Biography Dr. Thornton practices anesthesiology and critical care medicine at UCSF. His work at UCSF has focused on graduate medical education, clinician wellness, clinical operations, and quality improvement. He is a graduate of the Learning Health System Coach program and served as the program director for the anesthesiology critical care medicine fellowship from 2016-2023. He currently serves as the Executive Medical Director for Adult Critical Care. In this role he partners with nursing and other health system leaders to ensure exceptional care delivery for patients in our adult critical care units. Role Faculty Location UCSF at Mission Bay UCSF at Mount Zion UCSF at Parnassus Category Clinical Research Specialties Critical Care Medicine Liver Transplant Education 2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California San Francisco2009 - Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, University of California San Francisco2008 - Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco2007 - Anesthesiology, University of California San Francisco2004 - Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical CenterM.D., 2003 - School of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Publications Conflict Management Education for Anesthesiology Residents: Bridging the Gap in Interpersonal and Communication Skills Competency. Sinskey JL, Chang JM, Thornton KC, Boscardin CK, Sullivan KR Design and Implementation of an Innovative, Longitudinal Wellness Curriculum in an Anesthesiology Residency Program. Thornton KC, Sinskey JL, Boscardin CK, Sullivan KR Interprofessional Care and Teamwork in the ICU. Donovan AL, Aldrich JM, Gross AK, Barchas DM, Thornton KC, Schell-Chaple HM, Gropper MA, Lipshutz AKM, University of California, San Francisco Critical Care Innovations Group Preoperative Risk Assessment of Respiratory Failure. Brinson EL, Thornton KC Preventing Harm in the ICU-Building a Culture of Safety and Engaging Patients and Families. Thornton KC, Schwarz JJ, Gross AK, Anderson WG, Liu KD, Romig MC, Schell-Chaple H, Pronovost PJ, Sapirstein A, Gropper MA, Lipshutz AKM, Project Emerge Collaborators Complete intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram imaging of the extent of an inferior vena cava mass guides surgical management. Little SJ, Van der Heusen F, Thornton KC Special article: rescue therapies for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Liu LL, Aldrich JM, Shimabukuro DW, Sullivan KR, Taylor JM, Thornton KC, Gropper MA Dexamethasone in combination with dolasetron for prophylaxis in the ambulatory setting: effect on outcome after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Coloma M, White PF, Markowitz SD, Whitten CW, Macaluso AR, Berrisford SB, Thornton KC The efficacy of premedication with celecoxib and acetaminophen in preventing pain after otolaryngologic surgery. Issioui T, Klein KW, White PF, Watcha MF, Coloma M, Skrivanek GD, Jones SB, Thornton KC, Marple BF
