DonaldFrancisKirbyMD

Nutrition

Professor, Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

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Office
9500 Euclid Ave
A51
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone+1 216-445-6609

Fax+1 216-445-1378

Dr. Donald Kirby is a gastroenterologist in Cleveland, OH and is the Director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the Cleveland Clinic. He received his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and has been in practice 38 years. He specializes in nutrition support and is experienced in general gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease, bariatric medicine, Short Bowel Syndrome and Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition.

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Gastroenterology, 1982 - 1984
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1982
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 1979

Best Doctors 2017-2018 Best Doctors
Fellow American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2013
Fellow (AGAF) American Gastroenterological Association, 2006
Fellow (FACG) American College of Gastroenterology
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PubMed

216 citations
American gastroenterological association technical review on tube feeding for enteral nutrition
Donald F. Kirby, Mark H. Delegge, C. Richard Fleming
Gastroenterology. 1995-04-01
79 citations
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies: a prospective evaluation and review of the literature.
Donald F. Kirby, Robert M. Craig, Tat-Kin Tsang, Bennett H. Plotnick
JPEN. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 1986-03-01
79 citations
Use of Ethanol Lock Therapy to Reduce the Incidence of Catheter‐Related Bloodstream Infections in Home Parenteral Nutrition Patients
Marianne Opilla, Donald F. Kirby, Michael B. Edmond
JPEN. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2007-07-01

Lectures

Nutrition Matters - Cleveland Clinic Center for Human Nutrition Spring Symposium
Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, Ohio / The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio - 4/19/2013
Intensive Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology - Board Oriented: Certification and Recertification
Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, Ohio / The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, San Diego, California - 8/15/2012

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