Medical School:

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Internship:

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Residency:

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (General Surgery)

Fellowship:

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Vascular Surgery)

Certification:

• American Board of Surgery
• Added Qualifications in General Vascular Surgery

Societies, Organizations, and Honors:

• Fellow, American College of Surgery
• Association for Academic Surgery
• American Medical Association
• Iowa Medical Society
• Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society
• Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
• American Association for Vascular Surgery
• Society for Vascular Surgery
• Alpha Omega Alpha

Research Interests:

• Carotid artery disease
• Stroke care
• Quality improvement in medicine
• Performance measures for medical and surgical care
• Outcomes of medical and surgical treatment

Selected Recent Publications:
Peer-reviewed papers:

• J Biller, W M Feinberg, J E Castaldo, A D Whittemore, R E Harbaugh, R J Dempsey, L R Caplan, T F Kresowik, D B Matchar, J F Toole, J D Easton, H P Adams Jr, L M Brass, R W Hobson II, T G Brott, and L Sternau: Guidelines for carotid endarterectomy: A statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association. Circulation 97:501-509, 1998.
• T A Marciniak, E F Ellerbeck, M J Radford, T F Kresowik, J A Gold, H M Krumholz, C I Kiefe, R M Allman, R A Vogel, and S F Jencks: Improving the quality of care for Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction. JAMA 279:1351-1357, 1998.
• B Wellman, C Loftus, T Kresowik, M Todd, and M A Granner: The differences in electroencephalographic changes in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomies while under local versus general anesthesia. Neurosurg 43:769-773, 1998.
• A B Rosen, J O Humphries, L H Mulbaier, C I Kiefe, T F Kresowik, E D Peterson: Effect of clinical factors on length of stay after coronary artery bypass surgery: Results of the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. Am Heart J 138(1 Pt 1): 69-77, 1999.
• T F Kresowik, R A Hemann, S L Grund, M E Hendel, M Brenton, R T Wiblin, H P Adams, and E F Ellerbeck. Improving the outcomes of carotid endarterectomy: Results of a statewide quality improvement project. J Vasc Surg 31:918-26, 2000.
• E F Ellerbeck, T F Kresowik, R A Hemann, P Mason, R T Wiblin and T A Marciniak. Impact of quality improvement activities on care for acute myocardial infarction. Int J Qual Health Care 12:305-310, 2000.
• T F Kresowik, D W Bratzler, H R Karp, R A Hemann, M E Hendel, S L Grund, M Brenton, E F Ellerbeck, D S Nilasena. Multistate Utilization, Processes and Outcomes of Carotid Endarterectomy. J Vasc Surg, 33:227-35, 2001.

Books:

• C M Loftus and T F Kresowik (eds): Carotid Artery Surgery, Thieme, New York, NY, 2000.

Chapters:

• C M Loftus and T F Kresowik: Anatomic basis and technique of carotid endarterectomy, chapter in C M Loftus and T F Kresowik (eds): Carotid Artery Surgery, Thieme, New York, 2000, pp. 345-356.
• T F Kresowik: Intraoperative completion ultrasonography, chapter in C M Loftus and T F Kresowik (eds): Carotid Artery Surgery, Thieme, New York, 2000, pp. 345-356.
• D W Bratzler and T F Kresowik: Outcome analysis of carotid surgery, chapter in C M Loftus and T F Kresowik (eds): Carotid Artery Surgery, Thieme, New York, 2000, pp. 549-559.
• L R Nowak and T F Kresowik, Complications of upper and lower extremity percutaneous arterial puncture and catheterization, chapter in C Ernst and J Stanley (eds): Current Therapy in Vascular Surgery Ed. 4, St. Louis, Mosby, 2000, pp.610-614.
• T F Kresowik and J D Corson. Diseases of the renal arteries. In J D Corson and R N Williamson (eds) Surgery, Harcourt/Mosby, London, 2001, Section 4:15.1 - 15.6.