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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
KIMBERLY KIRKWOOD, MD

Associate Professor, Surgery, UCSF

CONTACT

(415) 353-2161 (appts)
(415) 476-8696 (fax)

Box 0790, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0790

additional websites:

UCSF Physician Referral Directory

EDUCATION

Reed College, Portland, OR, B.A., 1977-1981, Biology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, M.D., 1981-1985, Medicine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1985-1988

Intern/Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

1988-1991

Research Fellow, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

1991-1993

Resident/Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

1993-1994

Chief of the General Surgical Teaching Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

1994-1994

Attending in Trauma and General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

1994-2000

Assistant Professor of Surgery in Residence, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA

2000-present

Associate Professor of Surgery in Residence, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA

HONORS & AWARDS

1981

Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society

1981

Walter Croll Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

1983-85

President, Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society, University of Pennsylvania Chapter

1989-90

Claude E. Welch Research Fellowship Award, Department of Surgery, Mass General Hospital

1990-91

Claude E. Welch Research Fellowship Award, Department of Surgery, Mass General Hospital

1995-96

Nominated, Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching, UCSF School of Medicine

1996-97

Excellence in Teaching, UCSF Department of Surgery Chief Residents

1998

Clinical Teaching Award, UCSF School of Medicine, Class of 1998

1999

Nominated, Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching, Medical Students

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Wick EC, Hoge SG, Grahn SW, Kim E, Divino LA, Grady EF, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS. Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1, Calcitonin Gene Related Peptide and Substance P Mediate Nociception in Acute Pancreatitis, Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol Jan/6/2006.

Wick EC, Pikios S, Grady EF, Kirkwood KS. Calcitonin gene-related peptide partially mediates nociception in acute experimental pancreatitis, Surgery 139: 197-201, Feb/2006.

Finzil L. Barbu V, Burgel PR, Mergey M, Kirkwood KS, Wick EC, Scoazec JY, Peschaud F, Paye F, Nadel JA, Housett C. MUCAC, a gel-forming mucin accumulating in gallstone disease, is overproduced via an epidermal growth factor receptor pathway in the human gallbladder, Am J Pathol 169: 2031-41, Dec/2006.

Grahn S, Alvarez J, and Kirkwood KS. Trends in Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Massive Splenomegaly, Archives of Surgery 755-762, 2006.

Ceppa E, Grahn S, Divino LA, and Kirkwood KS. The Trypsinogen Activator Enterokinase Promotes Pancreatic Inflamatory Pain, Pancreas 33: 450-451, 2006.

Day AL, Wick E, Jordan TH, Jaffray CE, Bunnett NW, Grady EF, Kirkwood KS. Neutral endopeptidase determines the severity of pancreatitis-associated lung injury J Surg Res, Sep/2005;128(1):21-7.

Hutter MM, Wick EC, Day AL, Maa J, Zerega EC, Richmond AC, Jordan TH, Grady EF, Mulvihill SJ, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS. Transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV-1) promotes neurogenic inflammation in the pancreas via activation of the neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R) Pancreas, Apr/2005;30(3):260-5.

Lightner AM, Glasgow RE, Jordan TH, Krassner AD, Way LW, Mulvihill SJ, Kirkwood KS. Pancreatic resection in the elderly J Am Coll Surg, May/2004;198(5):697-706.

Lightner AM, Jordan TH, Bunnett NW, Grady EF, Kirkwood KS. Recombinant human neutral endopeptidase ameliorates pancreatic elastase-induced lung injury Surgery, Aug/2002;132(2):193-9.

Kirkwood KS, Bunnett NW, Maa J, Castagliolo I, Liu B, Gerard N, Zacks J, Pothoulakis C, Grady EF. Deletion of neutral endopeptidase exacerbates intestinal inflammation induced by Clostridium difficile toxin A Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, Aug/2001;281(2):G544-51.

Maa J, Grady EF, Kim EH, Yoshimi SK, Hutter MM, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS. NK-1 receptor desensitization and neutral endopeptidase terminate SP-induced pancreatic plasma extravasation Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, Oct/2000;279(4):G726-32.

Maa J, Grady EF, Yoshimi SK, Drasin TE, Kim EH, Hutter MM, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS. Substance P is a determinant of lethality in diet-induced hemorrhagic pancreatitis in mice Surgery, Aug/2000;128(2):232-9.

Grady EF, Yoshimi SK, Maa J, Valeroso D, Vartanian RK, Rahim S, Kim EH, Gerard C, Gerard N, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS. Substance P mediates inflammatory oedema in acute pancreatitis via activation of the neurokinin-1 receptor in rats and mice Br J Pharmacol, Jun/2000;130(3):505-12.

Kirkwood KS, Kim EH, He XD, Calaustro EQ, Domush C, Yoshimi SK, Grady EF, Maa J, Bunnett NW, Debas HT. Substance P inhibits pancreatic exocrine secretion via a neural mechanism Am J Physiol, Aug/1999;277(2 Pt 1):G314-20.

Maa J, Grady EF, Kim EH, Bunnett NW and Kirkwood KS. Continuous infusion of substance P stimulates inflammatory edema in acute pancreatitis Dig Dis Sci, 1998;43(8):1889.

4/15/08

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