Calista Harbaugh is a faculty member in the Division of Colorectal Surgery. Dr. Harbaugh graduated with a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She went on to receive her medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. She then completed her internship and residency in General Surgery at the University of Michigan, including 2 years as a Clinician Scholar in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the University of Michigan where she earned her Master’s degree in Health and Healthcare Research and a Research Fellow in the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network. She completed the Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship at the University of Minnesota, and returned to the University of Michigan as an Assistant Professor of Surgery.
Her research has focused on perioperative opioid prescribing and outcomes among adolescents and young adults and quality improvement initiatives focused on minimizing opioid prescribing and improving perioperative pain control among pediatric surgery patients. Her current research focuses on optimizing healthcare delivery, particularly for colorectal cancer patients, across hospital systems.