Dr. Kimberly S Kirkwood MD
Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology
400 Parnassus Ave 405 Irving Street San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Kimberly Kirkwood specializes in the treatment of pancreatic cancer as well as tumors of the stomach, spleen, gallbladder, bile duct and gastrointestinal tract. A skillful laparoscopic surgeon, she ...
Education and Training
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1985
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Substance P mediates inflammatory oedema in acute pancreatitis via activation of the neurokinin-1 receptor in rats and mice.
- Substance P is a determinant of lethality in diet-induced hemorrhagic pancreatitis in mice.
- NK-1 receptor desensitization and neutral endopeptidase terminate SP-induced pancreatic plasma extravasation.
- Deletion of neutral endopeptidase exacerbates intestinal inflammation induced by Clostridium difficile toxin A.
- Pathophysiology of gallstone pancreatitis.
- Recombinant human neutral endopeptidase ameliorates pancreatic elastase-induced lung injury.
- Lovastatin alters biliary lipid composition and dissolves gallstones: a long-term study in prairie dogs.
- Activation of nociceptive neurons in T9 and T10 in cerulein pancreatitis.
- Pancreatic resection in the elderly.
- Medical versus surgical management of biliary tract disease in pregnancy.
- Transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV-1) promotes neurogenic inflammation in the pancreas via activation of the neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R).
- Neutral endopeptidase determines the severity of pancreatitis-associated lung injury.
- Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1, calcitonin gene-related peptide, and substance P mediate nociception in acute pancreatitis.
- Calcitonin gene-related peptide partially mediates nociception in acute experimental pancreatitis.
- Transient receptor potential ion channels V4 and A1 contribute to pancreatitis
Treatments
- Gallstones
- Hernia
- Umbilical Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Surgery 1989
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