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

Elsevier pure profile

Publications

  • Impact of perceived attending consistency on general surgery resident feedback satisfaction in a national sample

    American journal of surgery
    1. Daniela D. Muñoz Wilson
    2. Ramsha Akhund
    3. M. Chandler McLeod
    4. Andrew Jones
    5. George Sarosi
    6. Karen Brasel
    7. Rebecca M. Minter
    8. John Mellinger
    9. Jo Buyske
    10. Brenessa Lindeman
  • Key Issues in Surgical Residency Education

    Annals of surgery
    1. John D. Mellinger
    2. Karen Brasel
    3. Eric Elster
    4. Gerald Fried
    5. Daniel A. Hashimoto
    6. Benjamin Jarman
    7. Amit R.T. Joshi
    8. Rachel R. Kelz
    9. Brenessa Lindeman
    10. Carla Pugh
    11. Richard Reznick
  • Multi-institutional study examining intraoperative entrustment and resident sex

    American journal of surgery
    1. Samantha Baker
    2. Julie Evans
    3. Niki Matusko
    4. Brenessa Lindeman
    5. Sarah Jung
    6. Sebin Choi
    7. Rebecca Minter
    8. Mackenzie Cook
    9. Karen Brasel
    10. Gurjit Sandhu
  • Rural Surgery Experiences in General Surgery Residency Training—The Current State an ACGME Sponsored Survey of General Surgery Program Directors

    Journal of Surgical Education
    1. Stephanie F. Heller
    2. Karen J. Brasel
    3. Sharmila Dissanaike
    4. Chris A. Fox
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury, and mortality after trauma are associated with increased circulation of syndecan-1, soluble thrombomodulin, and receptor for advanced glycation end products

    Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
    1. Alexandra Dixon
    2. James E. Kenny
    3. Lydia Buzzard
    4. John Holcomb
    5. Eileen Bulger
    6. Charles Wade
    7. Timothy Fabian
    8. Martin Schreiber
    9. John B. Holcomb
    10. Charles E. Wade
    11. Deborah J. Del Junco
    12. Erin E. Fox
    13. Nena Matijevic
    14. Jeanette M. Podbielski
    15. Angela M. Beeler
    16. Barbara C. Tilley
    17. Sarah Baraniuk
    18. Stacia M. DeSantis
    19. Hongjian Zhu
    20. Joshua Nixon
    21. Roann Seay
    22. Savitri N. Appana
    23. Hui Yang
    24. Michael O. Gonzalez
    25. Lisa Baer
    26. Yao Wei Willa Wang
    27. Brittany S. Hula
    28. Elena Espino
    29. An Nguyen
    30. Nicholas Pawelczyk
    31. Kisha D. Arora-Nutall
    32. Rishika Sharma
    33. Jessica C. Cardenas
    34. Elaheh Rahbar
    35. Tyrone Burnett
    36. David Clark
    37. Gerald Van Belle
    38. Susanne May
    39. Brian Leroux
    40. David Hoyt
    41. Judy Powell
    42. Kellie Sheehan
    43. Alan Hubbard
    44. Adam P. Arkin
    45. John R. Hess
    46. Karen J. Brasel
    47. Jennifer M. Watters
    48. Craig Newgard
    49. Matthias Merkel
    50. Richard M. Scanlan
  • An executive summary of the National Trauma Research Action Plan

    Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
    1. Eileen M. Bulger
    2. Pamela J. Bixby
    3. Michelle A. Price
    4. Cynthia L. Villarreal
    5. Ashley N. Moreno
    6. Juan P. Herrera-Escobar
    7. Jeffrey A. Bailey
    8. Karen J. Brasel
    9. Zara R. Cooper
    10. Todd W. Costantini
    11. Nicole S. Gibran
    12. Jonathan I. Groner
    13. Bellal Joseph
    14. Craig D. Newgard
    15. Deborah M. Stein
  • Best Case/Worst Case-ICU

    BMJ open
    1. Lily Stalter
    2. Bret M. Hanlon
    3. Kyle J. Bushaw
    4. Kristine L. Kwekkeboom
    5. Amy Zelenski
    6. Melanie Fritz
    7. Anne Buffington
    8. Deborah M. Stein
    9. Christine S. Cocanour
    10. Anamaria J. Robles
    11. Jan Jansen
    12. Karen Brasel
    13. Kathleen M. O'Connell
    14. Mark D. Cipolle
    15. Patricia Ayoung-Chee
    16. Rachel Morris
    17. Rondi B. Gelbard
    18. Rosemary A. Kozar
    19. Stephanie Lueckel
    20. Margaret Schwarze
  • Cultivating emotional intelligence in general surgery residents through a patient-centered experience

    American journal of surgery
    1. Hayley Standage
    2. Katherine Kelley
    3. Heather Buxton
    4. Cate Wetzel
    5. Karen Brasel
    6. Heather Hoops
  • Decision-Making Confidence of Clinical Competency Committees for Entrustable Professional Activities

    JAMA Surgery
    1. Kelsey B. Montgomery
    2. John D. Mellinger
    3. M. Chandler McLeod
    4. Andrew Jones
    5. Polina Zmijewski
    6. George A. Sarosi
    7. Karen J. Brasel
    8. Mary E. Klingensmith
    9. Rebecca M. Minter
    10. Jo Buyske
    11. Brenessa Lindeman
  • EHR-Driven Delivery of EPA Assessments Significantly Improves Participation

    Journal of Surgical Education
    1. Carolyn Chang
    2. Jonathan Jesneck
    3. Emily Lee
    4. Karen Brasel
    5. Mackenzie Cook
    6. Ramanathan Seshadri
    7. James Nitzkorski
    8. Rebecca Rhee
    9. Julia Shelton
    10. Ruchi Thanawala
  • Faculty Entrustment and Resident Entrustability

    JAMA Surgery
    1. Jessica K. Millar
    2. Niki Matusko
    3. Julie Evans
    4. Samantha J. Baker
    5. Brenessa Lindeman
    6. Sarah Jung
    7. Rebecca M. Minter
    8. Emily Weinstein
    9. Francesca Goodstein
    10. Mackenzie R. Cook
    11. Karen J. Brasel
    12. Gurjit Sandhu
  • Risk of motor vehicle collision associated with cannabis and alcohol use among patients presenting for emergency care

    Accident Analysis and Prevention
    1. Esther K. Choo
    2. Stacy A. Trent
    3. Daniel K. Nishijima
    4. Angela Eichelberger
    5. Steve Kazmierczak
    6. Yu Ye
    7. Karen J. Brasel
    8. Ariane Audett
    9. Cheryl J. Cherpitel
  • Roles, Responsibilities, and Expectations of Medical Students on Surgical Subinternships

    Academic Medicine
    1. Kristen E. Rhodin
    2. Steven W. Thornton
    3. Harold J. Leraas
    4. Catherine B. Beckhorn
    5. Adnan Alseidi
    6. Jacob A. Greenberg
    7. Kevin N. Shah
    8. John Migaly
    9. Elisabeth Tracy
    10. Kari Rosenkranz
    11. Kareem Abdelfattah
    12. Britney Corey
    13. David Hughes
    14. Jennifer LaFemina
    15. Ann O'Rourke
    16. Rebecca Petersen
    17. Karen Brasel
    18. Stephanie Nitzschke
    19. George Sarosi
    20. Ari Brooks
    21. Brandon Henry
    22. Matthew Lin
    23. Luigi Pascarella
    24. Cory Vatsaas
    25. Steven Eskind
    26. MacKenzie Cook
    27. Vahagn Nikolian
    28. Thomas D'Amico
    29. Cary Aarons
    30. Brenessa Lindeman
    31. Mary Klingensmith
    32. Patrick Georgoff
    33. Andrew Kastenmeier
    34. Amalia Cochran
    35. Brian Gilmore
    36. Sophia McKinley
    37. Julie Clanahan
    38. Shay Behrens
    39. Robert Sinyard
    40. Camilla Gomes
    41. Ian Kratzke
    42. Rachael Acker
    43. Hayley Reddington
    44. Alanna Hickey
    45. Patrick Underwood
    46. Diego Schaps
    47. Samantha Halpern
    48. Joseph Bean
    49. Tamriage Martin
    50. Mami Sow
  • Shotgun injury

    BMJ Case Reports
    1. Shahrose Rahman
    2. Ranish K. Patel
    3. John X. Sun
    4. Karen Brasel
  • The Blue Ribbon Committee II Report and Recommendations on Surgical Education and Training in the United States

    Annals of surgery
    1. Steven C. Stain
    2. E. Christopher Ellison
    3. Diana L. Farmer
    4. Timothy C. Flynn
    5. Julie A. Freischlag
    6. Jeffrey B. Matthews
    7. Rachel W. Newman
    8. Xiaodong Chen
    9. Dimitrios Stefanidis
    10. L. D. Britt
    11. Jo Buyske
    12. Karen Fisher
    13. Ajit K. Sachdeva
    14. Patricia L. Turner
    15. Timothy C. Flynn
    16. Barbara L. Bass
    17. Murray F. Brennan
    18. Haile T. Debas
    19. Julie A. Freischlag
    20. R. Scott Jones
    21. Mark A. Malangoni
    22. Carlos A. Pellegrini
    23. Ajit K. Sachdeva
    24. Patricia L. Turner
    25. Andrew L. Warshaw
    26. Richard E. Welling
    27. Michael J. Zinner
    28. Adnan A. Alseidi
    29. Henri R. Ford
    30. H. William Craver
    31. Andrew J. Dennis
    32. Abbey Fingeret
    33. Gerald M. Fried
    34. Bonnie Simpson Mason
    35. Ranjan Sudan
    36. Stephen C. Yang
    37. Kristen Conrad-Schnetz
    38. Kyla P. Terhune
    39. Wali R. Johnson
    40. Megan E. Jenkins Turner
    41. Ajita S. Prabhu
    42. Bonnie Simpson Mason
    43. Karen J. Brasel
    44. John D. Mellinger
    45. Eric A. Elster
    46. Gerald M. Fried
    47. Daniel A. Hashimoto
    48. Benjamin T. Jarman
    49. Amit R.T. Joshi
    50. Rachel R. Kelz
  • Validity of Entrustable Professional Activities in a National Sample of General Surgery Residency Programs

    Journal of the American College of Surgeons
    1. Kelsey B. Montgomery
    2. John D. Mellinger
    3. Andrew Jones
    4. M. Chandler McLeod
    5. Polina Zmijewski
    6. George A. Sarosi
    7. Karen J. Brasel
    8. Mary E. Klingensmith
    9. Rebecca M. Minter
    10. Jo Buyske
    11. Brenessa Lindeman
  • Access to trauma center care

    Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
    1. Nicolas W. Medrano
    2. Cynthia Lizette Villarreal
    3. Michelle A. Price
    4. Pamela J. Bixby
    5. Eileen M. Bulger
    6. Brian J. Eastridge
    7. Roxie M. Albrecht
    8. Jeffrey A. Bailey
    9. Elizabeth R. Benjamin
    10. Andrew C. Bernard
    11. Thomas H. Blackwell
    12. Sabina A. Braithwaite
    13. Karen J. Brasel
    14. Jane H. Brice
    15. Clay C. Burlew
    16. Frank K. Butler
    17. David W. Callaway
    18. Jeremy W. Cannon
    19. Howard R. Champion
    20. Michael Chang
    21. Raul S. Coimbra
    22. Gregory G. Davis
    23. Gerald B. Demarest
    24. Warren C. Dorlac
    25. Stacy A. Drake
    26. Alex L. Eastman
    27. Eric A. Elster
    28. Eric Epley
    29. Thomas J. Esposito
    30. James R. Ficke
    31. Andrew D. Fisher
    32. David R. Fowler
    33. Barbara A. Gaines
    34. John M. Gallagher
    35. Joshua L. Gary
    36. Mark L. Gestring
    37. James R. Gill
    38. Jeffrey M. Goodloe
    39. Jennifer M. Gurney
    40. Andrew J. Harrell
    41. Sharon M. Henry
    42. John B. Holcomb
    43. Donald H. Jenkins
    44. Jay A. Johannigman
    45. Jeffrey D. Kerby
    46. Chetan U. Kharod
    47. Russ S. Kotwal
    48. Rosemary A. Kozar
    49. Martin A. Schreiber
    50. David Zonies
  • Blunt pancreatic trauma

    Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
    1. Alexis M. Moren
    2. Walter L. Biffl
    3. Chad G. Ball
    4. Marc De Moya
    5. Karen J. Brasel
    6. Carlos V.R. Brown
    7. Jennifer L. Hartwell
    8. Kenji Inaba
    9. Eric J. Ley
    10. Ernest E. Moore
    11. Kimberly A. Peck
    12. Anne G. Rizzo
    13. Nelson G. Rosen
    14. Jason L. Sperry
    15. Jordan A. Weinberg
    16. Raul Coimbra
    17. David V. Shatz
    18. Matthew J. Martin
  • Blunt splenic injury, Emergency Department to discharge

    Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
    1. David V. Shatz
    2. Marc De Moya
    3. Karen J. Brasel
    4. Carlos V.R. Brown
    5. Jennifer L. Hartwell
    6. Kenji Inaba
    7. Eric J. Ley
    8. Ernest E. Moore
    9. Kimberly A. Peck
    10. Anne G. Rizzo
    11. Nelson G. Rosen
    12. Jason L. Sperry
    13. Jordan A. Weinberg
    14. Alexis M. Moren
    15. Raul Coimbra
    16. Matthew J. Martin
  • Blunt thoracic aortic injury

    Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
    1. Carlos V.R. Brown
    2. Marc de Moya
    3. Karen J. Brasel
    4. Jennifer L. Hartwell
    5. Kenji Inaba
    6. Eric J. Ley
    7. Ernest E. Moore
    8. Kimberly A. Peck
    9. Anne G. Rizzo
    10. Nelson G. Rosen
    11. Jason L. Sperry
    12. Jordan A. Weinberg
    13. Alexis M. Moren
    14. Joseph J. DuBose
    15. Raul Coimbra
    16. Matthew J. Martin
  • Factors Associated With Provision of Nonbeneficial Surgery

    Annals of surgery
    1. Sarah I. Zaza
    2. Christopher J. Zimmermann
    3. Lauren J. Taylor
    4. Elle L. Kalbfell
    5. Lily Stalter
    6. Karen Brasel
    7. Robert M. Arnold
    8. Zara Cooper
    9. Margaret L. Schwarze
  • How well do we understand our patients’ perioperative experience? A qualitative analysis of themes derived from patient-centric resident conferences

    American journal of surgery
    1. Benjamin Schepergerdes
    2. Hayley Standage
    3. Cate Wetzel
    4. Katherine A. Kelley
    5. Karen Brasel
    6. Heather Hoops
  • Implementation of Entrustable Professional Activities in General Surgery

    Annals of surgery
    1. Karen J. Brasel
    2. Brenessa Lindeman
    3. Andrew Jones
    4. George A. Sarosi
    5. Rebecca Minter
    6. Mary E. Klingensmith
    7. James Whiting
    8. David Borgstrom
    9. Jo Buyske
    10. John D. Mellinger
  • Integrating Surgical Palliative Care Into the Full Spectrum of Medical Education

    American Surgeon
    1. Mackenzie R. Cook
    2. Kristen Schultz Reed
    3. William C. Crannell
    4. Karen J. Brasel
    5. Timothy R. Siegel
  • Pediatric emergency resuscitative thoracotomy

    Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
    1. Matthew J. Martin
    2. Karen J. Brasel
    3. Carlos V.R. Brown
    4. Jennifer L. Hartwell
    5. Marc de Moya
    6. Kenji Inaba
    7. Eric J. Ley
    8. Ernest E. Moore
    9. Kimberly A. Peck
    10. Anne G. Rizzo
    11. Nelson G. Rosen
    12. Jordan A. Weinberg
    13. Raul Coimbra
    14. Marie Crandall
    15. Kaushik Mukherjee
    16. Romeo Ignacio
    17. Shannon Longshore
    18. Katherine T. Flynn-O’Brien
    19. Grace Ng
    20. Leigh Selesner
    21. Mubeen Jafri
  • Peer-to-Peer Trauma-Informed Training for Surgical Residents Facilitated by Psychiatry Residents

    Academic Psychiatry
    1. Heather Buxton
    2. Mollie C. Marr
    3. Alexandra Hernandez
    4. Jovo Vijanderan
    5. Karen Brasel
    6. Mackenzie Cook
    7. Alisha Moreland-Capuia
  • What Should the Surgeons Do at the Family Meeting

    Journal of Surgical Education
    1. Kristen Schultz
    2. Shannon Howard
    3. Kirstin Moreno
    4. Timothy Siegel
    5. David Zonies
    6. Karen Brasel
    7. Mackenzie Cook