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Lara Voigt, MD

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Lara Voigt, MD

Director, Hospital Medicine Procedure Service

Associate Professor/Clinical

Dr. Lara Voigt is a published, board-certified Hospitalist who joined UT Health San Antonio as an Associate Professor/Clinical in November 2021 as well as the Associate Section Chief of Scheduling and Quality Improvement in the Division of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Voigt earned her Bachelor of Science from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA in 2008 before going on to earn her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, IA in 2013. She then completed her Internal Medicine residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI in 2016. Dr. Voigt is the recipient of several honors including the "Gold Humanism Award" (2013) and the "Best New Innovation Poster Award" (2018) and she is a member of several professional organizations including the American College of Physicians and the Society of Hospital Medicine.She has also received the Division of Hospital Medicine's "Rookie Physician of the Year Award" in 2022, recognized by her peers as a rising star in the Division.

Dr. Voigt has served the local and international community by donating her time with the Global Service Corp, Unite for Sight, the Cachamsi Clinic, and the Child Family Health International (CFHI) organizations, among others.

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2013 - Doctor of Medicine - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
    • 2008 - Bachelor of Science - Carnegie Mellon University

    Training

    • 2016 - Residency - Internal Medicine - Medical College of Wisconsin

    Appointments

    • 11/2021 - Present - Associate Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio
    • 11/2021 - Present - Associate Section Chief of Scheduling and Quality Improvement - UT Health San Antonio
    • 07/2016 - 10/2021 - Assistant Professor/Clinical - Medical College of Wisconsin
    • 7/2016 - 10/2021 - Co-Director of Bedside Procedure Service - Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
    • 07/2016 - 10/2021 - Associate Director of Resident Point of Care Ultrasound Elective - Medical College of Wisconsin
    • 07/2016 - 10/2021 - Director of Resident Procedure Elective - Medical College of Wisconsin
    • 07/2016 - 10/2021 - 8NT Clinical Unit Director - Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital

  • Instruction & Training

    • 07/2018 - 10/2021, M2 Bench to Bedside, Medical College of Wisconsin
    • 07/2017 - 10/2021, M4 Master Clinician, Medical College of Wisconsin
    • 07/2016 - 10/2021, M3 Clinical Reasoning, Medical College of Wisconsin
    • 07/2016 - 10/2021, Medical Student Bedside Physical Exam, Medical College of Wisconsin
    • 2012 - 2013, Patient Centered Learning (PCL), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

  • Service

    School

    07/2017-10/2021: Director, Resident Procedure Workshop- Medical College of Wisconsin

    10/2016-10/2021: Intern Recruitment Committee- Medical College of Wisconsin

    Institutional

    07/2017-10/2021: Director, Resident Procedure Service- Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital

    2019-2020: DYAD Leadership Program

    2017-2018: Chair, AMO Taskforce Committee

    2010-2011: Co-President, UISight

    Service to the Profession

    2010-2011: "Doc Dash" Planning Committee- Iowa City, IA

    2010-2011: Flocks Community Leadership Committee- Iowa City, IA

    Community

    2011-2013: Examiner, Free Mental Health Clinic- Iowa City, IA

    2010-2013: Volunteer, Mobile Clinic- Iowa City, IA

    Global

    2013: Volunteer, Cachamsi Clinic- Riobamba, Ecuador

    2013: Volunteer, Child Family Health International (CFHI)- Cape Town, South Africa

    2010: Volunteer, Unite for Sight- Tamale, Ghana

    2008: Volunteer, Global Service Corp- Thailand

  • Publications

      "Medical Students Learning to Care... Round". Voigt L, McCarthy J, Segon A. Abstract accepted to 2020 SHM Spring Conference, conference cancelled due to COVID-19.

      "Point of Care Ultrasound in Primary Care", presented lecture at 2019 Annual Update in Primary Care, Door County, WI

      "Performing Safe Paracenteses: Validating the Two-Probe Method" Voigt L, Umpierrez A. Presented at 2019 SHM Spring Conference.

      "Two Year Retrospective Review of Resident Education on a Procedure Service". Voigt L, Swartz S, Umpierrez A, Franco-Salud R. Presented at the 2018 AAIM APDIM Fall Meeting.

      "A Recurrent Pain in the Rear." Voigt L. Presented at the 2018 SHM Spring Conference.

      "How Pills Can Break Your Heart". Jain S, Voigt L. Presented at the 2018 SHM Spring Conference.

      "Sweet's Syndrome". Swanson K, Voigt L. Accepted vignette for 2017 SGIM Midwest Regional Meeting.

      ACP Jeopardy Bowl team member, 2015- One of three residents selected to represent the Medical College of Wisconsin in the 2015 Wisconsin Chapter ACP Jeopardy Bowl

      "Complete Heart Block Following Stress Test with Regadenoson." Mentor: Dr. James Kleczka, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. Presented at the 2015 Wisconsin ACP Chapter Meeting.

      "Severe Thiamine Deficiency Mimicking Diabetic Ketoacidosis". Mentor: Dr. Paul Knudson, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwakuee, WI. Presented at the 2015 Wisconsin ACP Chapter Meeting. Awarded 3rd place in poster presentations.

      "Hepatocellular carcinoma in a non-cirrhotic patient: a link between obesity and atypical presentations". Mentor: Dr. Antonio Sanchez, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. ACP Clinical Vignette Competition, Iowa Chaper, 2012, 1st Place

  • Clinical

    Board Certifications

    • 2016 - American Board of Internal Medicine