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Kenneth A. Kudsk, MD

Photograph of Kenneth A. Kudsk, MD

Professor, Division of General Surgery

H4/736 Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison,WI 53792-7375

Appointments: (608) 263-7502

Office: (608) 263-1036

FAX: (608) 263-7652

kudsk@surgery.wisc.edu

Education

  • MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 1975
  • Residency in Surgery, Ohio State University Hospitals, Columbus, OH, 1975-1976, 1977-1979, 1981-1983
  • Research Fellowship in Respiratory Distress, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1976-1977
  • Clinical Fellowship, American Cancer Society, 1976-1977
  • Research Fellowship in Trauma and Burn, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1979-1981

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Kudsk specializes in trauma, surgical critical care, surgical nutrition and adult general surgery.

Research Interests

Dr. Kudsk conducts basic research studying the interactions between nutritional status and infectious risk in surgical and critically injured patients. His research program investigates the effect of route and type of nutrition on mucosal immunity in the intestinal and respiratory tracts.

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Recent Publications

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  • Hermsen JL, Gomez FE, Sano Y, Kang W, Maeshima Y, Kudsk KA. Parenteral feeding depletes pulmonary lymphocyte populations., JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition. 2009 Sep-Oct;33(5):535-40.
    [PubMed ID: 19556609]
  • Sacks GS, Rough S, Kudsk KA. Frequency and severity of harm of medication errors related to the parenteral nutrition process in a large university teaching hospital., Pharmacotherapy. 2009 Aug;29(8):966-74.
    [PubMed ID: 19637950]
  • Sano Y, Hermsen JL, Kang W, Gomez FE, Lan J, Maeshima Y, Kudsk KA. Parenteral nutrition maintains pulmonary IgA antibody transport capacity, but not active transport, following injury., Am. J. Surg. 2009 Jul;198(1):105-9.
    [PubMed ID: 19249732]
  • Hermsen JL, Sano Y, Kudsk KA. Food fight! Parenteral nutrition, enteral stimulation and gut-derived mucosal immunity., Langenbeck's archives of surgery / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie. 2009 Jan;394(1):17-30.
    [PubMed ID: 18521625]
  • Sano Y, Gomez FE, Hermsen JL, Kang W, Lan J, Maeshima Y, Kudsk KA. Parenteral nutrition induces organ specific alterations in polymeric immunoglobulin receptor levels., J. Surg. Res. 2008 Oct;149(2):236-42.
    [PubMed ID: 18599079]
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