Assistant Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center
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Dr. Sigler is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. Dr. Sigler was born and raised in Kansas City. She completed her undergraduate and Masters of Public Health from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Sigler received her medical degree from A.T. Still University of Health Sciences Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. She then returned to Kansas City to complete her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She went on to complete her fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of California, San Diego with a focus on transplant infectious diseases. Dr. Sigler completed an additional fellowship year in Transplant Infectious Disease at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, before returning home to practice at KU.
Dr. Sigler’s primary interest is infections in immunocompromised hosts, in particular solid organ transplant and bone marrow transplant recipients. She has a special interest in identifying and preventing donor-derived infections. Dr. Sigler was lead author on one of the first published case-reports of accepting donor-positive heart transplants, helping to open the field of organ donation during the Pandemic. Her further work in the field has included studies on vaccine efficacy in solid organ transplant patients and disease prevention and prophylaxis.
Dr. Sigler is passionate about medical education and antibiotic stewardship in immunocompromised hosts as well. She led the development of a curriculum of AI-backed simulations for all levels of learners. She is passionate about promoting infectious disease specialty among early learners and has published on including early learners in this specialty rotation.