Kurtis Campbell , M.D.

Kurtis Campbell , M.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery

Kurtis A. Campbell, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. After 13 years as a full-time surgeon at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, he now practices mainly at the Anne Arundel Medical Center affiliated with Hopkins but also continues to perform surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Campbell obtained his undergraduate degree at Denison University in 1982 and graduated from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1986. His residency training in General Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital was completed in 1993, after which he spent a year of fellowship training in Surgical Oncology and complex pancreatic and hepatobiliary surgery at Hopkins under Dr. Cameron. He has also completed a fellowship in Surgical Critical Care. His primary clinical interests include pancreatic and hepatobiliary surgery, general surgery of the gastrointestinal tract, minimally invasive (laparoscopic) techniques, and surgery of complex abdominal and GI problems.

University Appointments:

Associate Professor of Surgery

Degrees:

1982 B.A. Biology, Denison University (Granville, OH)
1986 M.D. Medicine, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

Training:

1986-1993 Resident in General Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
1988-1990 Fellowship in Surgical Research, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
1993-1994 Fellowship in Surgical Oncology with a focus on pancreatic, hepatobiliary, and gastrointestinal surgery, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
1995-1996 Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

Board Certifications:

American Board of General Surgery
American Board of Surgery Specialty Certificate in Surgical Critical Care

Clinical Interests:

Tumors and disease of the pancreas, bile ducts, and gallbladder
Management of complex abdominal and GI surgery problems

Research interests:

Outcomes in pancreatic and biliary surgery
Outcomes from surgical management of complex abdominal wall defects

Recent publications:

Hruban RH, Takaori K, Canto M, Fishman EK, Campbell KA, Brune K, Kern SE, Goggins M. Clinical Importance of Precursor Lesions in the Pancreas. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2007; 14: 255-263.

Shih SP, Schulick RD, Cameron JL, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Choti MA, Campbell KA, Yeo CJ, Talamini MA. Gallbladder Cancer: The role of laparoscopy and radical resection. Ann Surg 2007; 245: 893-901.

Winter JM, Cameron JL, Yeo CJ, Alao B, Lillemoe KD, Campbell KA, Schulick RD. Biochemical Markers Predict Morbidity and Mortality Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy. J Amer Coll Surg 2007; 204: 1029-1036.

Galanis C, Zamani A, Cameron JL, Campbell KA, Lillemoe KD, Caparrelli D, Chang D, Hruban RH, Yeo CJ. Resected Serous Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas: Locally aggressive behavior as a predictor of malignant disease? A review of 158 patients with recommendations for treatment. J Gast Surg 2007; 11: 820-826.

Seth AK, Argani P, Campbell KA, Cameron JL, Pawlik TM, Schulick RD, Choti MA, Wolfgang CL. Acinar Cell Carcinoma of the Pancreas: An institutional series of resected patients and review of the literature. J Gast Surg 2008; 12: 1061-1067.

Pawlik TM, Laheru DA, Hruban RH, Voong R, Coleman J, Wolfgang CL, Raben M, Edil BH, Asrari F, Campbell KA, Makary M, Ali S, Donehower R, Diaz LA, Fishman EK, Schulick RD, Herman JM. Evaluating the Impact of a Single Day Multidisciplinary Clinic on the Management of Pancreatic Cancer. Ann Surg Onc 2008; 15: 2081-2088.

Seth AK, Argani P, Campbell KA. Angiosarcoma of the Pancreas: Discussion of a Rare Epithelioid Neoplasm. Pancreas 2008; 37: 230-231.

Reddy S, Edil BH, Cameron JL, Pawlik TM, Herman JM, Gilson MM, Campbell KA, Schulick RD, Ahuja N, Wolfgang CL. Pancreatic Resection of Isolated Metastases from Nonpancreatic Primary Cancers. Ann Surg Onc 2008 Sept 11 (Epub ahead of print).

Campbell KA. Small bowel obstruction. In: Cameron JL, Ed. Current Surgical Therapy, 9th Edition. Elsevier Science, Philadelphia, 2008.

Tufaro AP, Campbell KA. Hernias of the Abdomen. In: Cameron JL, Ed. Current Surgical Therapy, 9th Edition. Elsevier Science, Philadelphia, 2008.

Contact Information:

Dr. Campbell can be contacted at the following address:

600 Ridgely Avenue, Suite 222
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone: 410-266-9966
Fax: 410-266-6819
Email: kcampbel@jhmi.edu