Rebecca Bauer

Rebecca Bauer, MD, is an Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), working part-time as faculty on the Froedtert Hospital inpatient psychiatry consult service. She completed her psychiatry residency and psychosomatic medicine fellowship at MCW, graduating in 2018. Since 2019, she has served as Director of the Inpatient Psychiatry Consult Service and Director of the residency rotation at Froedtert Hospital. Her clinical and educational focus includes collaborative inpatient consult psychiatry and resident training.

Her research interests span ethical considerations in palliative care for psychiatric patients, maternal mental health (e.g., psychopharmacology in pregnancy), and oncology-related psychiatric comorbidities. She has contributed to peer-reviewed publications in Psychosomatics and Oral Diseases.

Bauer’s professional roles emphasize interdisciplinary teamwork and resident mentorship. She holds no listed awards but is actively involved in shaping academic inpatient psychiatry practices.