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Kristina Guyton, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery - Gastrointestinal Surgery

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery - Gastrointestinal Surgery

Education

  • MD, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
  • The University of Chicago MERITS Medical Education Fellowship in Personal Project: Surgeon-Patient Communication During Awake Procedure. Group Project: Mitigating the consequences of stressful clinical events with a post incident debriefing tool., The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • Clinical Medical Ethics Fellowship in Project: Surgeon-Patient Communication During Awake Procedures, The University of Chicago MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Chicago, Illinois
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bacterial derived collagenase regulation of intestinal healing during injury and inflammation, The University of Chicago Research Fellowship in the Laboratory of Dr. John Alverdy, Chicago, Illinois
  • The University of Chicago General Surgery Residency in General Surgery residency with 2 year research block from July 2014-June 2016, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation Colorectal Fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
  • TESOL Certification, Seattle University School of Teaching English as a Second Language, Seattle, Washington
  • BA in Biology with focus on Immunology and Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • The University of Chicago General Surgery Residency in General Surgery residency with 2-year research block from July 2014-June 2016, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Licenses & Certifications

  • Iowa Board of Medicine, State of Iowa, Iowa
  • Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery
  • Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery
  • ATLS, American Red Cross

Selected Publications

  • Kamalumpundi V, Gonzalez Bravo C, Kohn DJ, McGonagill P, Guyton K. Addressing Language Barriers in the Intensive Care Unit: A Case-Based Reflection and Brief Appraisal of the Literature. Cureus. 2024 Mar 6;16(3):e55646. doi: 10.7759/cureus.55646. PMID: 38586717; PMCID: PMC10995741.
  • Chang J, Karlsdottir BR, Phillips HL, Loeffler BT, Mott SL, Hrabe JE, Guyton K, Gribovskaja-Rupp I. Modern Trends in Surgical Site Infection Rates for Colorectal Surgery: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Project Study 2013-2020. Dis Colon Rectum. 2024 Sep 1;67(9):1201-1209. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000003155. Epub 2024 Jun 3. PMID: 38830261.
  • Dornbush C, Mishra A, Hrabe J, Guyton K, Axelrod D, Blum J, Gribovskaja-Rupp I. Remote monitoring after elective colorectal surgery, a pilot study. Surgery. 2025 Mar;179:108791. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2024.08.025. Epub 2024 Sep 21. PMID: 39307673.
  • Sapci, I., Guyton, K., Church, J., Liska, D., Gorgun, E., Steele, S. R. & Valente, M. A. (2021). Advanced age alone should not preclude surveillance colonoscopy in the octogenarian and older population. American journal of surgery. DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.11.033. PMID: 34916038.
  • Guyton, K., Kearney, D. & Holubar, S. D. (2021). Anastomotic Leak after Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis. Clinics in colon and rectal surgery 34 (6) 417-425. DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1735274. PMID: 34853564. PMCID: PMC8610637.
  • Guyton, K., Belogortseva, N., Levine, Z., Kaiser, B. D., Sangwan, N., Hyman, N., Shogan, B. D., Zaborina, O. & Alverdy, J. C. (2021). Patient Acceptance of Routine Serial Postoperative Endoscopy Following Low Anterior Resection (LAR) and Its Ability to Detect Biomarkers in Anastomotic Lavage Fluid. World journal of surgery 45 (7) 2227-2234. DOI: 10.1007/s00268-021-06062-y. PMID: 33742231. PMCID: PMC8516158.
  • Sapci, I., Guyton, K., Church, J., Liska, D., Gorgun, E., Steele, S. R. & Valente, M. A. (2020). Advanced age alone should not preclude surveillance colonoscopy in the octogenarian and older population. Dis Colon Rectum (63) 98-99.
  • Christley, S., Shogan, B., Levine, Z., Koo, H., Guyton, K., Owens, S., Gilbert, J., Zaborina, O. & Alverdy, J. C. (2020). Comparative genetics of Enterococcus faecalis intestinal tissue isolates before and after surgery in a rat model of colon anastomosis. PloS one 15 (4) e0232165. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232165. PMID: 32343730. PMCID: PMC7188289.
  • Guyton, K. L., Levine, Z. C., Lowry, A. C., Lambert, L., Gribovskaja-Rupp, I., Hyman, N., Zaborina, O. & Alverdy, J. (2019). Identification of Collagenolytic Bacteria in Human Samples: Screening Methods and Clinical Implications for Resolving and Preventing Anastomotic Leaks and Wound Complications. Diseases of the colon and rectum 62 (8) 972-979. DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001417. PMID: 31283593. PMCID: PMC6624086.
  • Guyton, K., Shakhsheer, B. & Hyman, N. (2019). Cancer: Prevention, Early Detection, Treatment and Recovery. In Stein2019 Cancer. (2nd) John Wiley & Sons.