Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 12/13/2018 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Non-Opioid Pain Treatment Options, Spine Day, MCW Department of Neurosurgery, 08/09/2019 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Gwynne Kirchen, Stacy Peterson, Gabapentin: A Dangerous Adjunct in Multimodal Analgesia, Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 04/10/2020 |
Sarah Endrizzi, Comprehensive Pain Services for Perioperative Spine Patients, Spine Day, MCW Department of Neurosurgery, 09/06/2024 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Sarah Endrizzi, Gwynne Kirchen, Stacy Peterson, Gabapentin: A Dangerous Adjunct in Multimodal Analgesia, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 10/22/2019 - Present |
A Awad, B Jex, S Endrizzi, P Pahapill, G Kirchen, Outcomes of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Symptoms of Neurogenic Claudication, North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 01/23/2020 |
S Endrizzi, R Anderson, S Trost, The Brain and Pain: Utilizing Behavioral Health Techniques to Facilitate an Opioid Taper., American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Virtual (Planned for San Francisco, CA), 10/03/2020 |
L Solomon, A Allred, I Muse, L Hertberg, S Endrizzi, Winning a Seat at the Table: Leadership Lessons for Early Career Physicians, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Annual Meeting, Virtual (Planned for San Francisco, CA), 10/04/2020 |
S Endrizzi, R Parikh, E Malinzak, R Hood, I Made it This Far, Now What? Lessons Not Taught in Residency., American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Virtual (Planned for San Francisco, CA), 10/04/2020 |
William Rittmeyer, Allison Taylor, Sarah Endrizzi, Hips Don’t Lie, Or Do They? An Unusual Presentation of Refractory Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11/20/2021 |
Jordan Weber and Sarah Endrizzi, Lidocaine Infusion As Alternative To Regional And Opioid-sparing Technique, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 10/24/2022 |
S Trost, A Singh, L Elliott, S Endrizzi, R Anderson, Virtual Reality Treatment in the Acute Pain Setting, Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 05/18/2023 |
Harmanjot Singh and Sarah Endrizzi, Chronic Widespread Pain as a Result of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11/10/2023 |
Salman Aljilani and Sarah Endrizzi, Inflammatory reaction that Mimics Infection after Synvisc Injection, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11/10/2023 |
Andy Vega, Sarah Endrizzi, Successful rapid opioid taper using non-opioid-adjuncts in a patient with fungal meningitis, American Headache Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 06/13/2024 |
W Peppard, S Endrizzi, G Newkirk, J Kerk, T Lofy, A Shaver, A Zosel, A Singh, Opioid-related ED Morbidity, Mortality, and the Impact of a Multifaceted Pain Stewardship Initiative, Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 10/21/2024 |
Noelle Liska, Sarah Endrizzi, New Onset Dizziness After Adjustment in Stimulation of Spinal Cord Stimulator, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 11/21/2024 |
Regional |
M Maynard, D Perez, T Suss, S Endrizzi, A Singh, T Hartman, W Peppard, Mind the Gap: Pharmacists’ Opportunity in Migraine Care, Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Annual Meeting, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 08/23/2024 |
Local |
Annette Wilson, Rebecca Anderson, Sarah Endrizzi, Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback in Pain Management, MCW Research Day, 09/2018 |
W Peppard, A Singh, S Endrizzi, G Newkirk, J Kerk, G Kirchen, J Kristiansen, N Duncan, A Koepp, A Multifaceted Pain Stewardship Approach to Reduce Opioid-Related Emergency Department Visits, F&MCW Quality Symposium, 10/23/2024 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
2015 - Present Member, Clinical Competency Committee, Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2015 - Present Member, Program Evaluation Committee, Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Resident and Fellow Education |
2013 - Present Created and presented multiple lectures, PBLDs and Academic Half Day programs for medical students, residents, and fellows. |
MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Clinical/Research Fellows |
2017 - Present Christina Moore, Medical College of Wisconsin, Mentorship relationship started when mentee was a fellow and continues while they are an attending in private practice, recently being named Medical Director of Interventional Pain Services at Advocate Aurora Health, Midwest Region |
07/2018 - 06/2019 David Benson, Medical College of Wisconsin, Helped mentee successfully navigate fellowship, study for and pass Board exams, evaluate job opportunities and transition to attending-level practice. |
2020 - 2021 Thomas Thorsen, Medical College of Wisconsin, Helped mentee successfully navigate fellowship, study for and pass Board exams, evaluate job opportunities and transition to attending-level practice. |
2021 - 2022 Sahba Charkhzarrin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Helped mentee successfully navigate fellowship, study for and pass Board exams, evaluate job opportunities and transition to attending-level practice. |
2023 - 2024 Salman Aljilani, Medical College of Wisconsin, Helped mentee successfully navigate fellowship, study for and pass Board exams, evaluate job opportunities and transition to attending-level practice. |
2024 - Present Kotomi Obayashi, Medical College of Wisconsin, Helped mentee successfully navigate fellowship, study for and pass Board exams, evaluate job opportunities and transition to attending-level practice. |
Residents |
07/01/2019 - 2023 William Rittmeyer, Medical College of Wisconsin, Helped mentee successfully match to top fellowship choice. |
2021 - 2024 Jordan Weber, Medical College of Wisconsin, Several submission acceptances, 3rd Place award winner at Midwest Anesthesia Residents' Conference 2022 |
2023 - Present Adrian Estupinan Villarreal, Medical College of Wisconsin |
Faculty |
2016 - Present Gwynne Kirchen, Medical College of Wisconsin, Mentorship relationship began when mentee was a fellow and then as she transitioned to faculty at MCW, including promotion to Associate Professor in 2024. |
2018 - Present Omar Dyara, Medical College of Wisconsin, Provided mentorship as faculty transitioned from fellow to attending and then established a practice at a new community site. |
EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Residents |
2023 Harmanjot Singh, Poster Presentation, Presented at American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting |
2024 Andy Vega, Poster Presentation, Presented at American Headache Society Annual Meeting |
2024 Noelle Liska, Poster Presentation, Presented at American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
2014 - Present Mentor in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. |
2023 - Present Volunteer at Journey House- Milwaukee |
ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING: |
07/2019 - 06/2020 MCW Leadership Academy |
INVITED MEDIA APPEARANCES: |
Regional |
The Opioid Crisis, Wisconsin Public Radio program, 10/2014 - Present |
Local |
Opioid Awareness, MCW Department of Surgery Word on Medicine Radio Program, 12/09/2020 |
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain, MCW Department of The Surgery Word on Medicine Radio Program, 12/14/2024 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Awad AJ, Jex B, Kirchen G, Peterson S, Endrizzi SA, Pahapill PA. Spinal Cord Stimulation for Neurogenic Claudication Associated with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Pain Physician. 2021 Dec;24(8):E1247-E1253. |
2. Busl KM, Smith CR, Troxel AB, Fava M, Illenberger N, Pop R, Yang W, Frota LM, Gao H, Shan G, Hoh BL, Maciel CB, BLOCK-SAH Investigators. Rationale and Design for the BLOCK-SAH Study (Pterygopalatine Fossa Block as an Opioid-Sparing Treatment for Acute Headache in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage): A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial with a Sequential Parallel Comparison Design. Neurocrit Care. 2025 Feb;42(1):290-300. PMCID: PMC11810580 |
3. Sheldon H, Duncan N, Singh A, Endrizzi S, Conrardy R, Brazauskas R, Peppard W. Naloxone coprescribing best practice advisory for patients at high risk for opioid-related adverse events. J Opioid Manag. 2024;20(6):471-486. |
4. Barrett B, Endrizzi S, Andreoli P, Barlow S, Zhang Z. Clinical significance of common cold treatment: professionals' opinions. WMJ. 2007 Dec;106(8):473-80. |
5. E Biesboer, A Hafiz Al Tannir, L Egede, R Walker, S Nagavally, S Endrizzi, W Peppard. Drivers of Opioid Prescriptions in Medicare Patients at an Urban Tertiary Center in Milwaukee. Wisconsin Medical Journal. Accepted for publication Nov 2024.
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6. Biesboer EA, Al Tannir AH, Egede LE, Walker RJ, Nagavally S, Endrizzi SA, Peppard WJ. Drivers of Opioid Prescriptions for Medicare Patients at an Urban Tertiary Center. WMJ. 2025;124(3):208-215. |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. Endrizzi SA, Rathumell JP, Hurley RW, Painful Peripheral Neuropathies. In Benzon H, Raja SN, Fishman S, Liu S, Cohen SP (edsd): Essentials of Pain Medicine, 4th ed. Elsevier, 2018 |









