Kara Calhoun, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine-Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care

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Medical School:
  • MD, University of Texas Medical School at Houston (2016)
Graduate School :
  • MPH, University of Texas Health Science Center At Houston (2016)
Undergraduate School:
  • BA/BS, Rice University (TX) (2011)
Residency:
  • University of Texas at Houston Program, Chief Resident, Internal Medicine (2019)
Fellowships:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine (2023)
Languages: English
Department: Medicine-Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care

Publications

  • Calhoun K, Smith J, Gray AL. Social and biologic determinants in lung transplant allocation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2023 Jun 1;28(3):163-167. PubMed PMID: 37073809
  • Lenhart-Pendergrass PM, Malcolm KC, Wheeler E, Rysavy NM, Poch K, Caceres S, Calhoun KM, Martiniano SL, Nick JA. Deficient Complement Opsonization Impairs Mycobacterium avium Killing by Neutrophils in Cystic Fibrosis. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Feb 14;11(1):e0327922. PubMed PMID: 36651756
  • Wheeler EA, Lenhart-Pendergrass PM, Rysavy NM, Poch K, Caceres S, Calhoun KM, Serban K, Nick JA, Malcolm KC. Divergent host innate immune response to the smooth-to-rough M. abscessus adaptation to chronic infection. bioRxiv. 2023 May 16. PubMed PMID: 37293112
  • Nick JA, Malcolm KC, Hisert KB, Wheeler EA, Rysavy NM, Poch K, Caceres S, Lovell VK, Armantrout E, Saavedra MT, Calhoun K, Chatterjee D, Aboellail I, De P, Martiniano SL, Jia F, Davidson RM. Culture independent markers of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung infection and disease in the cystic fibrosis airway. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2023 Jan;138:102276. PubMed PMID: 36417800
  • Calhoun K, Gray A, Steele M, Smith J. Amoebic encephalitis: A rare cause of encephalopathy in a lung transplant patient. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2023;42(4). doi:10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.672
  • Choi S, Potts KJ, Althoff MD, Jimenez G, Bai X, Calhoun KM, Cool CD, Chan ED. Histopathologic Analysis of Surgically Resected Lungs of Patients with Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease: a Retrospective and Hypothesis-generating Study. Yale J Biol Med. 2021 Dec;94(4):527-535. PubMed PMID: 34970090
  • Robles AI, Yang P, Jen J, McClary AC, Calhoun K, Bowman ED, Vähäkangas K, Greathouse KL, Wang Y, Olivo-Marston S, Wenzlaff AS, Deng B, Schwartz AG, Ryan BM. A DRD1 polymorphism predisposes to lung cancer among those exposed to secondhand smoke during childhood. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2014 Dec;7(12):1210-8. PubMed PMID: 25281486
  • Ryan BM, Calhoun KM, Pine SR, Bowman ED, Robles AI, Ambs S, Harris CC. MDM2 SNP285 does not antagonize the effect of SNP309 in lung cancer. Int J Cancer. 2012 Dec 1;131(11):2710-6. PubMed PMID: 22487911
  • Matthews KR, Calhoun KM, Lo N, Ho V. The aging of biomedical research in the United States. PLoS One. 2011;6(12):e29738. PubMed PMID: 22216352
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Professional Memberships

  • American Thoracic Society, Member
  • International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Transplant Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
7th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0005

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital
Center Affiliations

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Internal Medicine, Board Certification
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Board Certification
Conditions & Treatments
  • Lungs and Breathing
  • Critical Care
  • Surgery - Lung Transplant Surgery
  • Surgery
Clinical Interests
My clinical interests are in advanced pulmonary diseases, in particular nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and bronchiectasis, as well as lung transplantation.

General Information

Medical Schools:
  • MD, University of Texas Medical School at Houston (2016)
Graduate Schools:
  • MPH, University of Texas Health Science Center At Houston (2016)
Undergraduate Schools:
  • BA/BS, Rice University (TX) (2011)
Residency Programs:
  • University of Texas at Houston Program, Chief Resident, Internal Medicine (2019)
Fellowships:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine (2023)
Languages: English
Department: Medicine-Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care
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Contact Us
CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building
13001 East 17th Place
Campus Box C290
Aurora, CO 80045

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