Specialties
Brigitte Smith, MD, MHPE
Associate Professor
- Division of Vascular Surgery
- Vice Chair of Education
Education
- MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Internship, General Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics, Madison, WI
- Residency, Vascular Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics, Madison, WI
- Surgical Education Research Fellowship, The Association for Surgical Education
- MHPE, University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL
Clinical Specialties
Dr. Smith is certified by the Vascular Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery. She specializes in the treatment of complex venous disorders, including Nutcracker Syndrome, Pelvic Congestion Syndrome, and May-Thurner Syndrome.
Research Interests
Dr. Smith is a nationally recognized expert in surgical education. Her research seeks to examine the association between educational variables, including training programs, policies, and individual measures of competence, with patient care outcomes in unsupervised practice. Through this work, which has previously been funded by the National Board of Medical Examiners Stemmler Grant, she seeks to inform performance benchmarks for competency-based medical education systems.
Dr. Smith was awarded a $70,000 grant from the American Board of Medical Specialties to study formats used for oral board exams. Read more here.
Recent Publications
Graduating vascular surgery trainee proficiency in endovascular and open peripheral revascularization procedures.
Buchanan E, Sun T, Smith BK, Weaver ML
J Vasc Surg 2024 Oct 09;
[PubMed ID: 39384054]Reliability of a workplace-based assessment for the United States general surgical trainees’ intraoperative performance using multivariate generalizability theory: a psychometric study.
Sun T, Kim SY, Smith BK, Park YS
J Educ Eval Health Prof 2024; 21: 26
[PubMed ID: 39342968]Using patient satisfaction to assess trainee performance: Is perception reality?
Carter T, Weaver ML, Smith BK
Am J Surg 2024 Sep 11; 115949
[PubMed ID: 39294015]Co-Existing Vascular Surgery Integrated Residencies are Associated with Increased General Surgery Resident Proficiency and Autonomy in Vascular Cases.
Steinl GK, Sun T, Clouse WD, Smith BK, Weaver ML
Ann Vasc Surg 2024 Dec; 109: 256-265
[PubMed ID: 39067850]Trends in Operative Case Logs of Chief Residents in Surgery by Sex and Race: A 5-year National Study.
Zmijewski P, Park YS, Hogan S, Holmboe E, Klingensmith M, Cortez A, Lindeman B, Chen H, Smith B, Fazendin J
Ann Surg 2024 Sep 01; 280(3): 473-479
[PubMed ID: 38957982]