James N. Kirkpatrick, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
9 Gates Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
9 Gates Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: (215) 662-7726
Fax: (215) 615-3652
Fax: (215) 615-3652
Publications
Links
Search PubMed for articles
Cardiovascular Division Faculty
Penn Health Profile
Center for Bioethics
Search PubMed for articles
Cardiovascular Division Faculty
Penn Health Profile
Center for Bioethics
Education:
B.A. (Politics)
Pomona College (cum laude), 1993.
M.D. (Internal Medicine)
Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 1998.
Permanent linkB.A. (Politics)
Pomona College (cum laude), 1993.
M.D. (Internal Medicine)
Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 1998.
Description of CVI Expertise
CVI Program Unit(s):Biotechnology / Nanomedicine / Imaging
CVI Research Description:
Retrieval and reuse of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (pacemakers, defibrillators)
Conflicts of interest in clinical practice guidelines
Caregiver stress in the use of destination therapy left ventricular assist devices
Advance directives and advanced therapies in cardiovascular medicine
Echocardiographic measures of hemodynamics
Hand carried cardiac ultrasonography in the treatment of advanced heart failure
Other Affiliations
I am an Associate Fellow of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics.
Selected Publications
Kirkpatrick JN, Fields AV, Ferrari VA: Medical ethics and the art of cardiovascular medicine. Lancet 376(9740): 508-9, August 2010.Kirkpatrick JN, Beasley KD, Caplan AL: Death is just not what it used to be. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 19(1): 7-16, Winter 2010.
Farmer, SA, Kirkpatrick, JN, Heidenreich, PA, Curtis, JP, Wang, YF, Groeneveld, PW: Ethnic and racial disparities in cardiac resynchronization therapy. Heart Rhythm 6(3): 325-331, MAR 2009.
Kirkpatrick JN, Ky B, Rahmouni HW, Chirinos JA, Farmer SA, Fields AV, Ogbara J, Eberman KM, Ferrari VA, Silvestry FE, Keane MG, Opotowsky AR, St. John Sutton M, Wiegers SE: Application of Appropriateness Criteria in Outpatient Transthoracic Echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 22(1): 53-59, Jan 2009 Notes: Presented at the American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions, 2008.
Kirkpatrick, JN, Guger, CJ, Arnsdorf, MF, Fedson, SE: Advance directives in the cardiac care unit. American Heart Journal 154(3): 477-481, SEP 2007.
Kirkpatrick, JN, Ghani, SN, Burke, MC, Knight, BP: Postmortem interrogation and retrieval of implantable pacemakers and defibrillators: A Survey of Morticians and Patients. Journal Of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 18(5): 478-482, MAY 2007 Notes: Epub 2007 FEB 21.
Kirkpatrick, JN, Nash, K, Duffy, TP: Well rounded. Archives Of Internal Medicine 165(6): 613-616, MAR 28 2005.
Kirkpatrick, JN, Davis, A, DcCara, JM, Hong, AE, Kurtz, PL, Balasia, B, Spencer, KT: Hand-carried cardiac ultrasound as a tool to screen for important cardiovascular disease in an underserved minority health care clinic. Journal Of The American Society Of Echocardiography 17(5): 399-403, MAY 2004.
Kirkpatrick, JN, Wong, T, Bednarz, JE, Spencer, KT, Sugeng, L, Ward, RP, DeCara, JM, Weinert, L, Krausz, T, Lang, RM: Differential diagnosis of cardiac masses using contrast echocardiographic perfusion imaging. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 43(8): 1412-1419, APR 21 2004.
Kirkpatrick, JN, Mahowald, MB: Golden rule reasoning in clinical medicine: Theoretical and empirical aspects. Journal Of Clinical Ethics 15(3): 250-260, FALL 2004.