Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Specialties

Ann P O'Rourke, MD, MPH, FACS

Associate Professor

  • Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery
  • Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program

orourke@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 262-6246

600 Highland Ave
MC 3236
Madison , WI 53792-3284

Education

  • MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
  • MPH, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
  • Residency in Surgery, University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Madison, WI
  • Fellowship, Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Tennessee-Memphis, Memphis, TN

Honors

Madison Magazine Top Docs 2016 Award Trauma

Clinical Specialties

Dr. O’Rourke is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Surgical Critical Care. Dr. O’Rourke practices in the trauma and burn programs and in the acute care surgery program.

Dr. O'Rourke provides a wide range of services including Appendectomy, Burn Surgery, Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder Removal), Excision of Lipoma, Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair, Muscle Biopsy, Open Groin Hernia Repair, Sebaceous Cyst Removal.

Recent Publications

  • Safely Debriefing Unexpected Simulation Death: How We Did It.
    L'Huillier JC, Ulrich SM, Jung SA, O'Rourke AP, Liepert AE
    J Surg Educ 2025 Nov 04; 83(1): 103760
    [PubMed ID: 41192077]

  • Should we be scoring pain differently for rib fractures? A comparison of two scoring systems.
    Lauer KV, O'Rourke AP, Austin-Nash KE, Zarzaur BL, Werner NL
    Injury 2025 Jul 28; 112625
    [PubMed ID: 40750533]

  • Corrigendum to "Cultivating rural surgeons: an analysis of the current rural surgery graduate medical education landscape and a roadmap to program creation." J Surg Educ. 2025; 82(4):103446.
    Abid M, Rodefeld L, Adhikari M, Jarman B, McDougal L, O'Rourke AP, Amiri F, Wehner PS, Hawes EM
    J Surg Educ 2025 May; 82(5): 103503
    [PubMed ID: 40113552]

  • Cultivating Rural Surgeons: An Analysis of the Current Rural Surgery Graduate Medical Education Landscape and a Roadmap to Program Creation.
    Abid M, Rodefeld L, Adhikari M, Jarman B, McDougal L, O'Rourke AP, Amiri F, Hawes EM
    J Surg Educ 2025 Apr; 82(4): 103446
    [PubMed ID: 39956080]

  • How well do faculty do in providing general surgery EPA feedback?
    Layne D, Jung S, Varley P, O'Rourke A, Minter R
    Am J Surg 2024 Oct; 236: 115902
    [PubMed ID: 39242235]

All Publications on PubMed