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Dr. Kimberly Matzie, MD, FACS, FASCRS

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Dr. Kimberly Matzie, MD, FACS, FASCRS

“I love thinking on the go, working with my hands to fix things, and helping people.  Being a surgeon is a great blend of these three things. I also enjoy the immediate feedback of doing surgery and usually knowing right away if something will work for the patient or not.”

 

Profile Details

Fellowship

  • Colon and Rectal Surgical Fellow, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 2009-2010
  • Critical Care Fellow, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School,  2005-2007

Residency

  • Senior & Chief Surgical Resident, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2007-2009

Education

  • BA, Harvard College, 1998
  • MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2002

Internship

  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2002-2005

Professional Distinctions

  • Harvard College magna cum laude, 1998

  • Harvard Medical School Graduating Class - Best Teaching Resident Award, Nominee 2007

  • John Harvard Scholarship & Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholarship for academic distinction. Dean’s List. 1994-1998   

  • Fellow, American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgery (ASCRS)

  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons (ACS)

  • Society of Critical Care Medicine, member

  • Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), member

  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons (ACS)

  • Association of Women Surgeons, member

  • Chesapeake Colorectal Society

  • Medical Society of Virginia


Bio

Kimberly Matzie, MD, FACS, FASCRS, is a board-certified colon and rectal surgeon at Fairfax Colon & Rectal Surgery, PC.

Dr. Matzie was born and raised in Granby, Connecticut. She decided to pursue a career in medicine after undergoing an operation in her freshman year of college. The procedure went well, but the surgeon didn’t have the best bedside manner, and no one on the surgical team explained the process or what to expect during recovery.

Dr. Matzie left the hospital inspired and committed to making interactions with her patients both positive and informative. After earning her undergraduate degree at Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dr. Matzie enrolled at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

There, she earned her Doctor of Medicine before completing a residency in general surgery at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. While there, Dr. Matzie also completed fellowships in clinical research, surgical care, and critical care.

Before entering private practice, Dr. Matzie completed fellowship training in colon and rectal surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston. She received extensive tutelage in advanced laparoscopy for small bowel, colon, and rectal surgeries.

As a colon and rectal surgeon, Dr. Matzie has special interests in Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM), a minimally invasive approach to removing large rectal polyps and early cancers not responsive to colonoscopy excision or other traditional techniques.

When she isn’t at work, Dr. Matzie enjoys spending time with her husband, Chris, and their two daughters.