Physicians

Department / Division
Medicine / Medicine - Oncology

Address
DUMC 3204
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-668-6688

Office Telephone
919-668-0718

Fax Telephone
919-681-0874

Training

• MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (North Carolina), 1989

Residency

• Internal Medicine, Shands Teaching Hospitals, University of Florida, 1989-1992

Fellowship

• Medical Oncology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (North Carolina), 1992-1994

Other Training

• MS, Epidemiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (North Carolina), 2000

Clinical Interests
Breast cancer, with particular interest in managing symptoms in survivors and breast cancer in the underserved and elderly

Research Interests
Breast cancer; treatment of breast cancer; management of menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors; survivorship issues after breast cancer; supportive care in managment of cancer patients; breast cancer and treatment of cancer in older persons; diagnosis and management of cancer in underserved populations.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.

• AstraZeneca
• BioNovo
• Novartis
• Pfizer Inc.
• Roche
• Wyeth (Pfizer)

Representative Publications
Kimmick G, Hughes K, Muss HB:  Breast cancer in older women.  In:  Harris JR, Lippman ME, Morrow M, Osborne CK, eds.  Diseases of the Breast. Third Edition.  Philadelphia:  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004: 1323-1338.

(2004)

Kimmick GG, Muss HB:  Breast Disease.  In: Hazzard WR, Blass JP, Ettinger WH Jr., Halter JB, Ouslander JG, eds.  Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Fifth edition.  New York, NY:  McGraw-Hill, 2003: 685-694. (2003)

Kimmick G:  Chemotherapy/Pharmacology slide set for ASCO Curriculum:  Cancer Care in the Older Patient, BJ Kennedy, Curriculum Editor, release November/December, 2002. (2002)

Kimmick G, Balducci L:  Clinical interactions of cancer and age: breast cancer.  In:  Balducci L, Extermann M, eds.  Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America: Cancer and Aging.  Philadelphia:  W. B. Saunders, 2000:213-234.   (2000)

Kimmick G:  Breast Cancer.  In:  Hunter , Johnson , Muss HB, eds.  Cancer in the Elderly.  New York, NY:  Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2000:  233-265. (2000)

Kimmick GG, Muss HB:  Endocrine therapy in metastatic breast cancer.  In:  Rosen ST, Lurie RH, eds.  Biological and Hormonal Therapies of Cancer.  Boston:  Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998:231-254. (1998)