Mary K. Kimbrough

Professor

UAMS

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

Surgery, College of Medicine

14 h-index 58 pubs 671 cited

Research Areas

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Mary K. Kimbrough, an Associate Professor in the Division of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, focuses her research on surgical education and disparities within residency programs. Her work investigates factors influencing operative experience among general surgery residents, examining differences based on gender, race, and ethnicity. Dr. Kimbrough also explores the integration of technology, such as web analytics, into graduate medical education and studies the characteristics and frequency of social media use among surgical trainees.

Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, contributing to the understanding of educational experiences and career trajectories in surgery. Dr. Kimbrough holds an h-index of 14 and has accumulated 657 citations across her 58 publications. She collaborates with researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, contributing to multi-institutional studies.

Dr. Kimbrough is board-certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Surgery and is an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Certified Instructor. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.

Research Overview

Mary Katherine (Katie) Kimbrough M.D. is a physician and Associate Professor in the Division of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery at UAMS Medical Center. Dr. Kimbrough received her bachelor's degree at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana and completed medical school and general surgery residency at Louisiana State University Medical School in Shreveport. Dr. Kimbrough completed a trauma/surgical critical care fellowship at Louisiana State University in New Orleans. Dr. Kimbrough is board certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Card Surgery. She is also an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Certified Instructor. Dr. Kimbrough is Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.

Metrics

h-index: 14
Publications: 58
Citations: 671

Selected Publications

ASO Visual Abstract: Defining the Surgical Oncology Experience During General Surgery Residency: A Multi-Institutional Study from the US ROPE Consortium (2025)

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Defining the Surgical Oncology Experience during General Surgery Residency: A Multi-Institutional Study from the US ROPE Consortium (2025)

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ASO Visual Abstract: Characterizing the General Surgery Experience of Future Breast Surgeons—A Multi-institutional Study from the US ROPE Consortium (2025)

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Characterizing the General Surgery Experience of Future Breast Surgeons: A Multi-institutional Study from the US ROPE Consortium (2025)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Trends in Surgical Society Membership and Meeting Attendance Costs (2025)

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Resident level is associated with operative time in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2024)

5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Readmissions After Traumatic Brain Injury in the Nationwide Readmissions Database (2024)

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A closed surgical intensive care unit organization improves cardiac surgical patient outcomes (2024)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
A multi-institutional study from the US ROPE consortium examining factors associated with endocrine surgery exposure for general surgery residents (2023)

9 citations DOI OpenAlex
The association of closed-collaborative SICU modeling on emergency general surgery patient outcomes (2023)

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The Effect of Closed Collaborative Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) Model on Patient Outcomes After Vascular Surgery (2023)

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Disparities in the Operative Experience Between Female and Male General Surgery Residents (2023)

39 citations DOI OpenAlex
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Operative Experience Among General Surgery Residents (2023)

16 citations DOI OpenAlex
Closed Collaborative Surgical Intensive Care Unit Modeling and Its Association With Trauma Patient Outcomes (2022)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
A multi-institutional study from the US ROPE Consortium examining factors associated with directly entering practice upon residency graduation (2022)

9 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

FY2021 Hospital’s Trauma Grant Arkansas Department of Health Co-Investigator
Trauma System Grant - Revision Arkansas Department of Health Co-Investigator
Trauma System Grant Arkansas Department of Health Co-Investigator
FY2023 Hospital Trauma Center Grant Arkansas Department of Health Principal Investigator
FY2024 Hospital Trauma Grant Arkansas Department of Health Principal Investigator