KristinLMekeelMD

General Surgery • San Diego, CA

Transplantation

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 92121
Phone+1 858-657-7729

Fax+1 619-543-3183

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
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Surgeon factors and their association with operating room turnover time.
Kshitij Pandit, Luke Wang, Joel Rosenberg, Nicole Goldhaber, Jill C Buckley
The British Journal of Surgery. 2024-10-30
Reasons for COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Patients Listed for Solid Organ Transplants.
Sandhya Kalavacherla, Nicole H Goldhaber, Katherine Y Chen, Vivienne M Li, Zongyang Mou
Transplantation Proceedings. 2024-08-03
2 citations
American Society of Transplant Surgeons Normothermic Regional Perfusion Standards: Ethical, Legal, and Operational Conformance.
Anji E Wall, Shaheed Merani, Jason Batten, Bonnie Lonze, Kristin Mekeel
Transplantation. 2024-08-01

Journal Articles

Association of Electronic Surgical Consent Forms with Entry Error Rates
Kristin Mekeel, MD, JAMA Surgery
Association of Electronic Surgical Consent Forms with Entry Error Rates
Kristin 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

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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