Dr. Kristi Hustak

Dr. Kristi Hustak

Dr. Hustak was born on an Apache Indian Reservation in Whiteriver, Arizona. Her mother worked as a surgical first assist for an aesthetic plastic surgeon, and Dr. Hustak, at age 14, eagerly watched her first surgery. This sparked her passion for the field.

Dr. Hustak’s training started in Ohio where she lived for 8 years.   She graduated Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in Medical Technology from The Ohio State University in 2004. She subsequently enrolled in medical school and completed a medical mission in Trujillo, Peru, where she expanded her international surgical interests. After graduating Magna Cum Laude from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2008, Dr. Hustak married her best friend and classmate, Dr. Erik Hustak, and settled in Texas.

For 6 years, Dr. Hustak completed a highly competitive integrated plastic surgery program at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas. She currently holds appointments at several Houston hospitals, including several through the Memorial Hermann system and St. Joseph Medical Center.

Dr. Hustak’s commitment to excellence in the field of plastic surgery is evident. She is an active clinical faculty in plastic surgery and trains residents from several local academic medical centers in the Houston area as they learn both cosmetic and reconstructive principals. She also serves as a mentor in the physician healing tract at the University Texas Medical Branch, training new medical students to be empathetic, healing clinicians that are grounded, balanced and comprehensive in their interactions as they enter the medical field.

She is the Assistant Program Director for the Aesthetic Center for Plastic Surgery Aesthetic Fellowship that started in 2016. She is a local authority and national speaker on female genital rejuvenation and a sought after speaker for local and national conferences. She has developed several innovative techniques in the field and continues to write and publish, along with her ACPS colleagues, on ways in which to make procedures better and safer for patients.

Dr. Hustak is a loving wife and mother. Her husband is an academic anesthesiologist, specializing in cancer pain management. Together they have three beautiful children that enrich their lives daily.