KellyBirdwellMD

Nephrology • Nashville, TN

Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation

Associate Professor, Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Office
3601 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37232
Phone+1 615-322-3000

Fax+1 615-936-0605

Education & Training

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 2005 - 2009
University of ColoradoResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
Emory University School of MedicineClass of 2001

Certifications & Licensure

KY State Medical License 2022 - 2026
AL State Medical License 2020 - 2025
GA State Medical License 2022 - 2025
TN State Medical License 2006 - 2025
CO State Medical License 2004 - 2011
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Clinical Trials

Reduced Calorie Diet Intervention in Kidney Transplant Recipients Start of enrollment: 2009 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Evaluation of Effective Half-Life and Its Impact on Time to Steady State for Oral MeltDose Tacrolimus (LCPT) in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Jeremiah D Momper, Raman Venkataramanan, Arin S Jantz, Diane M Cibrik, Kelly Birdwell
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. 2025-02-01
Medical and Surgical Weight Loss as a Pathway to Renal Transplant Listing.
Jason M Samuels, Wayne English, Kelly A Birdwell, Irene D Feurer, David Shaffer
The American Surgeon. 2025-01-01
Twelve-month kidney and liver outcomes of kidney transplantation from Hepatitis C Viremic deceased donors to aviremic recipients.
Laura A Binari, Peter Thorne, Scott A Rega, Irene D Feurer, Saed Shawar
Transplant Infectious Disease. 2024-02-01

Journal Articles

Polygenic Risk Score as a Determinant of Risk of Non‐Melanoma Skin Cancer in a European‐Descent Renal Transplant Cohort
Kelly Birdwell, MD, American journal of transplantation

Press Mentions

COVID-19 Vaccine Recommended, Not Required for Transplant CandidatesFebruary 3rd, 2021

Committees

Author, Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium 2015 - Present