Specializing in general surgery and plastic surgery, Dr. Kafka is affiliated with Brooke Army Medical Center, the United States Army’s premier medical institution. In 2005, Dr. Kafka graduated with her medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences. She then went on to perform her residency within the Plastic Surgery Residency Program at UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine, completing her training in 2019. She is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). Under the direction of Howard T. Wang, MD, Dr. Kafka and her colleagues earned first place in the Resident Bowl on the largest stage for plastic surgery — the 2018 American Society of Plastic Surgeons meeting in Chicago on Sept. 28-30.