KAITL IN DOUGH E R TY

803 W. 48 t h St. Apt. 203 | Kansas City, MO 64112 | 602.717.8715 | kdougherty@kumc.edu

E DUCAT IO N
University of Kansas Medical Center Emergency Medicine 2018 — 2021
Residency
Creighton University School of Medicine —
Creighton University —
Bachelors of Science; Biology and Philosophy
Graduated with Honors
Completed the Creighton Honors Program
University of Limerick- Co. Limerick, Ireland Fall 2012
PUB L ICAT IO NS
Dougherty, Kaitlin A; Dilisio, Matthew F; Agrawal, Devendra K. “Vitamin D and the immunomodulation of rotator
cuff injury” 2016. J Inflamm Res. doi: 10.2147/JIR.S106206

Thankram FG, Dilisio MF, Dougherty KA, Dietz NE, Agrawal DK. “Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells
and 5'adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase in the inflammatory response: a potential therapeutic target.”
2016. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. DOI: 10.1080/1744666X.2016.1196138

Dougherty, Kaitlin; Saxena, Shailendra. “Mycosis Fungoides” 2016. Consultant. Vol. 56 No. 11

Le, Duc; Dougherty, Kaitlin; Saxena, Shailendra. “Midline Neck Mass.” 2016. The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine.
September 2016 issue.

Rosen, GP; Beebe, KL; Shaibi, GQ. “Vitamin D levels differ by cancer diagnosis and decline over time in survivors of
childhood cancer.” Pediatric Blood and Cancer. September 28, 2012

CO NFE RE NCE PRE S E NT AT IO NS

Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Conference: presentation on "Burnout in Resident Physicians: Correlation with
Mistreatment and Workplace Violence" (2019)

Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum: presenting poster for “Vitamin D and the immunomodulation of rotator
cuff injury” (2017)

Global Health Conference: presenting poster for “Vitamin D and the immunomodulation of rotator cuff injury” (2016)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Immunology Research 2014-2016
-Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Devendra Agrawal, PhD, Chair of Department of Clinical & Translational Science
-Published two papers concerning vitamin D and immunomodulation of rotator cuff healing
-Research goals were to look at improving healing time and quality in patients with rotator cuff tears

Biological Psychology Research 2013-2014

-Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Dustin Stairs, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Psychology
-Published one paper titled: “The effects of environmental enrichment on nicotine condition place preference
in male rats.”
-Animal research that looked at nicotine and amphetamine drug addiction. Our goal was behavior
modification and environmental modulation to alter addiction patterns.
-My duties included caring for and performing the various trials including giving injections, hooking the rats
up to the infusion machine and tracking data.

Research Assistant: Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ

 -Faculty Supervisor: Robert Bulloch, MD, Emergency Medicine Division Chief
-Screened patients for admission into the study, consented the patients in the emergency room, performed
trial on patients within the emergency room and gathered data
-Goal of study: determine a valid and easy-to-understand pain scale for use in the pediatric population

Research assistant for the summer of 2011- Phoenix Children’s Hospital

-Faculty Supervisor: Ryan Bode, MD, Hospitalist
-Formulated a spreadsheet to organize data, gathered information off of patient charts and assisted in the
data analysis, made cold calls to hospitals to gather information for hospitalist database
-Goal of study: to find correlations between vitamin D and pediatric cancer diagnosis and treatment.

VO L UNT EE R E XPE RIE NCE

Project CURA: India
-Gave check-ups and provided medication to children in underprivileged areas of India
-Learned about the different approach to health care in India by visiting many hospitals around the country
-Provided care to unwanted women in Calcutta through Mother Theresa House

Race for Cerebral Palsy of Nebraska

-Conceived, structured, and lead the first annual race for cerebral palsy in Omaha, NE.
-Organized leadership positions for the various tasks necessary for the race, collected sponsors and
funding, organized runners and planned entire day.

Magis Clinic: Sienna Francis House, Omaha

- Weekly clinic put on by students that provided basic health care for homeless and underserved populations
within Omaha
- Volunteered 1-2 times per semester

Adaptive Sports Rugby

- Helping handicapped people set up and play wheelchair rugby. Transferred people between chairs, helped
move equipment, and set up for practices

Phoenix Children’s Hospital

-Wrapped donated gifts for families with children in the hospital during Christmas

Feed My Starving Children

-Packaged food to send to places in need such as Africa, South America and Southeast Asia.

O RG ANIZ AT IO NS AND CO MMIT T E ES

Residents as Teachers (2019)
Ethics Committee at University of Kansas Health System (2019-2020)
ACEP (2018-2020)
EMRA (2018-2020)

L E ADE RSH IP PO S IT IO NS
Founder of Race for Cerebral Palsy through Creighton SOM
-Communicated with United Cerebral Palsy, compiled team members, aided in fundraising and organized race
-Moderated team meetings, spearheaded all communications, managed team timelines and proceedings

Teacher’s assistant for Biology department

-Taught biology labs to freshmen as well as monitored experiments
-Wrote and graded weekly quizzes for the students as well as graded research papers.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE
NCAA Division 1 Women’s Rowing Team 2010-2014
-Rowed in West Coast Division 1 Championships all four years
Clinical Reasoning Club 2014-2016
 -Placed second in the first regional competition for diagnosis at Creighton University
Honors program interviewer 2017

AB O UT ME
Creighton Honors Program
Triathlon and obstacle course enthusiast
Studied abroad in Limerick, Ireland
DIY fanatic: I make my own blankets, pillows and quilts