Kevin Thornton • UCSF Profiles

Kevin Thornton, MD

Title(s)	Professor, Anesthesia
School	School of Medicine
Address	500 Parnassus Avenue, #E416 San Francisco CA 94117
Phone	415-476-6924
Pronouns	He/Him/His
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Biography

Education and Training

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX	M.D.	2003	School of Medicine
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX		2004	Internal Medicine
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA		2007	Anesthesiology
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA		2008	Critical Care Medicine
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA		2009	Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA		2019	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training

Overview

Dr. Thornton practices anesthesiology and critical care medicine at UCSF. His work at UCSF has focused on graduate medical education, clinician wellness, clinical operations, and quality improvement. He is a graduate of the Learning Health System Coach program and served as the program director for the anesthesiology critical care medicine fellowship from 2016-2023. He currently serves as the Executive Medical Director for Adult Critical Care. In this role he partners with nursing and other health system leaders to ensure exceptional care delivery for patients in our adult critical care units.

Websites

Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center

Bibliographic

Publications

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Conflict Management Education for Anesthesiology Residents: Bridging the Gap in Interpersonal and Communication Skills Competency. A A Pract. 2021 Oct 01; 15(10):e01524. Sinskey JL, Chang JM, Thornton KC, Boscardin CK, Sullivan KR. PMID: 34606483.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 1 Fields:
Ane Anesthesiology
Translation:Humans
Design and Implementation of an Innovative, Longitudinal Wellness Curriculum in an Anesthesiology Residency Program. A A Pract. 2021 Feb 05; 15(2):e01387. Thornton KC, Sinskey JL, Boscardin CK, Sullivan KR. PMID: 33560640.

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Ane Anesthesiology
Translation:Humans
Interprofessional Care and Teamwork in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2018 06; 46(6):980-990. Donovan AL, Aldrich JM, Gross AK, Barchas DM, Thornton KC, Schell-Chaple HM, Gropper MA, Lipshutz AKM, University of California, San Francisco Critical Care Innovations Group. PMID: 29521716.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 71 Fields:
Cri Critical Care
Translation:Humans
Preoperative Risk Assessment of Respiratory Failure. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2018 Winter; 56(1):26-46. Brinson EL, Thornton KC. PMID: 29227310.

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Ane Anesthesiology
Translation:Humans
Preventing Harm in the ICU-Building a Culture of Safety and Engaging Patients and Families. Crit Care Med. 2017 09; 45(9):1531-1537. Thornton KC, Schwarz JJ, Gross AK, Anderson WG, Liu KD, Romig MC, Schell-Chaple H, Pronovost PJ, Sapirstein A, Gropper MA, Lipshutz AKM, Project Emerge Collaborators. PMID: 28640023.

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Cri Critical Care
Translation:Humans
Complete intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram imaging of the extent of an inferior vena cava mass guides surgical management. Anesth Analg. 2010 Nov; 111(5):1125-7. Little SJ, Van der Heusen F, Thornton KC. PMID: 20971960.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 5 Fields:
Ane Anesthesiology
Translation:Humans
Special article: rescue therapies for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Anesth Analg. 2010 Sep; 111(3):693-702. Liu LL, Aldrich JM, Shimabukuro DW, Sullivan KR, Taylor JM, Thornton KC, Gropper MA. PMID: 20624836.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 8 Fields:
Ane Anesthesiology
Translation:Humans
Dexamethasone in combination with dolasetron for prophylaxis in the ambulatory setting: effect on outcome after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Anesthesiology. 2002 Jun; 96(6):1346-50. Coloma M, White PF, Markowitz SD, Whitten CW, Macaluso AR, Berrisford SB, Thornton KC. PMID: 12170046.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 23 Fields:
Ane Anesthesiology
Translation:Humans CTClinical Trials
The efficacy of premedication with celecoxib and acetaminophen in preventing pain after otolaryngologic surgery. Anesth Analg. 2002 May; 94(5):1188-93, table of contents. Issioui T, Klein KW, White PF, Watcha MF, Coloma M, Skrivanek GD, Jones SB, Thornton KC, Marple BF. PMID: 11973187.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 17 Fields:
Ane Anesthesiology
Translation:Humans CTClinical Trials