CarlosErnestoFigueroa CastroMDMS, FACP
Infectious Disease • West Bend, WIHIV/AIDS Medicine, Healthcare Associated Infections
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin
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Office
3200 Pleasant Valley Rd
West Bend, WI 53095Phone+1 262-836-7300Fax+1 262-836-7301
Summary
- I am a board-certified infectious disease physician located in Southeastern Wisconsin. My interests include clinical infectious diseases, infection prevention, and biomedical informatics.
Education & Training
Oregon Health and Science UniversityMBI, Biomedical informatics, 2018- Oregon Health and Science UniversityGraduate Certificate, Biomedical informatics, 2014 - 2016
University of MissouriGraduate Certificate, 2010 - 2012
Creighton University School of Medicine (Omaha)Fellowship, Infectious Disease, 2006 - 2008
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated HospitalsResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006- El Bosque UniversityClass of 1998, MD
Certifications & Licensure
WI State Medical License 2005 - 2025
MO State Medical License 2008 - 2015- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2012
Clinical Trials
- The "START" (a Streamlined ART Initiation Strategy) Study Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 01
- Evaluating the Use of Pitavastatin to Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in HIV-Infected Adults Start of enrollment: 2015 Mar 26
- Understanding the Long-term Impact of COVID-19 in Adults (RECOVER) Start of enrollment: 2021 Oct 29
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 6 citationsPreoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection increases risk of early postoperative cardiovascular complications following noncardiac surgery.Gopika SenthilKumar, Nathaniel B Verhagen, Salma A Sheriff, Xin Yang, Carlos E Figueroa Castro
American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2023-06-01 - 4 citationsSeverity of Prior Coronavirus Disease 2019 is Associated With Postoperative Outcomes After Major Inpatient Surgery.Nathaniel B Verhagen, Gopika SenthilKumar, Taylor Jaraczewski, Nicolas K Koerber, Jennifer R Merrill
Annals of Surgery. 2023-11-01 - 27 citationsElizabethkingia anophelis: Clinical Experience of an Academic Health System in Southeastern Wisconsin.Carlos E. Figueroa Castro, Carrie Johnson, Mary L. Williams, April Vanderslik, Mary Beth Graham
Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2016-12-01
Professional Memberships
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- Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of AmericaMember
Other Languages
- Spanish
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