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Kathleen Hertzer, MD, General Surgery, Santa Cruz, CA

KathleenMaryHertzerMDPhD, FACS

General Surgery Santa Cruz, CA

Attending Surgeon

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  • Office

    Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    2911 Chanticleer Ave
    Santa Cruz, CA 95065
    Phone+1 831-477-2350

Education & Training

  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2010 - 2017
  • Indiana University School of Medicine
    Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 2010
  • Indiana University
    Indiana UniversityPh.D., 2010
  • Indiana University
    Indiana UniversityNo Degree, Microbiology, 2000 - 2002
  • Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
    Indiana University Jacobs School of MusicNo Degree, Piano Performance, 1998 - 2000
  • Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music
    Oberlin College and Conservatory of MusicB.A., French Literature, 1993 - 1998
  • Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music
    Oberlin College and Conservatory of MusicB.Mus., Piano Performance, 1993 - 1998

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2012 - 2026
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CTSI pilot award CURE: Digestive Disease Research Center, 2013
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Surgery UCLA, 2013-2014
  • Bullard Award for achievement in research, Medical Sciences Program Indiana University, 2008
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Robust Early Inflammation of the Peripancreatic Visceral Adipose Tissue During Diet-Induced Obesity in the KrasG12D Model of Pancreatic Cancer  
    Hertzer, KM, Xu M, Moro A, Dawson DW, Du L, Li G, Chang HH, Stark AP, Jung X, Hines OJ, Eibl G, Pancreas, 1/1/2016
  • E-cadherin expression in obesity-associated, Kras-initiated pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in mice  
    Stark AP, Chang HH, Jung X, Moro A, Hertzer K, Xu M, Schmidt A, Hines OK, Eibl G, Surgery, 1/1/2015
  • Prostaglandin E2 activates the mTORC1 pathway through an EP4/cAMP/PKA- and EP1/Ca2+ mediated mechanism in the human pancreatic carcinoma cell line PANC-1  
    Chang GG, Young SH, Sinnett-Smith J, Chou CE, Moro A, Hertzer KM, Hines OJ, Rozengurt E, Eibl G, Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • A High Fat, High Calorie Diet Creates a Pro-Inflammatory Environment in the Pancreas and Peri-Pancreatic Fat during pancreatic cancer development in the KrasG12D Mouse...
    Hertzer KM, Academic Surgical Congress, 1/1/2014
  • Diet-induced obesity leads to differential inflammation of adipose tissue depot and cytokine profile modifications in the KrasG12D mouse model.
    Hertzer, KM, A Moro, OJ Hines and G. Eibl, American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference on Pancreatic Cancer, 1/1/2014
  • Diet-induced obesity leads to differential inflammation of adipose tissue depot and cytokine profile modifications in the KrasG12D mouse model.
    Hertzer, KM, A Moro, OJ Hines and G. Eibl, American Pancreatic Association Annual Meeting, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

  • Obesity, Inflammation and Pancreatic Cancer Development. 
    1/1/2013
  • Structural Features of the Microtubule Important for MCAK Activity. 
    1/1/2006

Professional Memberships