GENERAL SURGERY
Katie Artz, M.D.
James Balserak, M.D.
Kelly Favre, M.D.
Thomas Harmon, M.D.
Daniel McCabe, M.D.
BREAST SURGERY
Katie Artz, M.D.
Kelly Favre, M.D.
Thomas Harmon, M.D.
Daniel McCabe, M.D.
SURGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
James Balserak , M.D.
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Daniel McCabe, M.D.
COLON RECTAL SURGERY
Cybil Corning, M.D.
Stefanie Schluender, M.D.
THORACIC SURGERY
Douglas Lowell, M.D.
SURGEONS EMERITUS
Mark Kartchner, M.D.
NURSE PRACTIONER
Maria Crawford M.S.N.
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Our Surgeons
Kelly Favre, MD, FACS
Specialty Area
General Surgery, Board Certified
Dr. Favre has been elected by her peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America® from 2011 to 2013. Read more
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Special Interests
- Sentinel node dissection
- Cosmetic approach
- State of the art ultrasound and vacuum core biopsies in office
- Partial breast radiation catheter placement (if appropriate candidate)
- Genetic testing for BrCA1 and 2
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
- First to perform Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Southern Arizona (trained at UT-Southwestern)
- Laparoscopic hernia repair, ventral and inguinal
Hiatal Hernia/GERD
- Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication and hiatal hernia repair
- Expert at hospital interpreting testing (manometry and pH testing)
Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Medical School
Doctor of Medicine (1997)
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Bachelor of Science, with Distinction in
Chemistry (1993)
Internship & Residency
University of Arizona
General Surgical Residency
Tucson, AZ (1997-2002)
Board Certification
Fellow of American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.)
American Board of Surgery (2003)
Committees and Elected Positions
- Surgical Specialist at TMC interpreting GERD reflux
tests (pH testing and manometry) (2005-present)
- Section Chief of General Surgery
El Dorado Hospital (2004 - 2006)
- American College of Surgeons (2003 - present)
- Pima County Medical Society (2002 - present)
- Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic
Surgeons (2003)
Hospital Affiliations
St. Joseph's Hospital
Tucson Medical Center
Special Achievements
Dean, Derek, and Kallista Favre
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
ACR Research Fellowship (1994)
Wisconsin/Hilldale Research Award (1992)
Full Track Scholarship, University of Wisconsin (1989-1991)
(Sprinter in 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay, 4x200m relay)
Elected by her peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America® from 2011 to 2013
Memberships
The American Society of Breast Surgeons
Selected Publications
Williams, R.E., Cimbalnik (Favre), K.A., "Human IgG Anti-F(ab')2
Cross Reacts with DNA and Other Nuclear Antigens," Arthritis
and Rheumatism, (1994).
Baas, P.W., Cimbalnik (Favre), K.A., "Tau Confers Drug Stability
but not Cold Stability to Microtubules in Living Cells,"
Journal of Cell Sciences, 107(1), 135-143, (1994).
Selected Presentations
"Surgical Treatment of Gastroesophageal Disease (GERD)"
– Mark Mall, Tucson Medical Center, formerly at El Dorado
Hospital (2005-ongoing)
"Ovarian Cancer Management for the General Surgeon,"
University of Arizona General Surgery Grand Rounds, Tucson, AZ
(2002)
"Diagnosis and Management of Carcinoid Tumors," University
of Arizona General Surgery Grand Rounds, Tucson, AZ (2001)
"Human IgG Anti-F(ab')2 Cross Reacts with DNA and other Nuclear
Antigens," Annual American College of Rheumatology Conference,
New Orleans, LA (1995)
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