Kelly Kenzik, MS PhD

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Kelly M. Kenzik is an Associate Professor and the Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center. She is also a faculty member in the Slone Epidemiology Center.

Her primary research focuses on using advanced methodology to examine disparities in long- and short-term health outcomes among individuals diagnosed with cancer. She has pursued a research agenda that has included using quasi-experimental design, geospatial approaches, as well as standard epidemiologic methods to examine multimorbidity in cancer, economic evaluation in cancer care, and disparities in cancer outcomes. This work has resulted in funding from the American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute (NCI) as well as over 100 publications. Her R01 funded by the NCI received the MERIT award, transitioning it to an R37 grant, allowing for extended funding.

Collaborations within the department have resulted in an expanded research portfolio including surgical outcomes and trauma related research (Boston Trauma Institute). She serves as the methodologic mentor for surgical residents and faculty and facilitates the research program in the Department through Research Advisory Council and the Surgical Outcomes and Analysis Research Lab.

She received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Florida and completed AHRQ T32 post-doctoral training in Health Services Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Publications

  • Published 9/10/2025

    Myers S, Davis ES, Murillo A, Ng SC, Sachs T, Davids JS, Kenzik KM. Surgical Approach as a Mediator of Rural-Urban Disparity after Colon Cancer Resection. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 Sep 10. PMID: 40928080.

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  • Published 8/6/2025

    Bard H, Watts S, Singh G, Koegel RE, Franks JA, Smith SM, Kenzik KM, Buck AK, Allee L. Opioid Use Within a Year Following Discharge in Trauma Patients With Prior Opioid Use Disorder. J Surg Res. 2025 Oct; 314:200-208. PMID: 40768887.

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  • Published 8/5/2025

    Sawhney VS, Murillo A, Chugh PV, Ng SC, Sachs TE, Kenzik K, Tseng JF. The rise of gastrointestinal surgical fellowships. J Gastrointest Surg. 2025 Oct; 29(10):102161. PMID: 40768792.

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  • Published 7/28/2025

    Murillo A, Ng SC, Schroter SM, Tseng JF, Kenzik K, Sachs TE. The Real Safety Net Hospitals: High-Medicaid Hospitals Confer Worse Survival for Patients Undergoing Pancreas and Biliary Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Jul 28. PMID: 40719800.

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  • Published 7/27/2025

    Torres CM, Stolarski AE, Kenzik KM, Scantling DR, Richman A, Saillant NN, Sakran JV. Identifying trauma patients who benefit from whole blood transfusion: An effect decomposition analysis on patient survival. Transfusion. 2025 Sep; 65(9):1609-1619. PMID: 40717387.

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Education

  • University of Florida, PhD
  • University of Florida, MS
  • University of Florida, BS

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