Kristin E. Rojas, MD, FACS, FACOG (@kristinrojasmd) is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She is a Society of Surgical Oncology fellowship-trained breast surgical oncologist and board-certified gynecologic surgeon with a passion for comprehensive wellness in women’s cancer care.
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She earned her undergraduate degree from Rice University in Houston, Texas and later graduated from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. During her training at Brown University/Women & Infants’ Hospital in Rhode Island, she was awarded the American College of Surgeons Research Presentation Award for her work comparing sexual function outcomes after nipple and skin-sparing mastectomy. Her passion for education was also recognized with several resident teaching awards.
She completed a Society of Surgical Oncology Breast Surgery Fellowship in Brooklyn at Maimonides Medical Center and was invited to join their Department of Surgery after fellowship. As an attending surgeon, her research focuses on opioid minimization in breast cancer care, sexual health in cancer survivorship, and the use of preoperative MRI in women with early-stage breast cancer. In 2023, she received the NIH/NCI’s Early-Stage Surgeon Scientist Program (ESSP) Award, which supports her research exploring the impact of opioids on the gut microbiome.
Dr. Rojas is the Founder and Director of the MUSIC Program (Menopause, Urogenital, Sexual Health, and Intimacy Clinic) at the NCI-designated Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, which is dedicated to addressing post-treatment sexual health and intimacy challenges. Her translational survivorship research program through MUSIC supports trials for novel therapeutics for genitourinary syndrome of menopause in female cancer survivors.