Surgery for heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support
Repair of congenital heart defects
Research in surgical outcomes
Relatives
John W. Kirklin (Father)
Medical career
Profession
Heart surgeon
Institutions
University of Alabama at Birmingham, US
Research
Heart transplantation
Mechanical circulatory support
Surgical outcomes
Congenital heart defects
James K. Kirklin (born 1947 in Rochester, Minnesota)[1] is an American cardiac surgeon who has made significant 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 was formerly Professor of Surgery (1987-2022),[3] Director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2006-2016),[4] Director of the James and John Kirklin Institute for Research in Surgical Outcomes (KIRSO) (2016–2022),[5][6] and Co-Director of Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center (2011-2017)[7] at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). While at UAB, he held the UAB Cardiovascular Research Chair (1998-2006), the John Kirklin Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery (2006-2017), and the James Kirklin Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2017-2022).[8]
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^"UAB Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Report 2015-16 UAB Medicine Cardiothoracic Surgery 2015/16 Annual". Joomag.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
^Rohan, Alicia (10 June 2016). "UAB to open institute for surgical outcomes research honoring John and James Kirklin". UAB News.
^"UAB - School of Medicine - Surgery - KIRSO Home". Uab.edu. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
^Buchanan, Charles (2012). "Transforming Treatment - The Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center". UAB Medicine Magazine. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
^Green, Tricia. "UAB - School of Medicine - Surgery - Kirklin, James K., M.D." Uab.edu. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
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