Karen J. Brasel, MD, MPH 

Titles
Investigator, Children's Research Institute; associate professor, Trauma and Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Trauma/Critical Care

Research interests
Behavioral health, trauma, injury and violence

Study interests
Decision analysis, quality of life, trauma.

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 Infectious Disease, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1996; fellowship, Surgical Critical Care, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1999.

Certifications
American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care.

Honors
Phi Beta Kappa, 1986; Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society president, 1990; David Gaviser Resident Research Award, 1998; Edward J. Lennon Endowed Clinical Teaching Award, 2002; Outstanding Teacher, Surgical Faculty, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2002; Inclusion in the Consumers' Research Council of America "Guide to America's Top Surgeons" 2006 edition; Association for Surgical Education's Outstanding Teacher Award, 2006.

Representative publications

• McLeod R, Lindsay R, O'Malley M, members of the Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery Group, Canadian Association of General Surgeons, American College of Surgeons Evidence-based Reviews in Surgery. Biphasic Computed Tomography with Mesenteric Evaluation of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia. Canadian Journal of Surgery. 2005; 48(6):491-3.
• Winthrop AL, Brasel KJ, Stahovic L, Paulson J, Schneeberger B, Kuhn EM. Quality of Life and Functional Outcome after Pediatric Trauma. Journal of Trauma. 2005 Mar.; 58(3):468-474.
• Kiely JM, Brasel KJ, Guse CE, Weigelt JA. Correlation of SF-12 and SF-36 in a Trauma Population. Journal of Surgical Research. 2006; 132(2):214-8.
• Brasel KJ, Nirula R. What Mechanism Justifies Abdominal Evaluation in Motor Vehicle Crashes? Journal of Trauma. 2005; 59:1057-61.
• Li MS, Brasel KJ, Schultz D, Falimirski ME, Stafford RE, Somberg LB, Weigelt JA. Effective Retention of Primary Survey Skills by Medical Students after Participation in an Expanded Trauma Evaluation and Management Course. American Journal of Surgery. 2006; 191(2):276-80.
• Brasel KJ, Guse CE, Layde P, Weigelt JA. Rib Fractures: Relationship with Pneumonia and Mortality. Critical Care Medicine. 2006; 34(6):1642-46.

Grants

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Risk Factors for Medical Injury, c-investigator, 2001-2006.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the Injury Research Center initial funding grant, Quality of Life after Trauma, principal investigator, 2001-2006.
• National Institutes of Health, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium, co-principal investigator, 2004-2009.
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Crash Injury Research Engineering Network, co-investigator, 2005-2010.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 805-8624
Fax: (414) 805-8641
E-mail: kbrasel@mcw.edu