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

Specialties

Rebecca A. Busch, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor

• Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery

busch@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 265-9574

600 Highland Ave
MC 3236
Madison, WI 53792

Education

  • BA, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
  • Residency, University of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics, Madison WI
  • NIH T32 Postdoctoral Surgical Oncology Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
  • Nestlé Nutrition Institute Clinical Nutrition Fellowship Program for Physicians

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Busch is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Surgical Critical Care, and is a recognized Physician Nutrition Specialist® by the National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists. Dr. Busch specializes in trauma, surgical critical care, surgical nutrition, and adult general surgery.

Dr. Busch provides a wide range of services including Appendectomy, Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder Removal), Excision of Lipoma, Open Groin Hernia Repair, Sebaceous Cyst Removal.

Research Interests

Dr. Busch’s current research interests focus on perioperative nutrition support, nutrition support in the critically ill, and identification of nutrition risk and intervention among trauma patients.

Recent Publications

  • Important Nutritional Concepts and Recommendations at the Level of Medical School Education.
    Benavides H, Busch R, Liston C, Mahmood Z, Openshaw S, Palchaudhuri S, Pandey A, Wood D, Rocha J
    Curr Nutr Rep 2025 Apr 09; 14(1): 59
    [PubMed ID: 40202556]

  • Nutrition support for patients with renal dysfunction in the intensive care unit: A narrative review.
    Otis JL, Parker NM, Busch RA
    Nutr Clin Pract 2025 Feb; 40(1): 35-53
    [PubMed ID: 39446967]

  • Who Places Feeding Tubes and in What Scenario?
    Shah A, Busch RA, Koepsel EK, Eisa M, Woods M, Palchaudhuri S
    Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2023 Aug; 25(8): 175-181
    [PubMed ID: 37452152]

  • The good, the bad, and the ugly: Operative staff perspectives of surgeon coping with intraoperative errors.
    D'Angelo AD, Kapur N, Kelley SR, Rivera M, Busch RA, Tevis SE, Hoedema RE, D'Angelo JD
    Surgery 2023 Aug; 174(2): 222-228
    [PubMed ID: 37188581]

  • Revealing hidden experiences: Gendered microaggressions and surgical faculty burnout.
    Lund S, D'Angelo JD, Jogerst K, Warner SG, Busch R, D'Angelo AD
    Surgery 2022 Sep; 172(3): 885-889
    [PubMed ID: 35643829]

All Publications on PubMed