Dr. Kejner is an otorhinolaryngologist/head and neck surgeon dedicated to the treatment of head and neck patients, including those with malignant and benign tumors of the head and neck, including skin, sinus, oral cavity, oropharynx, voice box, neck, and salivary glands as well as the reconstruction of those areas after surgery using local tissue, skin grafts, and free tissue transfer. She also is specialty trained in advanced transoral robotic surgery of the upper aerodigestive tract.
She completed her undergraduate degree in Biology and Spanish at Wake Forest University, graduating with honors. She enrolled at the University of Michigan Medical School, graduating with honors in service. She then went on to an otorhinolaryngology residency at the University of Alabama – Birmingham before pursuing advanced training in fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. While there, she received further training in head and neck oncology, skull base surgery, transoral robotic surgery, and microvascular free tissue transfer.
She is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters. She is active in the American Head and Neck Society. She is on the board of the American Head and Neck Microvascular Section. She has been an invited panelist and organizer for multiple national and international meetings. She has acted as a preceptor at the annual Microvascular Bootcamp. She is a member of the Society of Integrative Oncology.
She speaks fluent Spanish. She is interested in medical technology, outcomes research, surgical margins, microvascular reconstruction techniques, head and neck cancer, and improving the quality of life of head and neck cancer survivors.