KathleenMarieO'ConnellMDMPH

General Surgery • Seattle, WA

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care, Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Assistant Professor of Surgery

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Office
University of Washington, Department of Surgery, Box #359796
Harborview Medical Center 325 9th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
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Education & Training

University of WashingtonFellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2017 - 2018
University of WashingtonMPH, Epidemiology, 2016 - 2018
University of WashingtonFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2015 - 2017
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated HospitalsResidency, Surgery, 2010 - 2015
Wayne State University School of MedicineClass of 2010
University of MichiganBS, Cellular, Molecular, & Developmental Biology, 2001 - 2005

Certifications & Licensure

WA State Medical License 2015 - 2025
WI State Medical License 2012 - 2015
American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Making your geriatric and palliative programs a strength: TQIP guideline implementation and the VRC perspective.
Vanessa P. Ho, Sasha D. Adams, Kathleen M O'Connell, Christine S. Cocanour, Saman Arbabi, Elisabeth B Powelson, Zara Cooper, Deborah M. Stein> ;Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 2021 Jul 1
3 citations
Balloons up: shorter time to angioembolization is associated with reduced mortality in patients with shock and complex pelvic fractures (original study).
Kathleen M O'Connell, Sarah Kolnik, Khalida Arif, Qian Qiu, Sean T. Jones, Christopher R. Ingraham, Frederick P. Rivara, Monica S. Vavilala, Ronald V. Maier, Eileen M....> ;Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 2021 Jan 1
2 citations
Trail Blazers Without Blades: Surgeons as Palliative Care Physicians in Response to COVID-19.
Kathleen M O'Connell, Ronald V. Maier> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Apr 29
2 citations
Duration of Respiratory Failure After Trauma Is Not Associated With Increased Long-Term Mortality.
Mackenzie R. Cook, Kathleen M O'Connell, Qian Qiu, Andrew J. Riggle, Thomas Hugh Shoultz, Rebecca G. Maine, Saman Arbabi, Grant E. O'Keefe, Joseph Cuschieri, Ronald V....> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2018 Aug 1
20 citations
Decreased Risk of Delirium With Use of Regional Analgesia in Geriatric Trauma Patients With Multiple Rib Fractures.
Kathleen M O'Connell, D. Alex Quistberg, Robert A. Tessler, Bryce R.H. Robinson, Joseph Cuschieri, Ronald V. Maier, Frederick P. Rivara, Monica S. Vavilala, Paul I Bha...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2018 Sep 1
9 citations
Use of Firearms in Terrorist Attacks: Differences Between the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Robert A. Tessler, Stephen J. Mooney, Cordelie E. Witt, Kathleen M O'Connell, Jessica L. Jenness, Monica S. Vavilala, Frederick P. Rivara> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2017 Dec 1
34 citations
Palliative care in the trauma ICU.
Kathleen M O'Connell, Ronald V. Maier> ;Current Opinion in Critical Care. 2016 Dec 1
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Hospital Affiliations

UW Medicine/Harborview Medical CenterSeattle, Washington