Kiran Kaur Khush, MD
Cardiologist, Heart failure cardiologist
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Stanford University Medical Center
After growing up in the Philippines (albeit of Indian descent), Kiran Kaur Khush graduated with Honors and Distinction in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. She completed her medical training at Harvard University and medical residency at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), followed by general cardiology training and advanced training in heart failure, heart transplantation, pulmonary hypertension, and echocardiography at UCSF. She then joined the faculty at UCSF while concomitantly earning a Masters’ Degree in Clinical Research and Epidemiology. Dr. Khush moved back to Stanford University in 2008 upon joining the faculty in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, where she focuses on clinical and translational research in the field of heart transplantation. She also maintains an active general cardiology practice.
Mother to three young children, Dr. Khush enjoys international travel and a quiet moment with a good book.
PRACTICE AREAS
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
- Medical Education: Harvard Medical School (2000) MA
- Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology (2010)
- Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease (2006)
HONORS & AWARDS
- Beginning Grant-in-Aid, American Heart Association (2008)
- Clinical Research Program Award, American Heart Association (2010)
- Fellow, American College of Cardiology (2008)
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine (2011 - 2015)
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine (2015 - 2020)
- Instructor, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University (2008 - 2011)
PUBLICATIONS
- Lessons prom the PROVE-IT trial - Higher dose of potent statin better for high-risk patients
Khush, K. K., & Waters, D. (2004). Lessons prom the PROVE-IT trial - Higher dose of potent statin better for high-risk patients. CLEVELAND CLINIC JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 71(8), 609–616. - Age and aneurysm position predict patterns of left ventricular dysfunction after subarachnoid hemorrhage
Khush, K., Kopelnik, A., Tung, P., Banki, N., Dae, M., Lawton, M., … Zaroff, J. (2005). Age and aneurysm position predict patterns of left ventricular dysfunction after subarachnoid hemorrhage. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, 18(2), 168–174. - A full house: complications from an uncorrected patent ductus arteriosus.
Khush, K. K., Randhawa, R., & Israel, E. (2005). A full house: complications from an uncorrected patent ductus arteriosus. Current Cardiology Reports, 7(4), 310–313.
- 300 Pasteur Drive
- 2nd Floor, Room A21
- Stanford , CA 94305
- Phone: 650-723-5468
Source: https://stanfordhealthcare.org/doctors/k/kiran-khush.html
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