Professor of Surgery, University Alabama
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. James K. Kirklin, MD
James K. Kirklin, MD works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He attended University of Alabama Medical Center. University of Alabama Medical Center is ranked 37/17 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received awards:"America's Top Doctors", "Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FACS)", "Top MD" and "Fellow (FACC)". James Kirklin is a published MD as well. He has 97 publications published. The latest was: Seventh INTERMACS annual report: 15,000 patients and counting. Doctor James K. Kirklin, MD is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Seventh INTERMACS annual report: 15,000 patients and counting.
- Improved Detection of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Functional Parameters in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients.
- Change in health-related quality of life from before to after destination therapy mechanical circulatory support is similar for older and younger patients: analyses fr...
- Have risk factors for mortality after Heart transplantation changed over time? Insights from 19 years of Cardiac Transplant Research Database study.
- Concomitant Aortic valve procedures in patients undergoing implantation of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: An INTERMACS database analysis.
- A multicenter analysis of clinical hemolysis in patients supported with durable, long-term left ventricular assist device therapy.
- A time-related parametric risk factor analysis for postoperative atrial fibrillation after Heart surgery.
- Terminal Heart failure: who should be transplanted and who should have mechanical circulatory support?
- Octreotide in the Mangement of Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleed in Patients Supported by Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
- The modern Fontan operation shows no increase in mortality out to 20 years: A new paradigm.
- Sixth INTERMACS annual report: A 10,000-patient database.
- Infection and Rejection Risk After Cardiac Transplantation Comparing Induction with Interleukin II Receptor blocker, Antithymocyte Globulin, or No Induction: a multi -...
- Therapeutic plasma exchange rapidly improves cardiac allograft function in patients with presumed antibody-mediated rejection.
- Reconstructing the Infected Aortic Root with Antibiotic Impregnated Biological Glue.
- A multi-institutional study of malignancies after Heart transplantation and a comparison with the general United States population.
- Single-center experience with extracorporeal photopheresis in pediatric Heart transplantation.
- Multi-institutional Study of Outcomes After Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Candidate Gene Polymorphism Analysis of ABCC2.
- Outcomes of Patients with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Who Received Mechanical Circulatory Support: Data from the INTERMACS Registry.
- Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) analysis of pump thrombosis in the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device.
- Quantifying the effect of cardiorenal Syndrome on mortality after left ventricular assist device implant.
- The use of the Berlin Heart EXCOR in patients with functional single ventricle.
- Overall quality of life improves to similar levels after mechanical circulatory support regardless of severity of Heart failure before implantation.
- Long-term mechanical circulatory support: could it really have a public health impact?
- Prophylactic Peritoneal Dialysis Following CardioPulmonary Bypass in Children Is Associated with Decreased Inflammation and Improved Clinical Outcomes.
- Factors associated with stress and coping at 5 and 10 years after Heart transplantation.
- Durability of left ventricular assist devices: Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) 2006 to 2011.
- ISHLT International Registry for Heart and Lung Transplantation - three decades of scientific contributions.
- Fifth INTERMACS annual report: Risk factor analysis from more than 6,000 mechanical circulatory support patients.
- Retransplantation as a successful therapy for post-transplant protein-losing enteropathy.
- Side-arm grafts for femoral extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation.
- Opportunities for improvement in Heart transplantation outcomes for young adults 18 to 35 years of age.
- Long-term mechanical circulatory support (destination therapy): On track to compete with Heart transplantation?
- Novel technique of valve-sparing Aortic root replacement in two children younger than 3 years of age.
- Comparison of risk factors and outcomes for pediatric patients listed for Heart transplantation after bidirectional Glenn and after Fontan: An analysis from the Pediat...
- Total lymphoid irradiation in Heart transplantation: long-term efficacy and survival-an 18-year experience.
- Relationship of right- and left-sided filling pressures in patients with advanced Heart failure: A 14-year multi-institutional analysis.
- Fulminant myocarditis as a late sequela of DRESS: two cases.
- Gene Polymorphisms Impact the Risk of Rejection With Hemodynamic Compromise: A Multicenter Study.
- Use of a vascular plug to percutaneously occlude the outflow conduit of a dysfunctional left ventricular assist device.
- Survival after biventricular assist device implantation: an analysis of the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support database.
- Outcomes after listing for primary transplantation for infants with unoperated-on non-hypoplastic left Heart syndrome congenital Heart disease: A multi-institutional s...
- Improvement in 2-year survival for ventricular assist device patients after implementation of an intensive surveillance protocol.
- Pathologic Features of Dilated Cardiomyopathy with Localized Noncompaction in a Child with Deletion 1p36 Syndrome.
- Carbon monoxide releasing molecule-2 improves coagulation in patient plasma in vitro following cardioPulmonary bypass.
- Third INTERMACS Annual Report: the evolution of destination therapy in the United States.
- Minimizing infection and rejection death: clues acquired from 19 years of multi-institutional cardiac transplantation data.
- Use of gated cardiac computed tomography angiography in the assessment of left ventricular assist device dysfunction.
- Carbon monoxide releasing molecule-2 enhances coagulation and diminishes fibrinolytic vulnerability in plasma exposed to heparin or argatroban.
- Association of genetic polymorphisms and risk of late post-transplantation infection in pediatric Heart recipients.
- Surfactant treatment for congenital Heart disease patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
- Balancing rejection and infection with respect to age, race, and gender: clues acquired from 17 years of cardiac transplantation data.
- Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Molecule-2 Enhances Coagulation and Diminishes Fibrinolytic Vulnerability in Diluted Plasma In Vitro.
- Device related infections: are we making progress?
- Carbon monoxide releasing molecule-2 enhances coagulation and diminishes fibrinolytic vulnerability in subjects exposed to warfarin.
- Infection after implantation of pulsatile mechanical circulatory support devices.
- Bradycardia and syncope as a presentation of cardiac allograft rejection involving the conducting system.
- Coronary artery spasm during angiography in a pediatric Heart transplant recipient: subsequent prevention by intracoronary nitroglycerin administration.
- Second INTERMACS annual report: more than 1,000 primary left ventricular assist device implants.
- Symptom frequency and distress from 5 to 10 years after Heart transplantation.
- Genotypic variation and phenotypic characterization of granzyme B gene polymorphisms.
- INTERMACS profiles of advanced Heart failure: the current picture.
- The role of Patent ductus arteriosus ligation in bronchopulmonary dysplasia: reexamining a randomized controlled trial.
- Safety and efficacy of ibutilide in Heart transplant recipients.
- INTERMACS: interval analysis of registry data.
- Changing leadership for the journal of Heart and lung transplantation.
- Coronary artery fistula ligation in a child with use of the Starfish Heart Positioner.
- Predictors of death and transplant in patients with a mechanical circulatory support device: a multi-institutional study.
- Clot lifespan model analysis of the effects of warfarin on thrombus growth and fibrinolysis: role of contact protein and tissue factor initiation.
- Successful cardiac transplant after Berlin Heart bridge in a single ventricle Heart: use of aortopulmonary shunt as a supplementary source of pulmonary blood flow.
- Patency of internal jugular vein following repair after ECMO stabilization prior to Berlin Heart implantation: utility of repaired vein for subsequent cardiac catheter...
- INTERMACS database for durable devices for circulatory support: first annual report.
- Patient with hypofibrinolysis-mediated thromboembolism converted to a hypercoagulable/hyperfibrinolytic state via ventricular assist device placement.
- Mechanical circulatory support: registering a therapy in evolution.
- Mechanical circulatory device thrombosis: a new paradigm linking hypercoagulation and hypofibrinolysis.
- Genetic polymorphisms impact the risk of acute rejection in pediatric Heart transplantation: a multi-institutional study.
- Role for CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells in inhibition of graft rejection by extracorporeal photopheresis.
- Use of an intraperitoneal ventricular assist device with a polytetrafluoroethylene barrier decreases infections.
- Ventricular assist devices as a bridge to Heart transplantation in children.
- Mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to pediatric cardiac transplantation.
- Images in clinical medicine. Mapping the atrioventricular node.
- Patterns and predictors of physical functional disability at 5 to 10 years after Heart transplantation.
- Initial experience with live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.
- Post-Heart transplant diastolic dysfunction is a risk factor for mortality.
- Patterns and predictors of quality of life at 5 to 10 years after Heart transplantation.
- Alterations in the fibrinolytic cascade post-transplant: evidence of a bimodal expression pattern.
- Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of a stuck bioprosthetic mitral Valve leaflet.
- The hemostatic history of a 15-month-old child implanted with a Berlin Heart left ventricular assist device.
- Assessment of surgically unroofed Coronary sinus by live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.
- Disparate distribution of 16 candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms among racial and ethnic groups of pediatric Heart transplant patients.
- Usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the identification of individual segment/scallop prolapse of the mitral Valve.
- Acute take-off of the right coronary artery with long intra-aortic wall course presenting as chronic coronary ostium occlusion in a patient with end-stage Heart failure.
- Argatroban, bivalirudin, and lepirudin do not decrease clot propagation and strength as effectively as heparin-activated antithrombin in vitro.
- Usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the characterization of ventricular Septal defects in adults.
- Lessons learned from the pediatric Heart transplant study.
- Mechanical circulatory support therapy as a bridge to transplant or recovery (new advances).
- Predictors of physical functional disability at 5 to 6 years after Heart transplantation.
Schools
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
ChildrenS Hospital Medical Center
Procedures Preformed
- Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
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Conditions Treated
- Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Dissection
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
- Top MD
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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University of Alabama Medical Center -
Massachusetts General Hospital -
Harvard Medical School
Hospital
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University of Alabama Hospital -
Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1508875303 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | KIRKLIN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | JAMES | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 35233 | |
| NPPES Provider State | AL | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiac Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 34.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1508875303 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | KIRKLIN |
| First Name Of The Provider | JAMES |
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