Caroline Folz, MD

Headshot of Caroline Foltz
PGY-3

Education

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, MD, 2023
University of Southern California, MS, Global Medicine, 2019
University of Chapel Hill, BA, Neuroscience & Public Policy, 2018
 

Honors and Awards

  • Alpha Omega Alpha, 2022
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2022
  • Neuroscience Medical Student Scholar, 2020
  • Dhablania and Kim Global Medicine Research Award, 2019
  • Carolina Honors Laureate with Distinction, 2018
  • Buckley Public Service Scholar, 2018
  • Carolyn Carpenter Recognition Scholarship, 2018
  • Morehead-Cain Foundation Scholarship Recipient, 2014-18
  • President Obama’s Prudential Volunteer Service Award, 2014
  • James Graham Brown Cancer Center Research Scholar, 2022

Research Interests

Global health, medical education, health policy, skull base, pediatrics 
 

Hobbies

Soccer (playing & coaching), hiking, board games, ranching, anything food related!
 

Residency Publications

Alfawares, Yara, Folz, C, Johnson, MD, Prestigiacomo, CJ and Ngwenya, LB. “The history of antibiotic irrigation and prophylaxis in operative neurotrauma: perpetuation of military care in civilian settings.” Neurosurgical Focus, 53.3 (2002: E7. Sep. 2022, doi:10.3171/2022.6.FOCUS22253

N Zepeda, L Crown, S Medvidovic, W Choi, M Sheth, M Bergosh, R Gifford, C Folz, P Lam, G Lu, R Featherstone, CY Liu, SJ Siegel, D Lee. Frequency-specific medial septal nucleus deep brain stimulation improves spatial memory in MK-801-treated male rats. Neurobiology of disease, 105756. 15 May. 2022, doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2022.105756

Woodyard KC, Folz CC, Reifenberg JJ, Wayland J, Costin A. Substance Use Disorder in Pregnant People. Resolution 28-A2022. Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) Annual Meeting. Accepted April 2022. 

M Knott, C Folz, A Thomas, A Viel, and  L Ngwenya. Concussion subtype symptomatology in complicated mild traumatic brain injury patients. 2021 Neurosurgery, Volume 68, Issue Supplement 1. April 2022, doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001880_326.

Woodyard KC, Folz CC, Reifenberg JJ, Wayland J, Costin A. Substance Use Disorder in Pregnant People. Resolution 28-A2022. American Medical Association Medical Student Section. Accepted Jan 2022.

Cronk R, A Guo, C Folz, P Hynes, A Labal, K Liang, and J Bartram. “Environmental conditions in maternity wards: Evidence from rural healthcare facilities in 14 low- and middle-income countries.” International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, vol. 232 113681. March. 2021, doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113681

N Zepeda, R Gifford, W Choi, M Sheth, S Medvidovic, M Bergosh, G Lu, C Folz, D J Lee, MD, PhD, Frequency-Dependent Medial Septal Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Modulates Hippocampal Oscillatory Activity and Improves Spatial Working Memory in an MK-801 Model of Schizophrenia, Neurosurgery, Volume 67, Issue Supplement 1, December 2020, nyaa447_606,

R Appasani, C Folz, P Lodha, A DeSousa, and J Amul. Manual on Panic Attacks: For Patients, Providers, and Communities. The MINDS Foundation, March 2, 2020. Available in print and on Kindle.

Behnke N, R Cronk, M Snel, M Moffa, R Tu, B Banner, C Folz, D Anderson, A Macintyre, E Stowe, and J Bartram.  Improving environmental conditions for involuntarily displaced populations: water, sanitation, and hygiene in orphanages, prisons, and refugee and IDP settlements. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. 8(4):785-791, 2018

Folz CC, King, M, Gribbons, J, Jhaveri, M, Beatty, B, Eid, N, & Folz, RJ. (2014, May). Validation of a Louisville Multi-Step Asthma Screening Tool for Middle School Students. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 189(C47), A4591.