CarlMartinKirschMD

Pulmonology • San Jose, CA

Pleural Disease

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

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Office
751 S Bascom Ave
Pulmonary Department
San Jose, CA 95128
Phone+1 408-885-2050
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Summary

Dr. Carl Kirsch, MD is a pulmonologist in San Jose, California. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in California, Oregon, and Hawaii. He is affiliated with Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital.

Education & Training

Oregon Health & Science UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1977 - 1979
Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1977
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1968 - 1971
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityInternship, Transitional Year, 1965 - 1966
New York University School of MedicineClass of 1965

Certifications & Licensure

OR State Medical License 1978 - Present
CA State Medical License 1981 - 2024
HI State Medical License 1967 - 2008
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

42 citations
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and influenza co-infection in immunocompetent hosts: case reports and review of the literature.
Melisa M Shah, Eric Hsiao, Carl M. Kirsch, Amit Gohil, Supriya Narasimhan, David A. Stevens> ;Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2018 Jun 1
11 citations
FDG-PET, PET/CT and conventional nuclear medicine procedures in the evaluation of lung cancer: a systematic review.
Dirk Hellwig, Richrad P Baum, Carl Kirsch> ;Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear Medicine. 2009 Jan 1
5 citations
Para-[(123)I]iodo-L-phenylalanine in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma: tumour uptake, whole-body kinetics, dosimetry.
D Hellwig, E Gouverneur, A Schaefer, J Raedle, M Menges, C-M Kirsch, S Samnick> ;Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear Medicine. 2008 Jan 1
8 citations
Cerebral and Extracranial Neurodegeneration are Strongly Coupled in Parkinson’s Disease
J Spiegel, Dirk Hellwig, Wolfgang H. Jost, Georgios Farmakis, Samuel Samnick, Klaus Fassbender, Carl M. Kirsch, Ulrich Dillmann> ;The Open Neurology Journal. 2007 Aug 22
10 citations
Acute aortoiliac and femoral artery thrombosis complicating diabetic ketoacidosis.
Stan Zipser, Carl M. Kirsch, Conway Lien, Tej M. Singh, Young S. Kang> ;Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2005 Dec 1
8 citations
Streptococcus bovis septic shock due to contaminated transfused platelets.
Andrew H. Chang, Carl M. Kirsch, Niloufar Mobashery, Nancy Johnson, Lee Levitt> ;American Journal of Hematology. 2004 Nov 1
5 citations
Aprotinin inhibits local platelet trapping and improves tissue destruction in hepatic cryosurgery.
Otto Kollmar, Sven Richter, Jens Czyborra, Michael D. Menger, Stefan Dietrich, Martin K. Schilling, Carl M. Kirsch, G. Pistorius> ;Surgery. 2004 Sep 1
Measuring the work of exercise.
Carl M. Kirsch> ;Chest. 2004 Sep 1
Tularemia.
Jensen, W.A., Kirsch, C.M.> ;Semin Respir Infect. 2003 Sep
29 citations
2-Deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography in target volume definition for radiotherapy of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.
Ursula Nestle, Dirk Hellwig, Sylvia Schmidt, Norbert Licht, K. Walter, Dieter Ukena, Christian Rübe, Michael Baumann, Carl M. Kirsch> ;Molecular Imaging and Biology. 2002 May 1
90 citations
Utility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy before bronchial artery embolization for massive hemoptysis.
Eric Hsiao, Carl M. Kirsch, Frank T. Kagawa, John H. Wehner, William A. Jensen, Richard B. Baxter> ;AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2001 Oct 1
9 citations
An unusual complication during central venous catheter placement.
Michael H Duong, William A. Jensen, Carl M. Kirsch, John H. Wehner, Frank T. Kagawa> ;Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 2001 Mar 1
AN UNUSUAL CASE OF UPPER-LOBE PNEUMONITIS
Parul P. Kumar, William A. Jensen, Carl M. Kirsch, Frank T. Kagawa, John H. Wehner> ;Seminars in Respiratory Infections. 2000 Sep 1
137 citations
The incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia and success in nutrient delivery with gastric versus small intestinal feeding: a randomized clinical trial.
Patrick J. Kearns, Donna E. Chin, Lucie Mueller, Karen Wallace, William A. Jensen, Carl M. Kirsch> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2000 Jun 1
A 77-year-old man with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates and shortness of breath.
Frank T. Kagawa, Carl M. Kirsch, William A. Jensen, John H. Wehner> ;Seminars in Respiratory Infections. 2000 Mar 1
10 citations
Cardiac arrest due to succinylcholine-induced hyperkalemia in a patient with wound botulism.
Eliza F Chakravarty, Carl M. Kirsch, William A. Jensen, Frank T. Kagawa> ;Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 2000 Feb 1
17 citations
Pneumoparotid due to spirometry
Carl M. Kirsch, John Shinn, Richard Porzio, Eric Trefelner, Frank T. Kagawa, John H. Wehner, William A. Jensen> ;Chest. 1999 Nov 1
22 citations
Airway Coccidioidomycosis-Report of Cases and Review
Andrea Polesky, Carl M. Kirsch, Linda Snyder, Philip LoBue, Frank T. Kagawa, Brian J. Dykstra, John H. Wehner, Antonino Catanzaro, Neil M. Ampel, David A. Stevens> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 1999 Jun 1
237 citations
18F-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) for the planning of radiotherapy in lung cancer: high impact in patients with atelectasis.
Ursula Nestle, K. Walter, Sylvia Schmidt, Norbert Licht, C Nieder, Babak Motaref, Dirk Hellwig, Marcus Niewald, Dieter Ukena, Carl M. Kirsch, Gerhard W. Sybrecht, Klau...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 1999 Jun 1
A 60-year-old man with a left upper lobe mass and hemoptysis.
Bassiri Ag, John H. Wehner, Carl M. Kirsch, Frank T. Kagawa, Grove We, Nathanson M, William A. Jensen> ;Seminars in Respiratory Infections. 1999 Mar 1
A Mediastinal Mass in a Patient With AIDS
Linda Eglin, William A. Jensen, Carl M. Kirsch, Frank T. Kagawa, John H. Wehner, William E. Grove> ;Chest. 1998 Dec 1
1 citations
The Diagnostic Strategy for Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia : Is Doing Less Better Than Doing More?
Carl M. Kirsch> ;Chest. 1998 Jun 1
45 citations
The Optimal Number of Pleural Biopsy Specimens for a Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleurisy
Carl M. Kirsch, William A. Jensen, Frank T. Kagawa, John H. Wehner, D. Mark Kroe, Raymond L. Azzi> ;Chest. 1997 Sep 1
7 citations
An anterior mediastinal mass with draining sternal sinus tracts due to Nocardia braziliensis.
D M Kroe, N Shulman, Carl M. Kirsch, J H Wehner> ;The Western Journal of Medicine. 1997 Jul 1
Air, By Any Other Name …
Carl M. Kirsch> ;Chest. 1997 Jun 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, California
Hazel Hawkins Memorial HospitalHollister, California