Jump to content

James Kirklin

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Naraht (talk | contribs) at 18:39, 18 September 2018 (link Alpha Omega Alpha using Find link). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

James K. Kirklin
Born
Rochester, Minnesota, USA, 1947
EducationHarvard Medical School
Known forSurgery for congenital heart defects, heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support devices
Medical career
ProfessionCardiac surgeon
InstitutionsUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

James K. Kirklin (born 1947 in Rochester, Minnesota)[1] is an American cardiac surgeon who has made important scientific and surgical contributions in the fields of heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support devices to assist the pumping action of the heart.[2] He is Professor of Surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery,[3] past Division Director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006–2016, Director of the James and John Kirklin Institute for Research in Surgical Outcomes (KIRSO),[4] Co-Director of UAB Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center[5][6] and holds the John W. Kirklin Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham[7]

Biography

Kirklin is the son of the late heart surgery pioneer John W. Kirklin.[1] He graduated from Ohio State University in 1969, where he was an All-American diver.[8][9] He received his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1973 as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha academic honor society.[8][10] He completed general and cardiothoracic surgery residencies at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1978 where he was Chief Resident, and pursued additional training at Boston Children's Hospital in 1979 and UAB School of Medicine, where he completed his training in 1981. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery at UAB in 1981, Director of Cardiac Transplantation in 1986, Professor of Surgery in 1987, and in 2006 was named Director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery.[7] Kirklin's surgical expertise includes surgery for congenital heart disease, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support pumps. In 2012, Kirklin and his colleagues developed the first Children's Hospital pediatric cardiac surgical unit in the state of Alabama.[11][12]

Scientific work

Kirklin and his colleagues at UAB pioneered the development of multi-institutional collaborative outcomes research in pediatric and adult heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.[13][14] In 2007, he was the first surgeon to bridge an infant with failing single ventricular heart to successful heart transplantation with a longer term pediatric heart assist device called the Berlin Heart ventricular assist device.[15] In 2011, he was the first surgeon in North America to implant the HVAD continuous flow ventricular assist device in a pediatric patient.[16] This 9-year-old girl was supported for 60 days and she then underwent successful cardiac transplantation.[16] In 2014, Kirklin was the first surgeon in North America to implant the Eva Heart continuous flow ventricular assist device.[17][18] In 2015, Kirklin led the surgical team that implanted the Berlin Heart on the youngest baby (17 days old) to receive extended (greater than 1 month) mechanical circulatory support (136 days) before undergoing successful heart transplantation.[19][20]

Kirklin and his colleagues at UAB established the Cardiac Transplant Research Database in 1990, which generated the first multi-institutional collaborative research in heart transplantation, producing numerous seminal publications over a 20-year span.[21] In 1993, Kirklin and his UAB research group initiated the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Group, which continues to lead the field in multi-instuitional studies.[22] Currently, Kirklin is Principal Investigator of the $15 million NIH-sponsored national Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS).[13] Kirklin is past president of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).[23] In April 2016, the University of Alabama established the James and John Kirklin Institute for Research in Surgical Outcomes (KIRSO).

Kirklin was first author of the textbook of Heart Transplantation[24] and co-authored the fourth edition of the textbook of heart surgery, Cardiac Surgery.[25][26] He served as Editor of the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation from 2000–2009,[27] and he is principal editor of the ISHLT Monograph Series.[28] In 2014 Kirklin was the first recipient of the ISHLT Distinguished Educator Award.[2] He has authored over 500 scientific publications.[29]

References

  1. ^ a b "John W. Kirklin Is Dead at 86; Innovator in Cardiac Surgery - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 30 April 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b "International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation Reveals 2014 Award Winners". Prweb.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  3. ^ "UAB Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Report 2015-16 UAB Medicine Cardiothoracic Surgery 2015/16 Annual". Joomag.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  4. ^ Turbville, Nathan. "UAB - School of Medicine - Surgery - KIRSO Home". Uab.edu. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  5. ^ West, Elizabeth. "UAB - School of Medicine - Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center - About". Uab.edu. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  6. ^ [1] [dead link‍]
  7. ^ a b Green, Tricia. "UAB - School of Medicine - Surgery - Kirklin, James K., M.D." Uab.edu. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b "James Kirklin - CTSNet". Ctsnet.org. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  9. ^ "OhioStateBuckeyes.com  :: The Ohio State University Official Athletic Site". Ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Alpha Omega Alpha - About Alpha Omega Alpha". Alphaomegaalpha.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  11. ^ "History Birmingham, Alabama (AL) - Children's of Alabama". Childrensal.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Children's of Alabama". Childrensal.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  13. ^ a b Mary Lynne Clark. "UAB - Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Suppor - Investigators". Uab.edu. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Dr. James Kirklin to assume late father's post at UAB - Birmingham Business Journal". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  15. ^ Pearce, F. Bennett; Kirklin, James K; Holman, William L; Barrett, Cindy S; Romp, Robb L; Lau, Yung R (2009). "Successful cardiac transplant after Berlin Heart bridge in a single ventricle heart: Use of aortopulmonary shunt as a supplementary source of pulmonary blood flow". The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 137 (1): e40–2. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.02.044. PMID 19154881.
  16. ^ a b Kirklin, James K; Pearce, F. Bennett; Pamboukian, Salpy V; Alten, Jeffrey A; Borasino, Santiago; Carlo, Waldemer F; Holman, William L (2012). "Implantation of the Heart Ware HVAD in a Child After a Recent Thromboembolic Stroke". The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 93 (3): 977–8. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.08.060. PMID 22364990.
  17. ^ Walsh, Lauren. "UAB patient becomes first outside Japan with new heart implant". Abc3340.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Hayden Man is First Outside Japan to Receive New Heart Implant - UAB Medicine News - UAB Medicine". Uabmedicine.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  19. ^ "Auburn, LSU families brought together through tragedy - ESPN Video". Espn.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  20. ^ "Auburn heart transplant recipient meets donor family, families encourage community to donate life". Oanow.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  21. ^ Kerry Gorelick. "UAB - Department of Surgery - James K. Kirklin, MD, Director". Uab.edu. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  22. ^ "UAB - SOM - Pediatric Heart Transplant Study (PHTS) - Home". Uab.edu. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  23. ^ "ISHLT: The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation". Ihlt.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  24. ^ Deng, Mario C (2002). "Heart Transplantation. By James K. Kirklin, James B. Young, and David C. McGiffin. 883 pp., illustrated. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 2002. $229. ISBN 0-443-07655-3". New England Journal of Medicine. 347 (26): 2175–6. doi:10.1056/NEJM200212263472620.
  25. ^ "Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes Cardiac Surgery,Expert Consult - Online and Print (2 ... - Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Eugene H. Blackstone, Frank L. Hanley, James K. Kirklin - Google Books". Google Books. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  26. ^ "James Kirklin, MD, Cardiac Surgery Author – Elsevier AuthorsElsevier Authors". Elsevier Authors. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  27. ^ "ISHLT: The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation". Ishlt.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  28. ^ "ISHLT Monograph Series Volume 8: ISHLT Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Heart Failure - ResearchGate". ResearchGate. Retrieved 11 September 2014. ISBN 978-1-4835-3952-2 [page needed]
  29. ^ Search Results for author Kirklin JK on PubMed.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Kirklin&oldid=860159842"