Chief Resident
Instructor, Department of Surgical Sciences
Biosketch
Kelsey Sheets, MD, is a resident physician in the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She graduated from the University of Iowa with her BA in Classical Languages in 2015. The University of Iowa is also where Dr. Sheets earned her medical degree in 2020.
Throughout medical school, Dr. Sheets conducted research on women's health and access to healthcare in Eastern Iowa. She additionally worked with survivors of domestic violence, volunteered as a student medical examiner for a local free medical clinic, and served on the board of directors for a non-profit women's health clinic for three years, the final year in the capacity of vice chair of the clinic.
In 2019, Dr. Sheets was awarded the John's Hopkins Diversity Scholarship in Orthopaedic Surgery and was inducted into the AOA medical honors society. Her research and clinical interests include access to healthcare for underserved populations and diversity in the workplace.
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Education and Training
- MD 2020, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
- BA 2015, Classical Languages, College of Libral Liberal Arts, University of Iowa
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Publications
Sheets K., Overbey J., Ksajikian A., Bovid K., Kenter K., Li Y. The pathophysiology and treatment of musculoskeletal fibrosis Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 2022;123:843-851.
Gnade C.M., Hill E.K., Botkin H.E., Hefel A.R., Hansen H.E., Sheets K.A., Mott S.L., Hardy-Fairbanks A.J., Stockdale C.K. Is the age of cervical cancer diagnosis changing over time? Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction. 2021;50
Gnade C.M., Hill E.K., Botkin H.E., Hefel A.R., Hansen H.E., Sheets K.A., Mott S.L., Hardy-Fairbanks A.J., Stockdale C.K. Effect of Obesity on Cervical Cancer Screening and Outcomes Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. 2020;24:358-362.
Kerestes C., Sheets K., Stockdale C.K., Hardy-Fairbanks A.J. Prevalence, attitudes and knowledge of misoprostol for self-induction of abortion in women presenting for abortion at Midwestern reproductive health clinics Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. 2019;27(1)
Abou Alaiwa M.H., Launspach J.L., Sheets K.A., Rivera J.A., Gansemer N.D., Taft P.J., Thorne P.S., Welsh M.J., Stoltz D.A., Zabner J. Repurposing tromethamine as inhaled therapy to treat CF airway disease JCI Insight. 2016;1(8)
Li X., Tang X.X., Vargas Buonfiglio L.G., Comellas A.P., Thornell I.M., Ramachandran S., Karp P.H., Taft P.J., Sheets K., Abou Alaiwa M.H., Welsh M.J., Meyerholz D.K., Stoltz D.A., Zabner J. Electrolyte transport properties in distal small airways from cystic fibrosis pigs with implications for host defense American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2016;310(7):L670-L679.
Alaiwa M.H.A., Reznikov L.R., Gansemer N.D., Sheets K.A., Horswill A.R., Stoltz D.A., Zabner J., Welsh M.J. pH modulates the activity and synergism of the airway surface liquid antimicrobials β-defensin-3 and LL-37 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014;111(52):18703-18708.
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Presentations
- Patient perpetrated harassment and the Michigan orthopaedic surgery resident. Sheets K, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Covid Toes: A Case Series. Black S, Sheets K, Noffsinger S, Jerz H, Jastifer J, 40th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2022