Geriatrics

Kimberly Sherell Johnson, MD

Associate 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

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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Johnson, Kimberly S., Kevin L. Thomas, Sandro O. Pinheiro, and Laura P. Svetkey. “Design and Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research Curriculum..” J Natl Med Assoc 110, no. 4 (August 2018): 305–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2017.06.005.

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30126554
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Boucher, Nathan A., Karen E. Steinhauser, and Kimberly S. Johnson. “Older, Seriously Ill Veterans' Views on the Role of Religion and Spirituality in Health-Care Delivery..” Am J Hosp Palliat Care 35, no. 7 (July 2018): 921–28. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909118767113.

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29607653
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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, June 5, 2018, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S147895151800038X.

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29869594
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Boucher, Nathan A., Kimberly S. Johnson, and Thomas W. LeBlanc. “Acute Leukemia Patients' Needs: Qualitative Findings and Opportunities for Early Palliative Care..” J Pain Symptom Manage 55, no. 2 (February 2018): 433–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.09.014.

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28935132
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Balboni, Tracy A., George Fitchett, George F. Handzo, Kimberly S. Johnson, Harold G. Koenig, Kenneth I. Pargament, Christina M. Puchalski, Shane Sinclair, Elizabeth J. Taylor, and Karen E. Steinhauser. “State of the Science of Spirituality and Palliative Care Research Part II: Screening, Assessment, and Interventions..” J Pain Symptom Manage 54, no. 3 (September 2017): 441–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.07.029.

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28734881
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Steinhauser, Karen E., George Fitchett, George F. Handzo, Kimberly S. Johnson, Harold G. Koenig, Kenneth I. Pargament, Christina M. Puchalski, Shane Sinclair, Elizabeth J. Taylor, and Tracy A. Balboni. “State of the Science of Spirituality and Palliative Care Research Part I: Definitions, Measurement, and Outcomes..” J Pain Symptom Manage 54, no. 3 (September 2017): 428–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.07.028.

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28733252
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Rogers, Joseph G., Chetan B. Patel, Robert J. Mentz, Bradi B. Granger, Karen E. Steinhauser, Mona Fiuzat, Patricia A. Adams, et al. “Palliative Care in Heart Failure: The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial..” J Am Coll Cardiol 70, no. 3 (July 18, 2017): 331–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.05.030.

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28705314
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Rogers, Joseph G., Chetan B. Patel, Robert J. Mentz, Bradi B. Granger, Karen E. Steinhauser, Mona Fiuzat, Patricia A. Adams, et al. “Palliative Care in Heart Failure The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology 70, no. 3 (July 18, 2017): 332–41.

Scholars@Duke

Kamal, Arif H., Janet Bull, Steven P. Wolf, Diane Portman, Jacob Strand, and Kimberly S. Johnson. “Unmet Needs of African Americans and Whites at the Time of Palliative Care Consultation..” Am J Hosp Palliat Care 34, no. 5 (June 2017): 461–65. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909116632508.

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26888883
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