Education
MD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
Graduate Certificate in Clinical and Translational Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Internship, University of Kentucky Department of General Surgery, Lexington, Kentucky
Residency, University of Kentucky Department of General Surgery, Lexington, Kentucky
Research Fellowship, University of Kentucky Department of General Surgery, Lexington, Kentucky
Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
MPH, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Dr. Kristin Long is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) in the Division of Endocrine Surgery. She completed her general surgery training at the University of Kentucky and her endocrine surgery fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, prior to joining the faculty at UW. She is the associate program director for the Endocrine Surgery Fellowship in the Department of Surgery. Once at UW, she also earned a Master’s in Public Health from UW SMPH. Her clinical practice focuses primarily on thyroid and parathyroid surgery, and she is the Associate Program Director for UW’s Endocrine Surgery fellowship. Her academic focus is global surgery, and she has projects in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Palestine. Additionally, she is a fellow of the College of Surgeons of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa and serves on the executive committee of the Association of Academic Global Surgery. She was awarded the 2019 AAS Visiting Professorship to the West African College of Surgeons, the 2024 Society of University Surgeons Global Scholar Award, and has given invited talks on 6 continents. When not operating or traveling, she can be found with her dog Gizmo or at a nearby concert!