Kathleen Princer
Clinical Assistant Professor
- Milwaukee WI UNITED STATES
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kathleen Princer is a biomedical engineer with expertise in cardiac devices.
Education, Licensure and Certification
Certification
Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps
Wisconsin
Certification
VADs
Wisconsin
Certification
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Wisconsin
Certification
Basic Life Support
Wisconsin
M.B.A.
Business Administration
Marquette University
2005
B.S.
Biomedical Engineering
Marquette University
1992
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Biomedical Engineering Department Volunteer
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Aurora Star Service Awards
Awarded three times
Excellence in Nursing Award
Nominated
Selected Publications
The Role of a Clinical Engineer within a Mechanical Circulatory Support Device Program: A Single Center's Experience
Progress in TransplantationPrincer, K.
2010
With the rapidly growing world of mechanical circulatory support device programs, a variety of multidisciplinary team models have been successful. Most include nurses, nurse practitioners, perfusionists, and/or clinical engineers, with patient care and education primarily directed by nurses. At Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, the team includes transplant surgeons, transplant cardiologists, nurse practitioners, clinical engineers, perfusionists, and nurses who serve as transplant coordinators and research coordinators, but the team is unique in having clinical engineers at the center of patient care. The clinical engineers and the transplant coordinators split many of the duties of a typical ventricular assist device coordinator. The role of the clinical engineer within the program is elucidated by discussing the history of the program, the structure of the clinical engineering team, the duties related to mechanical circulatory support devices and the additional responsibilities of the clinical engineers.
