Kiran Kaur Khush, MD
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Cardiovascular Medicine Clinic 300 Pasteur Dr MC 5319 A260 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-6459 Fax (650) 723-8392
- Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAlternate Contact June Teo Administrative Associate Email Tel Work (650) 725-4181Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Cardiovascular Medicine
Administrative Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine (2011 - present)
- Instructor, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University (2008 - 2011)
Honors and Awards
- Clinical Research Program Award, American Heart Association (2010)
- Transplant Registry Early Career Award, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (2010)
- Career Development Award (K23), National Institutes of Health (2009)
- Beginning Grant-in-Aid, American Heart Association (2008)
- Fellow, American College of Cardiology (2008)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award, American Heart Association (2006)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, American Board of Internal Medicine (2010) |
| Board Certification: | Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine (2006) |
| Fellowship: | UCSF Dean's Office Postdoctoral Education CA (2006) |
| Board Certification: | Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (2003) |
| Residency: | UCSF-Graduate Medical Education CA (2003) |
| Medical Education: | Harvard Medical School - Children's Hospital MA (2000) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Dr. KhushÂ’s clinical research interests include the evaluation of donors and recipients for heart transplantation; mechanisms of adverse outcomes after heart transplantation, including coronary allograft vasculopathy and antibody-mediated rejection; the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure; and the cardiorenal syndrome.
Publications
- Pregnancy-related human leukocyte antigen sensitization leading to cardiac allograft vasculopathy and graft failure in a heart transplant recipient: a case report. Transplant Proc. 2013; (2): 800-2
- Beta-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms and cardiac graft function in potential organ donors. Am J Transplant. 2012; (12): 3377-86
- Electrocardiographic characteristics of potential organ donors and associations with cardiac allograft use. Circ Heart Fail. 2012; (4): 475-83
- Influence of donor and recipient sex mismatch on heart transplant outcomes: analysis of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Registry. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2012; (5): 459-66
- The 4G/4G genotype of the PAI-1 (serpine-1) 4G/5G polymorphism is associated with decreased lung allograft utilization. Am J Transplant. 2012; (7): 1848-54
- Universal noninvasive detection of solid organ transplant rejection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011; (15): 6229-34
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