Staff Profile

Reagan Collins is an MD candidate at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and a graduate of Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. Previously, she spent her days as a student athlete on the Texas Tech Women’s Tennis Team, but now devotes her time to advocating for health equity and access to care in the West Texas region as Co-Founder of the TTU System Public Health and Health Policy Think Tank. Her research interests include health services research, social determinants of health, and simulation modeling. She joined the ITA in June 2021 and currently works under Dr. Carrie Cunningham on efforts to model and improve the quality of care of patients with endocrine-surgery related disease.

Selected Publications

Collins, Reagan A; Herman, Tianna; Snyder, Rebecca A; Haines, Krista L; Stey, Anne; Arora, Tania K; Geevarghese, Sunil K; Phillips, Joseph D; Vicente, Diego; Griggs, Cornelia L; McElroy, Imani E; Wall, Anji E; Hughes, Tasha M; Sen, Srijan; Valinejad, Jaber; Alban, Andres; Swan, J Shannon; Mercaldo, Nathaniel; Jalali, Mohammad S; Chhatwal, Jagpreet; Gazelle, G Scott; Rangel, Erika; Yang, Chi-Fu Jeffrey; Donelan, Karen; Gold, Jessica A; West, Colin P; Cunningham, Carrie

Unspoken Truths: Mental Health Among Academic Surgeons Journal Article

In: Ann Surg, vol. 279, iss. 3, pp. 429-436, 2024, ISSN: 1528-1140.

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Broekhuis, Jordan M; Cote, Maria P; Collins, Reagan A; Gomez-Mayorga, Jorge L; Chaves, Natalia; James, Benjamin C

Association of patient-practitioner sex concordance with specialist referral in primary hyperparathyroidism Journal Article

In: Surgery, vol. 175, iss. 1, pp. 19-24, 2024, ISSN: 1532-7361.

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Collins, Reagan A; McManus, Catherine; Kuo, Eric J; Liou, Rachel; Lee, James A; Kuo, Jennifer H

The impact of social determinants of health on thyroid cancer mortality and time to treatment Journal Article

In: Surgery, vol. 175, iss. 1, pp. 57-64, 2024, ISSN: 1532-7361.

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Hughes, Tasha M; Collins, Reagan A; Cunningham, Carrie E

Depression and Suicide Among American Surgeons-A Grave Threat to the Surgeon Workforce Journal Article

In: JAMA Surg, vol. 159, iss. 1, pp. 7-8, 2024, ISSN: 2168-6262.

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Collins, Reagan A; Broekhuis, Jordan M; Cote, Maria P; Gomez-Mayorga, Jorge L; Chaves, Natalia; James, Benjamin C

Social vulnerability and time to surgeon evaluation for primary hyperparathyroidism in a Massachusetts cohort Journal Article

In: Surgery, vol. 175, iss. 1, pp. 25-31, 2023, ISSN: 1532-7361.

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Chaves, Natalia; Broekhuis, Jordan M; Fligor, Scott C; Collins, Reagan A; Modest, Anna M; Kaul, Sumedh; James, Benjamin C

Delay in Surgery and Papillary Thyroid Cancer Survival in the United States: a SEER-Medicare Analysis Journal Article

In: J Clin Endocrinol Metab, vol. 108, no. 10, pp. 2589-2596, 2023, ISSN: 1945-7197.

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Collins, Reagan A; Sheriff, Salma A; Yoon, Christopher; Cobb, Adrianne N; Kothari, Anai N; Newman, Lisa A; Dossett, Lesly A; Willis, Alliric I; Wong, Sandra L; Clarke, Callisia N

Assessing the Complex General Surgical Oncology Pipeline: Trends in Race and Ethnicity Among US Medical Students, General Surgery Residents, and Complex General Surgical Oncology Trainees Journal Article

In: Ann Surg Oncol, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 4579–4586, 2023, ISSN: 1534-4681.

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Collins, Reagan A; Sheriff, Salma A; Yoon, Christopher; Cobb, Adrianne N; Kothari, Anai N; Newman, Lisa A; Dossett, Lesly A; Willis, Alliric I; Wong, Sandra L; Clarke, Callisia N

ASO Visual Abstract: Assessing the Complex General Surgical Oncology Pipeline-Trends in Race and Ethnicity Among US Medical Students, General Surgery Residents, and Complex General Surgical Oncology Trainees Journal Article

In: Ann Surg Oncol, vol. 30, iss. 8, pp. 4587-4588, 2023, ISSN: 1534-4681.

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Collins, Reagan A; Wang, Tracy S; Dream, Sophie; Solórzano, Carmen C; Kiernan, Colleen M

ASO Visual Abstract: Adoption of Robotic Adrenalectomy: A Two-Institution Study of Surgeon Learning Curve Journal Article

In: Ann Surg Oncol, vol. 30, iss. 7, pp. 4179, 2023, ISSN: 1534-4681.

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Collins, Reagan A; Wang, Tracy S; Dream, Sophie; Solórzano, Carmen C; Kiernan, Colleen M

Adoption of Robotic Adrenalectomy: A Two-Institution Study of Surgeon Learning Curve Journal Article

In: Ann Surg Oncol, vol. 30, iss. 7, pp. 4167-4178, 2023, ISSN: 1534-4681.

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Collins, Reagan A; Chaves, Natalia; Lee, Gillian; Broekhuis, Jordan M; James, Benjamin C

Urban and Rural Surgical Practice Patterns for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Journal Article

In: Thyroid, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 849–857, 2023, ISSN: 1557-9077.

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Alzumaili, Bayan A; Krumeich, Lauren N; Collins, Reagan; Kravchenko, Timothy; Ababneh, Emad I; Fisch, Adam S; Faquin, William C; Nosé, Vania; Martinez-Lage, Maria; Randolph, Gregory W; Gartland, Rajshri M; Lubitz, Carrie C; Sadow, Peter M

A Comprehensive Study on the Diagnosis and Management of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-Like Nuclear Features Journal Article

In: Thyroid, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 566–577, 2023, ISSN: 1557-9077.

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Collins, Reagan A; DiGennaro, Catherine; Beninato, Toni; Gartland, Rajshri M; Chaves, Natalia; Broekhuis, Jordan M; Reddy, Lekha; Lee, Jenna; Deimiller, Angelina; Alterio, Maeve M; Campbell, Michael J; Lee, Yeon Joo; Khilnani, Tyler K; Stewart, Latoya A; O'Brien, Mollie A; Alvarado, Miguel Valdivia Y; Zheng, Feibi; McAneny, David; Liou, Rachel; McManus, Catherine; Dream, Sophie Y; Wang, Tracy S; Yen, Tina W; Alhefdhi, Amal; Finnerty, Brendan M; Fahey, Thomas J; Graves, Claire E; Laird, Amanda M; Nehs, Matthew A; Drake, Frederick Thurston; Lee, James A; McHenry, Christopher R; James, Benjamin C; Pasieka, Janice L; Kuo, Jennifer H; Lubitz, Carrie Cunningham

Limited disease progression in endocrine surgery patients with treatment delays due to COVID-19 Journal Article

In: Surgery, vol. 173, no. 1, pp. 93–100, 2023, ISSN: 1532-7361.

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