Kirkpatrick Fergus, MD, MAS
Resident
Surgery
School of Medicine

Kirkpatrick Fergus, MD MAS is a general surgery resident at UCSF. He is currently in his third year. Dr. Fergus received his AB in Social Studies at Harvard University, and received his MD from the University of California, San Francisco, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. His research interests include leveraging cancer genetics and epidemiology to improve screening, prognosis and treatment efficacy.

Awards

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• Research Excellence Semifinalist, American Society of Human Genetics, 2024
• Young Investigator Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2023
• Medical Student Travel Award, Association for Academic Surgery, 2020
• Alpha Omega Alpha, University of California, San Francisco, 2020
• MD with Distinction, University of California, San Francisco, 2020
• Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2019
• Cum Laude, Harvard University, 2012
• High Departmental Honors, Harvard University, 2012
• John Marquand Award, Harvard University, 2012

Education & Training

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• MD University of California, San Francisco 05/2020
• MAS Biostatistics & Epidemiology University of California, San Francisco 03/2020
• AB Social Studies Harvard University 05/2012

Interests

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• Surgical Education
• Epidemiology & Biostatistics
• Genetic Epidemiology & Oncology
• Health Disparities
• Surgical Oncology
• Endocrine Surgery

Websites

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• Google Scholar Profile (scholar.google.com)

Grants and Projects

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• , American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2023
• , NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional NRSA, 2023
• , National Institute of Advancing Translational Science, 2018-2019

Publications (22)

Top publication keywords:
Balanitis Xerotica ObliteransFeeding BehaviorOpioid-Related DisordersUrethral StrictureBinge-Eating DisorderBicyclingSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalPrescription Drug MisuseVulvar Lichen SclerosusErectile DysfunctionAccidents, TrafficUrologic Surgical Procedures, MaleLichen Sclerosus et AtrophicusSexual BehaviorDisabled Persons

• Young Adult Healthcare Exposure and Future Opioid Misuse: A Prospective Cohort Study.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2022 Fergus KB, Schwab ME, Butler C, Cattle CJ, Breyer BN, Copp HL, Nagata JM
• Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Treatment of Lichen Sclerosus: A Systematic Review.
  Urology 2019 Fergus KB, Lee AW, Baradaran N, Cohen AJ, Stohr BA, Erickson BA, Mmonu NA, Breyer BN
• Trends in bicycle-related injuries, hospital admissions, and deaths in the USA 1997-2013.
  Traffic injury prevention 2019 Fergus KB, Sanford T, Vargo J, Breyer BN
• Exercise Improves Self-Reported Sexual Function Among Physically Active Adults.
  The journal of sexual medicine 2019 Fergus KB, Gaither TW, Baradaran N, Glidden DV, Cohen AJ, Breyer BN
• Minority Recruitment Trends in Phase III Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials (2003 to 2014): Progress and Critical Areas for Improvement.
  The Journal of urology 2019 Balakrishnan AS, Palmer NR, Fergus KB, Gaither TW, Baradaran N, Ndoye M, Breyer BN

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• Health care utilization in young adults with childhood physical disabilities: a nationally representative prospective cohort study.
  BMC pediatrics 2022 Fergus KB, Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Hampson LA, Copp HL, Nagata JM
• Pubic Hair Grooming and Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Clinic-Based Cross-Sectional Survey.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2020 Gaither TW, Fergus K, Sutcliffe S, Cedars B, Enriquez A, Lee A, Mmonu N, Cohen S, Breyer B
• Risk Factors for Sexual Pain Among Physically Active Women.
  Sexual medicine 2020 Fergus KB, Cohen AJ, Cedars BE, Rowen TS, Patino G, Breyer BN
• Synchronous genitourinary lichen sclerosus signals a distinct urinary microbiome profile in men with urethral stricture disease.
  World journal of urology 2020 Cohen AJ, Gaither TW, Srirangapatanam S, Castellanos ER, Enriquez A, Fergus KB, Fadrosh D, Lynch S, Mmonu NA, Breyer BN
• Use of GoFundMe® to crowdfund complementary and alternative medicine treatments for cancer.
  Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology 2020 Song S, Cohen AJ, Lui H, Mmonu NA, Brody H, Patino G, Liaw A, Butler C, Fergus KB, Mena J, Lee A, Weiser J, Johnson K, Breyer BN
• Eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors among women: Associations with sexual risk.
  The International journal of eating disorders 2019 Fergus KB, Copp HL, Tabler JL, Nagata JM
• Forecasting Limited Access to Urology in Rural Communities: Analysis of the American Urological Association Census.
  The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association 2019 Cohen AJ, Ndoye M, Fergus KB, Lindsey J, Butler C, Patino G, Anger JT, Breyer BN
• Qualitative Analysis of the Content Found in Online Discussion Boards for Urethral Stricture Disease and Urethroplasty.
  Urology 2019 Cedars BE, Cohen AJ, Fergus KB, Baradaran N, Ndoye M, Kamal P, Breyer BN
• Urinary and Sexual Function after Perineal Urethrostomy for Urethral Stricture Disease: An Analysis from the TURNS.
  The Journal of urology 2019 Murphy GP, Fergus KB, Gaither TW, Baradaran N, Voelzke BB, Myers JB, Erickson BA, Elliott SP, Alsikafi NF, Vanni AJ, Buckley JC, Breyer BN
• Clinical significance of cystoscopic urethral stricture recurrence after anterior urethroplasty: a multi-institution analysis from Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of Surgeons (TURNS).
  World journal of urology 2019 Baradaran N, Fergus KB, Moses RA, Patel DP, Gaither TW, Voelzke BB, Smith TG, Erickson BA, Elliott SP, Alsikafi NF, Vanni AJ, Buckley J, Zhao LC, Myers JB, Breyer BN
• Use of angioembolization in urology: a review.
  Translational andrology and urology 2018 Fergus KB, Baradaran N, Tresh A, Conrad MB, Breyer BN
• The association of bicycle-related genital numbness and Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM) score: results from a large, multinational, cross-sectional study.
  BJU international 2018 Baradaran N, Awad M, Gaither TW, Fergus KB, Ndoye M, Cedars BE, Balakrishnan AS, Eisenberg ML, Sanford T, Breyer BN
• Genital burns in the United States: Disproportionate prevalence in the pediatric population.
  Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries 2018 Tresh A, Baradaran N, Gaither TW, Fergus KB, Liaw A, Balakrishnan A, Hampson LA, Breyer BN
• Medical students are not blank slates: Positionality and curriculum interact to develop professional identity.
  Perspectives on medical education 2018 Fergus KB, Teale B, Sivapragasam M, Mesina O, Stergiopoulos E
• Twelve tips to promote successful development of a learner performance dashboard within a medical education program.
  Medical teacher 2017 Boscardin C, Fergus KB, Hellevig B, Hauer KE
• A Dyadic Behavioral Intervention to Optimize Same Sex Male Couples' Engagement Across the HIV Care Continuum: Development of and Protocol for an Innovative Couples-based Approach (Partner Steps).
  JMIR research protocols 2016 Bazzi AR, Fergus KB, Stephenson R, Finneran CA, Coffey-Esquivel J, Hidalgo MA, Hoehnle S, Sullivan PS, Garofalo R, Mimiaga MJ
• Love, Trust, and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers and Their Intimate Male Partners.
  American journal of public health 2015 Syvertsen JL, Bazzi AR, Martinez G, Rangel MG, Ulibarri MD, Fergus KB, Amaro H, Strathdee SA