Kristen Westfall, MD
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Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery
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Primary Location: 11100 Euclid Ave (0 mi.)
Other Locations - Languages Spoken: English
Office Locations
UH Cleveland Medical Center Bolwell (0 mi.)
11100 Euclid Ave
Bolwell Ste 2100
Cleveland, OH 44106
UH Cleveland Westlake Health Center (15 mi.)
960 Clague Rd
Ste 2100A
Westlake, OH 44145
440-250-2489
University Hospitals (18 mi.)
29099 Health Campus Dr
Bldg 3 Ste 250
Westlake, OH 44145
440-446-8600
Biography: Kristen Westfall, MD
Expertise
Titles
- Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
Education
Fellowship | Colon and Rectal Surgery
Colon and Rectal Surgery - UH Cleveland Medical Center (2024 - 2025)
Residency | General Surgery
General Surgery - St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor (2019 - 2024)
Medical Education
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine (2014 - 2019)
Undergraduate
Duke University (2014)
About
Kristen Westfall, MD, is a colorectal surgeon. She joined University Hospitals in 2025. Dr. Westfall sees patients at locations in Cleveland and Westlake, Ohio.
Dr. Westfall attended Duke University (Durham, North Carolina), where she earned a Bachelor of Science in biology with a minor in chemistry in 2014. While at Duke, she also obtained a certificate in genome sciences and policy. She went on to earn a Master of Public Health at University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) in 2018 and her medical degree at University of North Carolina - School of Medicine (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) in 2019. Dr. Westfall’s postgraduate medical training included a general surgery residency completed in 2024 at Trinity Health Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, Michigan) and fellowship in colon and rectal surgery completed in 2025 at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Westfall is a member of the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Association of Academic Surgery, Association of Women Surgeons, Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society, and Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. Among other honors and awards, she is the recipient of the Clarence E. Crook Resident Research Award (2022 and 2023); St. Joseph Mercy Consultant of the Year (2022); American Gastroenterological Association Student Research Fellowship Award (2013); Duke University Biology Research Forum Fellow (2013); and Dr. and Mrs. James H. Spruill ’67 Loyalty Fund Scholar (2015, 2016, 2018).
Dr. Westfall has contributed research to such peer-reviewed medical publications as The American Surgeon, ACS Case Reviews in Surgery, BMJ Case Reports, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Neurological Sciences and Surgical Endoscopy. As a presenter, Dr. Westfall has been an invited speaker or abstract presenter at conferences hosted by the American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, Michigan American College of Surgeons, Southeast Michigan Center for Medical Education, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Nathan A. Womack Surgical Society and John B. Graham Medical Student Research Society, among others.
Industry Relationships
University Hospitals is committed to transparency in our interactions with industry partners, such as pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device companies. At UH, we disclose practitioner and their family members’ ownership and intellectual property rights that are or in the process of being commercialized. In addition, we disclose payments to employed practitioners of $5,000 or more from companies with which the practitioners interact as part of their professional activities. These practitioner-industry relationships assist in developing new drugs, devices and therapies and in providing medical education aimed at improving quality of care and enhancing clinical outcomes. At the same time, UH understands that these relationships may create a conflict of interest. In providing this information, UH desires to assist patients in talking with their practitioners about industry relationships and how those relationships may impact their medical care.
UH practitioners seek advance approval for certain new industry relationships. In addition, practitioners report their industry relationships and activities, as well as those of their immediate family members, to the UH Office of Outside Interests annually. We review these reports and implement management plans, as appropriate, to address conflicts of interest that may arise in connection with medical research, clinical care and purchasing decisions.
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As of December 31, 2016, Kristen Westfall did not disclose any Outside Relationships with Industry.