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Kshama R. Jaiswal
Rating: 5.0 of 5
( out of 99 reviews )

Kshama R. Jaiswal, MD, FACS

Languages spoken: English, German, Gujarati, Spanish

Clinical Locations

Farmington ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Center

Farmington
801-213-3200

Huntsman Cancer Institute - Cancer Hospital North

2K, General Breast Surgery
Salt Lake City
801-213-4269

  • Kshama R. Jaiswal, MD, FACS, is a fellowship-trained surgical breast oncologist at ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ and Huntsman Cancer Institute specializing in the surgical treatment of breast cancer and benign breast diseases.

    Dr. Jaiswal’s Clinical Specialties Include:

    • Breast Surgery
    • Nipple preserving mastectomy
    • Breast conservation surgery
    • Total mastectomy
    • Axillary sentinel node biopsy
    • Complete axillary dissection
    • Image-guided lumpectomy
    • Skin-sparing mastectomy
    • Benign lumpectomy

    Dr. Jaiswal received her undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ, followed by a medical degree from the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Texas Southwestern Medical School, both in Dallas, Texas. She completed her surgical residency in 2007 at the same institution whose flagship training facility is the busy county, safety-net Parkland Memorial Hospital. During residency, she developed an interest in research and pursued a surgical oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute. After completing the fellowship in 2009, she stayed as clinical faculty at the NCI while continuing her research in pancreatic cancer stem cells. In 2010, she focused her career and interest in cancer stem cells towards breast cancer and moved to Manhattan to pursue another fellowship. In 2011, she completed a breast surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, one of the country’s leading cancer treatment programs. Upon completion of this fellowship, she was recruited to the county safety-net Denver ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Medical Center as its first fellowship-trained breast surgeon. Simultaneously, she was a leader in surgical education at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Colorado. She was recruited by the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah in 2024.

    From 2020 – 2024, Dr. Jaiswal was a member of the Academy of Medical Educators at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Colorado School of Medicine, received the Academy’s Medical Educator Award for Excellence in Direct Teaching at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Colorado in 2018, and was awarded the Golden Apple Faculty Teacher of the Year Award in 2016.

    Dr. Jaiswal’s Research Interests Include:

    • Surgical Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships
    • Graduate Medical Education Wellbeing
    • Timeliness of Breast Cancer Care

    Dr. Jaiswal has recently been learning to play the cello and loves to practice and play in her spare time.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Surgery

    Patient Rating

    Rating: 5.0 out of 5
    5.0 /5
    ( out of 99 reviews )

    The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.

    The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

    Patient Comments

    Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

    August 24, 2025
    FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    She is a very calm and reassuring type of person, who listens to your questions and answers them carefully making sure you understand. She also has a quiet but evident sense of humor. I like her.

    August 20, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    Dr Jaiswal is a ray of sunshine in my cancer care! She is very knowledgeable, down to earth, explains things in a way I can understand, she always has a smile, and she genuinely cares about me. I'm thankful I got her for my breast surgeon!

    August 17, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    She is the best!

    August 11, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    Dr Jaiswal is a very skilled surgeon! She listens and gives solid advice and includes your input in making important decisions. She explained things in a way that helped me to feel calm and well cared for. She takes the time needed to help you feel understood and yet advised the best care possible! She made a very anxious moment in my life feel confident in decisions to move forward with the best outcome possible.

    June 24, 2025
    FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    Very lucky to have her as my Doctor, caring and makes me feel good about myself

    June 21, 2025
    FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    Dr. Jaiswal made me feel like she had all the time in the world to listen and answer my questions. I realize that she sees patients every day; however, she still made me feel like she understood and sympathized with how overwhelmed I was feeling at that moment.

    June 19, 2025
    FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    Dr. Jaiswal is very easy to talk to. She makes sure that you understand all the options and procedures so that you can make an informed decision. I like that as she is very knowledgeable, but also compassionate. She is sensitive to the emotions involved with cancer. I appreciated that.

    May 24, 2025
    FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    She is very kindly and she can explain everything. She is well with patient.

    April 28, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    When I got my appt. With Dr Jaiswal I looked her up and read about her background. She certainly has put in the work to become an amazing Doctor. I think just looking at her photo posted on the site was enough confirmation to me to feel like I was in good hands.She did not disappoint. I came from the appt. Ready to proceed with the surgery without the nervousness that I felt prior to meeting with Dr. Jaiswal.

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  • Kshama R. Jaiswal, MD, FACS, is a fellowship-trained surgical breast oncologist at ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ and Huntsman Cancer Institute specializing in the surgical treatment of breast cancer and benign breast diseases.

    Dr. Jaiswal’s Clinical Specialties Include:

    • Breast Surgery
    • Nipple preserving mastectomy
    • Breast conservation surgery
    • Total mastectomy
    • Axillary sentinel node biopsy
    • Complete axillary dissection
    • Image-guided lumpectomy
    • Skin-sparing mastectomy
    • Benign lumpectomy

    Dr. Jaiswal received her undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ, followed by a medical degree from the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Texas Southwestern Medical School, both in Dallas, Texas. She completed her surgical residency in 2007 at the same institution whose flagship training facility is the busy county, safety-net Parkland Memorial Hospital. During residency, she developed an interest in research and pursued a surgical oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute. After completing the fellowship in 2009, she stayed as clinical faculty at the NCI while continuing her research in pancreatic cancer stem cells. In 2010, she focused her career and interest in cancer stem cells towards breast cancer and moved to Manhattan to pursue another fellowship. In 2011, she completed a breast surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, one of the country’s leading cancer treatment programs. Upon completion of this fellowship, she was recruited to the county safety-net Denver ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Medical Center as its first fellowship-trained breast surgeon. Simultaneously, she was a leader in surgical education at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Colorado. She was recruited by the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah in 2024.

    From 2020 – 2024, Dr. Jaiswal was a member of the Academy of Medical Educators at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Colorado School of Medicine, received the Academy’s Medical Educator Award for Excellence in Direct Teaching at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Colorado in 2018, and was awarded the Golden Apple Faculty Teacher of the Year Award in 2016.

    Dr. Jaiswal’s Research Interests Include:

    • Surgical Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships
    • Graduate Medical Education Wellbeing
    • Timeliness of Breast Cancer Care

    Dr. Jaiswal has recently been learning to play the cello and loves to practice and play in her spare time.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery -Associate Professor (Clinical)
    Academic Divisions Surgical Oncology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Surgery

    Education history

    Fellowship Breast Surgical Oncology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Fellow
    Fellowship Surgical Oncology - National Cancer Institute Fellow
    Internship/Residency General Surgery - ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Intern/Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Texas Southwestern Medical School M.D.
    Undergraduate Chemistry - Southern Methodist ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ B.A.
    Undergraduate Biology - Southern Methodist ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Manalo TA, Mott NM, Gonzalez VE, Nehler MR, Jaiswal K, Thurmon KL, Vemulakonda VM, Christian NT (2024). A Novel Urology Preliminary Residency Curriculum Within a Department of Surgery for Unmatched Applicants. J Surg Educ, 2024 Nov;81(11), 1529-1532.
    2. Coopersmith AS, Berler MH, Johnston B, Knutilla L, Edwards AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing (2024). Investigating influential factors and mechanisms of surgical resident well-being using social network analysis. Am J Surg, 2024 Feb;228, 45-51.
    3. OBrien E, Vemuru S, Leonard L, Himelhoch B, Adams M, Taft N, Jaiswal K, Sams S, Cumbler E, Wolverton D, Ahrendt G, Yi J, Lin CT, Miles R, Hampanda K, Tevis S (2023). Information transparency with immediate release: Oncology clinician and patient perceptions. Am J Surg, 227, 165-174. ()
    4. Lai SH, Suarez-Pierre A, Jaiswal K, Travis C, Steward L, Nehler M, Zweck-Bronner S, Christian N (2023). Implementation of a Holistic Review Process of US Allopathic Medical Students Eliminates Non-Comparable Metrics and Bias in General Surgery Residency Interview Invitations. J Surg Educ, 80(11), 1536-1543. ()
    5. Nguyen ET, Berler MH, Gonzales PA, Greenberg AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing (2023). Flourishing and the Prioritization of Workplace Elements in General Surgery Residents. J Surg Res, 291, 488-495. ()
    6. Coopersmith AS, Berler MH, Johnston B, Knutilla L, Edwards AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing (2023). Investigating influential factors and mechanisms of surgical resident well-being using social network analysis. Am J Surg, Epub 2023. ()
    7. Cevallos JR, Gonzales PA, Berler MH, Greenberg AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Well-being (2023). Operationalizing the Culture of Burnout and Well-Being: Multicenter Study of Value Congruence and Flourishing in General Surgery Residency. J Am Coll Surg, 237(3), 397-407. ()
    8. Burnet G, Platnick C, Krishnan P, Robinson CK, Sauaia A, Burlew CC, Nehler MR, Jaiswal K, Platnick KB (2022). Muffins and Meditation: Combatting Burnout in Surgical Residents. J Surg Educ, 80(2), 185-193. ()
    9. Awadallah NS, Jones TS, Christian N, Fainstad T, Nyquist J, Schreiber J, Fung CC, Rumack CM, Nehler M, Jaiswal KR (2022). Proactive Coaching in General Surgery Internship: Incorporating Well-being Practices into Resident Professional Life. J Surg Educ, 80(2), 177-184. ()
    10. Verosky A, Leonard LD, Quinn C, Vemuru S, Warncke E, Himelhoch B, Huynh V, Wolverton D, Jaiswal K, Ahrendt G, Sams S, Lin CT, Cumbler E, Schulick R, Tevis SE (2022). Patient comprehension of breast pathology report terminology: The need for patient-centered resources. Surgery, 172(3), 831-837. ()
    11. Greenberg AL, Tenzing N, Ghadimi TR, Tilahun MN, Berler MH, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Well-Being (2022). Well-Being Intervention in General Surgery: Multicenter Study of Program Director and Resident Perspectives. J Am Coll Surg, 235(2), 217-224. ()
    12. Leonard LD, Himelhoch B, Huynh V, Wolverton D, Jaiswal K, Ahrendt G, Sams S, Cumbler E, Schulick R, Tevis SE (2021). Patient and clinician perceptions of the immediate release of electronic health information. Am J Surg, 224(1 Pt A), 27-34. ()
    13. Awadallah NS, Czaja AS, Fainstad T, McNulty MC, Jaiswal KR, Jones TS, Rumack CM (2021). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family medicine residency training. Fam Pract, 38(Suppl 1), i9-i15. ()
    14. Ludwigson A, Huynh V, Bronsert M, Sloan K, Murphy C, Christian N, Jaiswal K, Ahrendt G, Tevis SE (2020). A screening tool identifies high distress in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. Surgery, 168(5), 935-941. ()
    15. Kovar A, Bronsert M, Jaiswal K, Murphy C, Wolverton D, Ahrendt G, Tevis S (2020). The Waiting Game: How Long Are Breast Cancer Patients Waiting for Definitive Diagnosis? Ann Surg Oncol, 27(10), 3641-3649. ()
    16. Huynh V, Rojas K, Ahrendt G, Murphy C, Jaiswal K, Cumbler E, Christian N, Tevis S (2020). Reassessing Opioid Use in Breast Surgery. J Surg Res, 254, 232-241. ()
    17. Samuels JM, Halpern AL, Carmichael H, Christian NT, Travis CEM, Jaiswal K, Nehler MR (2020). This Surgical Life - An Exploration of Surgical Department Podcasting. J Surg Educ, 77(5), 1257-1265. ()
    18. Jaiswal K, Hull M, Furniss AL, Doyle R, Gayou N, Bayliss E (2017). Delays in Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer: A Safety-Net Population Profile. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 16(12), 1451-1457. ()
    19. Xin HW, Ambe CM, Ray S, Kim BK, Koizumi T, Wiegand GW, Hari D, Mullinax JE, Jaiswal KR, Garfield SH, Stojadinovic A, Rudloff U, Thorgeirsson SS, Avital I (2013). Wnt and the cancer niche: paracrine interactions with gastrointestinal cancer cells undergoing asymmetric cell division. J Cancer, 4(6), 447-57. ()
    20. Jaiswal KR, Xin HW, Anderson A, Wiegand G, Kim B, Miller T, Hari D, Ray S, Koizumi T, Rudloff U, Thorgeirsson SS, Avital I (2012). Comparative testing of various pancreatic cancer stem cells results in a novel class of pancreatic-cancer-initiating cells. Stem Cell Res, 9(3), 249-60. ()
    21. Hari D, Xin HW, Jaiswal K, Wiegand G, Kim BK, Ambe C, Burka D, Koizumi T, Ray S, Garfield S, Thorgeirsson S, Avital I (2011). Isolation of live label-retaining cells and cells undergoing asymmetric cell division via nonrandom chromosomal cosegregation from human cancers. Stem Cells Dev, 20(10), 1649-58. ()
    22. Murphy JT, Jaiswal K, Sabella J, Vinson L, Megison S, Maxson RT (2009). Prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the pediatric trauma patient. J Pediatr Surg, 45(7), 1413-9. ()
    23. Sarosi G, Brown G, Jaiswal K, Feagins LA, Lee E, Crook TW, Souza RF, Zou YS, Shay JW, Spechler SJ (2008). Bone marrow progenitor cells contribute to esophageal regeneration and metaplasia in a rat model of Barrett's esophagus. Dis Esophagus, 21(1), 43-50. ()
    24. Jaiswal KR, Morales CP, Feagins LA, Gandia KG, Zhang X, Zhang HY, Hormi-Carver K, Shen Y, Elder F, Ramirez RD, Sarosi GA Jr, Spechler SJ, Souza RF (2007). Characterization of telomerase-immortalized, non-neoplastic, human Barrett's cell line (BAR-T). Dis Esophagus, 20(3), 256-64. ()
    25. Jaiswal K, Lopez-Guzman C, Souza RF, Spechler SJ, Sarosi GA Jr (2005). Bile salt exposure increases proliferation through p38 and ERK MAPK pathways in a non-neoplastic Barrett's cell line. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, 290(2), G335-42. ()
    26. Sarosi GA Jr, Jaiswal K, Herndon E, Lopez-Guzman C, Spechler SJ, Souza RF (2005). Acid increases MAPK-mediated proliferation in Barrett's esophageal adenocarcinoma cells via intracellular acidification through a Cl-/HCO3- exchanger. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, 289(6), G991-7. ()
    27. Sarosi GA Jr, Jaiswal KR, Nwariaku FE, Asolati M, Fleming JB, Anthony T (2005). Surgical therapy of peptic ulcers in the 21st century: more common than you think. Am J Surg, 190(5), 775-9. ()
    28. Jaiswal K, Tello V, Lopez-Guzman C, Nwariaku F, Anthony T, Sarosi GA Jr (2004). Bile salt exposure causes phosphatidyl-inositol-3-kinase-mediated proliferation in a Barrett's adenocarcinoma cell line. Surgery, 136(2), 160-8. ()
    29. Molmenti EP, Roodhouse TW, Molmenti H, Jaiswal K, Jung G, Marubashi S, Sanchez EQ, Gogel B, Levy MF, Goldstein RM, Fasola CG, Elliott EE, Bursac N, Mulligan D, Gonwa TA, Klintmalm GB (2002). Thrombendvenectomy for organized portal vein thrombosis at the time of liver transplantation. Ann Surg, 235(2), 292-6. ()
    30. Sohal RS, Wennberg-Kirch E, Jaiswal K, Kwong LK, Forster MJ (1999). Effect of age and caloric restriction on bleomycin-chelatable and nonheme iron in different tissues of C57BL/6 mice. Free Radic Biol Med, 27(3-4), 287-93. ()

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