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Kristene Koontz Gugliuzza, MD, General Surgery, Galveston, TX

Kristene KoontzGugliuzzaMD

General Surgery Galveston, TX

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Transplantation, Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Professor, Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch SOM

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  • Office

    301 University Blvd
    Galveston, TX 77555
    Phone+1 409-772-2222
    Fax+1 409-772-0557

Education & Training

  • Tulane University
    Tulane UniversityFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 1987 - 1989
  • University of Minnesota
    University of MinnesotaFellowship, Transplant Hepatology, 1989
  • Tulane University
    Tulane UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1987
  • Tulane University
    Tulane UniversityInternship, Surgery, 1982 - 1983
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine
    University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 1982
  • Eastern Illinois University
    Eastern Illinois UniversityBS, 1974 - 1977

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1990 - 2021
  • LA State Medical License
    LA State Medical License 1982 - 2002
  • American College of SurgeonsFellow of the American College of Surgeons

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Super Doc – Texas Medicine Award by the TMA
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
  • Trailblazers Award Women and Organ Transplant Conference, 25th Annual Texas Transplantation Society; Moody Gardens in Galveston, 2012
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Renal allograft and patient outcome after transplantation: pancreas-kidney versus kidney-alone transplants in type 1 diabetic patients versus kidney-alone transplants ...  
    Douzdjian V, Rice JC, Gugliuzza KK, Fish JC, Carson RW, Am J Kidney Dis
  • Donor hepatitis C status does not affect renal graft function or survival in recipients with preexisting hepatitis C.  
    Woodside KJ, Theisen JE, Early MG, Hunter GC, Gugliuzza KK, Daller JA, Am J Transplant
  • Anti-Phospholipid Antibody Titers of Patients with Successful Renal Transplants.  
    Vaidya S, Gugliuzza KK and Daller JA, Am J Trans
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Survival of Type 1 Diabetics With ESRD: Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation (SKP) Versus Kidney-Alone Transplantation (KA).
    Ishihara K, Patel JK, Rice JC, Khan S, Gugliuzza KK, Daller JA and Ahuja TS, American Society of Nephrology 35th Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition, Philadelphia, PA
  • Gugliuzza KK Campath and renal transplant rejection.
    Thomas PG. Ishihara K. Vaidya S, Clin Transplantation
  • Exogenous antibody administration increases proapoptotic Fas expression in CD4+ regulatory helper T cells.
    Woodside KJ, Vaidya S, Gugliuzza KK, Daller JA, Clin Invest Med
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Lectures

  • Pain management: Post-op, Chronic and End of Life. 
    UTMB Grand rounds
  • Cancers in Transplant patients. 
    Renal and Surgical Nurses Education Group
  • Pancreas Transplantation: Where are we? 
    Texas Transplant Society
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Professional Memberships