Taryn McFadden Bragg, M.D., M.S. OFFICE ADDRESS: Department of Neurological Surgery University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health K4/826 Clinical Science Center 600 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53792-8660 OFFICE PHONE/FAX/Email: Phone: (608) 263-9585 Fax: (608) 263-1728 Email: t.bragg@neurosurgery.wisc.edu EDUCATION: University of Chicago Bachelor of Arts Chemistry, Honors, 1996 Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine, Magna Cum Laude, 2002 Loyola University Medical Center General Surgery Internship, 2002-2003 Loyola University Medical Center Neurological Surgery Residency 2003-2009 Loyola University Chicago Masters in Clinical Research Methods, 2006 University of Utah Primary Children s Medical Center Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow July 2009-2010 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: Assistant Professor (CHS) Department of Neurological Surgery University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health July 2010 present
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: 2010-2011 Consultant, Gundersen Lutheran Clinic, LaCrosse, Wisconsin 2010-present Staff surgeon, Meriter Hospital 2010-present Staff surgeon, St. Mary s Hospital 2010-present Consulting Physician, Central Wisconsin Center, Madison, Wisconsin 2010-present Staff surgeon, Central Wisconsin Center, Madison, Wisconsin 2010-present Attending Neurosurgeon, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics and American Family Children s Hospital 2011-present Consulting Staff, Veteran s Administration Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin 2011-present Consulting Staff, Affinity Health System, Appleton, WI CERTIFICATION: USMLE, Step I Exam, 2000 USMLE, Step II Exam, 2002 USMLE, Step III Exam, 2006 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITY AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE: Pediatric Surgeons Staff Committee - 2011-present UW Ethics Committee Member 2011-present UW Pediatric Trauma Management Committee 2011-present UW Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Team/Subcommittee 2011-present Department of Neurosurgery, Functional Neurosurgery Planning Committee 2011- present PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: American Medical Association 1998 to present Alpha Omega Alpha Lifetime Member 2002 to present American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2002 to present AWARDS, HONORS, AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Undergraduate: Honors in the College, University of Chicago, 1996 Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Scholar, 1995-96 2
George M. Pullman Scholar, 1992-96 Heritage Olympia Bank Scholar, 1992-93 Frances Bundick Scholar, University of Chicago, 1994-95 Graduate: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2002 Magna Cum Laude, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, 2002 Louise Eisenhardt Resident Travel Scholarship Award, Women in Neurosurgery, 2007 Effects of IGF-1 and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation on the Recovery of Rats Following Spinal Cord Injury Presented at the AANS Meeting, Washington, DC, April 16, 2007 CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS: Anspach Skull Base Surgery Course Participant Palm Beach, FL - 2005 AO ASIF Principles and Treatment of Spinal Disorders for Residents/Fellow Participant - Boston, MA - 2005 AANS Annual Meeting Spine & Peripheral Nerve Oral Presentation: Effects of IGF-1 and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation on the Recovery of Rats Following Spinal Cord Injury Washington, DC - 2007 International Meeting on Advanced Spinal Techniques (IMAST) Electronic Poster: Effects of IGF-1 and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation on the Recovery of Rats Following Spinal Cord Injury Participant Bahamas 2007 Northwestern Skull Base Course Participant - Evanston, IL - 2007 34 th Annual Richard Lende Winter Neurosurgery Conference Oral Presentation: Educational Opportunities for Advanced Degrees During Neurosurgery Residency Snowbird, UT 2008 AANS Pediatric Section Meeting Oral Presentation: Atlantal hemi-rings and craniocervical instability: identification, clinical characteristics and management Boston, MA 2009 Pediatric Spine: Anatomy, Anomalies, and Accidents, University of Wisconsin, Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds, September 22, 2010. 3
AANS Pediatric Section Meeting Participant - Cleveland, OH December 1-4 2010 ASPN 34 th Annual Meeting Participant Lana i City, HI January 30-February 4, 2011 Implantation of subfascial tissue expanders in pediatric baclofen pump patients reduces complications: skin necrosis and wound dehiscence, ASPN 34 th Annual Meeting, Lana i City, HI, January 30-February 4, 2011 Congress of Neurological Surgeons University of Neurosurgery Webinar Series, Pediatric Neurosurgery Board Review, April 2011. SNS Annual Meeting Participant Portland, OR - May 21-24, 2011 UW Health Nurse Education Lecture - Hydrocephalus/Spina Bifida, UW Hospital and Clinics, June 2011. 2011 Annual Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Meeting, Participant, Las Vegas, NV, October 2011 2011 AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery Meeting, Austin, TX, November-December 2011 Guest Speaker, Hydrocephalus Association Annual Walk, Milwaukee, WI, October 2012 Advances in Understanding and Managing Childhood Movement Disorders, Advances in Pediatrics Conference, Neenah, WI, May 2012 Medical and Therapeutic Management of Abnormal Muscle Tone and Movement Conference, 2012 Annual OT/PT Regional Conference, Participant, Janesville, WI, March 2012 TEACHING ACTIVITIES: 1. Instructor for Patient, Doctor & Society Course, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, January 2011-2. Clerkship mentor for 3rd and 4th year medical students for neurosurgery, July 2010-3. Faculty, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Neuroscience Clerkship Course, Topic: ICP & Hydrocephalus 4. OSCE Examiner, UW Medical Students, 2011 5. Mentor, Matt Mahoney, UW Undergraduate Student, April-May 2011 6. Mentor, Feda Makkiyah, AANS/CNS International Traveling Fellow, December 2011-February 2012 4
RESEARCH & PAPERS: 1. Research Assistant/Editor, University of Chicago, Department of Pathology, 1993-98 Robert W. Wissler, M.D., Ph.D., Program Director The Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth (PDAY) Research: Variations in fibronectin deposition in the basement cell membrane of arterial tissues in diabetic prone versus non-diabetic prone individuals, based on the level of glycohemoglobin present in post-mortem serum. 2. Effects of IGF-1 and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation on the Recovery of Rats Following Spinal Cord Injury (paper pending publication) Taryn McFadden Bragg, MD, Russ P Nockels, MD, Robert W. Wurster, PhD 3. Risk Prediction Model: Development of Wound Infections Following Spine Surgery Master s Thesis. Taryn McFadden Bragg, MD, TC Origitano, MD 4. Bragg TM, Scianna J, Kassam A, et al. Clinicopathological Review: Esthesioneuroblastoma. Neurosurgery 64(4):764-770, 2009. 5. Bragg TM, Duckworth EAM. Contralateral far lateral approach for clipping of a ruptured vertebral artery-posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm. Neurosurg Focus 25(6):E9, 2008. 6. Bragg TM, Brockmeyer D. Atlantal hemi-rings and craniocervical instability: identification, clinical characteristics and management. J. Neurosurg Pediatr 8(4): 357-62, 2011. 7. Rocque B, Henry J, Bragg T, Iskandar B. Continuous Irrigation for Neuroendoscopy: A Modification of the Biomedicus Centifugal Pump. AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery Annual Meeting, Nov/Dec 2011. 8. Lake W, Hsu D, Bragg T, Iskandar B. CSF Pulsations in Shunt Systems: Implications for Overdrainage and New Valve Design. AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery Annual Meeting, Nov/Dec 2011. 5