ErikaKettelerMDMA RPVI FACS

Deputy Chief of Staff / Vascular Surgery Cincinnati VAMC Cincinnati, Ohio

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Office
3200 Vine St
Cincinnati, OH 45220
Phone+1 513-861-3100

Fax+1 505-256-2811

Dr. Erika Ketteler is the Deputy Chief of Staff and a Vascular Surgeon at the Cincinnati VAMC. She received her MD from University of Nebraska College of Medicine and has been in practice 18 years. She is experienced in critical limb arterial ischemia, venous disease, dialysis / vascular access placement, carotid artery interventions, AAA endovascular aortic repair, and vascular lab testing.

University of ChicagoFellowship, Vascular Surgery - Independent, 2004 - 2006
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated HospitalsFellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2003 - 2004
Medical College of WisconsinMA, Bioethics, 1999 - 2003
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated HospitalsResidency, Surgery, 1996 - 2003
University of Nebraska College of MedicineClass of 1996
Eureka CollegeBS, Chemistry & Biology, Summa Cum Laude; Reagan Scholar, 1988 - 1992

PubMed

Surgeon and medical student response to patient death.
Brianne Wiemann, Erika Ketteler, Bridget Fahy
Annals of Palliative Medicine. 2023-01-01
40 citations
The Society for Vascular Surgery clinical practice guidelines on popliteal artery aneurysms.
Alik Farber, Niren Angle, Efthymios D. Avgerinos, Luc Dubois, Mohammad H. Eslami
Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2021-05-20
2 citations
Beyond the Technical: Determining Real Indications for Vascular Access and Hemodialysis Initiation in End-Stage Renal Disease.
Erika R. Ketteler
The Surgical Clinics of North America. 2019-07-23

Journal Articles

Embracing the Palliative Care Aspects of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): The Vascular Surgeon's Perspective
Ketteler ER and Maxfield KO, Progress in Palliative Care, 2009

Books/Book Chapters

Operative Techniques in Surgery
Chapter: Perimalleolar Bypass and Hybrid Techniques
Osofsky R and Ketteler ERWolters Kluwer PublishingEdition 2nd,2023
Palliative Skills for Frontline Clinicians
Chapter: Nonoperative Approach to Caring for the Ischemic Limb
Page 159 - 163Danczyk, R; Ketteler, EEditors: Aberger, K; Wang, D..Springer2020
Surgery
Chapter: Atherosclerotic Arterial Disease
Ketteler ER and Goff JMEditors: J. Corson and R. Williamson.2016

Lectures

Opioid use in Vascular Surgery
New Mexico Vascular Surgery Symposium, Albuquerque NM - 1/17/2020
Embracing the Palliative Aspects of Peripheral Vascular Disease Management: A Vascular Surgeon's Perspective
New Mexico Vascular Surgery Symposium, Albuquerque NM - 2018

Other

Palliative Care & Hospice in Surgery [SCORE module update from 2010 Ketteler/Marr]
Cali SR and Ketteler ER, www.surgicalcore.org/index.html
2018
End-of-Life Decision-making and the Role of the Surgeon: Using "Blanket Assent" for the Informed Consent Conversation
Ketteler ER, Masters of Bioethics Thesis
Medical College of Wisconsin - 2004
Doctor-Patient Communication: Re-defining the Role of the Physician
Ketteler ER, Honors Dissertation (BA/BS)
Eureka College, Eureka Illinois - 1992

Consultant for Qualifying Exam, American Board of Surgery 2018 - Present
VA Vascular Surgeons Committee--Advocacy Chair, Society of Vascular Surgery 2018 - Present
Committee on Surgical Palliative Care, American College of Surgeons 2014 - Present

Co-InvestigatorStudy of the Operative Autonomy in General Surgery Residents using SIMPL (Multi-institutional study; funding: American Board of Surgery)2015 - Present