Caroline Folz, MD

Headshot of Caroline Foltz
PGY-1

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

2022                            Alpha Omega Alpha

2022                            Gold Humanism Honor Society

2020                            Neuroscience Medical Student Scholar

2019                            Dhablania and Kim Global Medicine Research Award

2018                            Carolina Honors Laureate with Distinction

2018                            Buckley Public Service Scholar

2018                            Carolyn Carpenter Recognition Scholarship

2014-2018                   Morehead-Cain Foundation Scholarship Recipient

2014                            President Obama’s Prudential Volunteer Service Award

2011                            James Graham Brown Cancer Center Research Scholar

 

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. https://osma.org/aws/OSMA/pt/sp/Annual-Meeting_policy

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, https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/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, doi:10.2166/washdev.2018.019

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.