Mary Barthel, MD

I graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in 1999 and completed residency at Medical College of Wisconsin for Internal Medicine in 2002. I have worked as a hospitalist for 19 years in Wisconsin and Illinois. I have been with Blessing since 2011, first as Hospitalist Medical Director, transitioning to Chief Quality and Safety Officer in 2015. I completed my Masters in Healthcare Management through the Harvard School of Public Health in 2020, just in time to apply that training and knowledge to the Covid-19 Pandemic Response. I have led Infection Prevention for the Hospital Incident Command System since its activation, consistently engaged in issues around Covid-19 testing, isolation, contact tracing, treatment and care, and vaccination of patients and staff.