Kayla Switalla, MD
RESIDENT
Surgery
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Minnesota Medical School, 2025
• University of Minnesota Foundation Research Grant, University of Minnesota Medical School, 2024-2025
• Outstanding Scientific Presentation Award by a Medical Trainee, 25th American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting, 2024
• University of Minnesota Foundation Research Grant, University of Minnesota Medical School, 2023-2024

Education & Training

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• MD Medicine University of Minnesota Medical School 05/2025
• BS Neuroscience University of Minnesota Twin Cities 05/2019
• BA Psychology University of Minnesota Twin Cities 05/2019

Publications (17)

Top publication keywords:
Lymph Node ExcisionMastectomy, SegmentalSentinel Lymph NodeGastric BypassDyspneaMargins of ExcisionCarcinoma, LobularSentinel Lymph Node BiopsyBreast NeoplasmsRib FracturesMammaplastyPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresAxillaCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastNeoadjuvant Therapy

• Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Surgical Outcomes and Conversion to Node-Negativity in Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer: Analysis of Molecularly High-Risk Tumors by Histologic Subtype on the I-SPY2 Clinical Trial.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2025 Mukhtar RA, Dimitroff K, Yau C, Chien AJ, Connolly EP, Howard-McNatt M, Rao R, Ladores V, Golshan M, Sauder CA, Ahmed K, Lancaster R, Fox J, Gutnik L, Lee MC, Tchou J, Prionas N, Arciero CA, Reyna C, …
• Disparities in the Surgical Management of the Axilla by Self-Identified Race in the Multicenter Neoadjuvant I-SPY2 Trial.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2025 Kaur M, Dimitroff K, Boughey JC, Esserman LJ, Yau C, Tchou J, Quirarte A, Lee MC, Howard-McNatt MM, Switalla K, Kuerer H, Sauder C, Postlewait LM, Arciero C, Rao R, Wallace A, Reyna C, Ahmed K, Gutnik…
• Risk Factors for Dyspnea in Rib Fracture Patients: A Prospective Study of Patient-Reported Outcomes.
  The Journal of surgical research 2025 Switalla KM, Sundlof M, Jones E, Bahr M, Doering M, Martin D, McCormick-Deaton J, Melton-Meaux GB, Tignanelli C
• ASO Author Reflections: Reassessing Positive Margins in Breast-Conserving Surgery: The Role of Histology and Oncoplastic Surgery.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2025 Switalla KM, Mukhtar RA
• Positive Margin Rates After Breast-Conserving Surgery by Histologic Subtype: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Evaluating the Impact of Oncoplastic Surgery.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2025 Switalla KM, Falade IO, Quirarte A, Baxter M, Kaur M, Sakr RA, Corso G, Mukhtar RA

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• Oncologic Outcomes with De-Escalation of Axillary Surgery After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: Results from > 1500 Patients on the I-SPY2 Clinical Trial.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2025 Boughey JC, Yu H, Switalla K, Velle L, Lopes A, Wallace AM, Lancaster RB, Reyna CR, Tuttle TM, Jaskowiak N, Tchou J, Rao R, Lee MC, Naik AM, Golshan M, Arciero CA, Sauder CAM, Matsen CB, Yau C, …
• Efficacy of topical tranexamic acid in gender-affirming mastectomy.
  Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS 2025 Falade I, Lopes A, Switalla K, Song S, Ramrakhiani N, Kim E
• Risk factors and resolution of patient-reported pain and mental health symptoms following rib fracture(s).
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2025 Sundlof M, Switalla K, Jones EK, Bahr M, Doering M, Martin D, McCormick-Deaton J, Melton-Meaux GB, Tignanelli CJ
• Balancing risks of surgical complications and positive margins for patients with invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast and elevated BMI: An institutional cohort study.
  American journal of surgery 2024 Falade I, Switalla K, Quirarte A, Baxter M, Soroudi D, Rothschild H, Abe SE, Goodwin K, Piper M, Alvarado M, Julian BQ, Ewing C, Wong J, Rose J, Esserman L, Foster R, Mukhtar RA
• Variation in surgical treatment by body mass index in patients with invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast.
  Breast cancer research and treatment 2024 Falade IO, Switalla KM, Baxter ME, Quirarte A, Record H, Rothschild HT, Clelland EN, Mukhtar RA
• ASO Author Reflections: Evolving Paradigms in Axillary Management for Breast Cancer: Insights from the ISPY-2 Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Trial.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2024 Switalla KM, Boughey JC, Mukhtar RA
• Clipping the Positive Lymph Node in Patients with Clinically Node Positive Breast Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Impact on Axillary Surgery in the ISPY-2 Clinical Trial.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2024 Switalla KM, Boughey JC, Dimitroff K, Yau C, Ladores V, Yu H, Tchou J, Golshan M, Ahrendt G, Postlewait LM, Piltin M, Reyna CR, Matsen CB, Tuttle TM, Wallace AM, Arciero CA, Lee MC, Tseng J, Son J, …
• Oncologic Safety of Immediate Oncoplastic Surgery Compared with Standard Breast-Conserving Surgery for Patients with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2024 Falade I, Switalla K, Quirarte A, Baxter M, Soroudi D, Rothschild H, Abe SE, Goodwin K, Piper M, Wong J, Foster R, Mukhtar RA
• Functional donor-site morbidity following reconstruction with pectoralis major flaps: A systematic review.
  JPRAS open 2024 Falade IO, Murphy AI, Switalla KM, Yin RR, Rose JA
• Effect of beta-blocker therapy on weight loss outcomes after sleeve gastrectomy & Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
  Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery 2023 Switalla K, Sundlof M, Abdelwahab H, Leslie D, Wise E, Wang Q, Duval S, Benner A, Bartolomucci A, Ikramuddin S
• Changes in Surgical Management of the Axilla Over 11 Years - Report on More Than 1500 Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on the Prospective I-SPY2 Trial.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Boughey JC, Yu H, Dugan CL, Piltin MA, Postlewait L, Son JD, Edmiston KK, Godellas CV, Lee MC, Carr MJ, Tonneson JE, Crown A, Lancaster RB, Woriax HE, Ewing CA, Chau HS, Patterson AK, Wong JM, …
• Use of endocrine therapy for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer among American Indians and Alaska natives.
  Breast cancer research and treatment 2023 Engelking M, Marmor S, Burjak M, Hinojos M, Lloyd W, Switalla KM, Tuttle TM