KristinLMekeelMD
General Surgery • San Diego, CATransplantation
Professor and Chief Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery Vice Chair, Quality Department of Surgery UCSD School of Medicine
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Office
4510 Executive Dr
San Diego, CA 92121Phone+1 858-657-7729Fax+1 619-543-3183- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
University of ColoradoResidency, Surgery, 1999 - 2004
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public HealthClass of 1999
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2010 - 2026
AZ State Medical License 2006 - 2011
FL State Medical License 2004 - 2010
CO State Medical License 2002 - 2005- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Prevention of Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) From HCV-Viremic Organ Donor Start of enrollment: 2021 May 28
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Call me Ishmael: addressing the white whale of team communication in the operating room with labelled surgical caps at an academic medical centre.Shivani Mehta, Elizabeth Malachowski, Melissa Jones, Robin L Schaefer, Michael McHale, Lisa P Rhodes, J Jeffery Reeves, Nicole Hamilton Goldhaber, Christopher A Longhu...> ;BMJ Open Quality. 2024 Apr 8
- Case Bias Case Basis: Expanding Morbidity and Mortality Conference to Examine the Impact of Disparities in Surgical Care.Nicole H Goldhaber, Jared Matson, William Luo, Nicole Lopez, Bryan M Clary, Kristin L Mekeel, Nikita Thareja> ;Journal of Surgical Education. 2023 Dec 1
- Isolation of primary human liver cells from normal and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis livers.Xiao Liu, Kevin Lam, Huayi Zhao, Sadatsugu Sakane, Hyun Young Kim, Alvaro Eguileor, Karin Diggle, Shuai Wu, Raquel Carvalho Gontijo Weber, Pejman Soroosh, Mojgan Hosse...> ;STAR Protocols. 2023 Sep 15
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Journal Articles
- Association of Electronic Surgical Consent Forms with Entry Error RatesKristin Mekeel, MD, JAMA Surgery
- Association of Electronic Surgical Consent Forms with Entry Error RatesKristin Mekeel, MD, JAMA Surgery
Authored Content
- Association of Electronic Surgical Consent Forms with Entry Error RatesMay 2020
Press Mentions
Father’s Life Is Saved After Receiving Heart, Kidney and Liver TransplantSeptember 8th, 2022- Real-World COVID-19 Vaccine Protection High in Transplant PatientsAugust 11th, 2021
- COVID Vaccination Decreases Organ Transplant Patients Infection Risk by 80%August 8th, 2021
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Professional Memberships
- Member
Hospital Affiliations
UC San Diego Medical Center - HillcrestSan Diego, California
Sharp Coronado HospitalCoronado, California
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