Kate Buhrke

Osteopathic physician with three years of general surgery background and focused experience delivering skilled wound care in SNF and LTAC settings. Expertise includes complex wound assessment, bedside debridement, and longitudinal management of chronic, post-operative, and pressure-related wounds. Recognized for clear clinical judgment, effective interdisciplinary collaboration, and patient-centered care for medically complex populations.

• Alcohol Use Predicts Unplanned Trips To The OR and Other Unexpected Hospital Events In Trauma Patients, 2025 Phoenix Surgical Symposium and Indian Health Service Surgeons Annual Meeting, 04/04/25, Phoenix, AZ
• Alcohol Use Predicts Unplanned Trips To The OR and Other Unexpected Hospital Events In Trauma Patients, 75th Southwest Surgical Congress Annual Meeting, 04/21/24, Santa Ana, NM
• Peritoneal Mesothelioma: The Importance of Facility Type., International Meeting for the Society of Surgical Oncology. Annual Meeting., 03/22/23
• Case Report: Maintenance of Perfusion in the Severely Lacerated Palmar Hand: A Case For Collateral Circulation., Student American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics. Fall Meeting., 10/29/21
• Surgical Treatment of an Acute Periprosthetic Acetabular Fracture Post Total Hip Arthroplasty., Student American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics. Spring Meeting., 04/17/21
• Oral Presentation, Clinical, Functional, and Radiographic Outcomes of the BOAT Osteotomy., Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine Spring Research Day., 03/05/21, Boise, ID
• Expansion of Bacteriophages Is Linked to Aggravated Intestinal Inflammation and Colitis., COSGP Winter Research Symposium., 01/17/20, Glendale, AZ

• Alcohol Use Predicts Unplanned Trips To The OR and Other Unexpected Hospital Events In Trauma Patients., Accepted-pending publication, Journal of Surgical Research, 01/01/26
• Clinical and Functional Outcomes of Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Supplemented with Latissimus Dorsi Transfer. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis., Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (RRT), 02/01/23
• Epithelial-myeloid exchange of MHC class II constrains immunity and microbiota composition., Cell Rep., 11/02/21
• Fusobacterium nucleatum and Clinicopathologic Features of Colorectal Cancer: Results From the ColoCare Study., Clin Colorectal Cancer., 09/01/21
• T cell-mediated regulation of the microbiota protects against obesity., Science., 07/26/19
• The microbiota protects from viral-induced neurologic damage through microglia-intrinsic TLR signaling., Elife., 07/01/19
• Expansion of Bacteriophages Is Linked to Aggravated Intestinal Inflammation and Colitis., Cell Host Microbe., 02/13/19
• Gut microbial community diversity is associated with systemic vascular endothelial growth factor A levels among colorectal cancer patients., Annals of Oncology., 01/01/18

• Gigi's Playhouse- Down Syndrome Achievement Center, Volunteer Lead, June 2025-Present
• The Perry Outreach Program, Program Facilitator and High School/Undergraduate Mentor, August 2020 to April 2022
• Wellness Tree Free Medical Clinic, Twin Falls, ID, Medical Volunteer, July 2020 to April 2022
• Because Kids Grieve, Twin Falls, ID, Group Lead, August 2020 to August 2021
• City of Light Women's Shelter, Boise, ID, Meal Server, June 2019 to July 2020
• Ronald McDonald House/Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital- Pediatric Grief Group, Group Lead, April 2018 to August 2018
• Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, Child Life Volunteer, January 2017 to August 2018

• German- conversational
• Spanish- basic