Kelly J. Henrickson, MD      

Titles
Pediatric infectious disease specialist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; associate professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Infectious Diseases

Research interests
Infectious/immunological diseases

Study interests
Respiratory viruses, negative strand RNA viruses.

Education
Medical degree, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, 1984; residency, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N.Y., 1984-1987; fellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Molecular Virology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., 1987-1990.

Certifications
Pediatrics, 1988 and 2001; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 1994 and 2001.

Honors
Gilbert Forbes Research Grant, University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., 1985–1987; National Institutes of Health Research Fellowship, 1987–1990.

Representative publications

• Kehl S, Henrickson KJ. Comparison of Three Diagnostic Methods: Hexaplex, Tissue Culture and Rapid EIA for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Children. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2001; 39:1696-1701.
• Ramirez S, Hild T, Rudolph C, Sty JR, Kehl SC, Havens P, Henrickson KJ, Chusid MJ. Increased Diagnosis of Lemierre Syndrome and other Fusobacterium Necrophorum Infections at a Children's Hospital. Pediatrics. 2003; 112:e380-e385.
• Henrickson KJ, Hoover S, Kehl KS. National Disease Burden of Respiratory Viruses Detected in Children Using PCR. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2004; 23:S11-18.
• Henrickson KJ. Advances in the Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Respiratory Disease. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2004; 23:S6-10.
• Henrickson KJ. Parainfluenza Viruses. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 2003 Apr.; 242-264.
• Henrickson KJ. Parainfluenza in Gorbach SL, Bartlett JG, Blacklow NR (eds) Infectious Diseases, Third edition, Lippincott Williams, Philadelphia, 2004.

Grants

• Prodesse 3301007-Development of Rapid Diagnostic Assays, salary support $500,000, principal investigator (2000-2005).
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 1 U01 A1654374-01-Multiplex PCR Detection of CDC "A" Bioterrorism Agents, total funds $1,346,669, principal investigator (35 percent effort) (2003-2006).
• Nanogen-Development of Respiratory Virus Gene Chip, total funds $20,000, principal investigator (2003).

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 337-7070
Fax: (414) 337-7093
E-mail: khenrick@mcw.edu