Kimberely E. Steele, M.D.

Associate Professor, Surgery

Contact Information and Appointments

410-550-0409 phone  ksteele3@jhmi.edu
410-550-1822 fax

Curriculum Vitae (CV), Publications (PubMed)

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.