Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, Surgery, University of Pittsburgh 2012 - 2013
  • Plastic Surgery Residency, Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida 2008 - 2010
  • Post Bariatric Body Contouring Surgery Fellowship, Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 2007 - 2008
  • General Surgery Residency, Surgery, Stony Brook University, Renaissance School of Medicine 2002 - 2007
  • M.D., Ross University, School of Medicine (West Indies) 2001
  • B.S., State University of New York, Binghamton 1996
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, Surgery 2018 - 2020
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Associate Program Director, Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency
    Director, Plastic Surgery Duke Raleigh Hospital
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Borud, Loren J., Samuel Lin, and Kristen Rezak. Atlas of Body Contouring After Weight Loss. Edited by Daniel B. Jones. Cine Med, Incorporated, 2008.

  • Academic Articles

    • Kloer, Carmen, Holly Christopher Lewis, and Kristen Rezak. “Delays in gender affirming healthcare due to COVID-19 are mitigated by expansion of telemedicine.” Am J Surg 225, no. 2 (February 2023): 367–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.09.036.
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    • Shammas, Ronnie L., Geoffroy C. Sisk, Christopher J. Coroneos, Anaeze C. Offodile, Rene D. Largo, Arash Momeni, Nicholas L. Berlin, et al. “Textbook outcomes in DIEP flap breast reconstruction: a Delphi study to establish consensus.” Breast Cancer Res Treat 197, no. 3 (February 2023): 559–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-022-06820-z.
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    • Sergesketter, Amanda R., Lily R. Mundy, Hannah C. Langdell, Ronnie L. Shammas, Yisong Geng, Kristen Rezak, Geoffroy C. Sisk, Brett T. Phillips, and Scott T. Hollenbeck. “Defining the Value of Breast Reconstruction Surgeons: Quantifying Clinical Encounter and Operative Volume at an Academic Center.” Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 10, no. 12 (December 2022): e4692. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004692.
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    • Mountziaris, Paschalia M., Christina M. Rudolph, Craig T. Fournier, Siba Haykal, Joseph A. Ricci, Kristen M. Rezak, and Ashit Patel. “Systematic Review and Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Major Plastic Surgery Procedures, with a Focus on Free Tissue Transfer.” Plast Reconstr Surg 150, no. 2 (August 1, 2022): 406e-415e. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000009325.
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    • Sergesketter, Amanda R., Shravika Lam, Gloria Broadwater, Ronnie L. Shammas, Hannah C. Langdell, Jennifer K. Plichta, Sharon Clancy, Kristen Rezak, Brett T. Phillips, and Scott T. Hollenbeck. “Which Factors Are Important to Women When Choosing a Breast Reconstruction Surgeon?” Plast Reconstr Surg 150, no. 1 (July 1, 2022): 38–45. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000009194.
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    • Sarver, Melissa M., Jess D. Rames, Yi Ren, Rachel A. Greenup, Ronnie L. Shammas, E Shelley Hwang, Scott T. Hollenbeck, et al. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Surgical Outcomes after Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction.” J Am Coll Surg 234, no. 5 (May 1, 2022): 760–71. https://doi.org/10.1097/XCS.0000000000000143.
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    • Sergesketter, Amanda R., Ronnie L. Shammas, Mahsa Taskindoust, Adam D. Glener, Bryan J. Pyfer, Kristen Rezak, Brett T. Phillips, and Scott T. Hollenbeck. “A Comparison of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Bipedicled Total Abdominal versus Unipedicled Hemiabdominal Free Flaps for Unilateral Breast Reconstruction.” J Reconstr Microsurg 37, no. 9 (November 2021): 753–63. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1726397.
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    • Shammas, Ronnie L., Caitlin E. Marks, Gloria Broadwater, Elliot Le, Adam D. Glener, Amanda R. Sergesketter, Roger W. Cason, Kristen M. Rezak, Brett T. Phillips, and Scott T. Hollenbeck. “The Effect of Lavender Oil on Perioperative Pain, Anxiety, Depression, and Sleep after Microvascular Breast Reconstruction: A Prospective, Single-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial.” J Reconstr Microsurg 37, no. 6 (July 2021): 530–40. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1724465.
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    • Glener, Adam D., Steven R. Glener, Ronnie L. Shammas, Elliot Le, Roger W. Cason, Kristen Rezak, and Brett T. Phillips. “Implications of Training Pathways on Future Academic Plastic Surgeon Employment.” Ann Plast Surg 85, no. 6 (December 2020): 668–71. https://doi.org/10.1097/SAP.0000000000002450.
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    • Baltodano, Pablo A., Grant Schalet, Kristen Rezak, Oluseyi Aliu, Maxene Weinberg, Ashar Ata, Richard L. Agag, Ashit Patel, and Joseph A. Ricci. “Early Discontinuation of Breast Free Flap Monitoring: A Strategy Driven by National Data.” Plast Reconstr Surg 146, no. 3 (September 2020): 258e-264e. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000007052.
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    • Mountziaris, Paschalia M., Ashit Patel, and Kristen M. Rezak. “Breast reconstruction with superior epigastric artery perforator (SEAP) free flap: Report of two cases.” Microsurgery 40, no. 5 (July 2020): 593–97. https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.30563.
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    • Kotamarti, Vasanth S., Eric Shiah, Kristen M. Rezak, Ashit Patel, and Joseph A. Ricci. “Does Anticoagulation Improve Flap Outcomes in Hypercoagulable Patients? A Systematic Review.” J Reconstr Microsurg 36, no. 3 (March 2020): 204–12. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-3400531.
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    • Drinane, James J., Thuy-Huong Pham, Grant Schalet, and Kristen Rezak. “Depression is associated with worse outcomes among women undergoing breast reconstruction following mastectomy.” J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 72, no. 8 (August 2019): 1292–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2019.03.036.
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    • Rosenbaum, Andrew J., Samik Banerjee, Kristen M. Rezak, and Richard L. Uhl. “Advances in Wound Management.” J Am Acad Orthop Surg 26, no. 23 (December 1, 2018): 833–43. https://doi.org/10.5435/JAAOS-D-17-00024.
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    • Ismail, I. K., C. E. Soteropulos, A. C. Huang, K. M. Rezak, and A. Patel. “Transversalis fascia scoring: a new adjunct to anterior component separation technique.” European Journal of Plastic Surgery 41, no. 3 (June 1, 2018): 329–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-017-1370-3.
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    • Lanni, Michael Alan, Emily Van Kouwenberg, Alan Yan, Kristen M. Rezak, and Ashit Patel. “Applying the Keystone Design Perforator Island Flap Concept in a Variety of Anatomic Locations: A Review of 60 Consecutive Cases by a Single Surgeon.” Ann Plast Surg 79, no. 1 (July 2017): 60–67. https://doi.org/10.1097/SAP.0000000000000995.
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    • Mountziaris, Paschalia M., Carol E. Soteropulos, Kristen M. Rezak, and Ashit Patel. “Use of Innovative Technologies in Pediatric Lower Extremity Reconstruction.” Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 4, no. 8 (August 2016): e825. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000820.
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    • Ismail, Inzhili K., Stacey Burns, Kristen Rezak, Oluwaseun Adetayo, Richard Agag, Malcolm Z. Roth, and Ashit Patel. “An Evaluation of Health Literacy in Plastic Surgery Patients.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 136 (October 2015): 59–59. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.prs.0000472352.03727.70.
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    • Rezak, Kristen M., Amy Bouvier, Brian Olack, Jose C. Larumbe, and Eric Stelnicki. “A novel nonoperative technique in the initial management and treatment of congenital microstomia.” Cleft Palate Craniofac J 49, no. 3 (May 2012): 352–56. https://doi.org/10.1597/10-114.
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    • Rezak, Kristen M., and Loren J. Borud. “Integration of the vertical medial thigh lift and monsplasty: the double-triangle technique.” Plast Reconstr Surg 126, no. 3 (September 2010): 153e-154e. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181e3b5e6.
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    • Rezak, Kristen M., Kelley Gillette, Michel C. Samson, and Martin I. Newman. “Attitudes toward biological mesh in breast reconstruction: a regional survey of plastic surgeons.” Plast Reconstr Surg 126, no. 2 (August 2010): 92e-93e. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181df701f.
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    • Melendez, Mark M., Kristen M. Rezak, John J. Chen, Xiaoti Xu, and Su-I Daniel Huang. “An analysis of cadaveric calvarial bone: implications of computer imaging in craniofacial reconstruction.” Plast Reconstr Surg 125, no. 2 (February 2010): 50e-52e. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c72442.
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    • Agarwal, Deepti, Kristen Rezak, and George L. Hines. “Positional symptomatic occlusion of the internal carotid artery: evaluation and surgical management.” Ann Vasc Surg 22, no. 2 (March 2008): 293–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2007.09.005.
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  • Book Sections

    • Patel, ashit, Kristen Rezak, and Emily Van Kouwenberg. “Fat Grafting for Breast Augmentation.” In Cosmetic Breast Surgery. Thieme, 2020.

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