
John Kirkpatrick MD
Benign Diseases, Central Nervous System Cancer, Melanoma
Professor, Radiation Oncology and Neurosurgery, Duke University School of Medicine; Clinical Director - Radiation Oncology, Duke University Scool of Medicine; Co-Director - Center for CNS Metastasis, Duke Cancer Institute
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Education & Training
Duke University HospitalResidency, Radiation Oncology, 2000 - 2004
University of North Carolina HospitalsInternship, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2000
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioClass of 1999
Stanford UniversityNon Degree, Stanford Executive Program, 1993
Rice UniversityPhD, Chemical Engineering, 1975 - 1979
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2000 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2004 - 2026
SC State Medical License 2020 - 2025
American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top Doctors, Durham 2018
- Exceptional Colleague Award Duke Cancer Institute, 2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Clinical Trials
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases Start of enrollment: 2008 Oct 01
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery After Surgery in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases Start of enrollment: 2008 Aug 01
- Optimal Planning Target Volume With Stereotactic Radiosurgery Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Neurocognitive outcomes in patients with brain metastases: a systematic review.Tarek Bou Dargham, Sebastian F Winter, Kristen Batich, Karin Gehring, Michael W Parsons
The Lancet. Oncology. 2025-12-01 - Management outcomes for biopsy-proven radiation necrosis in patients with brain metastases in the era of immune-checkpoint blockade.Jazlyn A Seidel, Laura Alder, April K S Salama, Carey K Anders, Jordan Komisarow
Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2025-10-01 - Clinical Parameters Associated With Intracranial Progression Burden Following an Initial Stereotactic Radiosurgery Course in a Multi-institutional Brain Metastases Coh...Christina C Huang, David J Carpenter, Jim Leng, Jamiluddin Qazi, Brahma Natarajan
Advances in Radiation Oncology. 2025-09-01
Journal Articles
- Atypical Meningioma: An Evolving Landscape and Moving TargetM.D. Chan, N.N. Laack, L.M. Halasz, G. Minniti, S.G. Soltys, J.P. Kirkpatrick, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 1/1/2018
- Single- and Multi-Fraction Stereotactic Radiosurgery Dose Tolerances of the Optic PathwaysM.T. Milano, J. Grimm, S.G. Soltys, E.Yorke, V. Moiseenko, W.A. Tom�, A. Sahgal, J. Xue, L. Ma, T.D. Solberg, J.P. Kirkpatrick, L.S. Constine, J.C. Flickinger, L.B. Ma..., Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 1/1/2018
- Hippocampal dose from Stereotactic Radiosurgery for 4 to 10 Brain Metastases: Risk factors, Feasibility of Dose Reduction via Re-optimization, and Patient OutcomesS.R. Birer, A.C. Olson, J. Adamson, R. Hood, M. Susen, G. Kim, J.K. Salama, J.P. Kirkpatrick, Med Dosim, 1/28/2017
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Radiomics Analysis for Assessing Concurrent Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Bevacizumab Treatment of Recurrent Malignant Gliomas.F.-F. Yin, C. Wang, W. Sun, Z.Chang, J.P. Kirkpatrick, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Conference 2017, 1/29/2017
- Assessing and Reducing Dose to the Hippocampi in Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Four or More Brain Metastases.A. Olson, S. Birer, J.Adamson, R. Hood, M. Susen, G. Kim, J. Salama, J.P. Kirkpatrick, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Conference 2017, 1/29/2017
- Single-isocenter, Image-guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) in the Management of Multiple Brain Metastases: Retrospective and Prospective studies.D. Limon, G.J Kim, P. Fecci, Z. Wang, J.Adamson, J.H. Sampson, F.-F. Yin, J.P. Kirkpatrick, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Conference 2017, 1/29/2017
Press Mentions
A Personal Fight, a Precision ApproachJuly 9th, 2025
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