Kshama Jaiswal

Kshama Jaiswal, MD, FACS

Languages spoken: English, German, Gujarati, Spanish

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Surgery

Academic Office Information

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery

Education History

Fellowship Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
 Fellow
National Cancer Institute
 Fellow
Internship/Residency University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
 Intern/Resident
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
 MD
Undergraduate Southern Methodist University
 BA
Undergraduate Southern Methodist University
 BS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. OBrien E, Vemuru S, Leonard L, Himelhoch B, Adams M, Taft N, Jaiswal K, Sams S, Cumbler E, Wolverton D, Ahrendt G, Yi J, Lin CT, Miles R, Hampanda K, Tevis S (2023). Information transparency with immediate release: Oncology clinician and patient perceptions. Am J Surg, 227, 165-174. (Read full article)
  2. Lai SH, Suarez-Pierre A, Jaiswal K, Travis C, Steward L, Nehler M, Zweck-Bronner S, Christian N (2023). Implementation of a Holistic Review Process of US Allopathic Medical Students Eliminates Non-Comparable Metrics and Bias in General Surgery Residency Interview Invitations. J Surg Educ, 80(11), 1536-1543. (Read full article)
  3. Nguyen ET, Berler MH, Gonzales PA, Greenberg AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing (2023). Flourishing and the Prioritization of Workplace Elements in General Surgery Residents. J Surg Res, 291, 488-495. (Read full article)
  4. Coopersmith AS, Berler MH, Johnston B, Knutilla L, Edwards AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing (2023). Investigating influential factors and mechanisms of surgical resident well-being using social network analysis. Am J Surg. (Read full article)
  5. Cevallos JR, Gonzales PA, Berler MH, Greenberg AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Well-being (2023). Operationalizing the Culture of Burnout and Well-Being: Multicenter Study of Value Congruence and Flourishing in General Surgery Residency. J Am Coll Surg, 237(3), 397-407. (Read full article)
  6. Burnet G, Platnick C, Krishnan P, Robinson CK, Sauaia A, Burlew CC, Nehler MR, Jaiswal K, Platnick KB (2022). Muffins and Meditation: Combatting Burnout in Surgical Residents. J Surg Educ, 80(2), 185-193. (Read full article)
  7. Awadallah NS, Jones TS, Christian N, Fainstad T, Nyquist J, Schreiber J, Fung CC, Rumack CM, Nehler M, Jaiswal KR (2022). Proactive Coaching in General Surgery Internship: Incorporating Well-being Practices into Resident Professional Life. J Surg Educ, 80(2), 177-184. (Read full article)
  8. Verosky A, Leonard LD, Quinn C, Vemuru S, Warncke E, Himelhoch B, Huynh V, Wolverton D, Jaiswal K, Ahrendt G, Sams S, Lin CT, Cumbler E, Schulick R, Tevis SE (2022). Patient comprehension of breast pathology report terminology: The need for patient-centered resources. Surgery, 172(3), 831-837. (Read full article)
  9. Greenberg AL, Tenzing N, Ghadimi TR, Tilahun MN, Berler MH, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Well-Being (2022). Well-Being Intervention in General Surgery: Multicenter Study of Program Director and Resident Perspectives. J Am Coll Surg, 235(2), 217-224. (Read full article)
  10. Leonard LD, Himelhoch B, Huynh V, Wolverton D, Jaiswal K, Ahrendt G, Sams S, Cumbler E, Schulick R, Tevis SE (2021). Patient and clinician perceptions of the immediate release of electronic health information. Am J Surg, 224(1 Pt A), 27-34. (Read full article)
  11. Awadallah NS, Czaja AS, Fainstad T, McNulty MC, Jaiswal KR, Jones TS, Rumack CM (2021). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family medicine residency training. Fam Pract, 38(Suppl 1), i9-i15. (Read full article)
  12. Ludwigson A, Huynh V, Bronsert M, Sloan K, Murphy C, Christian N, Jaiswal K, Ahrendt G, Tevis SE (2020). A screening tool identifies high distress in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. Surgery, 168(5), 935-941. (Read full article)
  13. Kovar A, Bronsert M, Jaiswal K, Murphy C, Wolverton D, Ahrendt G, Tevis S (2020). The Waiting Game: How Long Are Breast Cancer Patients Waiting for Definitive Diagnosis? Ann Surg Oncol, 27(10), 3641-3649. (Read full article)
  14. Huynh V, Rojas K, Ahrendt G, Murphy C, Jaiswal K, Cumbler E, Christian N, Tevis S (2020). Reassessing Opioid Use in Breast Surgery. J Surg Res, 254, 232-241. (Read full article)
  15. Samuels JM, Halpern AL, Carmichael H, Christian NT, Travis CEM, Jaiswal K, Nehler MR (2020). This Surgical Life - An Exploration of Surgical Department Podcasting. J Surg Educ, 77(5), 1257-1265. (Read full article)
  16. Jaiswal K, Hull M, Furniss AL, Doyle R, Gayou N, Bayliss E (2017). Delays in Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer: A Safety-Net Population Profile. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 16(12), 1451-1457. (Read full article)
  17. Xin HW, Ambe CM, Ray S, Kim BK, Koizumi T, Wiegand GW, Hari D, Mullinax JE, Jaiswal KR, Garfield SH, Stojadinovic A, Rudloff U, Thorgeirsson SS, Avital I (2013). Wnt and the cancer niche: paracrine interactions with gastrointestinal cancer cells undergoing asymmetric cell division. J Cancer, 4(6), 447-57. (Read full article)
  18. Jaiswal KR, Xin HW, Anderson A, Wiegand G, Kim B, Miller T, Hari D, Ray S, Koizumi T, Rudloff U, Thorgeirsson SS, Avital I (2012). Comparative testing of various pancreatic cancer stem cells results in a novel class of pancreatic-cancer-initiating cells. Stem Cell Res, 9(3), 249-60. (Read full article)
  19. Hari D, Xin HW, Jaiswal K, Wiegand G, Kim BK, Ambe C, Burka D, Koizumi T, Ray S, Garfield S, Thorgeirsson S, Avital I (2011). Isolation of live label-retaining cells and cells undergoing asymmetric cell division via nonrandom chromosomal cosegregation from human cancers. Stem Cells Dev, 20(10), 1649-58. (Read full article)
  20. Murphy JT, Jaiswal K, Sabella J, Vinson L, Megison S, Maxson RT (2009). Prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the pediatric trauma patient. J Pediatr Surg, 45(7), 1413-9. (Read full article)
  21. Sarosi G, Brown G, Jaiswal K, Feagins LA, Lee E, Crook TW, Souza RF, Zou YS, Shay JW, Spechler SJ (2008). Bone marrow progenitor cells contribute to esophageal regeneration and metaplasia in a rat model of Barrett's esophagus. Dis Esophagus, 21(1), 43-50. (Read full article)
  22. Jaiswal KR, Morales CP, Feagins LA, Gandia KG, Zhang X, Zhang HY, Hormi-Carver K, Shen Y, Elder F, Ramirez RD, Sarosi GA Jr, Spechler SJ, Souza RF (2007). Characterization of telomerase-immortalized, non-neoplastic, human Barrett's cell line (BAR-T). Dis Esophagus, 20(3), 256-64. (Read full article)
  23. Jaiswal K, Lopez-Guzman C, Souza RF, Spechler SJ, Sarosi GA Jr (2005). Bile salt exposure increases proliferation through p38 and ERK MAPK pathways in a non-neoplastic Barrett's cell line. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, 290(2), G335-42. (Read full article)
  24. Sarosi GA Jr, Jaiswal K, Herndon E, Lopez-Guzman C, Spechler SJ, Souza RF (2005). Acid increases MAPK-mediated proliferation in Barrett's esophageal adenocarcinoma cells via intracellular acidification through a Cl-/HCO3- exchanger. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, 289(6), G991-7. (Read full article)
  25. Sarosi GA Jr, Jaiswal KR, Nwariaku FE, Asolati M, Fleming JB, Anthony T (2005). Surgical therapy of peptic ulcers in the 21st century: more common than you think. Am J Surg, 190(5), 775-9. (Read full article)
  26. Jaiswal K, Tello V, Lopez-Guzman C, Nwariaku F, Anthony T, Sarosi GA Jr (2004). Bile salt exposure causes phosphatidyl-inositol-3-kinase-mediated proliferation in a Barrett's adenocarcinoma cell line. Surgery, 136(2), 160-8. (Read full article)
  27. Molmenti EP, Roodhouse TW, Molmenti H, Jaiswal K, Jung G, Marubashi S, Sanchez EQ, Gogel B, Levy MF, Goldstein RM, Fasola CG, Elliott EE, Bursac N, Mulligan D, Gonwa TA, Klintmalm GB (2002). Thrombendvenectomy for organized portal vein thrombosis at the time of liver transplantation. Ann Surg, 235(2), 292-6. (Read full article)
  28. Sohal RS, Wennberg-Kirch E, Jaiswal K, Kwong LK, Forster MJ (1999). Effect of age and caloric restriction on bleomycin-chelatable and nonheme iron in different tissues of C57BL/6 mice. Free Radic Biol Med, 27(3-4), 287-93. (Read full article)