Assistant Professor of Medicine

Associate Fellow
Center for Bioethics

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Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine Division
9 Founders Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Appointments
Contact: Nayoung Williams (215) 662-7726

Clinical Specialty:

• Cardiovascular Medicine

Practice Location:

• Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, Rhoads Pavilion

Education:

• MD: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
• Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
• Fellowship: University of Chicago
• Postdoctoral Fellowship: MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics

Research Interest:

• Hand Carried Ultrasound (miniaturized echocardiography)
• Echocardiography and cardiac resynchronization therapy (Bi-ventricular pacemakers)
• Usage patterns and appropriate indications for echocardiography
• Microbubble contrast echocardiography
• Cardiovascular ethics
• Advance Directives in heart disease patients
• Ethical issues concerning implantable cardiac devices

Selected Publications:

1. Kirkpatrick JN, and Kim AY. Ethical Issues in Heart Failure--Overview of an Emerging Need. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 49(1), 2006.
2. Ghani SN, Kirkpatrick JN, Spencer KT, Smith GL, Burke MC, Kim SS, Desai AD, Knight BP. Rapid Screening of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in a Pacemaker Clinic Using a Hand-Carried Ultrasound Device. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 16(1):39-43, 2006.
3. Kirkpatrick JN, Furlong K, Mugica VL, Balasia B, Corcoran M, Anderson A, Pastoret A, Spencer KT. Effectiveness of Echocardiographic Imaging by Nurses to Identify Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in High-Risk Patients. American Journal of Cardiology. 95(10):1271-2, 2005
4. Kirkpatrick JN, Nash K, Duffy TP. Well Rounded. Archives of Internal Medicine. 165(6):613-6, 2005
5. Kirkpatrick JN, Bednarz JE, Spencer KT, Sugeng L, Ward RP, DeCara JM, Weinert L, Lang RM. Differential Diagnosis of Cardiac Masses Using Contrast Echocardiographic Perfusion Imaging. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 43(8) 2004.
6. Kirkpatrick JN, Davis A, DeCara 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), 2004
7. Kirkpatrick JN, Mahowald M. Golden Rule Reasoning in Clinical Medicine: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects. Journal of Clinical Ethics 15(3): 250-60, 2004. Paper presented at the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities and Canadian Bioethics Society Joint Meeting, 2003