Kimberly Kirkwood, MD
Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine
Awards
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- Excellence in Teaching Award, Inaugural, UCSF Department of Surgery Junior Residents, 2015
- Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Surgery Chief Residents, 2014
- Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF School of Medicine, Surgical Clerkship, 2013
- Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Surgery Chief Residents, 2012
- AGA Student Abstract Prize (Victoria Lyo),, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Foundation, 2010
- Howard Hughes Research Fellowship (Victoria Lyo),, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2010
- Howard Hughes Research Fellowship (Victoria Lyo),, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2010
- Pancreas Club Warren Award (Victoria Lyo),, Pancreas Club, 2010
- Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching Nomination, UCSF School of Medicine, 2010
- Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Surgery Chief Residents, 2008-2009
- Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Surgery Chief Residents, 2008-2009
- Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Surgery Chief Residents, 2004
- Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching Nomination, UCSF School of Medicine, 2004
- Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Surgery Residents, 2001
- Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching Nomination, UCSF School of Medicine, 1999
- Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching Nomination, UCSF School of Medicine, 1997
- Claude E. Welch Research Fellowship Award, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospita, 1989-1990
- President, Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society, University of Pennsylvania Chapter, 1983
- Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, 1981
- Walter Croll Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1981
Education & Training
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- General Surgery Board Certification Department of Surgery UCSF 2014
- General Surgery Board Certification Department of Surgery UCSF 2004
- Clinical Instructor/Pancreas Fellow Department of Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital 1994
- Pancreas/Advanced General Surgery Fellowship Department of Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital 1994
- Residency in General Surgery Department of Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital 1993
- Pancreas/GI Research Fellowship Department of Surgery UCLA 1991
- M.D. School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1985
- B.A. Reed College 1981
Websites
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- Biography at UCSF Gastrointestinal Surgery (general.surgery.ucsf.edu)
- Profile at UCSF Cancer Center (cancer.ucsf.edu)
- Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center (ucsfhealth.org)
Videos
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Grants and Projects
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- Molecular Correlates of progression in pancreatic cystic neoplasms, NCI/NIH, 2015-2021
- Minimally Invasive Classification of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms, V Foundation, 2017-2020
- Development of fluorogenic substrates for the diagnosis of pancreatic cysts, UCSF Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, 2017-2018
- Non-invasive Differentiation of Benign Lesions from Aggressive Pancreatic Cancer, NIH, 2015-2017
- Neural Regulation of Pancreatic Function, NIH, 1994-2014
Publications (61)
Top publication keywords:
TRPV Cation ChannelsTransient Receptor Potential ChannelsGallbladderGenes, BRCA2Pancreatic NeoplasmsPancreatic CystCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalNeprilysinReceptors, Neurokinin-1PancreasVideo-Assisted SurgeryIntestinal FistulaEndoscopy, Digestive SystemPancreatitisSubstance P
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A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Predict Textbook Outcome in Colectomy.
Diseases of the colon and rectum 2023 Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Conroy PC, Miller PN, Calthorpe L, Wang JJ, Lin JJ, Feng J, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Sarin A, Adam MA -
A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy Using Only Preoperatively Known Data.
Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Wang JJ, Casey M, Frye W, Hoffman D, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Maker AV, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA -
ASO Visual Abstract: National Practice Patterns in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma-Updates in Management and Survival.
Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Calthorpe L, Romero-Hernandez F, Casey M, Nunez M, Conroy PC, Hirose K, Kim A, Kirkwood K, Maker AV, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA -
National Practice Patterns in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Updates in Management and Survival.
Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Calthorpe L, Romero-Hernandez F, Casey M, Nunez M, Conroy PC, Hirose K, Kim A, Kirkwood K, Maker AV, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA -
Hypertension Requiring Medication Use: a Silent Predictor of Poor Outcomes After Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2023 Lin JJ, Conroy PC, Romero-Hernandez F, Yilma M, Feng J, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Maker AV, Corvera C, Kirkwood K, Alseidi A, Adam MA
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Contemporary Trends in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Incidence and Survival in the United States.
Cancers 2022 Calthorpe L, Romero-Hernandez F, Miller P, Conroy PC, Hirose K, Kim A, Kirkwood K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Maker AV, Alseidi A, Adam MA -
Implementation, evaluation, and modification of a near-peer learning group in graduate surgical education.
American journal of surgery 2022 Conroy PC, Mohamedaly S, Karimzada M, Brian R, Im C, Hernandez S, Roman S, Hirose K, Mukhtar R, Kirkwood K, O'Sullivan P, Alseidi A -
Hand-Assisted Versus Pure Minimally-Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy: Is There a Downside to Lending a Hand?
World journal of surgery 2022 Miller PN, Romero-Hernandez F, Conroy P, Calthorpe L, Yilma M, Mohamedaly S, Kelly YM, Feng J, Hirose K, Kirkwood K, Maker AV, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA -
Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy Techniques: A Contemporary Analysis Exploring Trends, Similarities, and Differences to Open Surgery.
Cancers 2022 Romero-Hernandez F, Mohamedaly S, Miller P, Rodriguez N, Calthorpe L, Conroy PC, Ganjouei AA, Hirose K, Maker AV, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA -
Accurate Identification of Mucinous Pancreatic Cystic Lesions Using Small-Volume Analytes.
The Journal of surgical research 2022 Caiazza F, Conroy PC, Ivry SL, York T, Lin J, Hernandez S, Hoffmann TJ, Francis SS, Park WG, Yip-Schneider MT, Schmidt CM, Brand R, Craik CS, Kirkwood K -
Translation of a Protease Turnover Assay for Clinical Discrimination of Mucinous Pancreatic Cysts.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 2022 Suresh V, Byers K, Rajesh UC, Caiazza F, Zhu G, Craik CS, Kirkwood K, Davisson VJ, Sheik DA -
Assessing the role of robotic proctectomy in obese patients: a contemporary NSQIP analysis.
Journal of robotic surgery 2022 Glencer AC, Lin JA, Trang K, Greenberg A, Kirkwood KS, Adam MA, Sarin A -
ASO Visual Abstract: Determining Hospital Volume Threshold for the Safety of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Contemporary Cutpoint Analysis.
Annals of surgical oncology 2022 Conroy PC, Calthorpe L, Lin JA, Mohamedaly S, Kim A, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Sosa JA, Sarin A, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA -
Determining Hospital Volume Threshold for Safety of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Contemporary Cutpoint Analysis.
Annals of surgical oncology 2021 Conroy PC, Calthorpe L, Lin JA, Mohamedaly S, Kim A, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Sosa JA, Sarin A, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA -
The surgical resident experience in serious illness communication: A qualitative needs assessment with proposed solutions.
American journal of surgery 2021 Lin JA, Im CJ, O'Sullivan P, Kirkwood KS, Cook AC -
Burden of Ionizing Radiation in the Diagnosis and Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis.
Clinical and translational gastroenterology 2021 Thiruvengadam NR, Miranda J, Kim C, Behr S, Corvera C, Dai SC, Kirkwood K, Harris HW, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Ostroff JW, Kochman ML, Arain MA -
Plasma miRNA Biomarkers in Limited Volume Samples for Detection of Early-stage Pancreatic Cancer.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2021 Dittmar RL, Liu S, Tai MC, Rajapakshe K, Huang Y, Longton G, DeCapite C, Hurd MW, Paris PL, Kirkwood KS, Coarfa C, Maitra A, Brand RE, Killary AM, Sen S -
Cost-effectiveness of consensus guideline based management of pancreatic cysts: The sensitivity and specificity required for guidelines to be cost-effective.
Surgery 2020 Sharib J, Esserman L, Koay EJ, Maitra A, Shen Y, Kirkwood KS, Ozanne EM -
Theranostic Targeting of CUB Domain Containing Protein 1 (CDCP1) in Pancreatic Cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020 Moroz A, Wang YH, Sharib JM, Wei J, Zhao N, Huang Y, Chen Z, Martinko AJ, Zhuo J, Lim SA, Zhang LH, Seo Y, Carlin S, Leung KK, Collisson EA, Kirkwood KS, Wells JA, Evans MJ -
Ampullary stenosis and choledocholithiasis post Roux-En-Y gastric bypass: challenges of biliary access and intervention.
HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2020 Wisneski AD, Carter J, Nakakura EK, Posselt A, Rogers SJ, Cello JP, Arain M, Kirkwood KS, Hirose K, Stewart L, Corvera CU -
The lysosomal aminopeptidase tripeptidyl peptidase 1 displays increased activity in malignant pancreatic cysts.
Biological chemistry 2019 Ivry SL, Knudsen GM, Caiazza F, Sharib JM, Jaradeh K, Ravalin M, O'Donoghue AJ, Kirkwood KS, Craik CS -
Abdominal Imaging of Pancreatic Cysts and Cyst-Associated Pancreatic Cancer in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2019 Cao CX, Sharib JM, Blanco AM, Goldberg D, Bracci P, Mukhtar RA, Esserman LJ, Kirkwood KS -
Comparison of Tumor Regression Grading of Residual Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Without Radiation: Would Fewer Tier-Stratification Be Favorable Toward Standardization?
The American journal of surgical pathology 2019 Kim SS, Ko AH, Nakakura EK, Wang ZJ, Corvera CU, Harris HW, Kirkwood KS, Hirose R, Tempero MA, Kim GE -
Managing Refractory Postoperative Fistulas as Chronic Wounds Using Video-Assisted Hydrodebridement (VAHD).
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2018 Changala M, Laberge J, Kerlan R, Taylor A, Arain M, Kirkwood K -
Surgical overtreatment of pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms: Do the 2017 International Consensus Guidelines improve clinical decision making?
Surgery 2018 Sharib JM, Fonseca AL, Swords DS, Jaradeh K, Bracci PM, Firpo MA, Hatcher S, Scaife CL, Wang H, Kim GE, Mulvihill SJ, Maitra A, Koay EJ, Kirkwood KS -
Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas: Current Understanding and Future Directions for Stratification of Malignancy Risk.
Pancreas 2018 Fonseca AL, Kirkwood K, Kim MP, Maitra A, Koay EJ -
Gangrenous cholecystitis: innovative laparoscopic techniques to facilitate subtotal fenestrating cholecystectomy when a critical view of safety cannot be achieved.
Surgical endoscopy 2017 Kirkwood R, Damon L, Wang J, Hong E, Kirkwood K -
Global Protease Activity Profiling Provides Differential Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cysts.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2017 Ivry SL, Sharib JM, Dominguez DA, Roy N, Hatcher SE, Yip-Schneider MT, Schmidt CM, Brand RE, Park WG, Hebrok M, Kim GE, O'Donoghue AJ, Kirkwood KS, Craik CS -
Early and accurate diagnosis of pancreatic cancer?
Oncotarget 2016 Sharib J, Kirkwood K -
Preoperative FOLFIRINOX for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: Is radiation necessary in the modern era of chemotherapy?
Journal of surgical oncology 2016 Kim SS, Nakakura EK, Wang ZJ, Kim GE, Corvera CU, Harris HW, Kirkwood KS, Hirose R, Tempero MA, Ko AH -
Next generation sequencing of pancreatic cyst fluid microRNAs from low grade-benign and high grade-invasive lesions.
Cancer letters 2014 Wang J, Paris PL, Chen J, Ngo V, Yao H, Frazier ML, Killary AM, Liu CG, Liang H, Mathy C, Bondada S, Kirkwood K, Sen S -
Serine proteases and protease-activated receptor 2 mediate the proinflammatory and algesic actions of diverse stimulants.
British journal of pharmacology 2014 Cattaruzza F, Amadesi S, Carlsson JF, Murphy JE, Lyo V, Kirkwood K, Cottrell GS, Bogyo M, Knecht W, Bunnett NW -
Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 mediates chronic pancreatitis pain in mice.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology 2013 Cattaruzza F, Johnson C, Leggit A, Grady E, Schenk AK, Cevikbas F, Cedron W, Bondada S, Kirkwood R, Malone B, Steinhoff M, Bunnett N, Kirkwood KS -
Informed consent for innovative surgery: a survey of patients and surgeons.
Surgery 2012 Lee Char SJ, Hills NK, Lo B, Kirkwood KS -
Active cathepsins B, L, and S in murine and human pancreatitis.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology 2012 Lyo V, Cattaruzza F, Kim TN, Walker AW, Paulick M, Cox D, Cloyd J, Buxbaum J, Ostroff J, Bogyo M, Grady EF, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS -
Ethical management of conflict of interest: proposed standards for academic surgical societies.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2011 Minter RM, Angelos P, Coimbra R, Dale P, de Vera ME, Hardacre J, Hawkins W, Kirkwood K, Matthews JB, McLoughlin J, Peralta E, Schmidt M, Zhou W, Schwarze ML -
Serine proteases mediate inflammatory pain in acute pancreatitis.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology 2011 Ceppa EP, Lyo V, Grady EF, Knecht W, Grahn S, Peterson A, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS, Cattaruzza F -
Transient receptor potential ion channels V4 and A1 contribute to pancreatitis pain in mice.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology 2010 Ceppa E, Cattaruzza F, Lyo V, Amadesi S, Pelayo JC, Poole DP, Vaksman N, Liedtke W, Cohen DM, Grady EF, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS -
Technique for placement of lumboperitoneal catheters using a combined laparoscopic procedure with the Seldinger micropuncture technique.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2008 Maa J, Carter JT, Kirkwood KS, Gosnell JE, Wang V, McDermott MW -
MUC5AC, a gel-forming mucin accumulating in gallstone disease, is overproduced via an epidermal growth factor receptor pathway in the human gallbladder.
The American journal of pathology 2006 Finzi L, Barbu V, Burgel PR, Mergey M, Kirkwood KS, Wick EC, Scoazec JY, Peschaud F, Paye F, Nadel JA, Housset C -
Trends in laparoscopic splenectomy for massive splenomegaly.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2006 Grahn SW, Alvarez J, Kirkwood K -
Calcitonin gene-related peptide partially mediates nociception in acute experimental pancreatitis.
Surgery 2006 Wick EC, Pikios S, Grady EF, Kirkwood KS -
Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1, calcitonin gene-related peptide, and substance P mediate nociception in acute pancreatitis.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology 2006 Wick EC, Hoge SG, Grahn SW, Kim E, Divino LA, Grady EF, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS -
Neutral endopeptidase determines the severity of pancreatitis-associated lung injury.
The Journal of surgical research 2005 Day AL, Wick E, Jordan TH, Jaffray CE, Bunnett NW, Grady EF, Kirkwood KS -
Transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV-1) promotes neurogenic inflammation in the pancreas via activation of the neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R).
Pancreas 2005 Hutter MM, Wick EC, Day AL, Maa J, Zerega EC, Richmond AC, Jordan TH, Grady EF, Mulvihill SJ, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS -
Medical versus surgical management of biliary tract disease in pregnancy.
American journal of surgery 2004 Lu EJ, Curet MJ, El-Sayed YY, Kirkwood KS -
Pancreatic resection in the elderly.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2004 Lightner AM, Glasgow RE, Jordan TH, Krassner AD, Way LW, Mulvihill SJ, Kirkwood KS -
Activation of nociceptive neurons in T9 and T10 in cerulein pancreatitis.
The Journal of surgical research 2004 Kim EH, Hoge SG, Lightner AM, Grady EF, Coelho AM, Kirkwood KS -
SIR 2003 film panel case 5: massive hemorrhage from portal vein disruption.
Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2003 Kerlan RK, LaBerge JM, Wilson MW, Gordon RL, Kirkwood K, Sawhney R -
Lovastatin alters biliary lipid composition and dissolves gallstones: a long-term study in prairie dogs.
Digestive diseases and sciences 2002 Abedin MZ, Narins SC, Park EH, Smith PR, Kirkwood KS -
Recombinant human neutral endopeptidase ameliorates pancreatic elastase-induced lung injury.
Surgery 2002 Lightner AM, Jordan TH, Bunnett NW, Grady EF, Kirkwood KS -
Pathophysiology of gallstone pancreatitis.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library 2001 Lightner AM, Kirkwood KS -
Deletion of neutral endopeptidase exacerbates intestinal inflammation induced by Clostridium difficile toxin A.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology 2001 Kirkwood KS, Bunnett NW, Maa J, Castagliolo I, Liu B, Gerard N, Zacks J, Pothoulakis C, Grady EF -
NK-1 receptor desensitization and neutral endopeptidase terminate SP-induced pancreatic plasma extravasation.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology 2000 Maa J, Grady EF, Kim EH, Yoshimi SK, Hutter MM, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS -
Substance P is a determinant of lethality in diet-induced hemorrhagic pancreatitis in mice.
Surgery 2000 Maa J, Grady EF, Yoshimi SK, Drasin TE, Kim EH, Hutter MM, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS -
Substance P mediates inflammatory oedema in acute pancreatitis via activation of the neurokinin-1 receptor in rats and mice.
British journal of pharmacology 2000 Grady EF, Yoshimi SK, Maa J, Valeroso D, Vartanian RK, Rahim S, Kim EH, Gerard C, Gerard N, Bunnett NW, Kirkwood KS -
Substance P inhibits pancreatic exocrine secretion via a neural mechanism.
The American journal of physiology 1999 Kirkwood KS, Kim EH, He XD, Calaustro EQ, Domush C, Yoshimi SK, Grady EF, Maa J, Bunnett NW, Debas HT -
Recent advances. General surgery.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 1997 Corvera CU, Kirkwood KS -
Prognostic indicators for cancer. Gastric cancer.
Surgical oncology clinics of North America 1997 Kirkwood KS, Khitin LM, Barwick KW -
Substance P and bradykinin stimulate plasma extravasation in the mouse gastrointestinal tract and pancreas.
The American journal of physiology 1997 Figini M, Emanueli C, Grady EF, Kirkwood K, Payan DG, Ansel J, Gerard C, Geppetti P, Bunnett N -
Neuroendocrine tumors: common presentations of uncommon diseases.
Comprehensive therapy 1995 Kirkwood KS, Debas HT