About

Dr. Kathryn A. (Kathy) Hughes is a board certified General Surgeon, who has spent the majority of her career in private practice/community hospitals. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is also a member of the Association of Women Surgeons, and the American Medical Association. She is active in the Massachusetts Medical Society, and represents the Barnstable District in the House of Delegates, and serves on multiple committees, as well as the Massachusetts Medical Society delegation to the AMA. She has been active throughout her career on numerous hospital committees, and has held hospital leadership positions including Chief of Surgery positions and Vice-President of Medical Staff; these positions have fostered and developed her interest and expertise in medical ethics and quality/peer review including measures and processes, in addition to her clinical interests and practice. She has given numerous talks and lectures, to both colleagues and for community events, on radio and local television. She has special interests in Women in Medicine and Surgery, and Physicians and Social Media. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke college, graduating Magna cum Laude with a degree in Biochemistry. Her Doctor of Medicine degree was earned at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, DC. Her Post-graduate Surgical training (residency) began in the University of Nevada School of Medicine system (University Medical Center in Las Vegas, and the Reno Veteran's Administration Hospital), from which she transferred back to Washington, DC to complete her residency at The George Washington University Hospital program. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, reading, movies, music (eclectic taste), photography, sports and nature/the outdoors, and cooking/food & wine (a bit of a "foodie"), and especially enjoys her new bike. She dabbles in gardening and keeps looking for more things to add to this list. She is a daughter, a sister, a niece, an aunt, a cousin, a friend, a classmate, a colleague, a coworker, a neighbor, the chatty person next to you on the plane or in line.