Kathryn Mueller, MD

Research Interests

I am interested in evidence based guidelines for work-related musculoskeletal disorders as well as disability assessment and impairment rating.

Publications

• Obesity in the Workplace: Impact, Outcomes, and Recommendations. Yarborough CM 3rd, Brethauer S, Burton WN, Fabius RJ, Hymel P, Kothari S, Kushner RF, Morton JM, Mueller K, Pronk NP, Roslin MS, Sarwer DB, Svazas B, Harris JS, Ash GI, Stark JT, Dreger M, Ording J. J Occup Environ Med. 2018 Jan;60(1):97-107. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001220. PMID: 29303847
• Advancing Value-Based Medicine: Why Integrating Functional Outcomes With Clinical Measures Is Critical to Our Health Care Future. Mueller K, Konicki D, Larson P, Hudson TW, Yarborough C; and the ACOEM Expert Panel on Functional Outcomes. J Occup Environ Med. 2017 Apr;59(4):e57-e62. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001014. No abstract available. PMID: 28628057
• Advancing Value-based Medicine:Why Integrating Functional Outcomes with Clinical Measures is Critical to Our Health Care Future. JOEM
• Colorado Division of Workers Compensation Guidelines for Cumulative Trauma Disorders.
• Colorado lower extremity medical treatment guidelines will be available on line
• ACOEM Practice Guidelines: Opioids for Treatment of Acute, Subacute, Chronic, and Postoperative Pain. Hegmann KT, Weiss MS, Bowden K, Branco F, DuBrueler K, Els C, Mandel S, McKinney DW, Miguel R, Mueller KL, Nadig RJ, Schaffer MI, Studt L, Talmage JB, Travis RL, Winters T, Thiese MS, Harris JS. JOEM
• https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdle/workers-compensation-proposed-and-adopted-rules Colorado Division of Workers Compensation Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Medical Treatment Guidelines – editor Colorado Division of Workers Compensation Shoulder Medical Treatment Guidelines – editor
• Opioids and safety-sensitive work. Hegmann KT, Weiss MS, Bowden K, Branco F, DuBrueler K, Els C, Harris JS, Mandel S, McKinney DW, Miguel R, Mueller KL, Nadig RJ, Schaffer MI, Studt L, Talmage JB, Travis RL, Winters T, Thiese MS, Ott U. JOEM
• actually editor although not stated since this is a rule go to www.coworkforce.com medical treatment guidelines
• Special Committee on Optimizing Health Care Delivery – Robert K. McLellan, MD; Bruce Sherman, MD; Ronald R. Loeppke, MD; Judith McKenzie, MD; Kathryn L. Mueller, MD; Charles M. Yarborough, MD; Paul Grundy, MD; Harris Allen, PhD; Paul W. Larson, MS JOEM
• Task Force on the Use of Opioids -- Kathryn Mueller, MD; William Woo, MD; Marianne Cloeren, MD; Kurt Hegmann, MD; and Doug Martin, MD Principles for Ensuring the Safe Management of Pain Medication Prescriptions by Occupational and Environmental Medicine Physicians
• Bruns D, Mueller K.; Warren P, A Review of Evidence-based Biopsychosocial Laws Governing the Treatment of Pain and Injury, Psychological Injury and Law, DOI: 0.1007/s12207-010-9079-7
• Bruns, D, Mueller K, Warren P, Biopsychosocial law, healthcare reform, and the control of medical inflation, Rehabilitation Psychology. May 2012 – In press
• Chronic Pain and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – Medical Treatment Guidelines Workers Compensation Division of Colorado Editor of Evidence based guidelines now also being used by Massachesutts and New York
• Evidence based Medicine in Workers Compensation - the ACOEM REcommendations for Low Back Pain , IAIABC Journal, first quarter 2011
• The Development of Evidence-based Biopsychosocial Laws Governing teh Treatment of Pain and Injury; Bruns D, Mueller K, Warren P, Psychological Injury and Law;
• "Interstate variations in medical practice patterns low back conditions", Clinical Treatment and Management in Workers Compensation Cases, Stout C, ed. Bentham Science Publishers
• psychologcy injury and law
• Medcial Care in the next Decade:What the last 10 years have taught us - Workers compensation - Where have we come form ?Where are we gpoing? eds Richard Victor, Linda Carruba Workers Compenation Research Institute Nov 2010
• Mueller K, Harris J Medical Care in the Next Decade: What the last ten years have taught us, Accepted for publication in monograph by WCRI

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Occupational Medicine, Board Certification

Conditions & Treatments

• Emergency Care