CarlaChristineKeirnsMD

Internal Medicine • Kansas City, KS

Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist

Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University SOM

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Office
3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Mail Stop 1025
Kumc History & Philosophy Of Medicine
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone+1 631-689-8333
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Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

NH State Medical License 2009 - Present
KS State Medical License 2015 - 2024
MI State Medical License 2005 - 2016
NY State Medical License 2009 - 2016
MA State Medical License 2009 - 2014
NC State Medical License 2009 - 2014
PA State Medical License 2003 - 2012
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

History of Health Policy: Explaining Complexity through Time.
Carla Keirns> ;Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 2023 Mar 23
1 citations
A Case of Refractory Angioedema.
Thomas M Irwin 3rd, Thomas M Irwin Jr, Andrew Longanecker, William Spence Bodenhamer, Carla C Keirns> ;Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2023 Mar 1
1 citations
Child Developmental Delays and Disorders: Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Carla C. Keirns> ;FP Essentials. 2021 Nov 1
A Mother In Wonderland: Securing Services For My Blind Child.
Carla C. Keirns> ;Health Affairs. 2020 Oct 5
10 citations
Palliative Care's Role Managing Cancer Pain During the Opioid Crisis: A Qualitative Study of Patients, Caregivers, and Clinicians
Joanna Brooks, Claire Poague, Taynara Dutra Batista Formagini, Andrew W. Roberts, Christian T. Sinclair, Carla C. Keirns> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2020 Dec 1
4 citations
A Grassroots Community Dialogue on the Ethics of the Care of People with Autism and Their Families: The Stony Brook Guidelines
Stephen G. Post, John Pomeroy, Carla C. Keirns, Virginia Isaacs Cover, Michael L. Dorn> ;HEC Forum. 2017 Apr 10
Illusions of Certainty.
Carla C. Keirns> ;Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics. 2015 Jan 1
1 citations
Everyday ethics and Ebola: planning for the unlikely.
Carla C. Keirns> ;The American Journal of Bioethics. 2015 Apr 9
1 citations
Watching The Clock: A Mother’s Hope For A Natural Birth In A Cesarean Culture
Carla C. Keirns> ;Health Affairs. 2015 Jan 1
Narrative Symposium: Patient and Research Participant experiences with Genetic Testing.
Dena S. Davis, Sarah Foye, Sarah M. Hartz, Carla C. Keirns, Christopher M. Lietz, Anneke Lucassen, Jacqueline Savard, KA Strong, Kiri Sunde, Michael J. Young, Anonymou...> ;Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics. 2015 Jan 1
13 citations
Ethical challenges for accountable care organizations: a structured review.
Matthew DeCamp, Neil J. Farber, Alexia M. Torke, Maura George, Zackary Berger, Carla C. Keirns, Lauris C. Kaldjian> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2014 Mar 25
9 citations
Nightwatch: Sleep Disruption of Caregivers of Children With Asthma in Detroit.
Rebecca R. Cheezum, Edith A. Parker, Natalie Sampson, Toby C. Lewis, Ashley O'Toole, Jean Patton, Thomas G. Robins, Carla C. Keirns> ;Journal of Asthma & Allergy Educators. 2013 Mar 4
8 citations
"I wouldn't look at it as stress": conceptualizations of caregiver stress among low-income families of children with asthma.
Natalie Sampson, Edith A. Parker, Rebecca R. Cheezum, Toby C. Lewis, Ashley O'Toole, Adriana Zuniga, Jean Patton, Thomas Robbins, Carla C. Keirns> ;Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2013 Feb 1
16 citations
A life course perspective on stress and health among caregivers of children with asthma in Detroit.
Natalie Sampson, Edith A. Parker, Rebecca R. Cheezum, Toby C. Lewis, Ashley O'Toole, Jean Patton, Adriana Zuniga, Thomas G. Robins, Carla C. Keirns> ;Family & Community Health. 2013 Jan 1
4 citations
Brief report: Stony Brook Guidelines on the ethics of the care of people with autism and their families.
Stephen G. Post, John Pomeroy, Carla C. Keirns, Virginia Isaacs Cover, Michael L. Dorn, Louis Boroson, Florence Boroson, Anne Coulehan, Jack Coulehan, Kim Covell, Kim ...> ;Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2013 Jun 1
July first.
Carla C Keirns> ;Academic Medicine. 2011 Oct 1
63 citations
Examining the contextual effects of neighborhood on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the provision of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Comilla Sasson, Carla C. Keirns, Dylan M. Smith, Michael R. Sayre, Michelle L. Macy, William J. Meurer, Bryan McNally, Arthur L. Kellermann, Theodore J. Iwashyna> ;Resuscitation. 2011 Jun 1
1 citations
Physician, researcher, neighbor--conflicting roles in community-based participatory research.
Carla C. Keirns, Florence Thicklin> ;The Virtual Mentor. 2011 Feb 1
69 citations
Small Area Variations in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Does the Neighborhood Matter?
Comilla Sasson, Carla C. Keirns, Dylan M. Smith, Michael R. Sayre, Michelle L. Macy, William J. Meurer, Bryan McNally, Arthur L. Kellermann, Theodore J. Iwashyna> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2010 Jul 6
137 citations
Getting heavier, younger: trajectories of obesity over the life course
Joyce M. Lee, Subrahmanyam Pilli, Achamyeleh Gebremariam, Carla C. Keirns, Matthew M. Davis, Sandeep Vijan, Gary L. Freed, William H. Herman, James G. Gurney> ;International Journal of Obesity. 2010 Apr 1
2 citations
Asthma Mitigation Strategies: Professional, Charitable, and Community Coalitions
Carla C. Keirns> ;American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2009 Dec 1
Dying Of A Treatable Disease
Carla C. Keirns> ;Health Affairs. 2009 Nov 1
108 citations
Patient-Centered Care and Preference-Sensitive Decision Making
Carla C. Keirns, Susan Dorr Goold> ;JAMA. 2009 Oct 28
1 citations
Case study. Dirty blood. Commentary.
Carla C. Keirns, Susan Dorr Goold> ;The Hastings Center Report. 2009 Sep 1
17 citations
“The Air Got to It:” Exploring a Belief About Surgery for Lung Cancer
Horace M. DeLisser, Carla C. Keirns, Esther Clinton, Mitchell L. Margolis> ;Journal of the National Medical Association. 2009 Aug 1
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Press Mentions

The Post-Pandemic Health Care (Staffing) CrisisMarch 17th, 2022
20 Things the Hospital Says We Can't Do During Labor... That We Do AnywaySeptember 7th, 2018
Compassion in Medicine: It’s Not Just the Right Thing to Do—It Also Makes the Most CentsMay 1st, 2024

Hospital Affiliations

The University of Kansas HospitalKansas City, Kansas