Karen J. Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.

  • Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, School of Medicine
  • Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Office of the Dean, School of Medicine
  • Residency Program Director, Surgery, School of Medicine

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 1991, The University of Iowa College of Medicine
    • M.P.H., 1996, The University of Minnesota

  • Residency

    • Surgery, University of Minnesota, 1998

  • Fellowship

    • Surgical critical care, University of North Carolina, 1999

  • Certifications

    • General surgery, 1999 (recertified 2007)
    • Surgical critical care, 2000 (recertified 2009)

Memberships and associations:

  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
  • American Surgical Association
  • Association for Program Directors in Surgery
  • Association for Surgical Education
  • Association of Women Surgeons
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • Western Surgical Association
  • Western Trauma Association
  • Pacific Coast Surgical Association
  • American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators
  • North Pacific Surgical Association
  • American Medical Association

Honors and awards

  • Edward J. Lennon Endowed Clinical Teaching Award, 2002
  • Association for Surgical Education’s Outstanding Teacher Award, 2006
  • Meritorious Achievement Award, American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, 2016
  • OHSU Technology Transfer & Business Development Award, 2016
  • AWSF Olga Jonasson Distinguished Member Award, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, 2017
  • Distinguished Faculty Award, Oregon Health & Science University, Department of Surgery, 2018
  • Marquam Hill Teaching Award, Oregon Health & Science University, Department of Surgery, 2019
  • Association for Surgical Education’s Master Educator Award, 2020

Publications

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Publications