Department of Medicine

AHSC 6404
P.O. Box 245037
Tucson AZ 85724-5037
Phone: 626-2477 or 626-6332
E-mail: kernk@u.arizona.edu

EDUCATION:

Hahnemann University, 1980 (M.D.)
University of Arizona (Internship, Residency and Cardiology Fellowship)

HONORS/AWARDS:

AOA, Zeta Chapter, 1979
House Officer Educator of the Year, 1982
College of Medicine 1983 Graduating Class Award: Outstanding Housestaff Teaching Award
Visiting Faculty, Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Center, Purdue University, 1984-1987
Flinn Foundation, Junior Investigator Award, 1989-1990
Dean's Teaching Scholar, 1995-1996
Cardiology Fellowship "Mentoring" Award, 1996
Fellow of the American College of Physicians
Fellow of the Council of Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association
Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
UMC Chief of Staff, 2005-2007

MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST:

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - major projects within CPR include:

No ventilation basic life support
CPR Myocardial blood flow during CPR in an animal model with coronary artery lesions
Post-resuscitation LV dysfunction

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Henry TD. Atkins JM. Cunningham MS. Francis GS. Groh WJ. Hong RA. Kern KB. Larson DM. Ohman EM. Ornato JP. Peberdy MA. Rosenberg MJ. Weaver WD. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: recommendations on triage of patients to heart attack centers: is it time for a national policy for the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction?. [Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 47(7):1339-45, 2006.

Ewy GA. Kern KB. Sanders AB. Newburn D. Valenzuela TD. Clark L. Hilwig RW. Otto CW. Hayes MM. Martinez P. Berg RA. Cardiocerebral resuscitation for cardiac arrest. American Journal of Medicine. 119(1):6-9, 2006.

Berg MD. Clark LL. Valenzuela TD. Kern KB. Berg RA. Post-shock chest compression delays with automated external defibrillator use. Resuscitation. 64(3):287-91, 2005.

Sorrell VL. Altbach MI. Kern KB. Squire S. Hilwig RW. Hayes MM. Ewy GA. Berg RA. Images in cardiovascular medicine. Continuous cardiac magnetic resonance imaging during untreated ventricular fibrillation. Circulation. 111(19):e294, 2005.

Kern KB. Valenzuela TD. Clark LL. Berg RA. Hilwig RW. Berg MD. Otto CW. Newburn D. Ewy GA. An alternative approach to advancing resuscitation science. Resuscitation. 64(3):261-8, 2005.

STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH RESEARCH:

Active participation in an experimental laboratory involving large animal models (pigs) of cardiac arrest and CPR Interesting interaction with a multi-disciplinary group of CPR researchers, i.e., the University of Arizona Resuscitation Research Group

Participation in analysis of data, writing research results for publication, and presentation of such results at scientific meetings

SPONSORED RESEARCH THROUGH MSRP:

Elias Stratigouleas (MSRP 1998): "Optimizing the dose of Dobutamine for post-resuscitation left ventricular dysfunction in a porcine model."
Matthew Porter (MSRP 2000): "Comparing conventional CPR to a chest-compressions-only model."
Joseph Heidenrich (MSRP 2001, 2003): "Vasopressin's effect of post resuscitation left ventricular function: Unknown consequences of the new CPR guidelines 2000."

NIH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT RESEARCH PROGRAM:

-Rocky Caccavale, Tucson High Magnet School, 1993
-Michael Garcia, Mountain View High School, 1995
-Cody Miller-Montijo, Pueblo High School, 1996

Last updated: 6/13/2006