Dr. Kristen Rezak

04/06/2025

Most plastic surgery procedures cause some scarring. Patients often determine the success of their surgery by how visible the scars are. Scarring is inevitable with surgery, but there are many different ways to make them less noticeable.

11/18/2023

Did you know the Womens in Academic Plastic Surgery Committee is hosting a webinar?! It's Part 2 of their "Academic Promotion Demystified" Series! Join us Monday, November 20th starting at 8:00PM (Eastern) / 5:00PM (Pacific)!

It's not to late to register still: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_toTGVCQWTdm_f_5LWmYtOg #/

03/31/2023

Great article about my twin sister Dr. Amy Alger about her path to being a trauma surgeon at Duke.

At Duke, the physicians and staff within Division of Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery are familiar with the unfamiliar. Patients present with a host of complex issues that need to be solved, often within crucially short time constraints.

08/10/2022

Microsurgery skills lab at Duke Flap Course

09/01/2020

As attempts to strip away explicit health care protections for transgender and gender non-conforming people continue, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation highlights facilities committing to equality and the importance of…

04/21/2020

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/21/americas/breast-implant-bullet-wound-wellness-intl-scli/index.html

A woman who survived a close-range gunshot wound to the chest was saved because of her silicone breast implants, doctors believe.

03/23/2020

If you are sick or think you’ve been exposed to COVID-19, call ahead to your doctor and follow steps to help prevent its spread to others.

10/12/2019

Duke Raleigh Hospital has again been named “Leader in LGBTQ Health Care Equality,” in the recent national Healthcare Equality Index. Read about the designation, which is based on a hospital’s attention to LGBTQ-specific patient and community engagement, employee benefits and policies, staff training, and patient services http://bit.ly/33lJDTv

09/28/2019

Many women who have breast implants were worried by the news that textured implants have been recalled due to an association with anaplastic large cell lymphoma risk, but the FDA does not recommend explantation in women who are not experiencing symptoms. Plastic surgeons Mary Ann Piskun and Elise Ma...