Kenneth McCurry, MD
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Location: Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Research
Biography
Dr. McCurry earned his medical degree from the University of Florida. He served his surgical internship and residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center, as well as a fellowship in critical care, research and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO; ECMO is an advanced form of cardiopulmonary bypass used in critically ill patients to allow time for recovery of the lungs and heart.). Dr. McCurry next pursued a surgery research fellowship at Duke University followed by a thoracic surgery residency at the University of Michigan and a fellowship in cardiothoracic transplant surgery and ventricular assist devices at the University of Pittsburgh. He joined the staff of the University of Pittsburgh Medical center in 1998 and Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital in 1999.
At the University of Pittsburgh, he was head of the Section of Cardiothoracic Transplantation, director of lung and heart-lung transplantation, director of cardiac transplantation, surgical director of clinical heart failure research and surgical director of pediatric lung and heart-lung transplantation.
Education & Professional Highlights
Education & Fellowships
Fellowship - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center & Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
CT Transplant
Pittsburgh, PA USA
1998
Residency - University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Ann Arbor, MI USA
1997
Medical Education - Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC USA
1995
Residency - University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
General Surgery
Ann Arbor, MI USA
1993
Medical Education - University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL USA
1987
Undergraduate - University of Florida
Gainesville, FL USA
1984
Certifications
- Surgery - General Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
- Surgery - Surgical Critical Care
Awards & Honors
- 2014 Cleveland Best Doctors
- 2009-2010, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 Best Doctors in America
- 2006 and 2008 America’s Top Surgeons
- 2008 American Society of Transplantation/Wyeth Clinical Science Career Development Award
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Research News
Drs. Valujskikh, Dalton and McCurry’s research improves essential understanding and practices in transplantation and patient care.
Dr. McCurry and his team found that blood transfusion and lung weight play important roles in lung transplantation outcomes.