Geriatrics

Kimberly Sherell Johnson, MD

Professor of Medicine
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Campus mail 3502 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 660-7506
Email address johns196@mc.duke.edu

Education and Training

  • Fellow in Geriatrics, Medicine, Duke University, 2001 - 2002
  • Chief Medical Resident-Ambulatory Services, Medicine, Duke University, 2000 - 2001
  • Medical Resident, Me Dicine, Duke University, 1997 - 2000
  • M.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1997

Grants

Publications

Boucher, Nathan A., and Kimberly S. Johnson. “Cultivating Cultural Competence: How Are Hospice Staff Being Educated to Engage Racially and Ethnically Diverse Patients?” Am J Hosp Palliat Care 38, no. 2 (February 2021): 169–74. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909120946729.

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32734763
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Sharda, Neema, Kahli Zietlow, Serena Wong, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, and Kimberly S. Johnson. “Characteristics and Outcomes of Dementia Patients Who Receive Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation.” In J Am Geriatr Soc, 68:2027–33, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16521.

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32416004
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Arora, Neeraj K., Bridget Gaglio, Annette M. Totten, Seiko Izumi, Neil Wenger, Anne M. Walling, Rebecca Sudore, and Kimberly S. Johnson. “Evaluating Diverse Methodologies and Interventions for Facilitating Advance Care Planning (ACP) Among Seriously Ill Patients: Lessons from Ongoing PCORI-funded ACP Trials.” In Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 59:454–55. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2020.

Scholars@Duke

Ejem, Deborah B., Nadine Barrett, Ramona L. Rhodes, Maren Olsen, Marie Bakitas, Raegan Durant, Ronit Elk, et al. “Reducing Disparities in the Quality of Palliative Care for Older African Americans through Improved Advance Care Planning: Study Design and Protocol.” J Palliat Med 22, no. S1 (September 2019): 90–100. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2019.0146.

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31486728
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Haines, Lindsay, Omari-Khalid Rahman, Justin J. Sanders, Kimberly Johnson, and Amy Kelley. “Factors That Impact Family Perception of Goal-Concordant Care at the End of Life.” J Palliat Med 22, no. 8 (August 2019): 927–32. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0508.

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30758243
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Warraich, Haider J., Christopher M. O’Connor, Hongqiu Yang, Bradi B. Granger, Kimberly S. Johnson, Daniel B. Mark, Kevin J. Anstrom, et al. “African Americans With Advanced Heart Failure Are More Likely to Die in a Health Care Facility Than at Home or in Hospice: An Analysis From the PAL-HF Trial.” J Card Fail 25, no. 8 (August 2019): 693–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.05.013.

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31158470
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Wan, Luxi, Christopher O’Connor, Amanda Stebbins, Brooke Alhanti, Marc D. Samsky, Haider J. Warraich, Kimberly S. Johnson, et al. “Patterns of Change in Quality of Life with a Palliative Care Intervention for Patients with Advanced Heart Failure: Insights from PAL-HF.” In Journal of Cardiac Failure, 25:S154–55. Elsevier BV, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.07.444.

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Sanders, Justin J., Kimberly S. Johnson, Kimberly Cannady, Joanna Paladino, Dee W. Ford, Susan D. Block, and Katherine R. Sterba. “From Barriers to Assets: Rethinking factors impacting advance care planning for African Americans.” Palliat Support Care 17, no. 3 (June 2019): 306–13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S147895151800038X.

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29869594
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Johnson, Kimberly S., Sean O’Mahony, Helen Chen, Susan Hingle, and Darilyn Moyer. “Gender Equity and Career Advancement: Implications for Hospice and Palliative Medicine (TH352).” In Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 57:388–388. Elsevier BV, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.12.079.

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Mentz, Robert J., Christopher M. O’Connor, Bradi B. Granger, Hongqiu Yang, Chetan B. Patel, Karen E. Steinhauser, Mona Fiuzat, et al. “Palliative care and hospital readmissions in patients with advanced heart failure: Insights from the PAL-HF trial.” In Am Heart J, 204:202–4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2018.07.010.

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30100051
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