KathleenMaryO'BrienMDMPH, IFMCP

Carson Tahoe Emergency Physicians- Carson City, NV Inner Garden Health Functional Medicine LLC- Owner and Physician, Reno/Tahoe

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Dr. Kathleen O'Brien is a practicing Emergency Medicine physician in Carson City, NV and is affiliated with Carson Tahoe Health. In addition to Emergency Medicine, Dr O'Brien practices Functional Medicine, a field aimed at resolving chronic symptoms by evaluating and treating their root causes. She has completed multiple fellowships (Emergency Ultrasound and Global Health/Human Rights) from University of Arizona and Harvard, as well as her Masters of Public Health from TS Chan Harvard School of Public Health. Dr OBrien speaks multiple languages, including Spanish, and practiced medicine worldwide before setting roots in Reno/Tahoe. She has more than 30 publications and over 100 citings.

Institute for Functional MedicineIFMCP, Certified Practitioner, 2014 - 2018
Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, Clinical Effectiveness, 2013 - 2016
Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Global Health Leadership Fellow, 2013 - 2014
University of Arizona College of Medicine-TucsonFellowship, Ultrasound, 2012 - 2013
University of Arizona College of Medicine-TucsonResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2006 - 2009
University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolClass of 2006
Harvard University Division of Continuing EducationPost-Bacc, Pre-Medicine Program, 2000 - 2001
Boston UniversityB.S., Communication Disorders, Summa Cum Laude, 1997 - 2000

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2006
Academic Achievement Award American Medical Women's Association, 2006
Sargent College Professional Contribution Award Boston University, 2000
America East Tennis Championship NCAA Division 1 Women's Tennis-Boston University, 1998
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PubMed

11 citations
Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma Examination Reexamining the Importance of the Left Upper Quadrant View
Kathleen O'Brien, Lori A Stolz, Richard Amini, Austin Gross, Uwe Stolz
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2015-08-01
28 citations
Theme-based teaching of point-of-care ultrasound in undergraduate medical education
Richard Amini, Lori A Stolz, Austin Gross, Kathleen O'Brien, Ashish R. Panchal
Internal and Emergency Medicine. 2015-03-13
44 citations
A Review of Lawsuits Related to Point-of-Care Emergency Ultrasound Applications
Lori A Stolz, Kathleen O'Brien, Marc L. Miller, Nicole D. Winters-Brown, Michael Blaivas
The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015-01-01

Books/Book Chapters

"Avoiding Common Emergency Medicine Errors"
Chapter: Chronic Abdominal Pain and Suspicion for Child Abuse.
O'Brien, K; Mattu et al.New York2010

Abstracts/Posters

LUQ View and the FAST exam: Helpful or a Hindrance in the Adult Trauma Patient?
Kathleen O'Brien, AIUM Annual Conference, Las Vegas, 4/1/2014
Analysis of lawsuits involving emergency physician performed point-of-care ultrasound.
Kathleen O'Brien, Lori Stolz, Austin Gross, Srikar Adhikari, Michael Blavais, WINFOCUS World Congress, Hongkong, 11/1/2013
LUQ View and the FAST exam: Helpful or a Hindrance in the Adult Trauma Patient?
Kathleen O'Brien, WINFOCUS World Congress, Hongkong, 11/1/2013
Can emergency physicians accurately identify complex abnormalities on point-of-care echocardiogram?
Srikar Adhikari, Albert Fiorello, Lori Stolz, Richard Amini, Austin Gross, Kathleen O'Brien, Jarrod Mosier, Michael Blaivas, ACEP, 10/1/2013
Theme-based ultrasound education: A novel approach to teaching point-of-care ultrasound to medical students.
Richard Amini, Srikar Adhikari, Lori Stolz, Kathleen O'Brien, Austin Gross, Ashish Panchal, Brian Drummond, Kevin Reilly, Lisa Chan, Art Sanders, ACEP, 10/1/2013
Analysis of lawsuits involving emergency physician performed point-of-care ultrasound.
Lori Stolz, Kathleen O'Brien, Austin Gross, Srikar Adhikari, Michael Blavais, SAEM, 5/1/2013
"Case Study of Toxicology Findings of Border Crosser Deaths in Pima County"
Dermon J, Dyer B, O'Brien K, Keim S, National SAEM Conference, 1/1/2007
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Lectures

"Ultrasound in Undifferentiated Shock"
Mbarara, Uganda - 1/1/2014
"Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma"
Mbarara, Uganda - 1/1/2014
"Basic Cardiac Ultrasound"
Mbarara, Uganda - 1/1/2014
"Current MGH Ultrasound Projects in LMICs"
Las Vegas - 1/1/2014
"Ultrasound in Low Resource Settings"
1/1/2014
LUQ View and the FAST exam: Helpful or a Hindrance in the Adult Trauma Patient?
Hongkong - 11/1/2013
"Triage: The Importance of Identifying the Sick Patient"
Sagam Community Hospital - 1/1/2013
"Ultrasound and Trauma"
Hong Kong - 1/1/2013
"FAST exam and Trauma-A literature review"
UAHN North Campus - 1/1/2013
"Hypothermia"
Kathmandu, Nepal - 1/1/2010
"Frostbite"
Kathmandu, Nepal - 1/1/2010
"Water Treatment"
Kathmandu, Nepal - 1/1/2010
"Electrical Injuries"
1/1/2010
"Use of Ultrasound in Critically Ill Patients"
University of Arizona - 1/1/2009
"Morbidity and Mortality: Repeat head CT in Trauma"
University of Arizona - 1/1/2008
"Pediatric Procedural Sedation"
University of Arizona - 1/1/2008
"Alcohol Withdrawal"
University of Arizona - 1/1/2008
"Traumatic Brain Injury and Organ Donation"
University of Arizona - 1/1/2008
"Dental Trauma"
University of Arizona - 1/1/2007
"Hyponatremia"
University of Arizona - 1/1/2007
"Toxic Shock Syndrome"
University of Arizona - 1/1/2006
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