Erika Thys MD (She/Her)

University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Class of 2025

Summary

Erika Thys is a medical student at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, expected to graduate in 2025. She previously earned a BA in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley in 2017. Erika has experience as a Clinic Manager at Bay Area Reproductive Healthcare from 2017 to 2021. Her scholarly work includes publications on topics such as trauma-informed care, uterine transplantation eligibility, and perioperative medication management. In 2023, she received the Jerry & Janet Zebrack Family Scholarship for Humanism.

PubMed

13 citations
First-in-Human Whole-Eye Transplantation: Ensuring an Ethical Approach to Surgical Innovation.
Matteo Laspro, Erika Thys, Erika Thys, Erika Thys, Bachar Chaya
The American Journal of Bioethics. 2024-05-01
Incorporating Trauma-informed Approaches to Care in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation.
Erika Thys, Matteo Laspro, Bachar F Chaya, Eduardo D Rodriguez, Laura L Kimberly
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open. 2024-01-01
Perioperative Medication Management in Elective Plastic Surgery Procedures.
Bachar F Chaya, Ricardo Rodriguez Colon, Daniel Boczar, David Daar, Hilliard Brydges
The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2023-05-01

Abstracts/Posters

Equity in Uterine Transplantation Eligibility: A Scoping Review
Thys E, Davé N, Kimberly L, American Transplant Congress, San Diego, CA, 6/6/2023
Longitudinal Medical Social Justice (MSJ) Scholarly Concentration for Medical School Curriculum
Thys E, Ho C, Callister E, Griffin K, Nolan S, Facemyer K, USC Innovations in Medical Education Conference: Cool Ideas or Works-in-Progress, Virtual, 2/16/2023
Increasing Access for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Patients Seeking Gender-Affirming Care in Nevada through an Online Statewide Resource Guide
Thys E, Callister E, Ho C, Nolan S, Griffin K, Facemyer K, Health Systems Science Student, Resident, and Fellow Impact Challenge, 11/2022
Designing the Nevada Gender Clinic: A Student-Led Effort to Expand Gender-Diverse Care
Trivitt S, Ciccotti H, Ho C, Kachen A, Thys E, Sanchez C., Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health, Virtual, 10/2022
Implementation of a Longitudinal Culinary Medicine Curriculum for Medical Students
Thys E, Callister E, McClure K, Nikooei T, Schechter J, Joshee S, Figueroa S, Wybrecht A, DiMassa V, Yco M, Nguyen E, Bain K, Eckert K, Health Meets Food Conference, Orlando, FL, 6/2022
Clonal evolution of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in a college community
Yamaji R, Thys E, Friedman C, Riley L., ASM Microbe, New Orleans, LA, 6/2017
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Other

Commentary to “The First 5 Years of Uterus Transplant in the US: A Report From the United States Uterus Transplant Consortium”: Ripple Effects of the Dobbs Decision: I...
Thys E, Kimberly L
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2793976
JAMA Network Open - 8/3/2022