Physicians

Department / Division
Medicine / Medicine - Cardiology

Address
DUMC 3818
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-684-6398

Office Telephone
919-684-6398

Fax Telephone
919-684-2022

Training

• MD, Hahnemann (Drexel University College of Medicine, Pennsylvania), 1967

Residency

• Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital (Connecticut), 1970-1971

Fellowship

• Pediatric Cardiology, Yale-New Haven Hospital (Connecticut), 1971-1972
• Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, 1972-1974

Clinical Interests
Echocardiography, complex morphologic cardiac problems, hemodynamics, cardiac imaging

Research Interests
Dr. Kisslo's research has centered around the development and initial application of new ultrasound imaging devices.  Focussed principally on morphologic diagnosis in the early years, the work has become progressively more physiologic in it's orientation.  

After more than two decades there are now 300 original research papers, several textbooks and other materials.  Dr. Kisslo has distinguished himself as the first to use phased array ultrasound imaging in the human body and, accordingly, was the first to describe most of the disease for which the technique is now commonplace.  He was very early into the applications of Doppler color flow imaging and transesophageal imaging with ultrasound.  He has served as an officer or on the Board of a variety of national and international bodies.  He was one of the first President's of the American Society of Echocardiography.  He reviews in all aspects of cardiac imaging, but principally echocardiography.

Over the past 15 years he has also had a keen interest in medical economics and has served on various professional and governmental boards in describing medical costs and dealing with medical economics.  More recently, he has taken interest in adult re-education through remote learning means (telemedicine) and has become the Clinical Director of Telemedicine at Duke.  He is Executive Producer of the world's largest telemedicine program (Echo in Context) which has run for the past 14 years.  This was the first educational event to circumnavigate the globe live.

He is a frequent scientific and motivational lecturer to scientific organizations and industry.  He serves as advisor to several governmental and industrial organizations.

Key words:  Echocardiography, cardiac imaging, medical reimbursement, telemedicine, adult re-education.

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.

• GE Healthcare
• Philips Medical Systems

Representative Publications
Kisslo, J., Byrd, B.F., Geiser, E.A. Gilliam, L.D., Watkins-Ivy, T., Kerber, R.E., Pearlman, A.S., Sisk, E.J., Skelly, A.C., Thigpen, T., Weyman, A.E., Gardin, J.M., Adams, D.B., Armstrong, W.F., Kisslo, K.B., Seward, J.B., Stevenson J.G., Williams, R.G.: Recommendations for continuous quality improvement in echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 8:S1-28, 1995. (1995)

Tice, F.D., Heinle, S.K., Harrison, J.K., Bashore, T.M., Lieberman, E.B., Wilson, J.S., Kisslo, K.B., Kisslo, J.: Transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of reversal of systolic pulmonary venous flow in mitral stenosis. American Journal of Cardiology. 75:58-60, 1995. (1995)

Gaynor, J.W., Feneley, M.P., Gall, S.A., Maier, G.W., Kisslo, J.A., Davis, J.W., Rankin, J.S., Glower, D.D.: Measurement of left ventricular volume in normal and volume-overload canine hearts. American Journal of Physiology. 266-H329-340, 1994. (1994)

Sheikh, K.H., Bengtson, J.R., Rankin, J.S., DeBruijn, N.P., Kisslo, J.: Intraoperative transesophageal Doppler color flow imaging used to guide patient selection and operative treatment of ischemic mitral regurgitation. Circulation. 84:594-604, 1991. (1991)

Kisslo, J., von Ramm, O.T., Thurstone, F.I.: Cardiac imaging using a phased array ultrasound system II: Clinical technique and application. Circulation, 53:262-267, 1976. (1976)