Krystina Quow

Kristina Quow

Third Year Resident

Start Year

2019

What are your career interests?

Med-Derm, Skin of Color, health disparities, quality improvement and patient safety.

Why did you choose Duke for residency training?

I chose Duke for my residency training because of the strong academic program with access to multiple subspecialty clinics across the various training sites, the diverse patient population, and the supportive learning environment.

Education & Training

Undergraduate:  Duke University, BA, Psychology, 2013
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine, MD, 2018
Internship: Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina, 2018-2019
Residency: Dermatology, Duke University, 2019-2022

Awards & Honors

  • Michelle Winn Award for Diversity and Inclusion, 2018
  • Feagin Leadership Scholar

Publications & Presentations

Publications

  • Adair KC, Quow K, Frankel A, Mosca PJ, Profit J, Hadley A, Leonard M, Sexton BJ. “The Improvement Readiness scale of the SCORE survey: a metric to assess capacity for quality improvement in healthcare.” BMC Health Serv Res. 2018;18(1):975.
  • Kloss BA, Tompson SW, Whisenhunt KN, Quow K, Rosenberg T, Pavelec DM, Young TL. “Exome Sequence Analysis of 14 Families with High Myopia.” Invest. Opthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2017;58(4):1982-1990.
  • Whisenhunt KN, Tompson SW, Quow K, Beggs G, Wei Q, Tran-Viet KN, Katowitz JA, Kherani F, Young TL. “Gene variant identified for unusual eyelid, eyebrow, and conjunctival syndrome.” Invest. Opthalmol. Vis. Sci., 2016;57(12):6576.
  • Young TL, Tompson SW, Whisenhunt KN, DeGroot Q, Quow K, Luo X, Afshari NA. “Hereditary Benign Intraepithelial Dyskeratosis in a Native American Tribe.” Invest. Opthalmol. Vis. Sci., 2014;55(13):1016.

Presentations

  • Kloss BA, Tompson SW, Whisenhunt KN, Quow K, Rosenberg T, Pavelec DM, Young TL. “Exome Sequence Analysis of 14 Families with High Myopia.” Poster presented at: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology; May 11, 2017; Baltimore, MD.
  • Rottner E, Sinyard T, Keddington D, Quow K, Hairfield J, Spurney Y, Wofford B, Niemchak S, Mosca PJ. “Enhancing Employee Empowerment by Celebrating the Red Dots.” Poster presented at: 12th Annual Duke Patient Safety and Quality Conference; March 23, 2017; Durham, NC.
  • Quow K, Papakanakis S, Axler-DiPerte G, Budimlija Z, Caragine T, Prinz, M.  “Sperm Cell Transfer and Automated Sperm Search Using Laser Microdissection.” The Leadership Alliance National Symposium; July 29, 2012; Hartford Connecticut.