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Karin R. Swartz, MD, FAAN

Assistant Dean, Professor

Location

  • Tosa Health Center
  • 1155 North Mayfair Road
  • Wauwatosa, WI 53226

Specialties

  • Neurosurgery

SpineCare

Spine care often involves consideration of multiple treatment options, and surgery is a very important one. I am passionate about educating and involving patients on their journey.

Overview

Diseases and Conditions

  • Back Pain
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Cervical, Lumbar and Thoracic Spine
  • Disc Herniations
  • Neck Pain
  • Spinal Degenerative Disease
  • Spinal Stenosis and Instability
  • Spinal Tumors, Fractures, and Infections
  • Brachial Plexopathy
  • Cervical Myelopathy
  • Ulnar Nerve

Treatments and Services

  • Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation
  • Spine Surgery
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Virtual Visit

Patients Ages Seen

  • Adult
  • Senior

Languages

  • English
  • French

Hospital Affiliations

  • Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee
  • Zablocki VA Medical Center – Milwaukee

Board Certifications

  • Neurological Surgery

Clinic Locations

map of clinics' locations

Biography

Dr. Swartz is a board-certified neurosurgeon with fellowship specialty training in spinal surgery.  She completed her residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003, her fellowship at the Institute for Spinal Disorders at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles in 2004, and was in practice at the University of Kentucky Medical Center before joining MCW in 2015.  She has been involved in spinal cord injury research. She has won multiple teaching awards, and is involved in several national organizations, including the American Association of Neurological Surgery (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgery (CNS), and the North American Spine Society (NASS).

Education and Training

Doctor of Medicine - Loyola University - Chicago, IL (1996)
Internship & Residency in Neurosurgery - University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI (1996-2003)
Fellowship in Spinal Surgery & Spinal Disorders - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Los Angeles, CA (2003-2004)

Publications

  • (Sharma AM, Tenny S, Yang GL, Cheng J, Ratliff JK, Steinmetz MP, Krishnamurthy S, Adogwa O, Swartz K.) J Neurosurg. 2024 Mar 01;140(3):839-848 PMID: 37657112 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179057789 09/01/2023

  • (Pugazenthi S, Fabiano AS, Barpujari A, Vessell M, Reddy V, Adogwa O, Swartz KR.) World Neurosurg. 2024 Feb;182:e308-e318 PMID: 38008166 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85180794242 11/27/2023

  • (Rosas Almanza J, Stehlik KE, Page JJ, Xiong SH, Tabor EG, Aperi B, Patel K, Kodali R, Kurpad S, Budde MD, Tarima S, Swartz K, Kroner A.) J Neurosci Res. 2022 Dec;100(12):2213-2231 PMID: 36089917 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85137752150 09/13/2022

  • (Caruso JP, Singh R, Mazzola C, Eldridge CM, Chilakapati S, Deme P, Swartz K, Schirmer CM, Huntoon K, Cheng J, Steinmetz M, Adogwa O.) World Neurosurg. 2022 Jul;163:e177-e186 PMID: 35436580 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85129698602 04/19/2022

  • (Caruso JP, Swartz K, Mazzola C, Ban VS, Singh R, Eldridge C, Schirmer C, Cheng J, Bauer AM, Steinmetz M, Adogwa O.) World Neurosurg. 2021 Sep;153:e1-e10 PMID: 33964499 PMCID: PMC9760261 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85113195317 05/09/2021

  • (Khan M, Harper J, Hunsaker JC, Kraus KL, Adogwa O, Mukherjee D, Kang A, Swartz K, Origitano TC, Guan J, Karsy M.) Neurosurgery. 2021 Feb 16;88(3):E285-E287 PMID: 33370811 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102152889 12/29/2020

  • (Pelargos PE, Chakraborty AR, Adogwa O, Swartz K, Zhao YD, Smith ZA, Dunn IF, Bauer AM.) World Neurosurg. 2021 Feb;146:e91-e99 PMID: 33065352 PMCID: PMC7550862 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85096838912 10/17/2020

  • (Huntoon K, Stacy J, Cioffi S, Swartz K, Mazzola C, Profitt C, Adogwa O.) Neurosurgery. 2020 Nov 16;87(6):1085-1090 PMID: 33094340 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85097340203 10/24/2020

  • (Attenello FJ, Buchanan IA, Wen T, Donoho DA, McCartney S, Cen SY, Khalessi AA, Cohen-Gadol AA, Cheng JS, Mack WJ, Schirmer CM, Swartz KR, Prall JA, Stroink AR, Giannotta SL, Klimo P.) J Neurosurg. 2018 Nov 01;129(5):1349-1363 PMID: 29424650 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049338790 02/10/2018

  • (Swartz KR, Cheng JS.) Neurosurgery. 2017 Apr 01;80(4S):S28-S33 PMID: 28375491 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85034055816 04/05/2017

  • (Chan AY, Mullin JP, Bennett E, Swartz K, Benzel EC.) Essentials of Spinal Stabilization. 1 January 2017:441-451 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85042691477 01/01/2017

  • (Akshay M. Sharma MD, Steven Tenny MD, MPH, MBA, George L. Yang MD, Joseph Cheng MD, MS, John K. Ratliff MD, Michael P. Steinmetz MD, Satish Krishnamurthy MD, MCh, Owoicho Adogwa MD, MPH, and Karin Swartz MD.) Journal of Neurosurgery. https://doi.org/10.3171/2023.7.JNS231117 09/01/2023

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