Catherine (Cassie) Ferguson, MD
Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Scholarly Concentration; Co-Director, Health Equity Scholars Program
Locations
- Children's Wisconsin, Emergency/Trauma
- 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53226
Education
Residency, Pediatrics, University of Colorado, 2007
MD, 91ɫƵ, 2004
Research Interests
Dr. Ferguson completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at UCLA, followed by medical school at the 91ɫƵ. She spent the next six years completing her pediatric and pediatric emergency medicine training at the University of Colorado in Denver, CO before returning to 91ɫƵ as a faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics in 2010.
Dr. Ferguson has served as the course director for the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Pathway at 91ɫƵ since 2012. She has a special research interest in improving the well-being of medical students, trainees, and practicing physicians by fostering an open dialogue about dealing with difficult emotions, building community, and destigmatizing mental health seeking among these groups.
Her work in quality improvement is focused on improving the effectiveness of pediatric emergency care by decreasing unnecessary laboratory and imaging studies in the ED, as well as improving the timeliness and effectiveness of emergency care of pediatric patients with chronic illnesses.
Publications
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(Kaljo K, Braun MT, Maddula R, Ferguson CC, Bonifacino E, Farkas A.) South Med J. 2023 Dec;116(12):942-949 PMID: 38051167 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85178656527 12/05/2023
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(Ellinas EH, Ark TK, Ferguson CC, Zhang B.) Front Psychol. 2023;14:1188187 PMID: 37519395 PMCID: PMC10381026 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85175115039 07/31/2023
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(Ferguson CC, Ark TK, Kalet AL.) Acad Med. 2022 Aug 01;97(8):1164-1169 PMID: 35476776 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135597440 04/28/2022
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(Polhemus S, Pickett ML, Liu XJ, Fraser R, Ferguson CC, Drendel AL.) Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Jul 01;38(7):307-311 PMID: 35353799 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85133214115 03/31/2022
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(Chinta SS, Gray MP, Kopetsky M, Baumer-Mouradian SH, Drendel AL, Roth E, Ferguson CC, Nimmer M, Boyd K, Brousseau DC.) Pediatric Quality and Safety. 18 July 2022;7(4) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85150253309 07/18/2022
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(Muntz MD, Franco J, Ferguson CC, Ark TK, Kalet A.) Acad Med. 2021 Dec 01;96(12):1655-1659 PMID: 35134026 PMCID: PMC8603435 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85106532045 02/09/2022
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(Ferguson CC, Ark TK.) Acad Med. 2021 Nov 01;96(11S):S175 PMID: 34705672 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121610222 10/28/2021
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(Morrison AK, Nimmer M, Ferguson CC.) Acad Pediatr. 2021 Jul;21(5):868-876 PMID: 33221494 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85097795900 11/23/2020
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(Nguyen P, Ferguson CC.) Acad Emerg Med. 2021 Feb;28(2):272-273 PMID: 32416619 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085615435 05/18/2020
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(Baumer-Mouradian SH, Gray MP, Wolfgram PM, Kopetsky M, Chang F, Brousseau DC, Frenkel MM, Ferguson CC.) Pediatrics. 2019 Oct;144(4) PMID: 31515299 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072848463 09/14/2019
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(Ferguson CC.) BMJ Qual Saf. 2019 Oct;28(10):843-845 PMID: 31175263 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85067125550 06/09/2019
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(Kuehnel NA, Morrison AK, Ferguson CC.) BMJ Open Qual. 2019;8(3):e000504 PMID: 31799442 PMCID: PMC6863655 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85084890784 12/05/2019