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Specialties/Interests Clinical - GERD, paraesophageal hernias, diseases of the adrenal gland,
spleen and pancreas, benign and malignant diseases of the small bowel and
colon, hernias, gall bladder disease and morbid, minimally-invasive surgical
procedures, bariatric surgery including laparoscopic gastric band, gastric
bypass surgery and general surgery Research - obesity, surgical outcomes, minimally-invasive surgical
techniques, surgical education, brain dopamine receptors before and after
gastric bypass surgery, the genetics, metabolism and physiology of obesity,
laparoscopic surgery in the elderly, laparoscopic stimulation curriculum for
residents and medical students Johns Hopkins Center for Bariatric Surgery
Biography Kimberley E. Steele, M.D., an instructor of minimally-invasive and bariatric
surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, completed a
surgical residency at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and a
fellowship in minimally-invasive surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. As a
bariatric surgeon, her research interests include neurochemical and metabolic
effects of bariatric surgery and operative techniques in laparoscopic surgery. A diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, Steele is a member of the
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, the American
College of Surgeons and the Association of Women Surgeons. Steele is active in curriculum development and research in surgical education
and directs the surgical rotations of medical students at the Johns Hopkins
Bayview Medical Center. |
