Jon D. Kirwin, MD

Dr. Kirwin is a board certified Vascular and General Surgeon and a member of the faculty since 1994. After retiring from Kings County Hospital Center in 2021, he became the Clerkship Director for Surgery for the Medical School and sees patients on a weekly basis in all areas of vascular surgery.

Education

• Undergraduate: University of Virginia
• Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine-New York State Program
• Internship: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
• Residency: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
• Fellowship: Maimonides Medical Center

Research Interests

• Surgical Education

• Cooper, BZ., Kirwin, JD., Weinreb, FM., Ramirez, JA., Najjar, JG., Blattman, SB., Song, M., Panetta, TF., "Accuracy of Intervascular Ultrasound for Diameter Measurement of Phantom Arteries" Journal of Surgical Research, 2001, 100, 1, 99-105
• Schneller, J., Distant, D., Kirwin, JD., Muller, B., "Streamlining Review of Negative Appendectomies" Surgical Rounds, 2001,23,11, 661-664
• Shin, CK., Rodino, W., Kirwin, JD., Ramirez, JA., Wisselink, W., Papierman, G., Panetta, TF., "Histology and Electron Microscopy of Explanted Bifurcated Endovascular Aortic Grafts: Evidence of Early Incorporation and Healing:. Journal of Endovascular Surgery: 1999, 6(3) 246-250
• Wisselink, W., Abruzzo, FM., Shin, CK., Ramirez, JA., Rodino, W., Kirwin, JD., Panetta, TF. "Endoluminal repair of aneurysms containing ostia of essential branch arteries: An experimental model." Journal of Endovascular Surgery 1999, 6(2):171-179
• Panetta, TF., Dereume, JP., Wisselink, W., Rodino, W., Kirwin, JD., Sclafani, SJA., "The Corvita Endoluminal Graft for the Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms." Techniques in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Yao & Pearce, 1998, 411-420
• Wisselink W., Patetsios, P., Panetta, TF., Ramirez, JA., Rodino, W., Kirwin, JD., Zikria, BA., "Medium Molecular Weight Pentastarch (HES-Pz) reduces reperfusion injury by decreasing capillary leak in an animal model of spinal cord ischemia". Journal of Vascular Surgery; 1998, 27:109-116
• Ramirez, J.A., Patetsios, P., Panetta, T.F., Rodino, W., Kirwin, J.D., Wisselink, W. "Detection  of Xanthine Oxidase in Human Atherosclerotic  Specimens and Arterialized Vein Grafts" The FASEB Journal 11 April 6, 1997
• Wisselink, W., Rodino, W., Patetsios, P., Kirwin, J.D., Bryan, D. H., Panetta, T. F.," Replicas of Human Aortic and Iliac Artery Aneurysms for Endovascular Repair: Practice Makes Perfect" Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 800, 1996, 258-259
• Patetsios, P., Rodino, W., Wisselink, W., Kirwin, J.D., Bryan, D. H., Panetta, T.F., "Identification of Uric Acid in Aortic Aneurysm and Atherosclerotic Plaque" Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 800, 1996,243-245
• Kirwin, J.D., Yorkovich, W., Jonas, S., Gennaro, M., Mohan, C., Ascer, E., "Silent Myocardial Ischemia is not predictive of post-operative myocardial infarction in peripheral vascular surgical patients." Annals of Vascular Surgery 1993; 7: 27- 32
• Ascer, E., Kirwin, J.D., Mohan, C., Gennaro, M.: "The preferential use of the external iliac artery as an inflow source for redo femeropopliteal and infrapopliteal operations." Journal of Vascular Surgery 1993; 18: 234-241
• Money, S.R., Muss, W., Kim, D., Boekel, 0., Pimpl, W., Kaindl, H., Sungler, P., Waclawicek, H., Kirwin, J.D., Jaffe, B.M., Pertschuk, L.P.: "Immunocytochemical localization of estrogen and progesterone  receptors in human thyroid." Surgery 1989; 106: 975-9
• Goldstein, J.A., Kirwin, J.D., Seymour, N.E., Trachtenberg, J.E., Rademaker, E.A., Andersen, D.K. "Reversal of in vitro hepatic insulin resistance in chronic pancreatitis by pancreatic polypeptide in the rat." Surgery 1989; 106: 1128-33