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Karen Brasel

Karen J. Brasel,

  • Investigator, Children's Wisconsin's Research Institute; director of Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
  • Professor, Trauma/Critical Care, Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Population Health, The Medical College of Wisconsin

Locations

Overview

Division

  • Trauma/Critical Care

Research interests

  • Bioethics
  • Critical illnesses
  • Trauma
  • Injury and violence
  • Motor vehicle accidents

Study interests

  • Quality of life
  • PTSD
  • Prehospital care
  • Palliative care

Education

  • Medical degree, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1991
  • Master's degree, Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1996
  • Residency, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1998
  • Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1999

Certifications

American Board of Surgery/ General Surgery, 2007; Surgical Critical Care, 2009; ATLS, 1995

Education and Awards

Education

Awards

  • Edward J. Lennon Endowed Clinical Teaching Award, 2002
  • Peter C. Canizaro Award, outstanding oral and written presentation by a new member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 2002
  • Paper of the Year,. Department of Family and Community: Patient Safety Efforts Should Focus on Medical Injuries, JAMA, 2003
  • Learning Resources Innovative Educational Project Award, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2003 and 2005
  • Outstanding Teacher Award, Association of Surgical Education, 2006
  • Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award, Department of Emergency Medicine, 2006
  • MCW Society of Teaching Scholars, 2006
  • Professionalism Award, Department of Surgery, 2007
  • Ernest O. Henschel Clinical Teaching Award, Class of 2008
  • Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award, Department of Emergency Medicine, 2008
  • Teacher of the Year, Department of Surgery, 2009
  • Association of Women Surgeons Foundation Visiting Professor, 2009
  • Best Doctors in America, 2007-2011
  • Outstanding Teacher, Surgical Clerkship, 2009
  • Barney Becker Golden Cane Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, 2010
  • Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award, Department of Emergency Medicine, 2010

Research and publications

Research

  • Effects of Family Presence During Resuscitation after Trauma, National Institutes of Health (NIH), principal investigator, Jane S. Leske, PhD
  • Initial Development of a Trauma-Specific Quality of Life Instrument, Center of Disease Control (CDC), Injury Research Center, principal investigator
  • Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium, National Institutes of Health (NIH), principal investigator, Tom Aufderheide, MD, role, co-investigator
  • CIREN, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), principal investigator, Dennis Maiman, MD, PhD, role, co-investigator
  • Injury Research Center - Research Core, HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Stephen Hargarten/Dr. Peter Layde, principal investigators, role, Core co-director
  • Prospective Observational Multi-Center Transfusion Study, US Army, principal investigator

Publications