Kristin E. Rojas, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.O.G. (@kristinrojasmd) 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. She is the Founder and Director of the Menopause, Urogenital, Sexual Health and Intimacy (MUSIC) Program, a program for women experiencing sexual dysfunction after cancer treatment (@music_sexaftercancer). In 2019, she received the Rudolph Nissen Research Award, and her work was recently published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Annals of Surgical Oncology, and The American Journal of Surgery.
She is pleased to announce she will be joining the Department of Surgery at University of Miami Health System in October 2020, where she will continue her academic breast surgery practice with a focus on sexual health and improving survivorship for patients undergoing risk reduction or treatment for breast and gynecologic cancers.