Background
Gugliuzza, Kristene Koontz was born on May 2, 1956 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Lloyd Lawson Koontz Junior and Helen Ruth (Camfield) Smith.
Transplant and general surgery educator
Gugliuzza, Kristene Koontz was born on May 2, 1956 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Lloyd Lawson Koontz Junior and Helen Ruth (Camfield) Smith.
AS, Lake Land College, Mattoon, Illinois, 1977; Bachelor of Science with honors, Eastern Illinois U., Charleston, 1978; Doctor of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, 1982.
Intern department surgery, Tulane University Medical school and Affiliated Hospitals, New Orleans, 1982-1983; resident, Tulane University Medical school and Affiliated Hospitals, New Orleans, 1983-1987; fellow division transplantation, Tulane University Medical school and Affiliated Hospitals, New Orleans, 1987-1989; instructor surgery, research associate in surgery and transplantation, Tulane University Medical school and Affiliated Hospitals, New Orleans, 1989-1990; assistant professor, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1990-1997; associate professor, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, since 1997; special fellow in pancreas transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1989; courtesy staff, St. Mary's Hospital, Galveston, 1991-1996. Recovery surgeon Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency, New Orleans, 1989-1990, S.W. Transplant Alliance, since 1990. Presenter in field.
Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, American Diabetes Association, Galveston County Medical Society, Texas Medical Association, Cell Transplant Society, Association Women Surgeons, Singleton Surgical Society, Association Academy Surgery, Transplantation Society, Texas Transplant Society, Tulane Surgical Society, American Society Transplant Physicians, Texas Surgical Society.
Married JosephThomas Gugliuzza III, September 3, 1989.