Kimberly Sherell Johnson

Kimberly Sherell Johnson
Associate Professor of Medicine

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2016
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Institutes and Centers 2002
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2017

Contact Information

3502 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710
johns196@mc.duke.edu (919) 660-7506

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellow in Geriatrics, Medicine, Duke University 2001 - 2002
- Chief Medical Resident-Ambulatory Services, Medicine, Duke University 2000 - 2001
- Medical Resident, Me Dicine, Duke University 1997 - 2000
- M.D., Johns Hopkins University 1997
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2013 - 2016
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2007 - 2013
- Associate in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2002 - 2007
- Associate in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2000 - 2001
Recognition
In the News
- JAN 8, 2018 Duke Health News
  
  New Duke Research Center Will Address Disparities in Clinical Care
- AUG 21, 2015 The New York Times
  
  Dr. Kimberly Johnson: A racial gap in attitudes toward hospice care
- MAY 6, 2015 PBS NewsHour
  
  Dr. Kimberly Johnson: Why African-American seniors are less likely to use hospice
Research
Selected Grants
- Duke CTSA (KL2) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- Duke CTSA (TL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- Reducing Disparities in the Quality of Palliative Care for Older African Americans Through Improved Advance Care Planning awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute 2017 - 2022
- Duke Center for REsearch to AdvanCe Healthcare Equity (REACH EQUITY) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
- Bridging the Gap to Enhance Clinical Research Program (BIGGER) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- Behavioral and Physiology in Aging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2020
- IPA-Kimberly Johnson awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2018 - 2020
- Implementing Best Practice in Palliative Care awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2013 - 2018
- Duke CTSA (UL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
- Toward Policies that Accommodate the Concerns of African Americans' in Resolving Disputes about the Use of Life Sustaini awarded by Greenwall Foundation 2015 - 2017
- Palliative Care in Heart Failure (PAL-HF) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2016
- Behavior And Physiology In Aging awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2015
- Increasing Access to Hospice Care for Older African Americans: A National Study awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2015
- IPA - Kimberly Johnson awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2013 - 2014
- IPA - Kimberly Johnson awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2011 - 2013
- Organizational Variability and Racial Disparities in Hospice Use awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2013
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Conference Papers
  - Horton, JR, Johnson, KS, Dionne-Odom, N, and Smith, C. "State of the Science: Update in Hospice and Palliative Care (103)." February 2015. Full Text
  - Horton, JR, and Johnson, KS. "State of the Science: Update in Hospice and Palliative Care (103)." February 2014. Full Text
  - Anderson, WG, Horton, JR, and Johnson, KS. "State of the Science: Update in Hospice and Palliative Care." February 2013. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Johnson, KS, Sloane, R, Landerman, LR, Horney, C, and Whitson, HE. "From the Wellderly to the Sickest Elderly: Classifying Older ED Patients According to Patterns of Health Service Use." April 2012. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, MN, and Tulsky, JA. "What are Hospice Providers Doing to Reach African Americans .. and what works?." April 2012. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "P24 Encore Presentation Race and Residence: County-level Variation in Black-White Disparities in Hospice Use." April 2011. Link to Item
  - Unroe, K, Melissa, G, Johnson, KS, Curtis, L, and Setoguchi, S. "Racial Differences in Hospice Use and End of Life Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure." April 2011. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, MN, and Tulsky, JA. "Intercounty Variability in Hospice Use: Does Race Matter?." April 2010. Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Whitson, HE, Purser, J, Sloane, RJ, and Johnson, KS. "Variability in Adverse Outcomes According to Emergency Department Discharge Diagnosis." March 2009. Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Purser, J, Johnson, KS, Sloane, RJ, and Whitson, HE. "A frailty index predicts some but not all subsequent health service use in older adults discharged from the emergency department." April 2008. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "What explains racial differences in the completion of advance directives?." April 2008. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in location prior to hospice enrollment and association with hospice length of stay." March 2008. Link to Item
  - Elbert-Avila, K, and Johnson, KS. "Cause of death certification: Do physicians at an academic medical center meet guidelines for death certificate completion?." April 2007. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, Tanis, D, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in survival after hospice revocation to pursue aggressive care." April 2006. Link to Item
  - Elbert-Avila, KI, Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, Tanis, D, and Tulsky, JA. "Predictors of extended prognosis in hospice patients with dementia." April 2005. Link to Item
  - Elbert-Avila, KI, Johnson, KS, Pieper, C, Tanis, D, and Tulsky, JA. "How do dementia and cancer patients enrolled in hospice differ?." April 2005. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Pieper, CF, Elbert-Avila, K, Tanis, D, and Tulsky, JA. "Who revokes hospice? Differences by race." April 2005. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Sloane, R, Galanos, AN, and Tulsky, JA. "Place of death among elderly hospice users: Differences by race." April 2004. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Johnson, KS, Thomas, KL, Pinheiro, SO, and Svetkey, LP. "Design and Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research Curriculum." Journal of the National Medical Association 110, no. 4 (August 2018): 305-313. Full Text
  - Boucher, NA, Steinhauser, KE, and Johnson, KS. "Older, Seriously Ill Veterans' Views on the Role of Religion and Spirituality in Health-Care Delivery." The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care 35, no. 7 (July 2018): 921-928. Full Text
  - Sanders, JJ, Johnson, KS, Cannady, K, Paladino, J, Ford, DW, Block, SD, and Sterba, KR. "From Barriers to Assets: Rethinking factors impacting advance care planning for African Americans." Palliative & Supportive Care (June 5, 2018): 1-8. Full Text
  - Boucher, NA, Johnson, KS, and LeBlanc, TW. "Acute Leukemia Patients' Needs: Qualitative Findings and Opportunities for Early Palliative Care." Journal of pain and symptom management 55, no. 2 (February 2018): 433-439. Full Text
  - Balboni, TA, Fitchett, G, Handzo, GF, Johnson, KS, Koenig, HG, Pargament, KI, Puchalski, CM, Sinclair, S, Taylor, EJ, and Steinhauser, KE. "State of the Science of Spirituality and Palliative Care Research Part II: Screening, Assessment, and Interventions." Journal of pain and symptom management 54, no. 3 (September 2017): 441-453. Full Text
  - Steinhauser, KE, Fitchett, G, Handzo, GF, Johnson, KS, Koenig, HG, Pargament, KI, Puchalski, CM, Sinclair, S, Taylor, EJ, and Balboni, TA. "State of the Science of Spirituality and Palliative Care Research Part I: Definitions, Measurement, and Outcomes." Journal of pain and symptom management 54, no. 3 (September 2017): 428-440. Full Text
  - Rogers, JG, Patel, CB, Mentz, RJ, Granger, BB, Steinhauser, KE, Fiuzat, M, Adams, PA, Speck, A, Johnson, KS, Krishnamoorthy, A, Yang, H, Anstrom, KJ, Dodson, GC, Jr, TDH, Kirchner, JL, Mark, DB, O'Connor, CM, and Tulsky, JA. "Palliative Care in Heart Failure The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 70, no. 3 (July 18, 2017): 332-341. Link to Item
  - Rogers, JG, Patel, CB, Mentz, RJ, Granger, BB, Steinhauser, KE, Fiuzat, M, Adams, PA, Speck, A, Johnson, KS, Krishnamoorthy, A, Yang, H, Anstrom, KJ, Dodson, GC, Taylor, DH, Kirchner, JL, Mark, DB, O'Connor, CM, and Tulsky, JA. "Palliative Care in Heart Failure: The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 70, no. 3 (July 2017): 331-341. Full Text
  - Bostwick, D, Wolf, S, Samsa, G, Bull, J, Taylor, DH, Johnson, KS, and Kamal, AH. "Comparing the Palliative Care Needs of Those With Cancer to Those With Common Non-Cancer Serious Illness." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 53, no. 6 (June 2017): 1079-1084.e1. Full Text
  - Boucher, NA, Kuchibhatla, M, and Johnson, KS. "Meeting Basic Needs: Social Supports and Services Provided by Hospice." Journal of palliative medicine 20, no. 6 (June 2017): 642-646. Full Text
  - Kamal, AH, Bull, J, Wolf, SP, Portman, D, Strand, J, and Johnson, KS. "Unmet Needs of African Americans and Whites at the Time of Palliative Care Consultation." The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care 34, no. 5 (June 2017): 461-465. Full Text
  - Gray, NA, Boucher, NA, Kuchibhatla, M, and Johnson, KS. "Hospice Access for Undocumented Immigrants." Jama Internal Medicine 177, no. 4 (April 2017): 579-580. Full Text
  - LeBlanc, TW, Ritchie, CS, Friedman, F, Bull, J, Kutner, JS, Johnson, KS, Kamal, AH, and AAHPM Research Committee Writing Group, . "Adherence to Measuring What Matters Items When Caring for Patients With Hematologic Malignancies Versus Solid Tumors." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 52, no. 6 (December 2016): 775-782. Full Text
  - Rogers, J, Patel, C, Mentz, R, Steinhauser, K, Granger, B, Fiuzat, M, Adams, P, Speck, A, Johnson, K, Krishnamoorthy, A, Yang, H, Anstrom, K, Dodson, G, O'Connor, C, and Tulsky, J. "Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Results of a Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial." Journal of Cardiac Failure 22, no. 11 (November 2016): 940-940. Full Text
  - Steinhauser, KE, Olsen, A, Johnson, KS, Sanders, LL, Olsen, M, Ammarell, N, and Grossoehme, D. "The feasibility and acceptability of a chaplain-led intervention for caregivers of seriously ill patients: A Caregiver Outlook pilot study." Palliative & supportive care 14, no. 5 (October 2016): 456-467. Full Text
  - Whitson, HE, Johnson, KS, Sloane, R, Cigolle, CT, Pieper, CF, Landerman, L, and Hastings, SN. "Identifying Patterns of Multimorbidity in Older Americans: Application of Latent Class Analysis." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 64, no. 8 (August 2016): 1668-1673. Full Text
  - Gray, NA, Horton, JR, Dionne-Odom, JN, Smith, CB, and Johnson, KS. "Update in Hospice and Palliative Care." Journal of Palliative Medicine 19, no. 5 (May 2016): 559-565. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Payne, R, Kuchibhatla, MN, and Tulsky, JA. "Are Hospice Admission Practices Associated With Hospice Enrollment for Older African Americans and Whites?." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 51, no. 4 (April 2016): 697-705. Full Text
  - Boucher, NA, Raghavan, M, Smith, A, Arnold, R, and Johnson, KS. "Palliative Care in the African American Community #204." Journal of palliative medicine 19, no. 2 (February 2016): 228-230. Full Text
  - Hendricks Sloan, D, Peters, T, Johnson, KS, Bowie, JV, Ting, Y, and Aslakson, R. "Church-Based Health Promotion Focused on Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Care at Black Baptist Churches: A Cross-Sectional Survey." Journal of palliative medicine 19, no. 2 (February 2016): 190-194. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Payne, R, and Kuchibhatla, MN. "What are Hospice Providers in the Carolinas Doing to Reach African Americans in Their Service Area?." Journal of palliative medicine 19, no. 2 (February 2016): 183-189. Full Text
  - Webb, JA, Horton, JR, and Johnson, K. "Update in hospice and palliative care." Journal of Palliative Medicine 18, no. 6 (June 2015): 545-551. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Tulsky, JA, Granger, BB, Anstrom, KJ, Adams, PA, Dodson, GC, Fiuzat, M, Johnson, KS, Patel, CB, Steinhauser, KE, Taylor, DH, O'Connor, CM, and Rogers, JG. "The palliative care in heart failure trial: rationale and design." American Heart Journal 168, no. 5 (November 2014): 645-651.e1. Full Text
  - Sautter, JM, Tulsky, JA, Johnson, KS, Olsen, MK, Burton-Chase, AM, Lindquist, JH, Zimmerman, S, and Steinhauser, KE. "Caregiver experience during advanced chronic illness and last year of life." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 62, no. 6 (June 2014): 1082-1090. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Whitson, HE, Sloane, R, Landerman, LR, Horney, C, and Johnson, KS. "Using the past to predict the future: latent class analysis of patterns of health service use of older adults in the emergency department." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 62, no. 4 (April 2014): 711-715. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS. "The changing face of the hospice industry: what really matters?." JAMA internal medicine 174, no. 4 (April 2014): 507-508. Full Text
  - Roza, KA, Horton, JR, Johnson, K, and Anderson, WG. "Update in Hospice and Palliative Care." Journal of Palliative Medicine 17, no. 3 (March 2014): 351-357. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Whitson, HE, Sloane, R, Landerman, LR, Horney, C, and Johnson, KS. "Using the past to predict the future: Latent class analysis of patterns of health service use of older adults in the emergency department." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 62, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 711-715. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Tulsky, JA, Granger, BB, Anstrom, KJ, Adams, PA, Dodson, GC, Fiuzat, M, Johnson, KS, Patel, CB, Steinhauser, KE, Taylor, DH, O'Connor, CM, and Rogers, JG. "The palliative care in heart failure trial: Rationale and design." American Heart Journal 168, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 645-651.e1. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, Payne, R, and Tulsky, JA. "Race and residence: intercounty variation in black-white differences in hospice use." J Pain Symptom Manage 46, no. 5 (November 2013): 681-690. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, Payne, R, and Tulsky, JA. "Race and residence: Intercounty variation in black-white differences in hospice use." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 46, no. 5 (November 1, 2013): 681-690. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS. "Racial and ethnic disparities in palliative care." Journal of Palliative Medicine 16, no. 11 (November 2013): 1329-1334. Full Text
  - Barclay, JS, Kuchibhatla, M, Tulsky, JA, and Johnson, KS. "Association of hospice patients' income and care level with place of death." Jama Internal Medicine 173, no. 6 (March 2013): 450-456. Full Text
  - Anderson, WG, Flint, LA, Horton, JR, Johnson, K, Mourad, M, and Sharpe, BA. "Update in hospital palliative care." Journal of Hospital Medicine (2013). Full Text
  - Anderson, WG, Flint, LA, Horton, JR, Johnson, K, Mourad, M, and Sharpe, BA. "Update in hospital palliative care." Journal of Hospital Medicine 8, no. 12 (2013): 715-720. Full Text
  - Anderson, WG, Horton, JR, Johnson, K, and Goldstein, NE. "Update in hospice and palliative care." Journal of Palliative Medicine 16, no. 3 (2013): 314-319. Full Text
  - Morris, DA, Johnson, KS, Ammarell, N, Arnold, RM, Tulsky, JA, and Steinhauser, KE. "What is your understanding of your illness? A communication tool to explore patients' perspectives of living with advanced illness." Journal of General Internal Medicine 27, no. 11 (November 2012): 1460-1466. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Elbert-Avila, K, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "Characteristics and outcomes of hospice enrollees with dementia discharged alive." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 60, no. 9 (September 2012): 1638-1644. Full Text
  - Unroe, KT, Greiner, MA, Johnson, KS, Curtis, LH, and Setoguchi, S. "Racial differences in hospice use and patterns of care after enrollment in hospice among Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure." Am Heart J 163, no. 6 (June 2012): 987-993.e3. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Hastings, SN, Purser, JL, and Whitson, HE. "The Junior Faculty Laboratory: an innovative model of peer mentoring." Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 86, no. 12 (December 2011): 1577-1582. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Tulsky, JA, Hays, JC, Arnold, RM, Olsen, MK, Lindquist, JH, and Steinhauser, KE. "Which domains of spirituality are associated with anxiety and depression in patients with advanced illness?." Journal of General Internal Medicine 26, no. 7 (July 2011): 751-758. Full Text
  - Whitson, HE, Hastings, SN, Landerman, LR, Fillenbaum, GG, Cohen, HJ, and Johnson, KS. "Black-white disparity in disability: the role of medical conditions." J Am Geriatr Soc 59, no. 5 (May 2011): 844-850. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in location before hospice enrollment and association with hospice length of stay." J Am Geriatr Soc 59, no. 4 (April 2011): 732-737. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Whitson, HE, Purser, JL, Sloane, RJ, and Johnson, KS. "Emergency department discharge diagnosis and adverse health outcomes in older adults." J Am Geriatr Soc 57, no. 10 (October 2009): 1856-1861. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in self-reported exposure to information about hospice care." J Palliat Med 12, no. 10 (October 2009): 921-927. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial Differences in Self-Reported Exposure to Hospice Information." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY 57 (March 2009): S90-S91. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "What explains racial differences in the use of advance directives and attitudes toward hospice care?." J Am Geriatr Soc 56, no. 10 (October 2008): 1953-1958. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Purser, JL, Johnson, KS, Sloane, RJ, and Whitson, HE. "Frailty predicts some but not all adverse outcomes in older adults discharged from the emergency department." J Am Geriatr Soc 56, no. 9 (September 2008): 1651-1657. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, Tanis, D, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in hospice revocation to pursue aggressive care." Archives of Internal Medicine 168, no. 2 (January 2008): 218-224. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatla, M, Tanis, D, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in the growth of noncancer diagnoses among hospice enrollees." J Pain Symptom Manage 34, no. 3 (September 2007): 286-293. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Elbert-Avila, K, Kuchibhatla, M, and Tulsky, JA. "Racial differences in next-of-kin participation in an ongoing survey of satisfaction with end-of-life care: a study of a study." J Palliat Med 9, no. 5 (October 2006): 1076-1085. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS. ""You just do your part. God will do the rest.": spirituality and culture in the medical encounter." South Med J 99, no. 10 (October 2006): 1163-. Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Kuchibhatala, M, Sloane, RJ, Tanis, D, Galanos, AN, and Tulsky, JA. "Ethnic differences in the place of death of elderly hospice enrollees." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 53, no. 12 (December 2005): 2209-2215. Full Text
  - Johnson, KS, Elbert-Avila, KI, and Tulsky, JA. "The influence of spiritual beliefs and practices on the treatment preferences of African Americans: a review of the literature." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 53, no. 4 (April 2005): 711-719. (Review) Full Text

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