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Kyle J. Kalkwarf
Associate Professor/Trauma Medical Director
Also affiliated: Northwestern University (2023); Houston Methodist (2020); Arkansas Children's Hospital (2023); Memorial Hermann (2019–2020); University of Ottawa (2018); Baylor College of Medicine (2020); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2020–2026); Ottawa Hospital (2018); Denver Health Medical Center (2018); University of Alabama at Birmingham (2020); Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital (2020); Texas Children's Hospital (2020); American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (2018); Arkansas Department of Health (2023); University of Cincinnati (2021); The University of Texas at Austin (2021); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2017–2021); University of Colorado Denver (2018)
Surgery, College of Medicine
12 h-index
73 pubs
2,499 cited
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Kyle J. Kalkwarf's research focuses on trauma and emergency care, with a particular emphasis on hemorrhage control, resuscitation, and patient outcomes following severe injury. He has investigated mortality and pulmonary complications in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection and analyzed trauma deaths from hemorrhage in metropolitan areas. His work also includes studies on the effectiveness of interventions like axillary reverse mapping to prevent lymphedema and the impact of time to hemostasis on mortality and complications in trauma patients.
Kalkwarf has also explored the use of endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in managing placenta accreta spectrum and has examined the financial impact of trauma care within statewide systems. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 12, with over 2,400 citations across 73 publications. He has established collaborations with researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Metrics
- h-index: 12
- Publications: 73
- Citations: 2,499
Positions
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Surgical Intensivist 2025–presentCentral Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Surgery ORCID
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Associate Professor/Trauma Medical Director 2022–presentUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Surgery, College of Medicine Institutional directory
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Assistant Professor 2018–2022University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Surgery ORCID
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Clinical Specialist 2017–2018University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Children's Cancer Hospital Critical Care & Respiratory Care ORCID
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Teaching Staff 2017–2018Memorial Hermann Acute Care Surgery ORCID
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Staff Physician 2016–2018University of Texas John P and Katherine G McGovern Medical School General Surgery ORCID
Selected Publications
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Antithrombotic Therapy in Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury: Associations With In-Hospital Mortality in a Contemporary Trauma Cohort (2026)
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Building a Rural Trauma Hemorrhage Control Pathway: A Multidisciplinary Model for Achieving the ACS-COT 60-Minute Embolization Benchmark (2026)
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A Network-Based Cross-Sectional Study of Geographic Access Disparities to Medicare-Participating General Surgeons in the United States (2026)
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Improvised shunt for combined ipsilateral traumatic radial and ulnar artery injury (2026)
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Opioid Administration in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit: Association of Persistent Opioid Use (2025)
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Ground Level Fall, Who Do You Call? Appropriate Trauma for Ground-Level Falls on Anticoagulants (2025)
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Dissemination and Impact of a Multimodal Pain Regimen on Analgesia Prescribing at an Academic Hospital (2025)
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Opioid Administration in Complex Ventilated Patients in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit (2025)
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Corrigendum to “Weight-Based Dosing for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Spinal Trauma Patients Appears Safe” [Journal of Surgical Research 2023, Volume 290, October 2023, Pages 209-214] (2025)
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A Model for Use of Low-Titer “O” Whole Blood in a Community Level III Trauma Center: Cost Effectiveness, Utilization, and Prevention of Precious Resource Wastage (2025)
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ROTEM’s utility in guiding resuscitation of traumatic lower extremity fracture patients (2025)
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Intensive Care Unit Readmissions in a Level I Trauma Center (2024)
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Using implementation science to decrease variation and high opioid administration in a surgical ICU (2024)
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Weight-Based Dosing for Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (Enoxaparin) Administration to Achieve Optimal VTE Prophylaxis in Trauma Patients (2024)
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Higher Doses of Calcium Associated With Survival in Trauma Patients (2024)
Grants & Funding
As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.
- A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Large Simple Trial Evaluating the Use of BE1116 to Improve Survival in Patients with Traumatic Injury and Acute Major Bleeding (IRB 275098) CSL Behring LLC Principal Investigator
- In vivo, noninvasive, ultrasensitive photoacoustic detection of early breast cancer metastasis in bone US Department of the Army Principal Investigator
- FY2021 Hospital’s Trauma Grant Arkansas Department of Health Co-Investigator
- Non-Invasive Monitoring of Traumatic Brain Injury Progression Using the Infrascanner 1 (MOBI-1) (IRB 273865) U.S. Army Medical Research & Material Command via The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama System Principal Investigator
- FY2023 Hospital Trauma Center Grant Arkansas Department of Health Principal Investigator
- FY2024 Hospital Trauma Grant Arkansas Department of Health Principal Investigator
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Hanna Jensen
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
24 shared publications
In database
- Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tubes versus Medical Management for Acute Cholecystitis
- Increases in Violence and Changes in Trauma Admissions During the COVID Quarantine
- Higher Doses of Calcium Associated With Survival in Trauma Patients
- Retrospective study on rib fractures: smoking and alcohol matter for mortality and complications
- Weight-Based Dosing for Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (Enoxaparin) Administration to Achieve Optimal VTE Prophylaxis in Trauma Patients
Showing 5 of 24 shared publications
Avi Bhavaraju
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
23 shared publications
- Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tubes versus Medical Management for Acute Cholecystitis
- Increases in Violence and Changes in Trauma Admissions During the COVID Quarantine
- Higher Doses of Calcium Associated With Survival in Trauma Patients
- Retrospective study on rib fractures: smoking and alcohol matter for mortality and complications
- Access to Immediately Available Balanced Blood Products in a Rural State’s Trauma System
Showing 5 of 23 shared publications
Kevin W. Sexton
University of Arkansas Medical Center
12 shared publications
In database
- Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tubes versus Medical Management for Acute Cholecystitis
- Increases in Violence and Changes in Trauma Admissions During the COVID Quarantine
- Retrospective study on rib fractures: smoking and alcohol matter for mortality and complications
- Surgical and non-surgical treatment of inguinal hernia during non-elective admissions in the Nationwide Readmissions Database
- The Impact of Palliative Medicine Consultation on Readmission Rates and Hospital Costs in Surgical Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
Richard Betzold
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
10 shared publications
In database
- Does Axillary Reverse Mapping Prevent Lymphedema After Lymphadenectomy?
- Determining the Hospital Trauma Financial Impact in a Statewide Trauma System
- Cervicothoracic Airway Injury Repair Using Double-Wide Intercostal Muscle Flap
- Strangulated Pericardial Hernia after a Remote Subxiphoid Pericardial Window for Trauma
- Management of Pneumatosis Intestinalis in a Pediatric Burn Patient
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Ronald D. Robertson
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
8 shared publications
In database
- Determining the Hospital Trauma Financial Impact in a Statewide Trauma System
- Retrospective study on rib fractures: smoking and alcohol matter for mortality and complications
- Access to Immediately Available Balanced Blood Products in a Rural State’s Trauma System
- Weight-Based Dosing for Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (Enoxaparin) Administration to Achieve Optimal VTE Prophylaxis in Trauma Patients
- The silent killer: Previously undetected pulmonary emboli that result in death after discharge
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Joseph Margolick
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
8 shared publications
In database
- Retrospective study on rib fractures: smoking and alcohol matter for mortality and complications
- The community of inquiry framework for virtual team-to-team debriefings during interprofessional trauma simulations
- An Educational Module to Teach Interprofessional Learner Feedback Skills for Trauma Simulation Events
- Efficacy and Psychological Safety of Virtual Debriefings for Interprofessional Trauma Simulations in the Social Distancing Era
- An Analysis of Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Hemopericardium Using Autopsy Data From a County Medical Examiner
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Rebecca Reif
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
7 shared publications
In database
- Weight-Based Dosing for Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (Enoxaparin) Administration to Achieve Optimal VTE Prophylaxis in Trauma Patients
- National Readmissions Database characterization of post-cholecystectomy care for inpatients: Readmissions and bile duct repair
- Incidence of Red Cell Antibody Formation Following Massive Transfusion Protocol: Experience of a Single Institution
- Weight-Based Dosing for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Spinal Trauma Patients Appears Safe
- A closed surgical intensive care unit organization improves cardiac surgical patient outcomes
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Garrett Klutts
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
7 shared publications
- Increases in Violence and Changes in Trauma Admissions During the COVID Quarantine
- Access to Immediately Available Balanced Blood Products in a Rural State’s Trauma System
- Increased Lengths of Stay, ICU, and Ventilator Days in Trauma Patients with Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection
- Are Chest Radiographs or Ultrasound More Accurate in Predicting a Pneumothorax or Need for a Thoracostomy Tube in Trauma Patients?
- Geospatial Analysis of Prehospital Triage and Early Potential Preventable Traumatic Deaths
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Allison Jenkins
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
7 shared publications
In database
- Weight-Based Dosing for Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (Enoxaparin) Administration to Achieve Optimal VTE Prophylaxis in Trauma Patients
- Prophylactic Antibiotics in Patients with Traumatic Pneumocephalus or Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
- Using implementation science to decrease variation and high opioid administration in a surgical ICU
- Weight-Based Dosing for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Spinal Trauma Patients Appears Safe
- Dissemination and Impact of a Multimodal Pain Regimen on Analgesia Prescribing at an Academic Hospital
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Stephen M. Bowman
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
6 shared publications
In database
- Access to Immediately Available Balanced Blood Products in a Rural State’s Trauma System
- Increased Lengths of Stay, ICU, and Ventilator Days in Trauma Patients with Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection
- Elder child or young adult? Adolescent trauma mortality amongst pediatric and adult facilities
- Intensive Care Unit Readmissions in a Level I Trauma Center
- Outcomes of trauma patients on chronic antithrombotic therapies in a trauma center in a rural state
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Charles D. Mabry
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
5 shared publications
In database
- Determining the Hospital Trauma Financial Impact in a Statewide Trauma System
- Access to Immediately Available Balanced Blood Products in a Rural State’s Trauma System
- Progressive Reduction in Preventable Mortality in a State Trauma System Using Continuous Preventable Mortality Review to Drive Provider Education: Results of Analyzing 1,979 Trauma Deaths from 2015 to 2022
- Use of a Novel Accounting and Grouping Method for Major Trunk Injury—Analysis of Data from a Statewide Trauma Financial Survey
- A Model for Use of Low-Titer “O” Whole Blood in a Community Level III Trauma Center: Cost Effectiveness, Utilization, and Prevention of Precious Resource Wastage
Saleema A. Karim
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
5 shared publications
- Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tubes versus Medical Management for Acute Cholecystitis
- Increases in Violence and Changes in Trauma Admissions During the COVID Quarantine
- The Impact of Palliative Medicine Consultation on Readmission Rates and Hospital Costs in Surgical Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
- National Readmissions Database characterization of post-cholecystectomy care for inpatients: Readmissions and bile duct repair
- Use of a Novel Accounting and Grouping Method for Major Trunk Injury—Analysis of Data from a Statewide Trauma Financial Survey
Krista Stephenson
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
5 shared publications
In database
- Elder child or young adult? Adolescent trauma mortality amongst pediatric and adult facilities
- Dissemination and Impact of a Multimodal Pain Regimen on Analgesia Prescribing at an Academic Hospital
- Ratio-Driven Massive Transfusion Protocols
- An Evaluation of Clinically Significant Fibrinolysis Shutdown in Rotational Thromboelastometry
- Ground Level Fall, Who Do You Call? Appropriate Trauma for Ground-Level Falls on Anticoagulants
Mary K. Kimbrough
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
5 shared publications
In database
- The community of inquiry framework for virtual team-to-team debriefings during interprofessional trauma simulations
- An Educational Module to Teach Interprofessional Learner Feedback Skills for Trauma Simulation Events
- Efficacy and Psychological Safety of Virtual Debriefings for Interprofessional Trauma Simulations in the Social Distancing Era
- A closed surgical intensive care unit organization improves cardiac surgical patient outcomes
- An Educational Module to Teach Inter-Professional Peer Feedback Skills for Simulation Events Improves Learner Knowledge and Confidence
Michael Sutherland
Northwestern University (US)
4 shared publications
- Determining the Hospital Trauma Financial Impact in a Statewide Trauma System
- Progressive Reduction in Preventable Mortality in a State Trauma System Using Continuous Preventable Mortality Review to Drive Provider Education: Results of Analyzing 1,979 Trauma Deaths from 2015 to 2022
- Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery Coding
- Use of a Novel Accounting and Grouping Method for Major Trunk Injury—Analysis of Data from a Statewide Trauma Financial Survey
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