Rachel Rapaport Kelz, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Rachel Rapaport Kelz, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Department of Surgery
3400 Spruce Street, 4 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street, 4 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-2030
Fax: 215-662.7476
Fax: 215-662.7476
Email:
rachel.kelz@uphs.upenn.edu
rachel.kelz@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
BS (Mathematics)
Union College, Schenectady, NY, 1992.
MD (Medicine)
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1997.
MSCE (Health Services Research)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2002.
Permanent linkBS (Mathematics)
Union College, Schenectady, NY, 1992.
MD (Medicine)
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1997.
MSCE (Health Services Research)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2002.
Description of Research Expertise
health services research, patient safety, surgical endocrinology, disparities of care, outcomes researchDescription of Clinical Expertise
benign and malignant diseases of the thyroidand parathyroid glands, minimally invasive surgerySelected Publications
Zubizarreta, J., Reinke, C., Kelz, R., Silber, J. and Rosenbaum P.: Matching for several sparse nominal variables in a case-control study of readmission following surgery. The American Statistician (TAS). 2012 Notes: Acccepted for Publication October 2011.Mills AM, Holena DN, Kallan MJ, Carr BG, Reinke CE, Kelz RR.: The Effect of Insurance Status on Patients Admitted for Acute Diverticulitis Colorectal Diseases 2012 Notes: accepted for publication August 2012.
Showalter S, Kelz RR, Mahmoud N.: Affect of Technique on Postoperative Perineal Wound Infections in Abdominoperineal Resection. To be determined 2012.
Holena, DN; Hadler, R; Wirtalla, C; Carr, B; Morris, JB; Kelz, RR.: Teaching status: The impact on emergency and elective surgical care in the US Annals of Surgery 253(5): 1017–1023, May 2011.
Mittal MK, Morris JB, Kelz RR.: Germ Simulation: A Novel Approach for Raising Medical Students Awareness Toward Asepsis. The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare 6(2): 65-70, April 2011.
Silber JH, Rosenbaum PR, Kelz RR, Reinke CE, Neuman MD, Ross RN, Even-Shoshan O, David G, Saynisch PA, Kyle FA, Bratzler DW, Fleisher LA: Medical and Financial Risks Associated with Surgery in the Elderly Obese. Annals of Surgery 2011 Notes: accepted for publication october 2011.
Reinke CE, Hadler RA, Karakousis GC, Fraker DL, Kelz RR. : Does the Presence of Thyroid Cancer Increase the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Thyroidectomy? Surgery 2011.
Reinke CE, Drebin J, Kreider S, Kean C, Resnick A, Raper S, Kelz RR: Timing of Pre-operative Pharmacoprophylaxis for Pancreatic Surgery Patients: A Venous Thromboembolism Reduction Initiative. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2011.
Holena D, Mills A,, Carr B, Wirtalla C, Sarani, B, Kim P, Braslow B, Kelz RR: Transfer Status: A Risk Factor for Mortality in Patients with Necrotizing Fasciitis Surgery 2011.
Shah PK, Shah KK, Karakousis GC, Reinke CE, Kelz RR, Fraker DL. : Regional Recurrence after Lymphadenectomy for Clinically Evident Lymph Node Metastases from Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Cohort Study. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2011.