Kathleen A Koth, DO
- Assistant professor, the Medical College of Wisconsin
Locations
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8915 W. Connell CourtMilwaukee, WI 53226
Overview
Services
Dr. Koth is a double boarded child and adolescent psychiatrist who’s interest in children with developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorders started with her first position at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in the department of behavioral psychology. Wanting to serve this population further she attended medical school and completed residency in general psychiatry and fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry. This back ground gave Dr. Koth broad experiences at two of the nine inpatient units in the country for Autism Spectrum Disorders and Intellectual Disabilities as well their outpatient clinic practices.
After moving to the area, Dr. Koth began seeing patients with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities at Children’s Wisconsin while also becoming the training director for Medical College of Wisconsin’s Child and Adolescent Fellowship program. Through both of these opportunities she has become an active participate in the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Committee on Autism Spectrum and Intellectual Disabilities where she is working on a national curriculum to better teach our future child psychiatrists about ASD and ID. To increase her activism in the area, she currently serves as the secretary for the Wisconsin Council for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Certifications
- Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry
Areas of Interest
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Developmental delays
- Intellectual disabilities
- Neuro-developmental disabilities
- Genetic disorders syndromes
Education and Awards
Education
- 2005, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, DO
Residencies
- 2008, University of Maryland (Baltimore, MD) - Psychiatry
Fellowships
- 2010, University of Maryland (Baltimore, MD) - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Awards
- Medical College of Wisconsin’s Outstanding Medical Student Teacher Award, 2013-14
Research and publications
Publications
Johnson NL, Fial A, Van Hecke AV, Whitmore K, Meyer K, Pena S, Carlson M, Koth KA. A Scoping Review of Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Primary Care. J Pediatr Health Care. 2023;37(5):519-527 PMID: 37178094 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159202028 05/14/2023
Marrus N, Koth KA, Hellings JA, McDonald R, Gwynette MF, Muhle R, Lohr WD, Vasa RA. Psychiatry training in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability: Ongoing gaps and emerging opportunities. Autism. 2023 Apr;27(3):679-689 PMID: 35920285 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135466216 08/04/2022
Verma S, Vandana P, Soda T, Koth KA, Aguayo P, Shaffer RC, Hellings J, Muhle RA. Incorporation of Telepsychiatry for Patients with Developmental Disorders into Routine Clinical Practice-A Survey of Specialty Clinics Adapting to Telepsychiatry During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Autism Dev Disord. 2022 Dec;52(12):5280-5284 PMID: 35575840 PMCID: PMC9109664 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85130178379 05/17/2022
Koth KA. Autistic-like Behaviors Nelson Pediatric Symptom-Based Diagnosis: Common Diseases and their Mimics. 1 January 2022:533-544.e2 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199067145 01/01/2022
Gwynette MF, Koth KA, Marrus N, Hellings JA, Lohr WD, Muhle RA, Vasa RA, AACAP Autism and Intellectual Disability Committee’s Training Workgroup. Developing Freely Accessible Educational Videos to Enhance Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2022 Jan;61(1):1-2 PMID: 34597774 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121103262 10/02/2021
Gwynette MF, McGuire K, Fadus MC, Feder JD, Koth KA, King BH. Overemphasis of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) Evaluation Subverts a Clinician's Ability to Provide Access to Autism Services. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2019 Dec;58(12):1222-1223 PMID: 31356862 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85075210626 07/30/2019
Koirala A, Van Hecke A, Yu Z, Koth KA, Zheng Z, Schiltz H. An exploration of using virtual reality to assess the sensory abnormalities in children with autism spectrum disorder Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019. 12 June 2019:293-300 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068774377 06/12/2019
Martin R, Srivastava T, Lee J, Raj N, Koth KA, Whelan HT. Using hyperbaric oxygen for autism treatment: A review and discussion of literature. Undersea Hyperb Med. 2015;42(4):353-9 PMID: 26403019 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84938810471 09/26/2015
Publications of Kathleen A. Koth DO from the Faculty Collaboration Database