Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., Duke University 1999
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care Surgery, Surgery 2008 - 2012
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2006 - 2008
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Haines, KL, Nguyen, BP, Vatsaas, C, Alger, A, Brooks, K, and Agarwal, SK. "Socioeconomic Status Affects Outcomes After Severity-Stratified Traumatic Brain Injury." The Journal of Surgical Research 235 (March 2019): 131-140.  Full Text
    • Sigurdsson, MI, Brockbank, B, Haney, JC, Andrews, J, MacLeod, DB, Vaslef, SN, Brooks, KR, Manning, EL, and Nicoara, A. "Abdominal Gunshot Causing Ventricular Septal Injury Without Perforation into the Pericardium." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 33, no. 3 (March 2019): 772-775.  Full Text
    • Kram, BL, Kram, SJ, and Brooks, KR. "Implications of atypical antipsychotic prescribing in the intensive care unit." Journal of Critical Care 30, no. 4 (August 2015): 814-818.  Full Text
    • Kram, BL, Kram, SJ, and Brooks, KR. "Implications of atypical antipsychotic prescribing in the intensive care unit." Journal of Critical Care 30, no. 4 (January 1, 2015): 814-818.  Full Text
    • Brooks, KR, Scarborough, JE, Vaslef, SN, and Shapiro, ML. "No need to wait: an analysis of the timing of cholecystectomy during admission for acute cholecystitis using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database." J Trauma Acute Care Surg 74, no. 1 (January 2013): 167-173.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Bennett, KM, Vaslef, SN, Shapiro, ML, Brooks, KR, and Scarborough, JE. "Does intent matter? The medical and societal burden of self-inflicted injury." J Trauma 67, no. 4 (October 2009): 841-847.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • D'Amico, TA, Brooks, KR, Joshi, M-BM, Conlon, D, Herndon, J, Petersen, RP, and Harpole, DH. "Serum protein expression predicts recurrence in patients with early-stage lung cancer after resection." Ann Thorac Surg 81, no. 6 (June 2006): 1982-1987.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Brooks, KR, To, K, Joshi, M-BM, Conlon, DH, Herndon, JE, D'Amico, TA, and Harpole, DH. "Measurement of chemoresistance markers in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer: a novel approach for patient selection." Ann Thorac Surg 76, no. 1 (July 2003): 187-193.  Link to Item
    • Lau, CL, Moore, M-BH, Brooks, KR, D'Amico, TA, and Harpole, DH. "Molecular staging of lung and esophageal cancer." Surg Clin North Am 82, no. 3 (June 2002): 497-523. (Review)  Link to Item
    • D'Amico, TA, Aloia, TA, Moore, MB, Herndon, JE, Brooks, KR, Lau, CL, and Harpole, DH. "Molecular biologic substaging of stage I lung cancer according to gender and histology." Ann Thorac Surg 69, no. 3 (March 2000): 882-886.  Link to Item

  • Conference Papers

    • Harpole, D, Joshi, MBM, Petersen, RP, Miller, CC, Conlon, D, Brooks, KR, and D'Amico, TA. "Monitoring tumor markers in serial sera predicts disease failure in lung cancer patients following surgery." June 1, 2005.  Link to Item

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