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Kshama R. Jaiswal
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Kshama R. Jaiswal, MD, FACS

Languages spoken: English, German, Gujarati, Spanish

Clinical Locations

Farmington ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Center

Farmington
801-213-3200

Huntsman Cancer Institute - Cancer Hospital North

2K, General Breast Surgery
Salt Lake City
801-213-4269

  • Kshama R. Jaiswal, MD, FACS, is a fellowship-trained surgical breast oncologist at University of Utah ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and Huntsman Cancer Institute specializing in the surgical treatment of breast cancer and benign breast diseases.

    Dr. Jaiswal’s Clinical Specialties Include:

    • Breast Surgery
    • Nipple preserving mastectomy
    • Breast conservation surgery
    • Total mastectomy
    • Axillary sentinel node biopsy
    • Complete axillary dissection
    • Image-guided lumpectomy
    • Skin-sparing mastectomy
    • Benign lumpectomy

    Dr. Jaiswal received her undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University, followed by a medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, both in Dallas, Texas. She completed her surgical residency in 2007 at the same institution whose flagship training facility is the busy county, safety-net Parkland Memorial Hospital. During residency, she developed an interest in research and pursued a surgical oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute. After completing the fellowship in 2009, she stayed as clinical faculty at the NCI while continuing her research in pancreatic cancer stem cells. In 2010, she focused her career and interest in cancer stem cells towards breast cancer and moved to Manhattan to pursue another fellowship. In 2011, she completed a breast surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, one of the country’s leading cancer treatment programs. Upon completion of this fellowship, she was recruited to the county safety-net Denver ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Medical Center as its first fellowship-trained breast surgeon. Simultaneously, she was a leader in surgical education at the University of Colorado. She was recruited by the University of Utah in 2024.

    From 2020 – 2024, Dr. Jaiswal was a member of the Academy of Medical Educators at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, received the Academy’s Medical Educator Award for Excellence in Direct Teaching at the University of Colorado in 2018, and was awarded the Golden Apple Faculty Teacher of the Year Award in 2016.

    Dr. Jaiswal’s Research Interests Include:

    • Surgical Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships
    • Graduate Medical Education Wellbeing
    • Timeliness of Breast Cancer Care

    Dr. Jaiswal has recently been learning to play the cello and loves to practice and play in her spare time.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Surgery

  • Kshama R. Jaiswal, MD, FACS, is a fellowship-trained surgical breast oncologist at University of Utah ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and Huntsman Cancer Institute specializing in the surgical treatment of breast cancer and benign breast diseases.

    Dr. Jaiswal’s Clinical Specialties Include:

    • Breast Surgery
    • Nipple preserving mastectomy
    • Breast conservation surgery
    • Total mastectomy
    • Axillary sentinel node biopsy
    • Complete axillary dissection
    • Image-guided lumpectomy
    • Skin-sparing mastectomy
    • Benign lumpectomy

    Dr. Jaiswal received her undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University, followed by a medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, both in Dallas, Texas. She completed her surgical residency in 2007 at the same institution whose flagship training facility is the busy county, safety-net Parkland Memorial Hospital. During residency, she developed an interest in research and pursued a surgical oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute. After completing the fellowship in 2009, she stayed as clinical faculty at the NCI while continuing her research in pancreatic cancer stem cells. In 2010, she focused her career and interest in cancer stem cells towards breast cancer and moved to Manhattan to pursue another fellowship. In 2011, she completed a breast surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, one of the country’s leading cancer treatment programs. Upon completion of this fellowship, she was recruited to the county safety-net Denver ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Medical Center as its first fellowship-trained breast surgeon. Simultaneously, she was a leader in surgical education at the University of Colorado. She was recruited by the University of Utah in 2024.

    From 2020 – 2024, Dr. Jaiswal was a member of the Academy of Medical Educators at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, received the Academy’s Medical Educator Award for Excellence in Direct Teaching at the University of Colorado in 2018, and was awarded the Golden Apple Faculty Teacher of the Year Award in 2016.

    Dr. Jaiswal’s Research Interests Include:

    • Surgical Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships
    • Graduate Medical Education Wellbeing
    • Timeliness of Breast Cancer Care

    Dr. Jaiswal has recently been learning to play the cello and loves to practice and play in her spare time.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery -Primary
    Academic Divisions Surgical Oncology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Surgery

    Education history

    Fellowship Breast Surgical Oncology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Fellow
    Fellowship Surgical Oncology - National Cancer Institute Fellow
    Internship/Residency General Surgery - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Intern/Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Texas Southwestern Medical School M.D.
    Undergraduate Chemistry - Southern Methodist University B.A.
    Undergraduate Biology - Southern Methodist University B.S.

    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()
    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. ()

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