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 4/18/2025

    Murillo A, Romatoski KS, Chung SH, Davis ES, Sawhney VS, Kenzik K, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. Adjusting for Population Differences in the National Cancer Database to Better Represent United States Cancer Cases: A Reference Tool for Researchers. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Apr 18. PMID: 40251365.

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  • Published 4/11/2025

    Laudon AD, Franks JA, Davis ES, Zhao X, Kenzik K, Torres CM, Smith S, Allee L, Scantling DR. 110,000 Preventable Deaths: The Most Impactful Gaps in Firearm Suicide Prevention Laws 2010-2019. Ann Surg. 2025 Apr 11. PMID: 40211951.

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  • Published 4/1/2025

    Myers S, Davis ES, Sacks OA, Yarbro AA, Franks JA, Kenzik KM. Financial hardship, financial toxicity, and transportation challenges among older cancer survivors treated with curative-intent surgery. Support Care Cancer. 2025 Apr 01; 33(4):339. PMID: 40167585.

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  • Published 3/15/2025

    Chung SH, Leung JL, Romatoski KS, Rasic G, Kobzeva-Herzog AJ, Tseng JF, Kenzik K, Sachs TE. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Delays in Melanoma Treatment: A National Cancer Database Study. J Surg Res. 2025 Apr; 308:141-152. PMID: 40090050.

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  • Published 10/31/2024

    Romatoski KS, Chung SH, Sawhney V, Papageorge MV, de Geus SWL, Ng SC, Kenzik K, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. Factors Associated With Surgical Management in Gallbladder Cancer-A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Medicare-Based Study. J Surg Res. 2024 Dec; 304:9-18. PMID: 39481161.

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Education

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

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