Kristin Chrouser, MD, MPH
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Dr. Kris Chrouser is a graduate of Princeton University (BA) and attended Mayo Medical School (MD) followed by urological training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Subsequently she was a fellow in International Urology and Reconstruction with IVUmed. She received a masters in public health (MPH) from John’s Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She joined the University of Michigan in 2018 and her current clinical focus is on urological reconstruction in veterans.
Her research strives to understand how surgical ergonomics affects performance and how surgeon stress responses impact their team's intraoperative communication and dynamics. Her long-term goal is to design interventions to improve the quality of surgical care provided as well as prevent provider burnout/attrition from chronic stress. She is also working on several projects with the VA Patient Safety Enhancement Program (PSEP) to better understand how inpatient urinary retention is managed, with the long-term goal of reducing unnecessary catheterization and preventing urethral injury.
Center Memberships
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Center MemberInstitute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
Research Overview
Intraoperative surgeon stress and teamwork
Surgical ergonomics
Surgeon well-being
Recent Publications
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Meddings J, Chrouser K, Fowler KE, Ameling J, Engle JM, Saint S, Bernstein SJ. JAMA Netw Open, 2026 Jan 2; 9 (1): e2556135Journal ArticleAnn Arbor Guide to Triaging Adults With Suspected Urinary Tract Infection for In-Person and Telehealth Settings.
DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.56135 PMID: 41609831 -
Christiansen HJ, Sandal LF, Mogensen O, Norasi H, Chrouser K, Hallbeck MS, Jensen PT, Dalager T. Trials, 2025 Dec 1; 26 (1):Journal ArticlePrevention and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal pain among abdominal and pelvic surgeons with intelligent physical exercise training (IPET) and intraoperative ergonomic recommendations (ERGO): study protocol for a multicenter open-label randomized controlled trial in Denmark and North America (USA)
DOI:10.1186/s13063-025-09178-x PMID: 41388556 -
Li Y, Skurnak K, Branaghan R, Chrouser K, Nadri C, Hallbeck MS, Wooldridge AR. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2025 Oct 11; 69 (1): 473 - 475.Journal ArticleSo You Want to Do Research in the Operating Room? Insights from Experienced and New Professionals
DOI:10.1177/10711813251369387 -
Steadman S, Seibel C, Hallbeck MS, Norasi H, Zhang A, Chrouser K. The American Journal of Surgery, 2025 Jul 7; 116508 - 116508.Journal ArticleThe Impact of Work-Related Pain on Surgical Team Members’ Burnout and Personal and Professional Performance
DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2025.116508 -
Gabrielson AT, Chrouser K, Hallbeck MS, Cohen T, Corwin C. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2025 Mar 1; 67 (3): e158 - e165.Journal ArticleGaps in Workplace Injury Reporting Among Physicians to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
DOI:10.1097/JOM.0000000000003295 PMID: 39639519 -
Chrouser K, Ameling J, Meddings J. Urology, 2025 Feb 1; 196: 345Journal ArticleReply to Letter to the Editor on “Use of Catheterization Algorithms to Manage Acute Urinary Retention: What is the Evidence?”
DOI:10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.022 PMID: 39571619 -
Bucala M, Vyas J, Ameling J, Jordan K, Lukela J, Chrouser K. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy, 2024 Nov 25;Journal ArticleA narrative review, qualitative analysis and development of a conceptual model of workplace stress factors among non-clinical healthcare staff
DOI:10.21037/jhmhp-24- -
Tetteh E, Wang T, Kim JY, Smith T, Norasi H, Van Straaten MG, Lal G, Chrouser KL, Shao JM, Hallbeck MS. Am J Surg, 2024 Sep; 235: 115551Journal ArticleOptimizing ergonomics during open, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted surgery: A review of surgical ergonomics literature and development of educational illustrations.
DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.11.005 PMID: 37981518
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