Karin Swartz, MD, FAAN

Associate Professor

Locations

Neurosurgery
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Biography

Dr. Swartz is a board-certified neurosurgeon with fellowship specialty training in spinal surgery. She completed her residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003, her fellowship at the Institute for Spinal Disorders at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles in 2004, and was in practice at the University of Kentucky Medical Center before joining MCW in 2015.

She has been involved in spinal cord injury research. She has won multiple teaching awards, and is involved in several national organizations, including the American Association of Neurological Surgery (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgery (CNS), and the North American Spine Society (NASS).

“Spine care often involves consideration of multiple treatment options, and surgery is a very important one. I am passionate about educating and involving patients on their journey.”

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Education

MD, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 1996
Internship & Residency, Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 1996-2003
Fellowship, Spinal Surgery & Spinal Disorders, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2003-2004

Factors associated with burnout among US neurosurgery residents: a nationwide survey.

(Attenello FJ, Buchanan IA, Wen T, Donoho DA, McCartney S, Cen SY, Khalessi AA, Cohen-Gadol AA, Cheng JS, Mack WJ, Schirmer CM, Swartz KR, Prall JA, Stroink AR, Giannotta SL, Klimo P.) J Neurosurg. 2018 Nov 01;129(5):1349-1363.
Anticipated Changes in Spine Practice with Advancing Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services-Required Changes.

(Swartz KR, Cheng JS.) Neurosurgery. 2017 Apr 01;80(4S):S28-S33.
Commentary.

(Swartz KR.) J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2013 Oct;4(4):443-4.
Noninvasive evaluation of electrical stimulation impacts on muscle hemodynamics via integrating diffuse optical spectroscopies with muscle stimulator.

(Shang Y, Lin Y, Henry BA, Cheng R, Huang C, Chen L, Shelton BJ, Swartz KR, Salles SS, Yu G.) J Biomed Opt. 2013 Oct;18(10):105002.
External neurolysis may result in early return of function in some muscle groups following brachial plexus surgery.

(Swartz KR, Boland M, Fee DB.) Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2012 Jul;114(6):768-75.
Letter to the Editor.

(Spinner RJ, Hébert-Blouin MN, Tanaka S, Amrami KK, Swartz KR, Fee DB, Sugita M.) J Neurosurg. 2011 Apr 29:.
Deficiency of telomerase activity aggravates the blood-brain barrier disruption and neuroinflammatory responses in a model of experimental stroke.

(Zhang B, Chen L, Swartz KR, Bruemmer D, Eum SY, Huang W, Seelbach M, Choi YJ, Hennig B, Toborek M.) J Neurosci Res. 2010 Oct;88(13):2859-68.
Melatonin-analog, beta-methyl-6-chloromelatonin, supplementation in spinal cord injury.

(Fee DB, Swartz KR, Scheff N, Roberts K, Gabbita P, Scheff S.) Brain Res. 2010 Jun 22;1340:81-5.
Hip- and pelvic-related intraneural ganglia.

(Spinner RJ, Hébert-Blouin MN, Tanaka S, Amrami KK, Swartz KR, Fee DB, Sugita M.) J Neurosurg. 2010 Jun;112(6):1353-6.
Exacerbation of spinal cord injury due to static compression occurring early after onset.

(Swartz KR, Scheff NN, Roberts KN, Fee DB.) J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Nov;11(5):570-4.
Vessel microport technique for applications in cerebrovascular research.

(Chen L, Swartz KR, Toborek M.) J Neurosci Res. 2009 May 15;87(7):1718-27.
Proximal sciatic nerve intraneural ganglion cyst.

(Swartz KR, Wilson D, Boland M, Fee DB.) Case Rep Med. 2009;2009:810973.

Karin Swartz, MD, FAAN