Kristin Korderas, MD
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NPI Number:
1932494325
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Primary Specialty:
Acute Care Surgery
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Languages Spoken:
English
About Kristin
Dr. Kristin Korderas is an acute care surgeon at Altru Health System. She performs emergency surgeries on adults and children. She is passionate about surgery and believes that taking time to understand her patients and what their expectations and goals are will lead to the best patient care and outcomes. She loves teaching and looks forward to continuing to work with surgical residents. Dr. Korderas is originally from Ontario, Canada, and she enjoys cooking, martial arts, aquarium keeping, and wildlife preservation.
Professional Memberships
American Board of Surgery
Philosophy of Medicine
I approach surgery with compassion and understanding. I try to think of how I would want a member of my own family treated. Caring for people in their time of greatest stress, and being able to see them recover, is the most rewarding part of being a surgeon.
Locations
Altru Hospital
Awards
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Minnie L. Presley Patient Safety Award
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Cyril S. Arvanitis Memorial Award
Education
- Medical School
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St. George’s University
Grenada, West Indies
- Internship
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General Surgery Internship
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, NJ
- Residency
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General Surgery Residency
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, NJ
- Fellowship
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Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Augusta, GA
- Board Certification
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Board certified in General Surgery
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Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
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Basic Life Support (BLS)
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Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
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Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS)