James N. Kirkpatrick, MD

Professor

Medicine

Director, Echocardiography Laboratory

Attending Physician, University of Washington Medical Center

Faculty Information

Biography

Dr. Kirkpatrick is director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at the UW Medical Center and is associate professor of medicine. In addition to expertise in all areas of transthoracic, stress and transesophageal echocardiography, he has particular expertise in ultrasound imaging of left ventricular assist devices and the use of echocardiography in settings with limited resources. He sees patients as a general cardiologist.

Dr. Kirkpatrick is also one of the few ethics-trained cardiologists in the United States. He lectures and performs research in the areas of ethics of cardiac devices and palliative cardiology.

Dr. Kirkpatrick graduated from Pomona College and received his M.D. from Loma Linda University. He completed internship and residency at Yale in internal medicine and clinical medical ethics and cardiology fellowships at the University of Chicago. He was on the cardiovascular and ethics faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, then joined UW cardiology in 2015. Dr. Kirkpatrick's personal interests include reading and travel (especially medical missions).

Education & Training:

Fellowship

University of Chicago Medical Center

Chicago, IL

Residency

Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT

Internship

Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT

Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Loma Linda, CA

1998

Contact

Mailing Address:

University of Washington Medical Center
1959 NE Pacific Street
Box 356422
Seattle, WA 98195-6422

Non-Clinical Administrative Support Contact:

Lori Joubert

ljoubert@cardiology.washington.edu [1]

For appointments or other clinical matters, please contact the Heart Institute. [2]

Research & Clinical Interests

Research Interests:

Research in echocardiography, particularly for patients with ventricular assist and other cardiac assist devices
Research in the use of echocardiography in developing world nation
Research into education and the practice of cardiac palliative care, especially for patients with cardiac devices
Research and scholarship on the ethical issues in the practice of cardiology ("cardioethics").

Clinical Interests:

Use of heart ultrasound (echocardiography) for patients with or at risk for heart failure
Measurement of pressures inside of the heart by echocardiography
Use of small echocardiographic machines for patients from medically underserved areas (inner city US and developing world nations)
Palliative care in cardiology
Clinical medical ethics consultation.

Publications

PubMed:

PubMed Bibliography [3]