Kevin Thornton, MD
Professor
Anesthesia
School of Medicine

Dr. Thornton practices anesthesiology and critical care medicine at UCSF. His work at UCSF has focused on graduate medical education, clinician wellness, clinical operations, and quality improvement. He is a graduate of the Learning Health System Coach program and served as the program director for the anesthesiology critical care medicine fellowship from 2016-2023.

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He currently serves as the Executive Medical Director for Adult Critical Care. In this role he partners with nursing and other health system leaders to ensure exceptional care delivery for patients in our adult critical care units.

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California San Francisco 2019
• Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology University of California San Francisco 2009
• Critical Care Medicine University of California San Francisco 2008
• Anesthesiology University of California San Francisco 2007
• Internal Medicine Baylor University Medical Center 2004
• M.D. School of Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 2003

Websites

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• Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center (ucsfhealth.org)

Publications (9)

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Echocardiography, TransesophagealPatient SafetyIntensive Care UnitsQuinolizinesQuality ImprovementOrganizational CultureAnesthesiologyVascular Surgical ProceduresRespiratory InsufficiencyPreoperative CareLeiomyomatosisVena Cava, InferiorLeiomyomaSafety ManagementInternship and Residency

• Conflict Management Education for Anesthesiology Residents: Bridging the Gap in Interpersonal and Communication Skills Competency.
  A&A practice 2021 Sinskey JL, Chang JM, Thornton KC, Boscardin CK, Sullivan KR
• Design and Implementation of an Innovative, Longitudinal Wellness Curriculum in an Anesthesiology Residency Program.
  A&A practice 2021 Thornton KC, Sinskey JL, Boscardin CK, Sullivan KR
• Interprofessional Care and Teamwork in the ICU.
  Critical care medicine 2018 Donovan AL, Aldrich JM, Gross AK, Barchas DM, Thornton KC, Schell-Chaple HM, Gropper MA, Lipshutz AKM, University of California, San Francisco Critical Care Innovations Group
• Preoperative Risk Assessment of Respiratory Failure.
  International anesthesiology clinics 2018 Brinson EL, Thornton KC
• Preventing Harm in the ICU-Building a Culture of Safety and Engaging Patients and Families.
  Critical care medicine 2017 Thornton KC, Schwarz JJ, Gross AK, Anderson WG, Liu KD, Romig MC, Schell-Chaple H, Pronovost PJ, Sapirstein A, Gropper MA, Lipshutz AKM, Project Emerge Collaborators

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• Complete intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram imaging of the extent of an inferior vena cava mass guides surgical management.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2010 Little SJ, Van der Heusen F, Thornton KC
• Special article: rescue therapies for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2010 Liu LL, Aldrich JM, Shimabukuro DW, Sullivan KR, Taylor JM, Thornton KC, Gropper MA
• Dexamethasone in combination with dolasetron for prophylaxis in the ambulatory setting: effect on outcome after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
  Anesthesiology 2002 Coloma M, White PF, Markowitz SD, Whitten CW, Macaluso AR, Berrisford SB, Thornton KC
• The efficacy of premedication with celecoxib and acetaminophen in preventing pain after otolaryngologic surgery.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2002 Issioui T, Klein KW, White PF, Watcha MF, Coloma M, Skrivanek GD, Jones SB, Thornton KC, Marple BF