{"id":2621,"date":"2018-07-25T09:54:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T13:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=2621"},"modified":"2025-09-04T09:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:35:08","slug":"kristalyn-gallagher-do","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/directory\/kristalyn-gallagher-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristalyn Gallagher, DO, FACS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Section Chief of Breast Surgery<br \/>\nSurgical Director of the Breast Care Program<br \/>\nProfessor<\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xKXwftEh6oY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/800\/2018\/07\/Carolina-Care-Excellence-Logo-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"153\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recipient of the\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/celebrating-our-providers-carolina-care-excellence-2\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 UNC Health Care and UNC Faculty Physicians Award for Carolina Care Excellence<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SPECIALTIES<\/h3>\n<p>Breast surgical oncology, including excisional biopsy; lumpectomy; mastectomy; skin-sparing mastectomy; nipple-sparing mastectomy; oncoplastic surgery; sentinel lymph node biopsy and mapping; axillary node dissection; axillary reverse mapping to reduce lymphedema, locally advanced breast cancer; breast cancer in young women; breast sarcomas; benign breast disease; high risk breast cancer patients.<\/p>\n<h3>EDUCATION<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Fellowship: Breast Oncology and Oncoplastics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR\u00a0 2013-2014<\/li>\n<li>Residency: Oklahoma State university Medical Center, Tulsa, OK\u00a0 2008-2013<\/li>\n<li>DO: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV\u00a0 2004-2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>BOARD CERTIFICATIONS<\/h3>\n<p>General Surgery \u2013 Board Certified (2015)<\/p>\n<h3>PUBLICATIONS<\/h3>\n<p>Search for publications on\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>PubMed<\/b><\/a>\u00a0using gallagher k* as search criteria<\/p>\n<h3>PATIENT STORIES<\/h3>\n<table class=\" alignleft\" style=\"width: 88.9502%;border-collapse: collapse;height: 356px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 243px\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"width: 80.8029%;height: 130px\"><strong>Male Breast Cancer Survivor\u00a0 | <\/strong>April 15, 2020<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11254 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/800\/2018\/07\/DSC08343-002-e1611949947473-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/800\/2018\/07\/DSC08343-002-e1611949947473-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/800\/2018\/07\/DSC08343-002-e1611949947473-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/800\/2018\/07\/DSC08343-002-e1611949947473-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/800\/2018\/07\/DSC08343-002-e1611949947473.jpg 605w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333\">Men account for less than 1% of diagnosed breast cancers in the United States. While the risks are low, there is still a possibility of developing breast cancer. That possibility became very real for John Ozols, who at 72 had settled comfortably into retirement. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/story\/john-ozols\/\">Read more about John&#8217;s story.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 243px\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"width: 80.8029%;height: 226px\"><strong>The Drive for Survival, a Breast Cancer Survivor Story |\u00a0<\/strong>July 13, 2018<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11105 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/plastic\/files\/2018\/07\/Early-Detection-e1611931449571-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The trip from Jacksonville, North Carolina to Chapel Hill is only about three hours, 148 miles of mostly highway across a landscape of pine trees and old oaks with towns dotting the horizon. Krystal Hensley, a 29-year-old cancer survivor knew the route by heart. \u201cI could have gone somewhere closer to home but I trust my doctors at UNC Health.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/story\/krystle-hensley\/\">Read more about Krystal&#8217;s Story.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 80.8029%\"><strong>Breast Cancer Treatment During COVID-19<\/strong> | March 25, 2021<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11266 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/800\/2018\/07\/Brighid_dogAddie-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/800\/2018\/07\/Brighid_dogAddie-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/800\/2018\/07\/Brighid_dogAddie-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/800\/2018\/07\/Brighid_dogAddie-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/800\/2018\/07\/Brighid_dogAddie-600x799.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/800\/2018\/07\/Brighid_dogAddie.jpg 961w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/> For those diagnosed with a disease, the potential of contracting COVID-19 adds another layer of stress and required caution to the situation. 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