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Kendall Keck, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery-Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Education

  • BSE in Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa College of Engineering, Iowa City, Iowa
  • MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
  • T32 Research Fellow, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Resident in General Surgery, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Independent Resident in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Fellow in Hand and Microsurgery, Southern Ilinois University School of Medicine, Insititute for Plastic Surgery, Springfield, Illinois

Research Interests

  • Hand surgery
  • Extremity reconstruction and limb salvage
  • Free tissue transfer and free flap physiology
  • Chest wall reconstruction
  • Complex burn reconstruction
  • Resident and fellow education

Licenses & Certifications

  • Medical License, State of Iowa

Selected Publications

  • Awaida C, Aribert M, Weger N, Keck K, Odobescu A. (2023). Venous Free Flap with Interposition Bypass Graft for Arteriovenous Fistula Preservation: A Case Report. Arch Plast Surg. 12;50(6):568-572.
  • Keck KJ, Adams TJ, Day KM. (2020). Radial Recurrent Artery: Autologous Patch Graft for Acute Brachial Artery Laceration. Cureus. 12(9):e10682
  • Utria AF, Goffredo P, Keck K, Shelton JS, Shilyansky J, Hassan I. (2019). Laparoscopic Splenectomy: Has It Become the Standard Surgical Approach in Pediatric Patients? J Surg Res. 240:109-114.
  • Scott AT, Pelletier D, Maxwell JE, Sherman SK, Keck KJ, Li G, Dillon JS, O'Dorisio TM, Bellizzi AM, Howe JR. (2019) The Pancreas as a Site of Metastasis or Second Primary in Patients with Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors. Ann Surg Oncol. 26(8):2525-32.
  • Scott AT, Breheny PJ, Keck KJ, Bellizzi AM, Dillon JS, O'Dorisio TM, Howe JR. (2019). Effective Cytoreduction can be Achieved in Patients with Numerous Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver Metastases (NETLMs). Surgery. 165(1):166-75.
  • Keck KJ, Maxwell JE, Utria AF, Bellizzi AM, Dillon JS, O'Dorisio TM, Howe JR. (2018). The Distal Predilection of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors.  Ann Surg Oncol. 25(11):3207-13.
  • Keck KJ, Breheny P, Braun TA, Darbro B, Li G, Dillo JS, Bellizzi AM, O’Dorisio TM, Howe JR. (2018). Changes in Expression in Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors Associated with Progression to Metastasis. Surgery. 163(1):232-9.
  • Choi AB, Maxwell JE, Keck KJ, Li G, Bellizzi AM, O’Dorisio TM, Howe JR. (2017). Is Multifocality an Indicator of Aggressive Behavior in Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors? Pancreas. 46(9):1115-20.
  • Keck KJ, Choi A, Maxwell JE, Li G, O’Dorisio TM, Breheny P, Bellizzi AM, Howe JR. (2017). Increased Grade in Neuroendocrine Tumor Metastases Negatively Impacts Survival. Ann Surg Oncol. 24(8):2206-12.
  • Keck KJ, Maxwell JE, Menda Y, Bellizzi A, Dillon J, O'Dorisio TM, Howe JR. (2017). Identification of Primary Tumors in Patients Presenting with Metastatic Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Surgery. 161(1):272-9.