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David Kull, MD, Vascular Surgery, Springfield, MO

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Vascular Surgery • Springfield, MO

Surgeon, Value Researcher, Medical Device Veteran, Entrepreneur

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  • Office

    2115 S Fremont Ave
    Springfield, MO 65804
    Phone+1 417-820-3912

Summary

  • My career experience has evolved over nearly two decades; spanning Global Business Management in the Medical Device Industry, Value Research in Healthcare, and most recently the Surgical Care of patients in the Operating Room.

    Much of my early career was spent developing and commercializing technologies related to Lung Cancer at Boston Scientific Corporation. Starting in 2007, my professional focus evolved to entrepreneurism and Management Consulting to accommodate academic pursuits in clinical medicine and health policy. Since then, I have gained further experience with early phase and traditional brick and mortar medical device companies. Most recently, this has included a successful exit from Beacon Endoscopic to Covidien, Ltd now Medtronic.

    Graduate School at Dartmouth provided me with an academic opportunity to model multi-institutional biomedical translational research systems. The goal of this work is to better understand how to accelerate the delivery of impactful discoveries to clinics and markets around the world. During medical school at Yale, I also co-founded their cross-disciplinary Healthcare Improvement Group that spanned the Schools of Management, Public Health, Law, and Arts and Science.

    As a surgeon, I can better understand the successes, value and challenges that technology brings to health care delivery. This is paralleled by my academic research on clinical outcomes and generating the clinical data that enables cost savings in the operating room through better preoperative planning.

    Have an idea? Let’s start a conversation. I’m always open to new opportunities and challenges.

Education & Training

  • University of Connecticut
    University of ConnecticutFellowship, Vascular Surgery - Independent, 2021 - 2023
  • University of Connecticut
    University of ConnecticutResidency, Surgery, 2016 - 2021
  • Yale School of Medicine
    Yale School of MedicineClass of 2015
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityPost Baccalaureate, Pre-Medicine, 2008 - 2009
  • Dartmouth College
    Dartmouth CollegeMPH, Public Health, 2007 - 2008
  • Merrimack College
    Merrimack CollegeBA, Biology, Cum Laude, 1996 - 2000

Certifications & Licensure

  • MO State Medical License
    MO State Medical License 2023 - 2025
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2015 - 2023

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Anthony Morgan Trauma Resident of the Year Trinity Health, 2021
  • Monroe Himelstein Memorial Award, to “The Surgeon’s Surgeon” Hartford Healthcare, 2021
  • Resident Paper Competition (2nd place) American College of Surgeons, Connecticut Chapter, 2017
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

  • Master Techniques in Upper and Lower Airway Management 
    Chapter: Tracheomalacia 
    Kull DR, Michaud GCEditors: Rosenblatt, WH and Wanda M. Popescu.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia2015
  • Master Techniques in Upper and Lower Airway Management 
    Chapter: Tracheal Stenosis 
    Kull DR, Michaud GCEditors: Rosenblatt, WH and Wanda M. Popescu.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia2015
  • Master Techniques in Upper and Lower Airway Management 
    Chapter: Massive Airway Bleed 
    Kull DR, Michaud GCEditors: Rosenblatt, WH and Wanda M. Popescu.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia2015

Abstracts/Posters

  • Accuracy of 3D MRI Based Volumetry for Preoperative Estimation of Breast Implant Volume in Implant Replacement for Capsular Contracture
    Kull DR, Volpe J, Babigian A, New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Manchester, VT, 6/9/2018
  • Transmediastinal wedge resection following transcervical extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy
    Kim AW, Kull DR, Zieliński M, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC., ISMICS, Prague, Czech Republic, 6/15/2013
  • The Cardiovascular Effects of Men’s Lacrosse and Changes in Cardiovascular Function with Plyometrics
    Kull D, Fitzpatrick K, 58th Annual Eastern New England Biological Conference, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts
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Other

Committees

  • Member, Government Relations Committee - American College of Chest Physicians 2008 - 2010

Research History

  • Co-InvestigatorThoracentesis in Cardiac Surgery Patients with Non-Specific Pleural Effusion2014 - 2015
  • Research AssistantPOWER (Novel Pulmonary Wedge Resection) Prospective Cohort Study2012 - 2014

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

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