果冻影院

果冻影院
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Wendy L. Peltier, MD

Professor

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Locations

  • Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Languages

  • English

Inpatient Only (Hospital Based)

Education

  • MD - Doctor of Medicine

Biography

Appointments

Professor, Neurology and Palliative Medicine

Specialties and Subspecialties

Palliative Care
Palliative Care in serious illness including lung cancer, brain injury and advanced heart failure

Dr. Peltier is a professor of medicine at the 果冻影院. She has extensive background in medical education, leadership and neuromuscular neurology. She brings these skills to palliative care in the areas of clinical pathways and teaching communication skills. Her research interests are in quality improvement and the development of models for 'upstream' palliative care in serious illness including lung cancer, brain injury and advanced heart failure.

Training

Internal Medicine Internship, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1991 - 1992

Neurology Residency, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, 1992 - 1995

Neuromuscular Fellowship, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, 1995-1996

Societies

American Academy of Neurology (AAN), 1992
American Medical Association, 1993
American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, 1994
Wisconsin State Medical Society, 1996
Medical Society of Milwaukee County, 1996
ALS Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, 2000
Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) -- Task Force on GME Core Competencies, 2000
Chair, AAN Neurology Program Consortium, 2001

Ongoing Palliative Medicine Clinical and Scholarship Projects

  • Embedded neurology-based outpatient palliative care clinic
  • Embedded Palliative care clinic for patients with advanced heart failure
  • Palliative Care Screening Assessment QI Project for the Neuro-ICU at Froedtert Hospital
  • Co-designer, Virtual Inpatient Hospice Program at Froedtert Hospital
  • Developer, business plan to develop an Inpatient Hospice Unit at Froedtert
  • Site investigator for a randomized controlled trial investigating effectiveness of standardized outpatient palliative care involvement for non-colorectal GI malignancies

Honors and Awards

Community Health Award, Rush Medical College, 1988
Resident Teaching Award, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, 1992
Community Recognition Award "40 under 40: Business Leaders for the New Millennium", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1997
Edward J. Lennon Endowed Clinical Teaching Award, 果冻影院, 1999

Research Interests

Mitochondrial Myopathy, Inflammatory Nerve and Muscle Disease, Medical Education

Publications

  • (Peltier WL, Gani F, Blissitt J, Walczak K, Opper K, Derse AR, Johnston FM.) J Palliat Med. 2017 Sep;20(9):998-1003 PMID: 28350476 PMCID: PMC6016723 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85033776451 03/30/2017

  • (Larrieux G, Wachi BI, Miura JT, Turaga KK, Christians KK, Gamblin TC, Peltier WL, Weissman DE, Nattinger AB, Johnston FM.) Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Dec;22 Suppl 3:S1181-6 PMID: 26282906 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84952870039 08/19/2015

  • (Baker SK, Vladutiu GD, Peltier WL, Isackson PJ, Tarnopolsky MA.) Can J Neurol Sci. 2008 Mar;35(1):94-7 PMID: 18380285 04/03/2008

  • (Vladutiu GD, Simmons Z, Isackson PJ, Tarnopolsky M, Peltier WL, Barboi AC, Sripathi N, Wortmann RL, Phillips PS.) Muscle Nerve. 2006 Aug;34(2):153-62 PMID: 16671104 05/04/2006

  • (Zaidi A, Kampalath B, Peltier WL, Vesole DH.) Leuk Lymphoma. 2004 Apr;45(4):777-80 PMID: 15160955 05/27/2004

  • (Peltier WL.) Neurologist. 2004 Mar;10(2):97-101 PMID: 14998439 03/05/2004

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